by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 17, 2020 The man responsible for overseeing the A’s efforts in the amateur draft is scouting director Eric Kubota. Kubota started out his career in the baseball world by interning for the A’s in the mid-‘80s, and he eventually served as the assistant…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 15, 2020 Since last week’s amateur draft was limited to just five rounds this year – down dramatically from the usual 40 – we decided to do a deep dive on the five prospects drafted by the A’s this year. So, we…
View More Scouts Weigh In On A’s 2020 Draft Picks
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 11, 2020 With this year’s amateur draft limited to just five rounds, teams were able to complete their draft selections in just two days instead of three this year. And with the second day of the draft wrapping up on Thursday night,…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 10, 2020 On Wednesday, the A’s took Turlock High School catcher Tyler Soderstrom with their first pick in 2020’s amateur draft. The team held the 26th pick in the first round and was somewhat surprised to find the local backstop still available…
View More A’s Make Local High School Catcher Tyler Soderstrom Their Top Draft Pick
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 5, 2020 After announcing last week that the A’s organization would stop paying its minor league players their $400 weekly stipend, team owner John Fisher reversed course on Friday and announced in an interview with Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle…
View More A’s Owner John Fisher Reverses Decision To Stop Paying Minor Leaguers
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Lost in yesterday’s news about the A’s ending payments to their minor league players this season was the fact that the A’s have also decided to furlough the majority of their scouts and player development staff. The organization is furloughing almost all of…
View More A’s Scouting & Player Development Furloughs: What Does It Mean For The Future?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor After word broke early on Tuesday that the A’s would be furloughing much of their baseball operations staff, including most of their player-development employees and pro and amateur scouts, news came later in the day that the organization would also stop paying its…
View More A’s To Stop Paying Minor Leaguers: Players Reactby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor After Tuesday’s report by Bob Nightengale in USA Today that MLB officials are now feeling optimistic about the prospect of beginning the season before the end of June in major league stadiums, another report surfaced on Wednesday with a far less rosy outlook…
View More Could the 2020 Minor League Season Be Cancelled?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor In March, the A’s released two dozen minor league players before the MLB-mandated roster freeze went into effect at the end of the month. 14 of the players released were pitchers, while 10 were position players. The vast majority of them never played…
View More A’s Release 24 Minor Leaguersby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor As everyone knows by now, with just two weeks to go until opening day, Major League Baseball made the difficult decision on Thursday to cancel the remainder of spring training as well as the first two weeks of the regular season. But with…
View More Who Was Set to Make the A’s Opening Day Squad in 2020?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects List. It’s worth noting that six players from last year’s list have made a return to this year’s list, including the top three prospects – Jesus Luzardo,…
View More A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects ListOn this episode, A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity talks with some of the A’s top young hitting prospects from A’s FanFest. First, we check in with outfielder Seth Brown, who had some big hits for the A’s down the stretch last season. After that, we talk with catcher Sean Murphy,…
View More A’s Farm Podcast’s FanFest Special #2 with Seth Brown, Sean Murphy, Jonah Heim & Eric MartinsOn this episode, A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity talks with some of the A’s top young pitching prospects from A’s FanFest. First, we check in with the team’s top pitching prospect, Jesus Luzardo, who’s expected to play a big role for the A’s next season. After that, we talk with…
View More A’s Farm Podcast’s FanFest Special #1 with Jesus Luzardo, A.J. Puk, James Kaprielian & Daulton Jefferiesby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor The A’s acquired one player in the major league portion of the Rule-5 draft and selected three more players in the minor league portion of the draft on Thursday. Infielder Vimael Machin was taken by the Phillies from the Cubs with the 15th pick of…
View More A’s Major & Minor League Rule-5 PicksOn this episode of the podcast, A’s outfield prospect Skye Bolt joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity for an in-depth conversation about his journey through the minor leagues, the hurdles he’s had to overcome, and getting the chance to make his major league debut with the A’s in 2019. You…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with Outfielder Skye Boltby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Plenty of attention is paid each offseason to all the big major league free agent signings. But minor league free agent signees can often end up playing critical roles for many major league teams over the course of a 162-game season. Outfielder Nick…
View More A’s Minor League Free Agent RoundupOn this episode of the podcast, A’s outfield prospect and AFL home run king Greg Deichmann joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity for an in-depth conversation about his journey through the minor leagues, his stops in Stockton and Midland, his past injury issues and his recent stint in the Arizona…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with A’s Outfield Prospect Greg DeichmannA number of players recently on A’s minor league rosters have elected to become free agents and are now eligible to sign with other organizations. They are listed below with the A’s minor league affiliate they most recently played for also noted. In addition, LHP Dean Kiekhefer, who made four…
View More A’s Minor League Free AgentsOn this episode, A’s Assistant General Manager Dan Feinstein joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about the A’s prospects playing in the Arizona Fall League and in the winter leagues this offseason as well as to discuss Ed Sprague taking over as the team’s new farm director. You…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with A’s Assistant GM Dan FeinsteinLAS VEGAS AVIATORS (Triple-A) Manager: Fran Riordan Pitching Coach: Rick Rodriguez Hitting Coach: Todd Steverson Coach: Hiram Bocachica Fran Riordan will be at the helm for his third season with the Triple-A club. Last season, Riordan led Las Vegas to a first-place finish in the PCL South division with an 83-57 record…
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