On Tuesday, the Detroit Tigers opened up a series with the Athletics in Michigan.They won by a score of 6-2.Tigers Quietly Announced Javier Báez UpdateThe Tigers have been playing without one of their best players (Javier Báez) since April 28.Ahead of their series with the Athletics, the team announced the latest update on Báez.MLB.com wrote: […]
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The Tigers had Monday off to catch up on their errands, and on Tuesday night they opened up a six-game home stand and a three-game series against the Don’t-Call-Them-Sacramento Athletics. Their opponents made a giant mistake which ended up being the difference in a 6-2 win. Tarik Skubal made his twelfth start of the year. […]
The Detroit Tigers have a borderline phenom already in rookie Kevin McGonigle. Although it might be a lost season for the Tigers, Kevin McGonigle has shown serious early returns and has the makings of being a franchise player for several years to come. Currently, the Tigers are taking on the Athletics in a three-game series. […]
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Detroit Tigers (40-50) vs. Athletics (41-49) Time/Place: 6:40 p.m., Comerica ParkSB Nation Site: Athletics NationMedia: Detroit SportsNet, MLB.TV, Tigers Radio NetworkPitching Matchup: LHP Tarik Skubal (4-4, 3.15 ERA) vs. RHP J.T. Ginn (7-4, 3.04 ERA)
Detroit Tigers’ manager A.J. Hinch announced prior to Tuesday night’s game against the Athletics that third base coach Joey Cora has left the organization. Hinch told reporters that he and Cora had met and mutually decided to part ways based on some philosophical differences that had developed. Billy Boyer will take over as third base […]
The Athletics announced a series of roster moves on Tuesday afternoon before beginning their three-game series with the Tigers, activating shortstop Jacob Wilson and recalling left-hander Jacob Lopez from Triple-A: To make room on the active roster the team is sending backup catcher Brian Serven and starter/reliever Kade Morris back down to the Aviators. Wilson’s […]
The Detroit Tigers are set to open up a new MLB series against the Athletics on Tuesday. For the first game of the series, Detroit is rolling with their ace, Tarik Skubal (4-4, 3.15 ERA, 75 SO), to get the start. A few hours before first pitch, which is at 6:40 p.m. ET in Detroit, […]
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Morning A’s fans! The club is hitting the road for the final two series of the first half, starting with a trip to Detroit to take on the Tigers then heading back west to Chicago for three against the White Sox. At the begining of the year if you had told someone that Chicago would […]
Three weeks ago, the A’s were within a half game in the AL West. The front office looked positioned to add pitching help in an effort to break their five-year playoff drought. Late June brought a handful of injuries that have decimated the lineup and led to a plummet down the standings. The A’s have […]
The Athletics released reliever Michael Kelly over the weekend, according to the MLB.com transaction log. He was designated for assignment a week earlier when the A’s needed a 40-man roster spot to promote rookie infielder Joshua Kuroda-Grauer. Kelly had just landed on the Triple-A injured list at the time of his DFA. That made a release basically […]
Eury Pérez was perfect for seven innings on Sunday against the Athletics. Then the Miami Marlins pulled him and the […]
If there could have been a story to rival England's Jordan Henderson getting yellow-carded and then breaking his arm without actually playing, it would have been Brian Serven homering in the ninth inning of Marlins-Athletics to complete the comeback di tutti comebacks, and that's even allowing for the fact that England-Mexico at the Azteca was arguably a more momentous event than Marlins-Athletics no matter where it was played.
That it was played in West Sacramento just added to the mutant ...
The Detroit Tigers opened July with three wins in four tries while going 5-1 on their road trip after securing a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers in Arlington on Sunday afternoon. Riley Greene paced the offense with a three-hit day, falling just a double short of the cycle, while Casey Mize threw his second […]
The Miami Marlins have been one of the hottest teams in baseball over the last month and secured a thrilling 9-8 victory over the Athletics on Sunday.However, a decision by manager Clayton McCullough became highly controversial following the seventh inning.McCullough chose to pull starting pitcher Eury Perez after 92 pitches and seven innings, despite him […]
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Former Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Michael Kelly was released by his current MLB team.Kelly was with the Athletics, but after being designated for assignment on June 29, the A’s officially released him on July 5, according to the MLB transactions log.Kelly is in his fifth MLB season, as he made his MLB debut in 2022 with […]
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The Athletics have sent right-hander Geoff Hartlieb outright to Triple-A Las Vegas, according to his transactions tracker at MLB.com. That indicates that Hartlieb cleared waivers after being designated for assignment on Friday. As someone who has been outrighted before, he has the option to elect free agency rather than accept the assignment to Triple-A. Hartlieb […]
The Athletics recently faced the Miami Marlins in a weekend series. They were swept and will get an off day on Monday, but the A’s are set to play the Detroit Tigers next week. During the Marlins series, which, as always, when the games are in West Sacramento, the Athletics had a hard time getting […]
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On a sunny Sunday in West Sacramento, the Athletics closed out their homestand with the finale of their series against the Miami Marlins. The Marlins completed the sweep with a 9-8 win over the A’s, staving off the hosts furious comeback after Miami pulled its starter, who was just six outs shy of a perfect […]
These past few days have further cemented Sutter Health Park as a house of horrors for the Athletics. Entering this afternoon’s series finale against the Miami Marlins, the A’s are once again trying to avoid a sweep. They found themselves in a similar position earlier this week against the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning the finale. […]
The losing just keeps on going even on a holiday. The A’s dropped another on Saturday night, dropping another to the Miami Marlins 7-2 on Fourth of July. More to come…
Happy Fourth of July everyone! Anyone else ready for some fireworks tonight? First we got a game to take care of. The A’s host the Marlins for the second of three during this holiday weekend. It’s Aaron Civale on the mound tonight for the Fourth, hoping to get the A’s back in the win column. […]
The Athletics announced multiple roster moves before Saturday’s matchup against the Marlins. The club selected the contract of catcher Brian Serven and reinstated utilityman Zack Gelof from the 10-day IL. Infielders Darell Hernaiz and Joey Meneses are headed back to Triple-A. The A’s had a couple of openings on the 40-man roster, so no additional […]
With Ha-Seong Kim hitting the IL, Jorge Mateo gets the start at shortstop over Jim Jarvis, facing the lefty Manaea. Elsewhere, Joey Bart starts at catcher, with Baldwin DHing and batting second. Austin Riley bats fifth, ahead of Michael Harris for reasons that are clearly more about mixing lefties and righties than recent production. They […]
The Nationals announced that left-hander Matt Krook has been claimed off waivers from the Athletics. To create roster space for Krook, the Nats designated right-hander Andre Granillo for assignment and optioned righty Zak Kent to Triple-A Rochester. The A’s designated Krook for assignment just yesterday, and Krook joins Tom Cosgrove and Konnor Pilkington as left-handed […]
Happy birthday, America. I tried to get you a tie, but then the Marlins scored 7 extra runs. Tonight you will be treated to lots of fireworks, and I don’t mean from Jeffrey Springs pitching. But enough about how wretchedly the A’s play at home — I have it on good authority (ok fine, Lawrence […]