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Another lackluster effort from the A’s dropped their early spring record to 0-2 after a second straight loss, this time to a different AL Central foe in the Cleveland Guardians. The A’s couldn’t bounce back after a rough third inning and now they’re 0-2 to start 2026. Good thing spring stats and records don’t matter! […]
More baseball! For those of us unsatisfied with yesterday’s contest we get another game today to get our first win of the season this afternoon. Time for a win! The A’s will be going with a veteran for today’s start as Luis Severino gets the ball for the first time this spring. The leader of […]
Well we got baseball. Some ugly baseball for A’s fans but baseball nonetheless. The Athletics dropped their first game of the 2026 season this afternoon, dropping the first Cactus League game to the Chicago White Sox 11-2 to kick things off down in Arizona. Right-hander Jack Perkins was on the bump this afternoon, hoping to […]
BASEBALL IS BACK BABY!!! Okay, maybe it’s just Spring Training and today’s games will likely feature mostly backups, depth players and prospects, but baseball is baseball damn it. We got a game today against the Chicago White Sox to kick off our spring schedule, the first of 32 exhibition contests including a few split-squad contests […]
A seasoned center fielder camps under a lazy fly ball, drifting with it as it gets carried by a strong wind. Suddenly blinded by the intense desert sun, at the last moment the center fielder ducks and covers his head with his glove as the ball falls a few feet behind him on the outfield […]
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. Another right-handed pitcher! Gunnar Hoglund probably dropped farther than a lot of other fans wanted but he finally settles […]
Morning everyone and happy Friday! News broke yesterday that a familiar face will be rejoining the Athletics. It’s not anyone that’ll take the field but his presence is invaluable in a different way. We’re welcoming back of course former manager Bob Melvin, who will be taking on a Special Advisory role with the team he […]
The number one reason the Athletics suffered a fourth straight losing season last year was run prevention. Both the starting rotation and bullpen struggled, particularly at home in Sacramento. But it wasn’t solely the pitchers’ fault. The A’s finished 2025 with -34 defensive runs saved — the fifth-worst mark in MLB — and committed 88 […]
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. We have our third straight right-handed pitcher winning another round of voting, with 20-year-old Cole Miller taking the 15th […]
As Spring Training kicks into second gear, we have our first game of the season to look forward to on Saturday. It will be our first glimpse of the arms, the bats, and the gloves that our hopes and dreams this season will rest upon…but no pressure guys. There has been a flurry of ‘minor […]
Second only to the dreaded “vote of confidence” comes the nearly-as-dreaded “closer by committee”. Skippers feign confidence telling reporters “Yeah we’re gonna mix and match, play matchups…” and overlook the glaring reality: while you can name scores of individual closers who thrived, a much shorter list is the list of “closers by committee” that actually […]
A’s baseball officially returns to Cactus League play this weekend. I’m hyped. You’re hyped. Stickman Nick Kurtz is taking his teammates deep during live AB’s and Zack Gelof is running around in the outfield – – all is right with the world. As of this moment, there will be no televised broadcast of Saturday’s matchup […]
Looking to give him more chances to play, the A’s are reportedly set to get second baseman Zack Gelof some time on the grass this spring in an effort to boost his versatility. Which makes sense! Offseason acquisition Jeff McNeil looks like he’ll be getting the majority of the reps at second base (with an […]
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. Our CPL is rolling right along as we now have the top 14 prospects according to the fans. Right-hander […]
Happy Tuesday, A’s fans! I hope everyone enjoyed the three-day weekend. Spring training in Arizona is in full swing. Yesterday, the team held its first full-squad workout ahead of Saturday’s opener against the Chicago White Sox. Manager Mark Kotsay said that the A’s will not name a single closer to start the season, relying on […]
Morning everyone and happy President’s Day! Yesterday afternoon we got word that right-handed reliever Grant Holman was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks, ending his time in the A’s system and thinning out the bullpen: That’s lame. The A’s were clearly trying to sneak him though waivers and hoping he would go unclaimed. That […]
*In an effort to make the nomination votingeasier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. The next player to land on our annual CPL is right-hander Henry Baez. One of the return pieces for Mason […]
This will be Zack Gelof’s fourth season in an A’s uniform. Isn’t that crazy? I think it is. Probably the craziest most interesting thing about his career up to this point (not counting the dynamic 70 game rookie campaign of course). Now according to Gelof himself in an interview with Foul Territory, the plan was […]
It’s well known that relievers are a volatile bunch. From year to year you don’t usually know quite what to expect, as mediocre relievers suddenly blossom and have career years and the guys you thought you could count on inexplicably struggle. Sometimes this volatility doesn’t just show up from one season to the next. Relievers […]
Last July, the A’s made one of the biggest trades of the trade deadline, sending flamethrowing closer Mason Miller to the San Diego Padres in exchange for elite shortstop prospect Leo De Vries and three minor-league pitchers. After trading Miller, one of the best closers in the league, many people expected the A’s bullpen to […]
*In an effort to make the nomination voting easier for everyone, I will comment, “NOMINATIONS”, and you may reply to that with your picks and upvote the player you’d like to see on the next nominee list. Another close round of voting for the 12th spot in our CPL, but Tommy White came out on top this […]
Happy Friday everybody! Spring Training is truly underway. Next week will be the first full week of practice leading up to the first preseason games a week from today. In the early days of camp, teams often limit their starters to a few innings every other day to avoid injury or burnout before the 162-game […]
The recent addition of Aaron Civale seems to have solidified the top three spots in the rotation to open the year. Even if you don’t feel that Civale is an upgrade over anyone in-house already, manager Mark Kotsay made it clear yesterday that the top three will be Severino, Springs, and Civale to open the […]
Pitchers and catchers have reported, which is a cool symbolic benchmark of “baseball is back!” but is really just a lot of throwing and stretching. Games begin a week from Saturday, though, and slowly truths will begin to unfold. Some of the key story lines I will be watching as February eases into March… 1. […]
Pitchers and catchers reported yesterday and I’m already wondering whose turn it is to let us down. Not to be a Debbie Downer or anything, I’m just suspicious. Every A’s pitching stuff unfolds like an Agatha Christie novel to me. They stuff these large casts of characters in the bullpen, near the end of the […]