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…
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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
MIDWEST LEAGUE (HIGH-A) Lansing Lugnuts 7 Fort Wayne TinCaps 8 LP: Kubo 4-3 / 3.62 HR: Soderstrom (15), Clarke (3) Lansing lost its second straight to Fort Wayne on Wednesday, but first baseman Tyler Soderstrom had a big game for the Lugnuts. The A’s…
View More Wednesday, July 13th: Soderstrom, Clarke, Mondou & Pache Homer for Lugnuts & Aviators as A’s Affiliates Fall
MIDWEST LEAGUE (HIGH-A) Great Lakes Loons 0 Lansing Lugnuts 1 WP: Owen 1-0 / 2.77 The Lugnuts shut out the Loons on just two hits to secure their sixth win in their last eight games on Friday. LHP Jack Owen turned in an impressive start for Lansing,…
View More Friday, July 8th: Jack Owen Leads Lansing to Shutout Win
MIDWEST LEAGUE (HIGH-A) Great Lakes Loons 1 Lansing Lugnuts 10 WP: Estes 2-4 / 4.47 HR: Wright (1) The Lugnuts walloped the Loons to notch their fifth win in their last seven games on Thursday. RHP Joey Estes, acquired from Atlanta in the Matt Olson trade, turned…
View More Thursday, July 7th: Estes & Virbitsky Pitch Nuts & Ports to Victory
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor July 3, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 43-34 Team OPS: .809 / Team ERA: 5.60 Las Vegas leads the Pacific Coast League West Division with a winning percentage of .558. Catcher Shea Langeliers, who was acquired from Atlanta in the Matt…
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by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 27, 2022 Now that we’re about halfway through the minor league season, it’s a good time to take a look at some of the A’s organizational statistical leaders. It’s one thing to put up solid numbers that appear impressive in the…
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Albuquerque Isotopes 19 Las Vegas Aviators 6 LP: M.Romero 0-1 / 10.19 HR: V.Fernandez (8), Machin (4) On a day when all the A’s affiliates went down to defeat, right fielder Vince Fernandez turned in the most impressive performance of the…
View More Saturday, June 25th: Fernandez Stars in Las Vegas Loss while Clarke Homers Again for Lansing
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Albuquerque Isotopes 7 Las Vegas Aviators 8 WP: Logue 2-1 / 5.49 HR: D.Garcia (6), A.Allen (3) The Aviators notched a one-run victory on Wednesday to win their fourth straight. Catcher Austin Allen singled in a run in the 2nd to put…
View More Wednesday, June 22nd: Allen’s Big Bat Leads Vegas to Victory while Harris Helps Hounds to Shutout Win
MIDWEST LEAGUE (HIGH-A) Beloit Sky Carp 0 Lansing Lugnuts 10 WP: Lardner 2-1 / 3.62 HR: Clarke (1) Lansing shut out Beloit on seven hits to take the opening match of their six-game series on Tuesday. 24-year-old LHP Mac Lardner, who was signed as a minor league…
View More Tuesday, June 21st: Lardner Leads Lansing to Shutout Win while Bolt, Allen & Mondou Homer in Vegas Victory
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 19, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 37-28 Team OPS: .788 / Team ERA: 5.47 LHP Jared Koenig was the top-performing pitcher in the A’s minor league system prior to his promotion to Oakland. After having a solid season for Midland…
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Las Vegas Aviators 14 El Paso Chihuahuas 5 WP: Wiles 4-5 / 6.43 HR: Langeliers (12), Kelly (8), Lopes (1) The Aviators put double digits on the board for the second straight day to best the Chihuahuas on Saturday. Right fielder Christian Lopes led…
View More Saturday, June 18th: Lopes & Langeliers Lead Las Vegas To Victory