by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 19, 2021 Now that spring training games have been underway for a few weeks, it’s a good time to take an informed look at how the 2021 Oakland A’s appear to be shaping up. And at this point, it’s also not too…
View More Meet Your 2021 Oakland A’s!by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor As everyone knows by now, with just two weeks to go until opening day, Major League Baseball made the difficult decision on Thursday to cancel the remainder of spring training as well as the first two weeks of the regular season. But with…
View More Who Was Set to Make the A’s Opening Day Squad in 2020?PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Memphis Redbirds 1 Nashville Sounds 5 WP: McIntyre 1-0 / 0.00 HR: Garcia (24) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Anthony Garcia (2 for 3 / Home Run / 3 RBIs) Left fielder Anthony Garcia launched a three-run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning…
View More Friday, August 31st: Sounds Win behind Garcia’s & Mateo’s Big Bats while Reuss Leads Vermont to Shutout VictoryTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) San Antonio Missions 2 Midland RockHounds 5 WP: Dunshee 7-4 / 2.01 HR: Brown (14) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Parker Dunshee (7 IP / 6 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) RHP Parker Dunshee turned in his seventh…
View More Thursday, August 30th: Dunshee Pitches Hounds to Victory while Ports Prevail behind Theroux’s Big BatMIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 5 Peoria Chiefs 3 WP: Poche 8-6 / 4.45 HR: Gridley (3) Prospect Of The Game: Shortstop Ryan Gridley (3 for 3 / Walk / Home Run / 2 RBIs) Shortstop Ryan Gridley continued his hot hitting to help Beloit best…
View More Saturday, August 25th: Gridley’s Big Bat Helps Beloit Win while Midland & Vermont Both Prevail in ExtrasTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Arkansas Travelers 4 Midland RockHounds 9 WP: Naile 1-0 / 4.50 HR: Brown (13) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Seth Brown (2 for 2 / Home Run / 2 Walks / 4 RBIs) First baseman Seth Brown helped lead the RockHounds to…
View More Sunday, August 19th: Brown’s Big Bat Helps Hounds Win while Sounds Snap Skid & Friedrichs Pitches Ports to VictoryTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) NW Arkansas Naturals 0 Midland RockHounds 5 WP: Ruiz 4-8 / 4.63 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Norge Ruiz (7 IP / 7 H / 0 ER / 3 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Norge Ruiz turned in one of his best starts of…
View More Tuesday, August 14th: Ruiz Leads RockHounds to Shutout Victory while Sounds Win 15th StraightPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 18 Colorado Springs Sky Sox 9 WP: Ramirez 2-2 / 4.34 HR: Barreto (12), Boyd (3), Taylor (2) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder BJ Boyd (3 for 5 / Grand Slam / 6 RBIs) The Sounds exploded for…
View More Thursday, August 9th: Boyd Leads Sounds to 10th Straight Victory while Sportman Helps Hounds Win in ExtrasTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) San Antonio Missions 11 Midland RockHounds 13 WP: Bragg 4-4 / 3.99 HR: Bolt (3) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Skye Bolt (2 for 5 / Home Run / Double / Walk / HBP / 3 RBIs / Stolen Base) Right fielder Skye Bolt led…
View More Friday, August 3rd: Bolt’s Big Blast Helps Hounds Win in Extras While Montas & Marks Pitch Sounds & Ports to VictoryPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 11 Salt Lake Bees 8 WP: Hendriks 2-0 / 4.73 Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Beau Taylor (3 for 6 / Triple / 2 RBIs) Nashville came from behind to notch an extra-inning win over Salt Lake on Monday. Sounds…
View More Monday, July 30th: Taylor & Vertigan Lead Sounds to Comeback Win while Dunshee Pitches Hounds to VictoryPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Omaha Storm Chasers 1 Nashville Sounds 11 WP: Montas 2-5 / 3.91 HR: Garcia 2 (17) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Htter Anthony Garcia (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 8 RBIs) Designated hitter Anthony Garcia’s record day led the…
View More Tuesday, July 17th: Garcia’s Big Night Leads Nashville to Victory while Bolt’s HR Helps Hounds WinCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 10 Lancaster JetHawks 7 WP: Erwin 4-3 / 4.25 Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Collin Theroux (2 for 3 / Triple / Walk / 3 RBIs) The Ports prevailed for the third time in their last four games on Sunday to run…
View More Sunday, May 27th: Theroux Leads Ports to Victory while White Helps Hounds Reach .500CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) San Jose Giants 5 Stockton Ports 1 LP: Gilbert 3-1 / 2.40 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Brian Howard (7 2/3 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 9 K) RHP Brian Howard turned in his most impressive start of the season…
View More Sunday, May 20th: Howard & Conley Turn in Strong Starts for Ports & SnappersTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Corpus Christi Hooks 1 Midland RockHounds 6 WP: Bracewell 3-3 / 2.41 HR: Ramirez (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Ben Bracewell (7 1/3 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 5 K / Win) RHP Ben Bracewell turned in is…
View More Monday, May 14th: Bracewell Pitches Hounds to Victory while Blanco’s Big Day Helps Ports Prevail & Sounds Fall Despite Montas’s Strong Effortby 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, May 7 through Sunday, May 13. So, let’s see…
View More Top 5 Sounds of the WeekCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 4 Visalia Rawhide 2 WP: Biegalski 2-0 / 2.50 HR: Theroux (2) Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Collin Theroux (2 for 3 / Home Run / 3 RBIs) The Ports prevailed over Visalia for the second straight day to run their record to a…
View More Wednesday, May 9th: Ports Prevail behind Theroux’s Big Blast while Montas Makes Strong Start for Sounds & Lopez Homers Twice for Snappersby Bill Craig / A’s Farm Nashville Correspondent The Sounds kicked off an eight-game homestand on Friday by taking on the division-leading Memphis Redbirds at First Tennessee Park in Nashville. Friday’s Game #1: Nashville 3 – Memphis 1 Friday night saw 25-year old RHP Frankie Montas (1-3, 4.91) toeing…
View More Nashville Notches Series Win Against Division-Leading Memphisby 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, April 30 through Sunday, May 6. So, let’s see…
View More Top 5 Sounds of the WeekPACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Memphis Redbirds 1 Nashville Sounds 3 WP: Montas 1-3 / 4.91 HR: Garcia (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Frankie Montas (6 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 2 B / 3 K / Win) RHP Frankie Montas turned in his longest start…
View More Friday, May 4th: Montas Pitches Sounds to Victory while Ports Fall Despite Bray’s Best Efforts & Snappers Snap SkidCALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 11 Lake Elsinore Storm 3 WP: Bray 1-0 / 1.65 HR: Bolt (1) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Melvin Mercedes (3 for 3 / Double / 2 Walks / 3 RBIs) The Ports exploded for 11 runs on Saturday to…
View More Saturday, April 28th: Mercedes Helps Ports Win Big while Montas Suffers Loss for Sounds