This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos' A's Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. With a young and rising team that improved upon its 2023 record by 17 wins, the A’s enter '25 with big changes in store,

The Arizona Fall League is often called a showcase circuit or prospect graduating school – a place where the Minors’ top talents gather for six weeks in the Valley of the Sun to compete before putting their stamps on the Majors. But the six AFL rosters aren’t loaded with Top

There is a ton that goes into constructing an Arizona Fall League roster. Each AFL club receives prospects from five separate organizations, all with different needs and priorities. Some want their best prospects to spend time in the desert. Others primarily want formerly injured players to make up for lost

The Arizona Fall League is upon us, and in this circuit of elite prospects, there is something to watch for every night. Here's what's on the docket this weekend in the AFL.

MESA, Ariz. -- Denzel Clarke features some of the best all-around tools in the Arizona Fall League, and he put several of them on display on Opening Night. Clarke went 2-for-4, stole two bases and made a nice running catch in the right-center gap to rob Creed Willems (Orioles) of

OAKLAND -- There was nothing Mark Kotsay felt like he could do to fully repay the fans for the love and support they have shown him since his arrival to the A’s organization as a player in 2004, but he sure was determined to try his best. About four hours

Though Mason Miller grew up a loyal Pirates fan in Pittsburgh, Albert Pujols took precedence as his favorite player. Yes, Pujols will be immortalized in Cooperstown for a legendary career that includes more than 700 home runs, 3,000-plus hits and a few MVP Awards. His legacy, though, goes beyond the

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to track all of the Athletics' moves, along with the progress of any injured players. All players on the 60-day IL will be added back to clubs' 40-player rosters at the end of the World Series.

If a youth baseball championship was being played in Atlanta during the 2000s, the chances of Lawrence Butler and Michael Harris II being involved in that game were quite high. Long before Butler and Harris were starring for the A’s and Braves, respectively, as big leaguers, the Atlanta natives routinely

This story was originally published on Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Who was the best offensive player in each league during the regular season? That is the criteria for choosing the annual winners of the Hank Aaron Award. The award was established in 1999 to mark the 25th anniversary of Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time career home run record, and the

Brent Rooker turning in what was arguably the greatest offensive season by an A’s player in over two decades is now even more remarkable given some important context. During an end-of-season Zoom media session on Friday morning, A’s general manager David Forst revealed that Rooker underwent surgery on Tuesday –

The month of October brings baseball fans the excitement of postseason play in the Majors and the dawn of a new Arizona Fall League campaign. The Surprise Saguaros and Mesa Solar Sox kicked off the 32nd season of AFL competition on Monday, pulling the curtain up on six weeks of

The wheel never stops turning in these parts. The Minor League season may be over and the Majors might be in the midst of the postseason, but the Arizona Fall League begins with its Opening Day on Monday. So let’s give the MLB Pipeline Top 100 Prospects list a quick

Just think of some of the big numbers put up in the Minors this year -- 40 homers, 104 stolen bases, 202 strikeouts -- and they’re just the tip of the iceberg. Terrific performances came in a variety of shapes and sizes during the 2024 Minor League season. To celebrate

SEATTLE – Sensing the waning minutes of the Oakland era of A’s baseball, a large group of A’s fans smattered throughout T-Mobile Park – including a large group assembled behind the visitors’ dugout – broke out into a loud and audible “Let’s go Oakland” chant that lasted throughout the ninth

SEATTLE -- The A’s may have already played their final game at the Coliseum, but there is still a sense of pride inside that clubhouse in representing Oakland until the very end of the season. Following what was his final home start last week against the Yankees, Joey Estes expressed

As always, the Arizona Fall League is loaded with talent. The developmental circuit, which starts its six-week season on Monday, has sent more than 3,000 players to the big leagues, including Hall of Famers Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Derek Jeter and Mike Piazza and current stars including Mookie Betts, Bryce

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SEATTLE – Upon first glance, JP Sears might not give off the appearance of a “workhorse” pitcher on the mound with his 5-foot-11, 180-pound frame. But make no mistake, he is about as durable as they come. Making his team-leading 32nd and final start of 2024 for the A’s, Sears

OAKLAND – For a first Major League win, it does not get much better than what J.T. Ginn just pulled off. Drawing Thursday’s start for the A’s in their final scheduled game at the Coliseum, Ginn walked out to the field for pregame warmups and quickly realized his sixth Major

It was an emotional day in Oakland as the A’s said goodbye to the city they have called home for 57 years. Ahead of Thursday’s game against the Rangers -- the last at Oakland Coliseum -- the club welcomed back some of the greatest players to don the green and

Throughout their five-plus decades in Oakland since moving out west from Kansas City in 1968, the A’s enjoyed a few different eras of dominance. There was the Swingin’ A’s dynasty of the '70s that captured three straight World Series titles. Then the powerful clubs led by Rickey Henderson, Dave Stewart