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The Nationals announced that right-hander Paxton Schultz has been recalled from Triple-A Rochester. In a corresponding move, left-hander Matt Krook has been designated for assignment. The club’s 40-man roster count goes from 39 to 38. Krook has been on and off the roster this month. He was claimed off waivers from the Athletics on July […]
Coming off a 15-game winning streak, an 8-2 home stand, 6 series victories in a row, and a 2-1 series win against the Blue Jays to finish that homestand, the Red Sox are riding high. The Sacramento Athletics, one of the teams the Sox needed to pass a few weeks ago, are now 9.0 games […]
The St. Louis Cardinals traded reliever Scott Blewett to the Athletics for cash considerations, drawing fun memes from the movie Moneyball where Billy Beane asks for his club's vending machines to be filled in a trade.
Welcome to a brand new week A’s fans! The club had a tough road trip, going 2-4 in six games in Arizona and Minnesota. That’s dropped them to 44-61 heading home. That’s the second-worst record in the American League (ahead of only the Los Angeles Angeles) and tied for fifth-worst in the entire sport. Such […]
The Athletics announced today that All-Star catcher Shea Langeliers has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a torn meniscus in his right knee. The move, which is retroactive to July 25th, sees catcher Brian Serven recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas. According to Jeff Passan of ESPN, Langeliers suffered the injury on the basepaths […]
The Athletics announced that right-hander Scott Blewett was acquired from the Cardinals, with St. Louis getting cash considerations in return. The Cards designated Blewett for assignment earlier this week. The A’s will be the seventh different organization the well-traveled Blewett has pitched for in his career, plus he has two separate stints apiece with the […]
The Athletics dropped their 61st game of the season on Sunday afternoon in Minnesota, falling to the Twins 11-8 in the series finale and ending the road trip on a low note. Not the way the club wanted things to go today. It was left-hander Jeffrey Springs on the bump this afternoon possibly making one […]
In the game thread intro today, I relayed the story of Randy Poffo the baseball prospect turning into Randy “Macho Man” Savage the iconic professional wrestler. In a game this afternoon that the Minnesota Twins absolutely needed to have in the win column, they indeed proved to be “Cream of the Crop!” over the Unattributed […]
First Chuck: 1:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Athletics Nation Earlier this month, Target Field hosted an All Elite Wrestling (AEW) event on the plaza following a Friday night Twins game. I didn’t stick around for the body slams or drop-kicks—my professional wrestling […]
The A’s may have dropped yesterday’s contest but thanks to their win on Friday night they have a chance to secure their first series win since almost two months. Will they be able to finish off the Twins and escape Minnesota with a pair of wins? Before we get to the game, we got some […]
The season-ending injury to Shea Langeliers changes everything for the Athletics, the catcher market and for the fate of the universe as we know it.
Athletics All-Star catcher Shea Langeliers reportedly suffered a torn meniscus that could end his 2026 season, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Much like last night, scoring in the middle innings and reliance upon great pitching led to a 2-0 victory. Except tonight, the shoe was on the other foot. And brother, the shoe fit. Minnesota evened the series with a 2-0 win over the Athletics, one night after falling victim to the same score. First, it […]
The Athletics matched up against the Minnesota Twins in the second game of their three-game series, looking to build on their series-opening victory. This game played out the inverse of Friday night’s contest, as the A’s struggled with runners in scoring position in a 2-0 loss that sets up Sunday’s series finale to be the […]
July has been tough on Jung Hoo Lee. Tough, especially after a June in which he hit .340 with an .858 OPS and peaked with a two hit night against the Athletics that raised his batting average to a season high .333 on June 23rd. Knocks were coming off his bat like water from a […]
Right-hander Joe Ryan will not start this weekend against the Athletics, manager Derek Shelton told reporters, including Aaron Gleeman of AaronGleeman.com. Ryan is dealing with arm fatigue. The club is hopeful he can pitch in an upcoming series against the Royals. Mike Paredes was expected to start tonight, but was also scratched. Kendry Rojas ended […]
First Pitch: 6:10 pm CDTTV: Twins.TVRadio: TIBN / WCCO 830 / The Wolf 102.9 FM / Audacy It’s been a make-or-break mid-July, and after a frustratingly docile series opener, the Twins will need to bounce back at home to avoid falling more than five games back of the division and more than three back of the […]
Yesterday, the Athletics snapped their two-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins in the opener of a three-game series. This evening, the A’s seek to make it two straight wins and clinch the road series. Transaction Time Before the game, the A’s made a couple transactions: The “Big Amish” is back, […]
The A’s have signed left-hander Dallas Keuchel to a minor league deal, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports. Keuchel will pitch for the Athletics’ Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas as the 38-year-old looks to resurrect his career. It has been close to a year since Keuchel last pitched in a pro game, as he threw 5 2/3 […]
Today marks the 59th birthday of Ed Sprague, former third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays. Sprague spent eight seasons with the Blue Jays, from 1991 until his trade to the Oakland Athletics on July 31, 1998. In return, the Jays acquired Scott Rivette, who ultimately never reached the major leagues. During his time in […]
The Athletics have collapsed in July, and that freefall has pushed one of the best catchers in baseball into trade speculation. Shea Langeliers is having a career year in his first All-Star season, slashing .260/.329/.490 with 22 home runs and 50 RBI through 90 games, and his 2.7 WAR ranks second among MLB catchers behind only Detroit's Dillon Dingler. At 43-59 with a 0.9 percent chance of making the postseason, Oakland is positioning itself as a clear seller, and Langeliers is its hottest t...
The A’s came into the game with the worst pitching staff (statistically) in baseball. The Twins sure couldn’t take advantage of it this time. Inning-by-inning notes: 1: A nice quick inning for Zebulon: two groundouts and a strikeout. Zebulon Pike is the soldier/explorer who named Pike’s Peak, in Colorado. The song “America the Beautiful” was […]
The Athletics opened their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins on Friday night. After suffering two consecutive losses to close out their previous series in Arizona, the “Green and Gold” got back in the win column, defeating the Twins 2-0 in one of the team’s best pitched games in recent memory. Starter Jacob Lopez turned […]
Time: 7:10 Central Weather: Too warm for me but I’m sure others love it, 80° Opponent’s SB site: Athletics Nation TV: Twins TV. Radio: Sometimes my reception gets fuzzy if I turn on the light attached to the same outlet, sometimes it doesn’t, that’s the magic of it Tonight’s A’s starter is 28-year-old lefty Jacob […]
The Athletics opened this weeklong road trip by losing two out of three to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Following an off day yesterday, the A’s are back in action today as they begin a three-game series against the Minnesota Twins, who at 51-53, are 4 1/2 games back of the American League Central lead and 2 […]