TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 5 Corpus Christi Hooks 2 WP – Sanchez 7-5 / 3.02 HR – Sportman (4), Paz (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daniel Gossett (7 IP / 4 H / 1 ER / 1 BB / 10 K) RHP Daniel Gossett delivered…
View More Thursday, August 25th: Gossett K’s 10 in Hounds Win while Manarino Pitches Ports to Victory and Olson & Chapman Homer in Sounds LossTag: Matt Chapman
Monday, August 22nd: Overton’s Arm and Wendle’s & Brugman’s Bats Help Sounds Win 3rd Straight as Chapman Hits 1st Triple-A HR
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 12 Omaha Storm Chasers 3 WP – Overton 12-5 / 3.38 HR – Brugman (7), Chapman (1) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dillon Overton (6 IP / 5 H / 1 ER / 3 BB / 7 K / Win) After…
View More Monday, August 22nd: Overton’s Arm and Wendle’s & Brugman’s Bats Help Sounds Win 3rd Straight as Chapman Hits 1st Triple-A HRWednesday, August 17th: Overton Pitches Sounds to Victory as Chapman Makes Triple-A Debut and Graves Is Solid Again in Stockton Loss
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 2 Nashville Sounds 5 WP – Overton 11-5 / 3.48 HR – Wendle (12), A.Alcantara (11) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dillon Overton (6 IP / 5 H / 2 ER / 2 BB / 2 K / Win) LHP Dillon…
View More Wednesday, August 17th: Overton Pitches Sounds to Victory as Chapman Makes Triple-A Debut and Graves Is Solid Again in Stockton LossTuesday, August 16th: Hahn Returns to Hill to Help Sounds Win while Chapman, Pinder & Iriart Are All on the Move
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Tacoma Rainiers 1 Nashville Sounds 2 WP – Castro 1-7 / 4.91 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Jesse Hahn (4 IP / 2 H / 1 ER / 3 BB / 6 K) It was a day filled with lots of intriguing roster…
View More Tuesday, August 16th: Hahn Returns to Hill to Help Sounds Win while Chapman, Pinder & Iriart Are All on the MoveA’s Farm Report for Week of August 8-14: Chapman, Nunez & Young Hurlers Heating Up in August
As things heat up in August, some of the organization’s top sluggers like Matt Chapman and Renato Nunez have really been starting to get hot lately as well. In addition, the team’s top three draft picks – pitchers A.J. Puk, Daulton Jefferies and Logan Shore – all appear to…
View More A’s Farm Report for Week of August 8-14: Chapman, Nunez & Young Hurlers Heating Up in AugustSaturday, August 13th: A Pair of Alcantaras Help Sounds Prevail while Gossett & Chapman Combine to Lead Hounds to Victory
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Reno Aces 1 Nashville Sounds 2 WP – Wahl 1-0 / 0.00 HR – A.Alcantara (10) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Raul Alcantara (5 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 5 K) Two Alcantaras…
View More Saturday, August 13th: A Pair of Alcantaras Help Sounds Prevail while Gossett & Chapman Combine to Lead Hounds to VictoryWednesday, August 10th: Chapman’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Nunez Homers for 3rd Straight Night but Sounds still Come up Short
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 3 Tulsa Drillers 1 WP – Seddon 8-8 / 4.75 HR – Chapman 2 (28) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Matt Chapman (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) Third baseman Matt…
View More Wednesday, August 10th: Chapman’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Nunez Homers for 3rd Straight Night but Sounds still Come up ShortSaturday, August 6th: Chapman’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Mengden Pitches Sounds to Victory and Boyd’s Grand Slam Helps Ports Prevail
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Corpus Christi Hooks 2 Midland RockHounds 7 WP – Bracewell 7-1 / 1.54 HR – Chapman 2 (26) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Matt Chapman (3 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / Triple / 6 RBIs) Third baseman Matt Chapman had a…
View More Saturday, August 6th: Chapman’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Mengden Pitches Sounds to Victory and Boyd’s Grand Slam Helps Ports PrevailThursday, July 28th: Gossett Impresses Again as Hounds Win 4th Straight while Smith & Nunez Lead Sounds to Victory
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 3 Corpus Christi Hooks 2 WP – Trivino 1-0 / 0.00 HR – Chapman (24) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daniel Gossett (7 IP / 3 H / 1 ER / 0 BB / 9 K) For his fourth straight start, RHP…
View More Thursday, July 28th: Gossett Impresses Again as Hounds Win 4th Straight while Smith & Nunez Lead Sounds to VictoryWednesday, July 27th: Graves Is Almost Perfect in Ports’ Win while Alcantara Leads Sounds to Shutout Victory
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 2 High Desert Mavericks 1 WP – Graves 5-8 / 5.11 HR – Pimentel (16) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Brett Graves (8 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 1 K / Win) 2014’s…
View More Wednesday, July 27th: Graves Is Almost Perfect in Ports’ Win while Alcantara Leads Sounds to Shutout VictoryExclusive: Down on the Farm with A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson
Long-time baseball man Grady Fuson served as the A’s scouting director from 1995 until 2001, when the team drafted such talented players as Eric Chavez, Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, Barry Zito and Rich Harden. He left the A’s at the end of 2001 to become the assistant general manager of the Texas Rangers and, after moving on…
View More Exclusive: Down on the Farm with A’s Special Assistant Grady FusonTuesday, July 19th: Seddon’s Solid Effort & Chapman’s 4 RBIs Lead Hounds to Victory while Ports Win in a Walk-Off & Sounds Drop Twinbill
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Corpus Christi Hooks 2 Midland RockHounds 14 WP – Seddon 4-8 / 5.27 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Joel Seddon (7 IP / 6 H / 1 ER / 2 BB / 4 K / Win) RHP Joel Seddon turned in his fifth…
View More Tuesday, July 19th: Seddon’s Solid Effort & Chapman’s 4 RBIs Lead Hounds to Victory while Ports Win in a Walk-Off & Sounds Drop TwinbillSunday, July 10th: Rosa’s Big Day Leads Hounds to Victory while Overton Wins 10th to Snap Sounds’ Skid
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Arkansas Travelers 6 Midland RockHounds 17 WP – Sanchez 5-4 / 2.76 HR – Chapman (22), Rosa 2 (6) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Viosergy Rosa (5 for 6 / 2 Home Runs / 2 Doubles / 4 RBIs) First baseman…
View More Sunday, July 10th: Rosa’s Big Day Leads Hounds to Victory while Overton Wins 10th to Snap Sounds’ SkidSaturday, July 9th: Ports Win behind Pimentel’s Big Bat while Jensen Pitches Hounds to Victory with Help from Chapman’s 21st HR & Puk Prepares to Join Vermont
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 11 San Jose Giants 5 WP – Fillmyer 5-6 / 3.60 HR – Pimentel (13), Boyd (3) Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Sandber Pimentel (3 for 5 / Home Run / 4 RBIs) First baseman Sandber Pimentel had a big night at…
View More Saturday, July 9th: Ports Win behind Pimentel’s Big Bat while Jensen Pitches Hounds to Victory with Help from Chapman’s 21st HR & Puk Prepares to Join VermontA’s Mid-Season Minor League Leaders
With the major league All-Star break almost upon us, it’s a good time to take a look at the A’s minor league leaders in a few key hitting and pitching categories – as we did last summer, which you can revisit here. A minimum of 150 at-bats is required for…
View More A’s Mid-Season Minor League LeadersA’s Farm Report for Week of June 27-July 3: Taking a Look at Each Affiliate’s Top Performers
With the draft taking up a lot of our attention over the past few weeks, it’s been a month since we last did an around-the-horn roundup of all the A’s affiliates. So it seems like a good time to take a look at who the prospects are who’ve really been…
View More A’s Farm Report for Week of June 27-July 3: Taking a Look at Each Affiliate’s Top PerformersSaturday, July 2nd: Seddon Leads Hounds to Shutout Victory as Chapman Hits 20th HR and Vermont Wins 15-Inning Marathon
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 7 NW Arkansas Naturals 0 WP – Seddon 3-6 / 6.08 HR – Chapman (20) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Joel Seddon (7 IP / 7 H / 0 ER / 3 BB / 3 K / Win) For the second night in…
View More Saturday, July 2nd: Seddon Leads Hounds to Shutout Victory as Chapman Hits 20th HR and Vermont Wins 15-Inning MarathonFriday, July 1st: Gossett’s Strong Start and HRs by Chapman, Blair & Marincov Help Hounds Win while Tepesch Drops Sounds Debut
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 6 NW Arkansas Naturals 4 WP – Gossett 1-2 / 3.38 HR – Chapman (19), Marincov (5), Blair (3) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Daniel Gossett (7 1/3 IP / 5 H / 2 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win)…
View More Friday, July 1st: Gossett’s Strong Start and HRs by Chapman, Blair & Marincov Help Hounds Win while Tepesch Drops Sounds DebutThursday, June 30th: Carson Blair’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Sounds Come Up Short Despite Matt Olson’s HR
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 5 NW Arkansas Naturals 3 WP – Bracewell 4-1 / 2.08 HR – Chapman (18), Blair 2 (2) Prospect Of The Game: Catcher Carson Blair (2 for 4 / 2 Home Runs / 3 RBIs) Catcher Carson Blair had his biggest game since…
View More Thursday, June 30th: Carson Blair’s 2 HRs Help Hounds Win while Sounds Come Up Short Despite Matt Olson’s HRThursday, June 23rd: Friedrichs Leads Stockton to Shutout Victory while Chapman’s 17th HR Helps Hounds Win & Sounds Split Twinbill
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) San Jose Giants 0 Stockton Ports 5 WP – Friedrichs 3-1 / 5.40 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Kyle Friedrichs (6 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 8 K / Win) RHP Kyle Friedrichs turned in his fourth straight quality start…
View More Thursday, June 23rd: Friedrichs Leads Stockton to Shutout Victory while Chapman’s 17th HR Helps Hounds Win & Sounds Split Twinbill