Meanwhile, first baseman Matt Olson was denied what would have been his third nod in four years. Everybody knows he’s the best, making a game-changing impact with his incredible range and reflexes and arm, and now it’s just a matter of how much gold he can rack up. Throughout the minors he was touted as […]
Melvin had been here for 11 seasons and he was popular and successful throughout, so it’s been a while since we’ve had to think about the topic of a new manager. Promoting from within might seem like the natural A’s thing to do, and indeed that’s how they settled on Ken Macha and Bob Geren […]
Melvin had been under contract with the A’s for the 2022 season, but they allowed him to interview with the Padres and won’t receive any compensation for losing him, adds Cassavell. Unfortunately the A’s missed out on another chance at the postseason this summer, but in Melvin’s 11 years at the helm he racked up […]
Each league has an award at each position, and there are three finalists for each spot. They each won the award in 2018 and then repeated in 2019, but in 2020 they were bumped — Chapman had his season cut short by an injury, and Olson was snubbed when that year’s awards were based entirely […]
The A’s took an 8-2 lead into the 8th inning but blew it, then retook the lead in the 9th, and then lost on a walk-off homer by former teammate Marcus Semien. Right when the A’s need every win they can get to stay in the postseason race, they dropped a game that you absolutely […]
It happened again Saturday. They scored in the 1st, 3rd, and 4th innings, each time by building a rally and then successfully cashing in on it. But the A’s own starter suddenly fell apart and couldn’t make it out of the 5th, and their lineup went quiet for five frames instead of building on their […]
The A’s scored seven runs in the 3rd inning and then kept piling on, resulting in a 12-3 rout of the Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon at the Coliseum. In each of their two previous games, Oakland collected just two hits through eight innings but then heated up at the last minute to snatch walk-off […]
The Oakland A’s won their third game in a row Friday night, and for the second straight evening they did so by blanking the Los Angeles Angels, this time by a 2-0 margin. At this point, it’s rarely a question of whether the A’s starter was good, but rather which starter took their turn dominating […]
Yesterday, the Oakland City Council voted 6-1 to approve the A’s ballpark project. Unfortunately, a day that should justifiably have been a day of celebration for A’s fans was instead a day of confusion that needs to be unpacked and translated. The upshot is that the city approved a non-binding term sheet for the A’s […]
Cleveland controlled the game from the start, as the very first pitch of the afternoon was drilled for a homer. Other than the homers, Cleveland did virtually nothing against Bassitt. Oakland’s lineup mustered even less. It didn’t have to be solo, though! Two batters earlier, Ramon Laureano had doubled to lead off the frame, but […]
It’ll be somebody who was supposed to go higher but fell a few spots, or a safe 2nd-round talent to maximize the bonus pool, or a sleeper absent from the national radar, or a golfer with a promising swing but only if they don’t like the hockey players available. This summer it pumps back to […]
The Oakland A’s have lost eight of their 11 meetings with the Houston Astros this year, which is a problem because the Astros hold a 4.5-game lead in the AL West division and these head-to-head losses are the primary reason why. The A’s will make their latest attempt behind Sean Manaea, as the lefty looks […]
The A’s fell behind early but rallied back with six runs in the 6th inning to stun the Los Angeles Angels in an 8-4 victory Wednesday, completing a three-game sweep at the Coliseum. For the first couple innings, this looked like it might be an afternoon finale snoozer. His first pitch of the game was […]
The Oakland A’s took the first two games of the series, and now they have a chance to sweep the Los Angeles Angels at the Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon. The southpaw completed six innings in each of his last three starts, and in his most recent appearance he carried a shutout into the 7th before […]
The A’s scored a quick run in the 1st inning, but had to wait until the 2nd for a crooked number. Just like that it was 4-0, and the Royals were pulling their starter from the game in the 2nd. The shortstop had the walk-off hit the night before, and in his first at-bat today […]