B.J. Boyd - A's Farm

Friday, August 17th: Boyd’s Bat Leads AZL A’s to Victory while Bees Win and Cats & Ports Lose

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 3 New Orleans Zephyrs 4 (LP – Godfrey 9-2 / 3.29) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Tyson Ross (5 2/3 IP / 1 ER / 6 K) Worth Noting: Starter Tyson Ross…

Tuesday, August 14th: Cats and Ports Fall as Boyd Has Big Night in Arizona

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats 1 New Orlean Zephyrs 2 (LP – Banwart 8-4 / 3.83) Farmhand Of The Game: Catcher Anthony Recker (Double / RBI) Worth Noting: Starter Travis Banwart had a solid outing,…

Thursday, August 9th: Hernandez Hurls Hounds to Victory while Ports & Bees Fall

A’s Farmhand Of The Day PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats OFF-DAY TEXAS LEAGUE (DOUBLE-A) Midland RockHounds 4 NW Arkansas Naturals 3 (WP – Hernandez 5-4 / 5.30) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Carlos Hernandez (6 IP / 1 ER / 7 K / Win)…

Exclusive: A’s Super Scout Grady Fuson Talks Top Prospects with A’s Farm

One of the most popular pieces we’ve featured here on A’s Farm over the past few months was our profile of A’s super scout (and Moneyball bad guy) Grady Fuson. He was the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001, when he left the A’s to become the assistant general…

Exclusive: Get the Inside Scoop on the A’s Top 10 Draft Picks of 2012 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota

Thanks to the loss of free agents Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s had a few more picks than usual in the upper ranks of the amateur draft this year – 5 of the first 75 picks to be exact. And surprisingly, the team used a number of those…

Getting To Know: The A’s 2012 Top 10 Draft Picks

Yesterday, we gave you the lowdown on the A’s top 3 picks selected on Day 1 of the draft. Now that Day 2 is complete we wanted to take the chance to run down the A’s top 10 picks of the 2012 amateur player draft. The team evenly divided its…