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Hey everyone! We at Athletics Nation are in the process of adding another member or two to our writing team and it could be you! The team has gone through a rough time of it in recent years but the light feels like it’s at the end of the tunnel. The A’s are slowly doing […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Welcome to Monday A’s fans! The season continues to inch closer and closer. Pitchers and catchers will be reporting to camp in roughly one month, followed soon after by the position players getting back together for the start of the year. The first Spring Training game is just 40 days away, and the regular season […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Left-hander T.J. McFarland is up next in our continuing series. The veteran spent the past year as one of the few left-handers in the A’s bullpen but wasn’t able to hold onto his roster spot. Now the future is up in the air for the longtime veteran. How Was He Acquired? The veteran left-hander was […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
In the movie “Moneyball”, one of the scouts told younger Billy Beane that all of us are told one day that we can no longer play a children’s game. Some of us are told when we are children and some of us are told much later on, but we are all told. Father Time is […]
From The Crawfish Boxes | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Morning A’s fans and happy Friday! Yesterday was the arbitration deadline for teams across the league. That meant every club and player had to exchange their preferred salary for the upcoming season. Most players don’t want to go into Spring Training with their salary still unsettled meaning that tons of contracts are worked out today. […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
The Atlanta Braves reported Thursday that left-hander Ken Waldichuk had been claimed off waivers from the Athletics. The club also announced that infielder Vidal Bruján had been designated for assignment. 28-year-old Waldichuk debuted in 2022 and has 42 games under his belt. He has an underwhelming 6-11 record to accompany his 5.28 ERA. As for […]
From Talking Chop | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
According to MLBTR, the A’s and Shea Langeliers are in agreement on a contract for 2026 that will pay the catcher $5.25M and avoid the dreaded arbitration hearing. Langeliers was the last arbitration eligible player on the A’s, who previously have come to agreements with Austin Wynns ($1.1M), Ken Waldichuk ($825M, claimed by the Braves […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 7 reads
Season In Review continues and this morning’s subject is another reliever. Right-hander Scott McGough didn’t start the year with the A’s but he did finish the year as a member of the Athletics’ bullpen. How Was He Acquired? The 36-year-old began the season with the Arizona Diamondbacks but didn’t last long with them. After getting […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Spring Training is less than two months away now, which means pitchers and catchers had better start getting some workouts in now before reporting. Don’t want to be the slob that let winter put on a few pounds on you, right? But before we get there we have just a few more players to recap […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Morning all! A bit of a late update as these signings happened a couple of days ago. The Athletics have continued to beef up their depth, this time on the position-player side of things. After spending lots of the offseason adding relief depth to the upper minors (and hopefully a hidden gem or two), the […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Hello everyone! Another day of the offseason rolls along, and we’ve got all the info you need to start your day. In Mariners news… Around the league…
From Lookout Landing | about 2 months ago | 3 reads
There are some fundamental differences between the A’s and the Blue Jays, beginning with vastly contrasting commitments to payroll. Money can hide flaws a lot better than even a player’s makeup (did you see what I did there?). But today’s thesis is to look at the rather impressive ascent Toronto made from 2024 to 2025 […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 5 reads
Edwin Encarnacion turns 43 today. When we traded Scott Rolen to the Reds for Josh Roenicke, Zach Stewart and Edwin, no one would have guessed that Edwin would be the last one standing. But, of course, Edwin did spend three weeks as an Oakland A in the winter of 2010. The fans didn’t exactly love […]
From Bluebird Banter | about 2 months ago | 9 reads
Sticking with the backstops, our victim for today’s Season In Review is Jhonny Pereda. The 29-year-old catcher got a decent look in the big leagues with the A’s but he just couldn’t hit enough to hold down a roster spot all year and he ultimately finished the season with a different team. How Was He […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 7 reads
On Sunday, Jared Greenspan of MLB.com ranked the Top 25 rookies performance for last year. The A’s had three sophomores make that list. The first two should be no surprise and Greenspan has them again listed as one and two on the list just as the baseball writers did for the Rookie of the Year […]
From Athletics Nation | about 2 months ago | 6 reads
Like most teams, the A’s had a winter shopping list. It included improving themselves at 2B, adding to their bullpen, and working out extensions for their young core players. The good news is the A’s have addressed all 3 areas with the additions of Jeff McNeil, Mark Leiter Jr., and the recent 7 year extension […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 4 reads
Happy Saturday all! We’re heading behind the dish to take a look back at our backstops this past season, starting with the veteran Austin Wynns. A vet of seven big league seasons, Wynns came aboard midway through the season and acted as the backup to starter Shea Langeliers from there on. He’s set to repeat […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 5 reads
Two in one day? Only for you guys! Season In Review sticks with the pitchers but shifts to the starting side of things. Right-hander Joey Estes was once one of the top pitching prospects in the Athletics’ farm system and has shown flashes here and there, but he’s fallen behind in the pecking order behind […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 7 reads
We’re slowly approaching the end of our Season In Review series, which means Spring Training isn’t far away. Right-handed reliever Anthony Maldonado made it back to the big leagues for the second consecutive year but only made it into six games for the Athletics. Now he’s set to pitch for a division rival next year […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 5 reads
The Baseball world is quiet today. So instead of “creating” some news, I’m just going to say that I’m optimistic about the 2026 Athletics season. While management has not brought in many fresh faces, Jeff McNeil, Mark Leiter Jr., and the few minor league contract signings give me hope. The starting rotation, as it appears […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 5 reads
The A’s are desperate for starting pitching right now and they have plenty of arms that at one point were considered top prospects. None of them have panned out as hoped so far but there’s still plenty of time for most of them. In today’s Season In Review we take a look at one of […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 4 reads
Next up in our look back at the A’s players in 2025, we turn back to the bullpen, remembering our time with Michael Kelly. What role will he play in the A’s pen in 2026? How was he acquired? The San Diego Padres selected Michael Kelly in the first round of the 2011 MLB Amateur Draft with […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 4 reads
Morning everyone and happy last day of 2025! The A’s have certainly been at work behind the scenes in the first couple months of the offseason. We haven’t heard of the team in any direct links to any rumors, which isn’t itself surprising but is also how the A’s like to operate. A’s fans were […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 4 reads
As the A’s head into Spring Training 2026, one of the areas for the greatest growth potential is the starting rotation. At this point, and without any further trades or free agent signings, there are likely only two absolute locks for the starting five. Barring injury, we can count on righty Luis Severino, who came […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 3 reads
We’ve almost run out of 2025, but we haven’t run out of A’s players to recap. Next up is Brett Harris, whose main achievement so far in life is that he shares a birthday with me (and Lionel Messi, and pretty no one else you’ve ever heard of). In Harris’ case, his last birthday was […]
From Athletics Nation | 2 months ago | 5 reads