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Thursday, May 26th: Joey Wendle Leads Hit Parade as Sounds Score 13 in 4th Straight Win while Stockton Surrenders 29 Runs in Loss to Lancaster

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 13 Las Vegas 51s 2 WP – Smith 3-5 / 4.19 HR – Muncy (7), Healy (1) Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Joey Wendle (4 for 4 / 2 Doubles / Triple / Walk / 3 RBIs) The…

Sunday, May 22nd: Wade Kirkland Helps Hounds Win in a Walk-Off while Ryan Doolittle Drops Nashville Debut

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Corpus Christi Hooks 6 Midland RockHounds 7 WP – Bragg 1-1 / 11.57 Prospect Of The Game: Second Baseman Wade Kirkland (4 for 5 / Double / 2 RBIs) With one out and a man on third in the bottom of the 10th inning,…

Thursday, May 5th: Raul Alcantara’s 6 Hitless Innings Help Hounds Win while Henderson Alvarez Makes another Rehab Appearance in Sounds Loss

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Corpus Christi Hooks 0 Midland RockHounds 13 WP – Alcantara 2-1 / 5.53 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Raul Alcantara (6 IP / 0 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 4 K / Win) The RockHounds shut out the Hooks on just…

A’s Farm Report for Week of April 25-May 1: Prospects On The Move

There were plenty of players on the move throughout the A’s system this past week. Injuries at the major league level and the minor league level, particularly to pitchers like Chris Bassitt, Daniel Gossett and Dustin Driver as well as others, necessitated a number of different moves. But the promotions…

Sunday, May 1st: Zach Neal Leads Sounds to Shutout Win while Kyle Friedrichs & Boomer Biegalski Pitch Snappers to Doubleheader Sweep

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 3 Round Rock Express 0 WP – Neal 3-1 / 3.14 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Zach Neal (7 1/3 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 1 K / Win) RHP Zach Neal turned in his…

Friday, April 22nd: Beloit Wins behind Skye Bolt’s Big Bat while Stockton Wins in a Walk-Off & Nashville Falls despite Sean Manaea’s Solid Start

MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 4 Burlington Bees 3 WP – Manarino 2-0 / 1.04 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Skye Bolt (2 for 4 / Triple / Double / Walk / 3 RBIs) Last year’s 4th-round draft pick for the A’s, center fielder Skye Bolt, continued his…

Saturday, April 16th: Sean Manaea K’s 11 in Sounds Victory while Snappers Win in a Walk-Off in 12th

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 5 Oklahoma City Dodgers 1 WP – Manaea 2-0 / 1.50 HR – Nunez (2), Wendle (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Sean Manaea (6 2/3 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 2 BB / 11 K…

A’s Top 10 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

It’s been about two months since this year’s amateur draft and about seven weeks since most of the players picked by the A’s began playing with either the Class-A Vermont Lake Monsters or the rookie-ball Arizona League A’s. Fortunately, the A’s managed to sign all of their top 10 picks…

Thursday, June 25th: Tim Atherton & Brad Mills Pitch Hounds & Sounds to Shutout Victories while Snappers Drop 9th Straight

TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 5 San Antonio Missions 0 WP – Atherton 5-3 / 5.31 HR – Nunez (10) Farmhand Of The Game: Pitcher Tim Atherton (8 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 7 K / Win) RHP Tim Atherton turned in…

Get the Inside Scoop on Oakland’s Top 10 Draft Picks of 2015 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota

After selecting a good number of high school players over the past few years, the A’s returned to their old, familiar ways in this year’s draft, taking college players with nine of their top ten picks. The A’s took a pair of college shortstops with their top two selections. Top…

Getting to Know the A’s 2015 Top 10 Draft Picks

Now that day two of the amateur draft is complete, it’s time to run down the A’s top ten picks of the 2015 draft. After taking two collegiate shortstops with their top two picks on Monday, the team continued to prefer college players on Tuesday but focused more on finding…