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…
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Friday, July 8th: Bowers Pitches Vermont to Victory while Seddon’s Solid Start Isn’t Enough for Hounds & Sounds Drop 3rd Straight
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Batavia Muckdogs 1 Vermont Lake Monsters 4 WP – Bowers 2-2 / 1.04 HR – Mercedes (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Heath Bowers (6 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 4 K…
View More Friday, July 8th: Bowers Pitches Vermont to Victory while Seddon’s Solid Start Isn’t Enough for Hounds & Sounds Drop 3rd StraightThursday, July 7th: Pimentel Drives in Game-Winner for Ports while Sounds Fall despite Hahn’s Strong Start
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Lake Elsinore Storm 7 Stockton Ports 8 WP – Navas 2-4 / 3.82 Prospect Of The Game: First Baseman Sandber Pimentel (1 for 4 / Double / Walk / 2 RBIs) After being down by 4 runs, the Ports came back to put…
View More Thursday, July 7th: Pimentel Drives in Game-Winner for Ports while Sounds Fall despite Hahn’s Strong StartWednesday, July 6th: Biegalski & Bracewell Lead Snappers & Hounds to Shutout Victories while Sounds Suffer Loss in a Walk-Off
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 2 Quad Cities River Bandits 0 WP – Biegalski 5-4 / 3.03 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Boomer Biegalski (6 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 5 K / Win) Beloit starter Angel…
View More Wednesday, July 6th: Biegalski & Bracewell Lead Snappers & Hounds to Shutout Victories while Sounds Suffer Loss in a Walk-OffTuesday, July 5th: Healy, Pinder & Maxwell All Homer to Help Sounds Win while Brandon Mann Helps Pitch Hounds to Victory in TX League Debut
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Nashville Sounds 8 Memphis Redbirds 2 WP – Overton 9-4 / 3.01 HR – Pinder (10), Healy (6), Maxwell (5) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Ryon Healy (3 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 4 RBIs) While he may be looking…
View More Tuesday, July 5th: Healy, Pinder & Maxwell All Homer to Help Sounds Win while Brandon Mann Helps Pitch Hounds to Victory in TX League DebutMonday, July 4th: Rodriguez’s Grand Slam Helps Hounds Win while Stockton Snaps 7-Game Skid & Sounds Fall in Extras
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Midland RockHounds 12 Arkansas Travelers 2 WP – Cochran-Gill 3-3 / 3.80 HR – Munoz (5), Rodriguez (3) Prospect Of The Game: Designated Hitter Josh Rodriguez (1 for 4 / Walk / Grand Slam) A 1st inning grand slam off the bat…
View More Monday, July 4th: Rodriguez’s Grand Slam Helps Hounds Win while Stockton Snaps 7-Game Skid & Sounds Fall in ExtrasA’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 PerformersSunday, July 3rd: Friedrichs Impresses with 7 Shutout Frames in Stockton Loss while Manarino Notches 7th Win in Snappers Victory
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) Stockton Ports 1 Rancho Cucamonga Quakes 2 LP – Navas 1-4 / 3.79 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Kyle Friedrichs (7 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 9 K) On a…
View More Sunday, July 3rd: Friedrichs Impresses with 7 Shutout Frames in Stockton Loss while Manarino Notches 7th Win in Snappers VictorySaturday, 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 HRSunday, June 26th: Brizuela’s Bat Helps Lead Ports to Victory while Nunez, Maxwell & Reddick All Homer in Sounds’ Win
CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (High-A) San Jose Giants 4 Stockton Ports 7 WP – Gauna 3-0 / 3.44 HR – Brizuela (6) Prospect Of The Game: Third Baseman Jose Brizuela (3 for 4 / Home Run / 3 RBIs / Stolen Base) After finishing the first half 16 games under .500,…
View More Sunday, June 26th: Brizuela’s Bat Helps Lead Ports to Victory while Nunez, Maxwell & Reddick All Homer in Sounds’ WinSaturday, June 25th: Brett Siddall’s Big Bat Helps Beloit Win Big while Sounds, Hounds & Ports All Come Up Short
MIDWEST LEAGUE (Class-A) Beloit Snappers 12 Cedar Rapids Kernels 1 WP – Hurlbutt 1-0 / 3.15 HR – Siddall (4) Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Brett Siddall (2 for 5 / Home Run / Double / 4 RBIs) Beloit won big over Cedar Rapids on Saturday…
View More Saturday, June 25th: Brett Siddall’s Big Bat Helps Beloit Win Big while Sounds, Hounds & Ports All Come Up ShortFriday, June 24th: Seddon Surrenders 1 Hit in Hounds’ Shutout Victory while Hahn Lasts 2 Innings in Sounds’ Loss & Manaea Makes Rehab Start for Stockton
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) San Antonio Missions 0 Midland RockHounds 7 WP – Seddon 2-6 / 6.66 HR – Marincov (4) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Joel Seddon (8 IP / 1 H / 0 ER / 2 BB / 3 K / Win) After struggling for much of…
View More Friday, June 24th: Seddon Surrenders 1 Hit in Hounds’ Shutout Victory while Hahn Lasts 2 Innings in Sounds’ Loss & Manaea Makes Rehab Start for StocktonThursday, 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 TwinbillWednesday, June 22nd: Heath Bowers Pitches Vermont to Victory while Hounds Score Walk-Off Win in Extras
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Vermont Lake Monsters 7 Tri-City ValleyCats 2 WP – Bowers 1-1 / 0.00 HR – Mercedes (2) Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Heath Bowers (6 IP / 3 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 3 K…
View More Wednesday, June 22nd: Heath Bowers Pitches Vermont to Victory while Hounds Score Walk-Off Win in ExtrasA’s Farm’s 2016 Mid-Season Organizational All-Star Team
With the California League and the Midwest League All-Star breaks taking place this week and all the minor league affiliates right around the halfway points of their seasons, it’s the perfect time to take a step back and determine who the true standouts on the field have been in the…
View More A’s Farm’s 2016 Mid-Season Organizational All-Star TeamTuesday, June 21st: Altamirano Throws 5 Shutout Frames to Help Vermont Notch 1st Victory while Chapman & Barreto Both Homer in Hounds’ Loss
NEW YORK-PENN LEAGUE (Class-A Short-Season) Connecticut Tigers 1 Vermont Lake Monsters 5 WP – Willman 1-0 / 0.00 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Xavier Altamirano (5 IP / 2 H / 0 ER / 0 BB / 6 K) After starting off the…
View More Tuesday, June 21st: Altamirano Throws 5 Shutout Frames to Help Vermont Notch 1st Victory while Chapman & Barreto Both Homer in Hounds’ LossMonday, June 20th: Overton Leads Sounds to Shutout Win and AZL A’s Drop Season Opener as A’s Draft Picks Make Pro Debuts
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Triple-A) Round Rock Express 0 Nashville Sounds 4 WP – Overton 8-4 / 3.01 Prospect Of The Game: Pitcher Dillon Overton (7 1/3 IP / 5 H / 0 ER / 1 BB / 6 K / Win) LHP Dillon Overton delivered another impressive…
View More Monday, June 20th: Overton Leads Sounds to Shutout Win and AZL A’s Drop Season Opener as A’s Draft Picks Make Pro DebutsSunday, June 19th: Marincov’s Double Helps Hounds Win in a Walk-Off while Sounds Drop Doubleheader and Walsh & Lambo Land on DL
TEXAS LEAGUE (Double-A) Frisco RoughRiders 4 Midland RockHounds 5 WP – Sanchez 3-3 / 3.16 Prospect Of The Game: Outfielder Tyler Marincov (2 for 6 / Double / GWRBI / Stolen Base) With one out, a man on first and the game tied in the bottom…
View More Sunday, June 19th: Marincov’s Double Helps Hounds Win in a Walk-Off while Sounds Drop Doubleheader and Walsh & Lambo Land on DL