Monday, April 14th: Atherton Pitches Ports to Victory while Hounds & Snappers Get Postponed, Neal Gets Set to Join Cats & Jesse Chavez Goes for a Ride

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Bakersfield Blaze  5 Stockton Ports   7 WP – Atherton 1-0 / 4.80 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Tim Atherton (6 IP / 6 H / 2 ER / 1 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Tim Atherton was solid…

View More Monday, April 14th: Atherton Pitches Ports to Victory while Hounds & Snappers Get Postponed, Neal Gets Set to Join Cats & Jesse Chavez Goes for a Ride

Sunday, April 13th: Myers’ Big Bat Leads Hounds to Victory while Ports & Snappers Fall and Cats Sweep Twinbill as Blanton Calls It Quits

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   TEXAS LEAGUE  (Double-A) Midland RockHounds  11 NW Arkansas Naturals     6 WP – Jensen 1-0 / 2.31 HR – Myers (1), Taylor (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Designated Hitter D’Arby Myers (4 for 4 / Home Run / Triple / 2 RBIs)…

View More Sunday, April 13th: Myers’ Big Bat Leads Hounds to Victory while Ports & Snappers Fall and Cats Sweep Twinbill as Blanton Calls It Quits

Friday, April 11th: Freiman’s Slam Leads Cats to Victory in Home Opener while Hounds & Snappers Fall and Ports Win as Ynoa Exits with Apparent Arm Injury

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (Triple-A) Salt Lake Bees                  6 Sacramento River Cats  7 WP – Savery 1-0 / 8.10 HR – Freiman (1) Farmhand Of The Game: First Baseman Nate Freiman (Grand Slam) First baseman Nate…

View More Friday, April 11th: Freiman’s Slam Leads Cats to Victory in Home Opener while Hounds & Snappers Fall and Ports Win as Ynoa Exits with Apparent Arm Injury

Thursday, April 10th: Pinder Helps Ports Prevail in 18-Inning Marathon while Cats, Hounds & Snappers All Fall as Vogt Hits DL

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Visalia Rawhide   5 Stockton Ports  6 WP – Robinson 1-0 / 0.00 HR – Nunez (2), Pinder (2), Crocker (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Second Baseman Chad Pinder (Home Run / 2 Doubles / 2 RBIs) It was a…

View More Thursday, April 10th: Pinder Helps Ports Prevail in 18-Inning Marathon while Cats, Hounds & Snappers All Fall as Vogt Hits DL

Wednesday, April 9th: Wahl Wins 2nd Start for Snappers while Goebbert’s Big Bat Leads Cats to Victory, Ports Come Up Short and Russell Expected to Miss a Month for Midland

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   MIDWEST LEAGUE  (Class-A) Beloit Snappers             3 South Bend Silver Hawks  2 WP – Bragg 1-0 / 1.69 Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Bobby Wahl (5 IP / 7 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 7 K)…

View More Wednesday, April 9th: Wahl Wins 2nd Start for Snappers while Goebbert’s Big Bat Leads Cats to Victory, Ports Come Up Short and Russell Expected to Miss a Month for Midland

Tuesday, April 8th: Whitaker Helps Hounds Put Up 20 while Herrera Wins 1st Start for Snappers and Cats & Ports Lose Late

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   TEXAS LEAGUE  (Double-A) NW Arkansas Naturals      8 Midland RockHounds  20 WP – Long 1-0 / 9.82 HR – Whitaker (2), Muncy (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Josh Whitaker (4 for 6 / Home Run / 4 RBIs) After giving up…

View More Tuesday, April 8th: Whitaker Helps Hounds Put Up 20 while Herrera Wins 1st Start for Snappers and Cats & Ports Lose Late

Monday, April 7th: Streich Impresses in 1st Stockton Start while Whitaker Helps Hounds Win and Gentry Looks Good to Go in Cats Loss

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Stockton Ports   4 Bakersfield Blaze  1 WP – Streich 1-0 / 1.80 HR – Pinder (1), Robinson (1), Maxwell (1) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Seth Streich (5 IP / 1 H / 1 ER / 2 BB / 6…

View More Monday, April 7th: Streich Impresses in 1st Stockton Start while Whitaker Helps Hounds Win and Gentry Looks Good to Go in Cats Loss

Friday, April 4th: McKinney Goes Deep Twice in Ports Loss while Neal Leads Midland to Shutout Win and Murphy Drops Cats Debut

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Stockton Ports  3 Visalia Rawhide   4 LP – Ynoa 1-0 / 6.75 HR – McKinney 2 (2) Farmhand Of The Game: Outfielder Billy McKinney (2 Home Runs) 2013’s top draft pick for the A’s, outfielder Billy McKinney, seems to…

View More Friday, April 4th: McKinney Goes Deep Twice in Ports Loss while Neal Leads Midland to Shutout Win and Murphy Drops Cats Debut

Thursday, April 3rd: Ports Pull Out the Win Behind Nunez’s Big Bat while Cats, Hounds & Snappers All Fall on Opening Night

  A’s Farmhand Of The Day   CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (High-A) Stockton Ports  4 Visalia Rawhide   1 WP – Hall 1-0 / 0.00 Farmhand Of The Game: Third Baseman Renato Nunez (2 Doubles / RBI) Just one day before his 20th birthday, third baseman Renato Nunez got off to a…

View More Thursday, April 3rd: Ports Pull Out the Win Behind Nunez’s Big Bat while Cats, Hounds & Snappers All Fall on Opening Night

Projected A’s, River Cats, RockHounds, Ports & Snappers Opening Day Rosters

**4/1 UPDATE: Official opening day rosters for all the A’s minor league affiliates are here… SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS Catchers – Vogt, Ortiz Infielders – Freiman, Aliotti, Martinez, Carrithers, Elmore, Nakajima Outfielders – Peterson, Matthes, Goebbert, Crumbliss Starting Pitchers – Blanton, Leon, Lindblom, Buschmann, Murphy Relief Pitchers – Humber, Hooker, McBryde,…

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Exclusive: Down on the Farm with Farhan Zaidi, the A’s new Assistant General Manager – Part 2

Yesterday, we brought you Part 1 of A’s Farm’s exclusive interview with A’s assistant general manager and director of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, where he gave us the lowdown on top prospects like Addison Russell, Daniel Robertson, Michael Ynoa, Raul Alcantara and Arnold Leon. In Part 2, we’ll cover Billy McKinney,…

View More Exclusive: Down on the Farm with Farhan Zaidi, the A’s new Assistant General Manager – Part 2