by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 3, 2021 Now that major league spring training has wrapped up and the regular season has kicked off, minor league spring training camp has gotten underway in Arizona. But 26 of the A’s upper-level minor league players are now working out at…
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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…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 7, 2021 Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects List. After a lost season for most minor leaguers in 2020, there’s not a whole lot of new information to be able to evaluate…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor October 30, 2020 After originally joining the A’s organization as an area scout under the Billy Martin regime back in 1982, Grady Fuson rose through the ranks and eventually ended up serving as the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001. It proved to be a very…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor October 16, 2020 After a lost minor league season, many of the A’s top prospects are currently participating in the A’s fall instructional league camp at the team’s minor league complex in Mesa, Arizona. Some of the prospects at the camp also participated…
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By Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor September 20, 2020 After spending 14 seasons managing in the independent leagues, Fran Riordan joined the A’s organization in 2015 when he was brought on board to skipper Beloit, the A’s affiliate in the Class-A Midwest League. After two seasons with the Snappers,…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 27, 2020 In his first year as the A’s director of player development, Ed Sprague certainly didn’t expect to be spending the summer in San Jose. But with the minor league season cancelled this year, that’s exactly where the northern California native…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 12, 2020 Just as MLB Pipeline recently updated its prospect rankings, Baseball America recently published its own up-to-date midseason prospect rankings. Not only did Baseball America’s prospect hounds recalibrate their top 100 prospects in all of baseball and their top 30 prospects…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 11, 2020 MLB Pipeline recently updated its prospect rankings from last spring, with some promising young A’s players moving up the charts and others sliding down. MLB.com’s top prospect hounds, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Mike Rosenbaum, recalibrated their top 100 prospects…
View More MLB Pipeline’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor After word broke early on Tuesday that the A’s would be furloughing much of their baseball operations staff, including most of their player-development employees and pro and amateur scouts, news came later in the day that the organization would also stop paying its…
View More A’s To Stop Paying Minor Leaguers: Players ReactOn this episode of the podcast, A’s outfield prospect and AFL home run king Greg Deichmann joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity for an in-depth conversation about his journey through the minor leagues, his stops in Stockton and Midland, his past injury issues and his recent stint in the Arizona…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks with A’s Outfield Prospect Greg DeichmannA’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 21 – October 26) Monday, October 21st: Center fielder Greg Deichmann went 1 for 4 with his league-leading 9th home run, while first baseman Alfonso Rivas went 2 for 4 with an RBI double, and LHP Jhenderson Hurtado threw 1 scoreless inning in Mesa’s 4-0…
View More A’s In The AFL – October 21-26 Final UpdateA’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 14 – October 20) Monday, October 14th: First baseman Alfonso Rivas went 2 for 3 with a walk and scored twice, while right fielder Greg Deichmann and third baseman Nick Allen each went 0 for 4, and RHP Brady Feigl struck out 2 in 1…
View More A’s In The AFL – October 14-20 UpdateA’s Prospect AFL Highlights (October 7 – October 13) Monday, September 7th: No games scheduled. Tuesday, October 8th: Second baseman Nick Allen went 1 for 3, while left fielder Greg Deichmann went 0 for 4, and RHP Jesus Zambrano allowed 2 runs, 1 earned, in 1 inning of relief as…
View More A’s In The AFL – October 7-13 UpdateA’s Prospect AFL Highlights (September 30 – October 6) Monday, September 30th: No games scheduled. Tuesday, October 1st: Center fielder Greg Deichmann went 2 for 5 with a double and scored a run, while RHP Jesus Zambrano tossed 1 scoreless inning in Mesa’s 4-0 shutout win on Tuesday. Wednesday, October…
View More A’s In The AFL – September 30-October 6 UpdateA’s Prospect AFL Highlights (September 23 – 29) Monday, September 23rd: No games scheduled. Tuesday, September 24th: Starter Daniel Gossett allowed 1 run and struck out 3 in 3 innings of work to earn the win, while LHP Jhenderson Hurtado tossed 2 scoreless innings in relief. RF Greg Deichmann went…
View More A’s In The AFL – September 23-29 UpdateA’s Prospect AFL Highlights (September 18 – 22) Wednesday, September 18th: Right fielder Greg Deichmann went 1 for 3 with a walk and stole a base, while first baseman Alfonso Rivas went 1 for 4 with a double and scored a run. LHP Jhenderson Hurtado struck out 3 over 2…
View More A’s In The AFL – September 18-22 Updateby Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor While most baseball fans are focused on the drama of major league pennant races and postseason play in the fall, it’s also an important time for some of the minor leagues’ top prospects. And starting on Wednesday, some of the A’s most promising…
View More Allen, Rivas, Deichmann, Feigl & Gossett Headline A’s AFL SquadTEXAS LEAGUE SOUTH DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Double-A) GAME #2 Midland RockHounds 4 Amarillo Sod Poodles 1 WP: K.Friedrichs HR: G.Deichmann 2 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Greg Deichmann (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) Right fielder Greg Deichmann had a big night at the…
View More Thursday, September 5th: Deichmann’s Big Bat Helps Hounds Win while Bolt, Fowler, Rupp & White All Homer for VegasTEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 4 Springfield Cardinals 3 WP: Alexander 1-1 / 0.56 HR: Deichmann (11) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Greg Deichmann (1 for 2 / Home Run / 3 RBIs / 2 Walks) The RockHounds recorded their second straight one-run win over Springfield on Saturday…
View More Saturday, August 31st: Deichmann’s HR Helps Hounds Win while Holmes Makes Solid Debut for Vegas