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The Athletics and New York Yankees kicked off a three-game weekend series tonight in Sacramento. The A’s entered the game trying to end a three-game losing streak, while the Yankees sought to make it five-straight wins. The “Bronx Bombers” took the lead before most fans had reached their seats and did not look back, earning […]
The Athletics had a much-needed day off yesterday to reset and, hopefully, figure out how to play better at home. The team opened its latest homestand by being swept in three games by the Seattle Mariners, who knocked the A’s out of first place in the American League West for the first time in several […]
We made it through another week A’s fans! Ready for a huge weekend of A’s baseball? The Yankees are in town and the series kicks off tonight in Sacramento. The Athletics just got swept for just the second time this season and have fallen out of first place so stacking up a couple wins against […]
While the Athletics are trying to win games at the MLB level, their scouts and front-office executives are preparing for the 2026 MLB Draft, which will take place July 11–13 in Philadelphia. For the sixth straight year, the draft will set the stage for MLB’s All-Star Game, scheduled for July 14. With this summer marking […]
The A’s need to use the day off to regroup before the New York Yankees open their series at Sutter Health Park on Friday. The Yankees have the second-best record in the American League and are 2 ½ games behind the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League East going into Wednesday’s matchup. On Tuesday […]
Hoping to avoid a sweep at the hands of American League West Rival Seattle Mariners, the A’s took the field today at Sutter Health Park for game three of the three game set. Taking the mound today for the A’s was Jeffrey Springs, who faced off against Logan Gilbert for the Mariners. Springs had a […]
Hoping to avoid a sweep at the hands of American League West Rival Seattle Mariners, the A’s take the field today at Sutter Health Park for game three of the three game set. Despite dropping the first two games, the A’s remain half a game ahead of the Mariners and a game and a half […]
Happy Wednesday A’s Fans! Over the past few years, the Athletics have built one of the most exciting young offensive cores in baseball, largely comprising players drafted and developed by the team. Guys like Jacob Wilson and Nick Kurtz did not need much minor league development time, while the likes of Tyler Soderstrom, Lawrence Butler […]
After dropping the series opener to the visiting Seattle Mariners, the A’s hoped to rebound in game two of the three-game set. Gage Jump, the 23-year-old lefty, was called up from Las Vegas for the game today. He tossed a clean first inning, striking out 2 of the first three batters he faced. Unfortunately, Jump […]
After dropping the series opener to the visiting Seattle Mariners, the A’s hope to rebound in game two of the three-game set. The Athletics, at 27-27 remain in first place in the American League West a game and a half over the Mariners who are right behind them in second place. The A’s hope to […]
Happy Memorial Day everyone! The A’s have been without starting shortstop Jacob Wilson for a couple weeks at this point thanks to the 24-year-old hurting his shoulder on a diving play. Dislocating your shoulder is never fun, especially for a player than literally needs it on every play he makes. He’s now taking swings with […]
The A’s had no answers for the Mariners tonight as the team came up helpless on their Holiday evening, dropping the first game of the series. Time to get back to winning. More to come…
Happy Memorial Day everyone! The A’s are back at home and return to the friendly confines of Sutter Health Park still in first place in their division after a 4-3 road trip. Now the team will go head-to-head against the team that won the AL West last year and are hot on our heels this […]
Pre-season prognosticators were virtually unanimous: The Seattle Mariners will win the AL West. And they may well do so, but if they win the division it will not be on the strength of the season’s first 1/3. The Mariners completed their 54th game yesterday, an 8-6 loss to the Royals that left them 25-29 for […]
Welcome to another week A’s fans! The A’s wrapped up their Southern California road trip yesterday with a win against the Padres. That wrapped up a 4-2 road trip, They went 3-1 against the Angels but probably should have gotten a sweep with how well they played. That lone loss came in the game J.T. […]
The A’s lost the first two games of their weekend series against the Padres but managed to salvage the finale. They beat the Padres in the finale thanks to some early scoring and quality pitching all around, maintaining their AL West lead and heading home back to Sacramento on a winning note. It didn’t take […]
The A’s are down to their last chance to get a win in San Diego after losing the first two games of this weekend series. They’ve dropped back down to .500 and though they start the day in first place in the AL West their lead could drop down to just a half-game s if […]
San Diego has not been kind to the Athletics. They dropped the first game of the weekend series last night and fell again this evening 2-0, ensuring a series loss for our squad and dropping the team back to the .500 mark at 26-26. Now the Athletics will have their backs against the wall tomorrow […]
The A’s saw their three-game winning streak snapped last night in the first game of this series down in San Diego. The team remains in first place in the AL West though so can’t let last night’s struggles follow them into the second game of this weekend set against the Padres. On the mound for […]
This season’s first 2 months have always been about treading water. The A’s have a gloriously average squad that has been, well, average: Since April 10th, the A’s have been been between 1 game under .500 and 3 games over .500 each and every day. The ability to stay neck and neck in the standings […]
The Athletics and San Diego Padres kicked off a three-game series on a beautiful Friday night in San Diego. The A’s sought to win their fourth straight game, while the Padres hoped to rebound after losing their past series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Buoyed by three key home runs, the Padres won the series-opener […]
The Athletics started this weeklong Southern California road trip on the right note, winning three of four against the woeful, last-place Los Angeles Angels. The series win was anything but easy, though, as the A’s needed 10 innings to win each of the final two games. Tonight, the first-place Athletics head further south to begin […]
Happy Friday Athletics Nation! After beginning the season as the team’s Opening Day center fielder, Denzel Clarke has seen his 2026 season get worse and worse as the season has progressed. The gifted defender struggled in the batter’s box from the jump and was slashing just .170./.228/.417 with no home runs at the time he […]
The A’s and Angels continued their four-game series with the final of the set tonight at Angel Stadium in Anaheim. After taking two of the first three games, the A’s sent Luis Severino to the mound to face off against LA’s ace, José Soriano. The Angels didn’t hesitate to jump out early, as Mike Trout, […]
The Athletics have taken two of the three games in this series with the Los Angeles Angels at their home field and are aiming for three of four with a victory tonight in the final game of this set. But standing in their way will be LA’s ace, José Soriano. Soriano on the year is […]