A’s Farm’s 2016 Mid-Season Organizational All-Star Team
With the California League and the Midwest League All-Star breaks taking place this week and all the minor league affiliates right around the halfway points of their seasons, it’s the perfect time to take a step back and determine who the true standouts on the field have been in the…
View More A’s Farm’s 2016 Mid-Season Organizational All-Star TeamTuesday, June 21st: Altamirano Throws 5 Shutout Frames to Help Vermont Notch 1st Victory while Chapman & Barreto Both Homer in Hounds’ Loss
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Connecticut Tigers 1 Vermont Lake Monsters 5 WP – Willman 1-0 / 0.00 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Xavier Altamirano (5 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 6 K) After starting off the…
View More Tuesday, June 21st: Altamirano Throws 5 Shutout Frames to Help Vermont Notch 1st Victory while Chapman & Barreto Both Homer in Hounds’ LossMonday, June 20th: Overton Leads Sounds to Shutout Win and AZL A’s Drop Season Opener as A’s Draft Picks Make Pro Debuts
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Round Rock Express 0 Nashville Sounds 4 WP – Overton 8-4 / 3.01 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dillon Overton (7 1/3 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) LHP Dillon Overton delivered another impressive…
View More Monday, June 20th: Overton Leads Sounds to Shutout Win and AZL A’s Drop Season Opener as A’s Draft Picks Make Pro DebutsSunday, June 19th: Marincov’s Double Helps Hounds Win in a Walk-Off while Sounds Drop Doubleheader and Walsh & Lambo Land on DL
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Frisco RoughRiders 4 Midland RockHounds 5 WP – Sanchez 3-3 / 3.16 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Tyler Marincov (2 for 6 / Double / GWRBI / Stolen Base) With one out, a man on first and the game tied in the bottom…
View More Sunday, June 19th: Marincov’s Double Helps Hounds Win in a Walk-Off while Sounds Drop Doubleheader and Walsh & Lambo Land on DLSaturday, June 18th: Pinder’s 9th HR Leads Nashville to Victory while Wagman Wins for Stockton
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Round Rock Express 2 Nashville Sounds 3 WP – Kurcz 3-0 / 2.66 HR – Pinder (9) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Chad Pinder (2 for 4 / Home Run / GWRBI) Designated hitter Chad Pinder belted a tie-breaking home run in…
View More Saturday, June 18th: Pinder’s 9th HR Leads Nashville to Victory while Wagman Wins for StocktonFriday, June 17th: Colin Walsh Helps Sounds Win in a Walk-Off while RockHounds Split Twinbill, Manarino Pitches Snappers to Victory & Vermont Is Shut Out in Season Opener
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Round Rock Express 4 Nashville Sounds 5 WP – Brasier 4-2 / 3.52 Prospect Of The Game: Left Fielder Colin Walsh (3 for 5 / 2 Doubles / RBI) Left fielder Colin Walsh’s one-out double in the bottom of the 10th inning led…
View More Friday, June 17th: Colin Walsh Helps Sounds Win in a Walk-Off while RockHounds Split Twinbill, Manarino Pitches Snappers to Victory & Vermont Is Shut Out in Season OpenerThursday, June 16th: Friedrichs Pitches Ports to Victory while Pinder & Healy Homer in Sounds Loss
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 6 High Desert Mavericks 4 WP – Friedrichs 2-1 / 6.97 HR – Pimentel (11) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Kyle Friedrichs (7 IP / 7 H / 3 ER / 0 BB / 5 K / Win) After…
View More Thursday, June 16th: Friedrichs Pitches Ports to Victory while Pinder & Healy Homer in Sounds LossGet the Inside Scoop on Oakland’s Top 11 Draft Picks of 2016 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota
The A’s took a familiar path in this year’s draft, selecting college players with fifteen of their top sixteen picks. And the team took a trio of talented college pitchers with their top three selections. Top pick A.J. Puk is a flame-throwing lefty out of Florida with top-of-the-rotation potential, while second…
View More Get the Inside Scoop on Oakland’s Top 11 Draft Picks of 2016 from A’s Scouting Director Eric KubotaWednesday, June 15th: Overton Wins 7th as Sounds Score 16 and Soto’s HR Seals Doubleheader Sweep for Snappers
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Memphis Redbirds 3 Nashville Sounds 16 WP – Overton 7-4 / 3.30 HR – Pinder (7), Ravelo (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dillon Overton (7 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) LHP Dillon Overton…
View More Wednesday, June 15th: Overton Wins 7th as Sounds Score 16 and Soto’s HR Seals Doubleheader Sweep for SnappersTuesday, June 14th: Pinder’s & Barreto’s Home Runs Aren’t Enough to Help Sounds & Hounds Win while A’s Come to Terms with 24 Draft Picks
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Memphis Redbirds 7 Nashville Sounds 4 LP – Wendelken 1-3 / 5.48 HR – Pinder (6) Prospect Of The Game: Shortstop Chad Pinder (3 for 4 / Home Run / Walk) Starter Angel Castro surrendered 3 runs over 6 innings of work on Tuesday,…
View More Tuesday, June 14th: Pinder’s & Barreto’s Home Runs Aren’t Enough to Help Sounds & Hounds Win while A’s Come to Terms with 24 Draft PicksMonday, June 13th: Marincov’s Big Bat Helps Hounds to Doubleheader Split while Stockton Sweeps Twinbill & Alcantara Homers in Sounds Loss
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) GAME #2 Midland RockHounds 8 Frisco RoughRiders 2 WP – Bracewell 3-1 / 2.15 HR – Marincov (3), Rodriguez (2) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Tyler Marincov (3 for 4 / Home Run / 2 Doubles / 4 RBIs) With the game a…
View More Monday, June 13th: Marincov’s Big Bat Helps Hounds to Doubleheader Split while Stockton Sweeps Twinbill & Alcantara Homers in Sounds LossSunday, June 12th: Brugman’s Big Bat & Healy’s HR Help Sounds Win while Ports Lose in a Walk-Off
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 7 Oklahoma City Dodgers 4 WP – Healy 2-0 / 2.84 HR – Healy (4) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Jaycob Brugman (3 for 4 / Double / Walk / 3 Runs / GWRBI) Center fielder Jaycob Brugman’s hot…
View More Sunday, June 12th: Brugman’s Big Bat & Healy’s HR Help Sounds Win while Ports Lose in a Walk-OffSaturday, June 11th: Jensen Pitches Hounds to Victory while Brugman Continues Hot Hitting for Sounds & Friedrichs Helps Ports Snap 10-Game Skid
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 5 Frisco RoughRiders 1 WP – Jensen 4-4 / 5.22 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Chris Jensen (7 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 7 K / Win) One night after the RockHounds snapped their six-game…
View More Saturday, June 11th: Jensen Pitches Hounds to Victory while Brugman Continues Hot Hitting for Sounds & Friedrichs Helps Ports Snap 10-Game SkidLocal Boy Daulton Jefferies Makes Good as A’s 2nd Pick in This Year’s Draft
The A’s didn’t have to look far to find their second pick in this year’s amateur draft. With the 37th overall selection, the team took Daulton Jefferies, a 20-year-old right-hander who’s spent the past three years pitching right in their own backyard at UC Berkeley for the California Golden Bears.…
View More Local Boy Daulton Jefferies Makes Good as A’s 2nd Pick in This Year’s DraftGetting to Know the A’s 2016 Top 11 Draft Picks
After finishing poorly last season, Oakland earned the sixth overall pick in this year’s amateur draft. The A’s also had the 37th overall pick in the Competitive Balance Lottery Round A, which meant the team would pick eleven players in the first ten rounds of the draft. And with the…
View More Getting to Know the A’s 2016 Top 11 Draft PicksFriday, June 10th: Overton Tosses 6 Shutout Innings and Pinder, Brugman & Maxwell Homer to Help Sounds Win while Hounds Prevail in Extras
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 10 Oklahoma City Dodgers 0 WP – Overton 6-4 / 3.63 HR – Pinder (5), Brugman (3), Maxwell (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dillon Overton (6 IP / 4 H / 0 ER / 4 BB / 3 K…
View More Friday, June 10th: Overton Tosses 6 Shutout Innings and Pinder, Brugman & Maxwell Homer to Help Sounds Win while Hounds Prevail in ExtrasA’s Take Trio of Talented Arms on First Day of Draft
On day one of the 2016 amateur draft, the A’s chose to load up on collegiate arms, taking a trio of talented college hurlers with their first three picks of the draft. All three pitchers were members of 2015’s USA Collegiate National Team and at one point or another all…
View More A’s Take Trio of Talented Arms on First Day of DraftThursday, June 9th: Sounds Split Doubleheader while Hounds Drop 6th in a Row & Stockton Suffers 9th Straight Loss
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) GAME #2 Nashville Sounds 4 Oklahoma City Dodgers 1 WP – Alvarez 1-0 / 0.00 Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Matt McBride (2 for 2 / 2 Doubles / Walk / RBI) After going 4 for 4 with a home run…
View More Thursday, June 9th: Sounds Split Doubleheader while Hounds Drop 6th in a Row & Stockton Suffers 9th Straight LossA’s Take Talented Lefty A.J. Puk with Top Pick in the Amateur Draft
With their #1 pick in the 2016 amateur draft, the A’s selected a University of Florida junior for the second year in a row. Last year, it was Gators shortstop Richie Martin, and this year it was LHP A.J. Puk. Baseball America had recently ranked the big lefty as the…
View More A’s Take Talented Lefty A.J. Puk with Top Pick in the Amateur DraftWednesday, June 8th: Mike Martin’s 5 Hits Help Snappers Win while Tyler Marincov Drives in 3 as Hounds Drop 5th Straight
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 11 Quad Cities River Bandits 3 WP – Murray 2-1 / 2.20 HR – Higley (3), Howell (2) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Mike Martin (5 for 5 / 3 RBIs / Stolen Base) Beloit put 11 runs…
View More Wednesday, June 8th: Mike Martin’s 5 Hits Help Snappers Win while Tyler Marincov Drives in 3 as Hounds Drop 5th Straight