by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 17, 2023 Three A’s minor league pitching prospects earned Pitcher of the Week honors for their impressive performances over the past week. Las Vegas RHP Mason Miller was named Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week after notching 11 strikeouts over 5…
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Salt Lake Bees 5 Las Vegas Aviators 7 WP: Sullivan 2-0 / 0.00 HR: Thomas (7) Right fielder Cody Thomas continued his hot hitting to help lead Las Vegas to its third straight victory over Salt Lake on Sunday. Thomas…
View More Sunday, April 16th: Thomas’s Big Bat Helps Lead Vegas to Victory while Midland & Lansing Notch Wins
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Salt Lake Bees 5 Las Vegas Aviators 7 WP: Patton 1-0 / 4.50 HR: Brooks (3) Left fielder Trenton Brooks led Las Vegas to its second straight victory over Salt Lake on Saturday. The 27-year-old, who was signed as a…
View More Saturday, April 15th: Brooks’ Bat Leads Vegas to Victory while Susac & Muncy Homer in Lansing Win
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Salt Lake Bees 4 Las Vegas Aviators 14 WP: Miller 1-0 / 0.00 HR: Thomas 2 (6), Garcia (3) RHP Mason Miller was nearly perfect through 5 frames to help lead Las Vegas to victory on Friday. The…
View More Friday, April 14th: Mason Miller & Cody Thomas Impress in Vegas Victory
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (SINGLE-A) Stockton Ports 5 Fresno Grizzlies 4 WP: Santos 1-1 / 10.13 Stockton starter Jake Garland turned in an impressive performance on Thursday night to help the Ports prevail over the Grizzlies. Last year’s 17th-round draft pick for the A’s struck out 7 while failing to…
View More Thursday, April 13th: Garland Helps Pitch Ports to Victory while Vegas, Midland & Lansing All Fall
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Salt Lake Bees 6 Las Vegas Aviators 3 LP: Rucinski 0-1 / 9.00 On a night when there were few highlights to be found for A’s affiliates, Las Vegas left fielder Cal Stevenson turned in the top performance among A’s…
View More Wednesday, April 12th: Stevenson Stars for Aviators as A’s Affiliates All Fall
On this episode, A’s Director of Player Development Ed Sprague joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on promising young players like Tyler Soderstrom, Jordan Diaz, Lawrence Butler, Mason Miller and more. He also offers injury updates on prospects Zack Gelof, Denzel Clarke, Grant Holman and Gunnar…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Prospects with Farm Director Ed Sprague
MIDWEST LEAGUE (HIGH-A) West Michigan Whitecaps 2 Lansing Lugnuts 5 WP: Nambiar 1-0 / 0.00 Center fielder Caeden Trenkle helped lead Lansing to its fourth straight victory in the team’s home opener on Tuesday. Last year’s 9th-round draft…
View More Tuesday, April 11th: Trenkle & Fernandez Lead Lansing to 4th Straight Victory while Hounds & Ports Also Prevail
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 10, 2023 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 2-7 Team OPS: .867 / Team ERA: 7.09 While the Las Vegas lineup has gotten off to a solid start, the pitching staff has struggled in the early going, with the second-worst ERA in…
View More A’s Farm Report: A’s Affiliates Get Rolling
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (SINGLE-A) Modesto Nuts 10 Stockton Ports 5 LP: Sanchez 0-1 / 13.50 HR: Buelvas (1) Stockton suffered a 10-5 loss to Modesto on opening night, but center fielder Brayan Buelvas impressed for the Ports on Thursday. After struggling with High-A Lansing last season, the 20-year-old Colombian outfielder…
View More Thursday, April 6th: Buelvas Shines as Stockton, Vegas & Midland All Fall
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor April 4, 2023 In just the last 24 hours, the opening day rosters for three of the A’s affiliates, the Double-A Midland RockHounds, the High-A Lansing Lugnuts and the Class-A Stockton Ports, were released. The Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators opening day roster was…
View More Midland, Lansing & Stockton Opening Day Rosters
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor February 25, 2023 Now that spring training has just gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2023 Top 10 Prospects List. This year’s list includes seven position players and three pitchers. Seven of this year’s top prospects began their careers with the A’s,…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor January 24, 2023 The A’s announced their 2023 minor league coaching assignments on Tuesday. Fran Riordan and Bobby Crosby will return to pilot Triple-A Las Vegas and Double-A Midland, respectively, while Craig Conklin will helm High-A Lansing and former A’s infielder Gregorio Petit…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor October 10, 2022 With the 2022 season now concluded, and the A’s clearly in the midst of a rebuild, it’s time to take a look at some of the A’s most promising young prospects who would be most likely to form the…
View More A’s Farm’s 2022 Post-Season All-Prospect Team
With the regular season now complete for all the A’s affiliates, it’s time to take a quick look at the A’s minor league statistical leaders this season. All full-season affiliates are included: Las Vegas Aviators (AAA), Midland RockHounds (AA), Lansing Lugnuts (A+), Stockton Ports (A)… –HITS– 160 Jordan…
View More A’s Final 2022 Minor League Hitting & Pitching Leaders
On this episode, A’s minor league hitting coordinator Jim Eppard joins A’s Farm Editor-in-Chief Bill Moriarity to share his insights on some of the A’s top hitting prospects like Shea Langeliers, Tyler Soderstrom, Max Muncy, Zack Gelof, Jordan Diaz, Denzel Clarke, Daniel Susac and more. You can listen to it…
View More A’s Farm Podcast Talks Hitting Prospects with Minor League Hitting Coordinator Jim Eppard
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 30, 2022 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…
View More Down On The Farm With A’s Special Assistant Grady Fuson
TEXAS LEAGUE (DOUBLE-A) Midland RockHounds 6 Tulsa Drillers 2 WP: Leal 4-4 / 4.98 HR: McCann 2 (17), Diaz (15) Kyle McCann’s continued hot hitting helped the RockHounds take their second straight from Tulsa on Saturday. The 24-year-old homered…
View More Saturday, August 13th: McCann, Diaz & Leal Help Hounds Win while Virbitsky Pitches Nuts to Victory
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (SINGLE-A) Stockton Ports 10 San Jose Giants 9 WP: Anderson 6-7 / 5.38 HR: Schofield-Sam 2 (6), Masterman (1), Trenkle (1) Stockton broke out the bats to notch a one-run win and secure its second straight victory over San Jose on Thursday. Designated hitter Cameron Masterman,…
View More Thursday, August 11th: Masterman & Schofield-Sam Propel Ports to Victory
TEXAS LEAGUE (DOUBLE-A) San Antonio Missions 2 Midland RockHounds 3 WP: Hall 2-1 / 0.00 HR: Gelof (6) Second baseman Zack Gelof’s home run helped the RockHounds take their second straight from San Antonio on Wednesday. Gelof led off the bottom of the 8th inning by belting a…
View More Wednesday, July 27th: Gelof’s HR Helps Hounds Win while Muncy Hits 1st HR for Lugnuts