PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) GAME #1 Las Vegas Aviators 8 Salt Lake Bees 2 WP: Blackburn 5-1 / 4.28 Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Eric Campbell (2 for 4 / 2 Doubles / Walk / RBI) A big five-run 2nd inning led Las Vegas…
View More Saturday, May 18th: Vegas Splits Twinbill while Hounds & Snappers Come Up ShortMIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Kane County Cougars 0 Beloit Snappers 1 WP: Marinez 2-1 / 1.06 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Bryce Conley (6 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K) After throwing 6 shutout innings in his last start on…
View More Friday, May 17th: Conley Leads Snappers to Shutout Victory while Ports Pick Up a Walk-Off Win in Cotton’s ReturnTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Corpus Christi Hooks 2 Midland RockHounds 6 WP: Duno 2-0 / 9.00 HR: M.White (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Kyle Friedrichs (5 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 3 K) RHP Kyle Friedrichs turned in a strong start in…
View More Thursday, May 16th: Friedrichs’ Strong Start Helps Hounds Win while Ports Drop a PairPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 9 Las Vegas Aviators 7 LP: Bracewell 0-2 / 5.40 HR: Mateo (5), Joseph (4) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Corban Joseph (3 for 5 / Home Run / Double) Las Vegas squandered an early six-run lead and suffered a…
View More Tuesday, May 14th: Vegas Falls despite Joseph’s Big Bat while Snappers Win in ExtrasCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Lake Elsinore Storm 0 Stockton Ports 2 WP: Feigl 3-1 / 3.13 HR: Hargrove (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Brady Feigl (7 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 3 K / Win) RHP Brady Feigl turned in…
View More Monday, May 13th: Feigl Pitches Ports to Shutout Win while Dunshee Impresses in Triple-A Debutby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor The position player rosters for each of the A’s minor league affiliates have remained remarkably stable so far this year, with very few hitters moving around the system too much during the first quarter of the minor league season. But the same certainly…
View More A’s Farm Report: Dunshee, Cotton, Kaprielian & More Pitchers on the MovePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 10 Las Vegas Aviators 6 LP: T.Anderson 3-3 / 6.11 HR: Payton (9) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Mark Payton (2 for 4 / Grand Slam) Four 8th-inning runs weren’t enough to keep Las Vegas from suffering a loss at the…
View More Sunday, May 12th: Payton Belts Big Blast for Vegas while Lazaro Launches Another HR for StocktonMIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Fort Wayne TinCaps 1 Beloit Snappers 10 WP: Conley 1-3 / 3.54 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Bryce Conley (6 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 4 K / Win) Bryce Conley threw 6 hitless and scoreless innings in a…
View More Saturday, May 11th: Conley’s Stellar Start Helps Snappers Snap Skid while Vegas & Midland Win and Jackson, Mengden, Dunshee & Kaprielian Are All on the MovePACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 3 Las Vegas Aviators 7 WP: Blackburn 5-1 / 4.37 Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Sheldon Neuse (1 for 5 / Home Run / 3 RBIs) Las Vegas suffered a loss in extra innings on Friday. Starter…
View More Friday, May 10th: Vegas Falls in Extras despite HRs by Neuse & Mateo while Allen Swings Big Bat in Stockton LossPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 5 Las Vegas Aviators 7 WP: Ruiz 1-1 / 5.87 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Dustin Fowler (2 for 3 / Double / 2 RBIs) Right fielder Dustin Fowler helped lead Las Vegas to its third straight victory…
View More Thursday, May 9th: Fowler Leads Vegas to Victory while Hounds, Ports & Snappers All FallOn this week’s podcast, former Sacramento and Nashville manager and current minor league infield and baserunning instructor for the A’s Steve Scarsone joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about his career in baseball as well as his current role with the A’s and to discuss some of the…
View More A’s Infield & Baserunning Instructor Steve Scarsone & Stockton Skipper Webster Garrison Talk Top Prospects on A’s Farm PodcastPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees 8 Las Vegas Aviators 9 WP: Schlitter 3-1 / 5.87 HR: Brown (10), Mateo (3) Prospect Of The Game: Shortstop Jorge Mateo (3 for 5 / Home Run / Triple / 3 RBIs) Shortstop Jorge Mateo led the…
View More Wednesday, May 8th: Mateo Leads Vegas to Victory while Stockton Suffers One-Run LossOn this week’s podcast, former Stockton Ports manager and the A’s current Supervisor of Player Development Rick Magnante joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to talk about his career in baseball and his current role with the A’s and to discuss some of the team’s top prospects like A.J. Puk,…
View More A’s Player Development Supervisor Rick Magnante Talks About Team’s Top Prospects on A’s Farm PodcastTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 7 NW Arkansas Naturals 5 WP: Cochran-Gill 1-1 / 4.66 HR: Deichmann 2 (5) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Greg Deichmann (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs / Walk) After going 0 for his last 14, right fielder Greg Deichmann…
View More Tuesday, May 7th: Deichmann’s Big Bat Helps Hounds Win while Mengden & Anderson Pitch Vegas to VictoryTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 2 NW Arkansas Naturals 3 LP: Erwin 1-2 / 6.17 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daulton Jefferies (3 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 2 K) On a day in which there wasn’t much to cheer about in the…
View More Monday, May 6th: Jefferies Is Solid in Hounds Loss while Aviators & Snappers Go Down to Defeatby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Now that the first month of the minor league season is in the books, it’s time to take a look at which of the A’s minor league players have gotten off to the best starts in 2019. Familiar pitchers like Daniel Mengden, Brian…
View More A’s Farm Report: April’s Top-Performing ProspectsPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Fresno Grizzlies 2 Las Vegas Aviators 11 WP: Blackburn 4-1 / 4.50 HR: Payton (8), Campbell (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Paul Blackburn (6 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 2 BB / 3 K / Win) RHP…
View More Sunday, May 5th: Blackburn Pitches Vegas to Victory while Dunshee Helps Hounds Win & Ports Prevail behind Lazaro’s Big BatPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Fresno Grizzlies 10 Las Vegas Aviators 7 LP: Lobstein 1-1 / 8.44 HR: Campbell (3), Mateo (2) Prospect Of The Game: Shortstop Jorge Mateo (3 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 3 RBIs / Stolen Base) Despite an impressive performance by…
View More Saturday, May 4th: Mateo Stars for Vegas while Howard Pitches Hounds to Victory & Ports Prevail in Extrasby Jeffrey Pilch (@texasleaguers1) / A’s Farm Midland Contributor The RockHounds started the 2019 season without any of the A’s top 10 prospects according to MLB Pipeline on their roster, but they do have eight players ranked in the top 30 on the squad. Midland managed to finish the month…
View More April in Midland: How the Team’s Top Prospects PerformedPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Fresno Grizzlies 5 Las Vegas Aviators 4 LP: N.Ruiz 0-1 / 7.36 HR: Joseph (3), Olson (1) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Corban Joseph (3 for 5 / Home Run / Triple / 2 RBIs) Las Vegas suffered a one-run loss…
View More Friday, May 3rd: Jackson Starts, Olson Homers & Joseph Stars in Vegas Loss while Snappers drop 6th Straight