Monday, June 25th: Blanco Extends Hit Streak for Stockton while Marks Turns in Another Strong Start for Snappers

  CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Stockton Ports    2 San Jose Giants   5 LP: Manarino 1-1 / 3.86 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Dairon Blanco (2 for 4 / Triple / Double / RBI) On a day in which no A’s affiliate notched a win, Stockton right fielder Dairon Blanco turned…

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Top 5 Sounds of the Week

by Rachel Davis / A’s Farm Nashville Contributor Each week, we’ll be taking a look at some of the top performers for the A’s top affiliate, the Triple-A Nashville Sounds, over the past week. This week covers the period from Monday, June 18 through Sunday, June 24. So, let’s see…

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Friday, June 22nd: Toffey’s Big Blast Leads Ports to Victory while Andueza & Hargrove Help Snappers Prevail

  CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Modesto Nuts     2 Stockton Ports  9 WP: Erwin 6-5 / 4.46 HR: Toffey (3), Pimentel (1) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman William Toffey (2 for 4 / Grand Slam) The Ports prevailed again on Friday to notch their third straight victory over the Nuts.…

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Thursday, June 21st: Laureano Leads Sounds to Victory while Barrera & Shelby Wield Big Bats for Ports & Snappers and AZL A’s Win 4th Straight

  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (Triple-A) Round Rock Express  4 Nashville Sounds      7 WP: Buchter 1-0 / 0.00 HR: Laureano (4), Neuse (1) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Ramon Laureano (2 for 4 / Home Run / 2 RBIs) Right fielder Ramon Laureano delivered the key hit to help…

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Tuesday, June 19th: Squier Stars as Vermont Walks Off Twice while Jackson & Ruiz Turn in Strong Starts for Sounds & Hounds

  NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE  (Class-A Short-Season) GAME #1 Connecticut Tigers             4 Vermont Lake Monsters  5 WP: Tovar 1-0 / 0.00 HR: Squier (1) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Payton Squier (4 for 5 / Home Run / Triple / 3 Runs) Right fielder Payton Squier…

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Monday, June 18th: Friedrichs Is Solid Again for Midland while Neuse Notches Another Multi-Hit Game for Nashville & AZL A’s Win Opener in Extras

  TEXAS LEAGUE  (Double-A) Frisco RoughRiders       5 Midland RockHounds  4 LP: Gorman 3-3 / 3.03 HR: Ramirez (5) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Kyle Friedrichs (7 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 6 K) RHP Kyle Friedrichs turned in his fourth straight quality…

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Top 5 Sounds of the Week

by Rachel Davis / A’s Farm Nashville Contributor Each week, we’ll be taking a look at some of the top performers for the A’s top affiliate, the Triple-A Nashville Sounds, over the past week. This week covers the period from Monday, June 11 through Sunday, June 17. So, let’s see…

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Saturday, June 16th: Nashville Falls despite Garcia’s Big Night while Vermont Notches 1st Victory

  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds         6 Albuquerque Isotopes  10 LP: Naile 5-6 / 4.05 HR: Garcia 2 (11) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Anthony Garcia (2 for 5 / 2 Home Runs) Designated hitter Anthony Garcia’s big bat couldn’t keep the Sounds from falling…

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Thursday, June 14th: Sounds Win behind Martini’s Big Blast while Seddon & Marks Impress for Hounds & Snappers

  PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds    7 El Paso Chihuahas   5 WP: Dull 1-0 / 1.50 HR: Martini (5) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Nick Martini (2 for 4 / Home Run / 3 RBIs) First baseman Nick Martini’s big bat helped the Sounds snap their four-game…

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Wednesday, June 13th: Milburn & Goldstein Help Ports Win 4th Straight while Laureano Has Big Night for Sounds & We Get a Glimpse of Vermont’s Roster

  CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) San Jose Giants   0 Stockton Ports    6 WP: Milburn 3-2 / 4.88 HR: Goldstein (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Matt Milburn (7 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 6 K / Win) Stockton shut out San Jose on seven…

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A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota Offers the Inside Scoop on Oakland’s Top 11 Draft Picks of 2018

by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor 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 director of scouting…

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