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“There’s a league average probability I will get the out here!” | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images
If your goal is to finish 81-81 then I suppose you could aim to put league average players everywhere on the diamond. If you aspire higher (ooh that rhymes...wait, nobody cares, myself included), it doesn’t mean you have to find above average players everywhere. You can succeed with some excellent players and some who are merely in that 50th percentile on which...
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MLB news roundup
Happy Friday, Athletics Nation!
This December’s Winter Meetings have come and gone, and while the A’s didn’t surprise in making a Rule 5 selection, they wound up net even in terms of prospects through the draft since they also lost Cooper Bowman to the Reds. Cincinnati took the 24-year-old infielder seventh overall in the first round.
Bowman still holds some promise, but the A’s left him off the 40-man...
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One of the A’s best bullpen arms of 2024 who just recently resigned to come back in 2025
When the A’s acquired T.J. McFarland just days before Opening Day after appearing a handful of times in 2023 many didn’t know what to expect and rightfully so. Instead, McFarland exceeded hopes and was one of the best storylines for the A’s staff and team overall in a resurgent 35-year-old 2024 campaign.
How was he acquired?
McFarland was acquired on March 26,...
Well, you can officially stop adding Athletics players to your trade ideas. Although this team has been mostly a joke over the past couple of years, things are different this offseason.
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MLB news roundup
Rise and shine A’s fans! Welcome to Thursday everyone!
The Winter Meetings are officially over, and there was a ton of movements all across baseball. The Chicago White Sox traded ace starting pitcher Garrett Crochet to the Boston Red Sox for a huge haul of prospects, superstar outfielder Juan Soto finalized the largest contract in sports history with the New York Mets, and the rival Yankees quickly pivoted to sign lefty ace Max Fried to the largest...
The first thing to know about Noah Murdock is that he is not, in fact, Rupert Murdoch. That pretty much exhausts what I knew about Murdock until this morning, but now that the A’s have made him their Rule 5 selection let’s get to know him a bit better.
Murdock was the Kansas City Royals’ 7th round pick in 2019 and he stands 6’8”. While he wasn’t on AN’s collective radar he was picked over Ryan Webb (CLE) and Bryan Magdaleno (TEX), two left-handed pitchers, who were...
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Welcome aboard Noah!
Major League Baseball’s annual Rule 5 Draft was this morning and the Athletics, as always, took advantage and used their selection, taking Royals farmhand Noah Murdock with the 4th overall pick:
The Athletics selected right-handed pitcher Noah Murdock from the Kansas City Royals organization in the first round of the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft.
— A's Communications (@AthleticsPR) December 11, 2024Murdock joins a...
One of the top free agents came off the board this week when the Yankees and Max Fried agreed to a stunning eight-year, $218MM deal. Clubs like the Blue Jays and Red Sox were also known to be in the involved but Bob Nightengale of USA Today (X link) reports that the Athletics were “one of the most aggressive teams” in the bidding.
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Despite being a regular on the Oakland-Vegas commute, Hogan Harris actually showed promise and progress in his sophomore season when given the chance. Time will tell whether he’ll get a real shot at earning a spot in the rotation or if he’ll get permanently relegated to the Quadruple-A status he currently holds.
How was he acquired?
The Oakland Athletics selected Harris with their third-round pick in the 2018 draft, 85th overall. Not debuting...
The A’s have opened discussions with Brent Rooker’s team to explore a contract extension | Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images
MLB News Roundup
Greetings, Athletics Nation. Looking at the Severino signing late last week there are signs of hope for A’s fans that the team may truly make the commitment to winning. Of course this is all tempered with the fact that the team will be playing two hours north in Sacramento for the next three years and signs are pointing to...
The Philadelphia Phillies have made it known that they want another outfielder, preferably one who can mash left-handed pitching.
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Junk, we hardly knew yee
The Season in Review series continues with a pitcher that made a grand total of one appearance for the Green & Gold. Still, Janson Junk can tell his grandkids that he donned the Oakland A’s uniform one time in their final season.
How was he acquired?
The club brought Junk in late in the season after claiming him off waivers from the division rival Houston Astros on August 31st.
What were the Expectations?
The righty will...
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MLB news roundup
Good morning A’s fans!
The A’s made their first big free agent splash in years in a big way with the signing of starting pitcher Luis Severino. The Athletics, now that Vegas seems like a sure thing, will reportedly want to start ramping up payroll so that the team is competitive when they move into their new home in Nevada.
That one move, as big as it was, still hasn’t pushed the 2024 payroll high enough for the union. The MLBPA reportedly...
The A's already made one surprising offseason addition, and the move may have been based on more than on-field impact.
The Oakland A’s decision to sign Luis Severino to a record-breaking deal was about more than just his baseball abilities.
Max Schuemann showed incredible versatility throughout the 2024 season, playing each outfield position and all but first base in the infield for the A’s. | Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images
Versatility and Progress key to next season too
Maxwell “Max” Schuemann was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 2018 and worked his way through the A’s minor league system. Like all players not on an MLB roster, he was forced to sit out the 2020 season due covid cancelling the...
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MLB news roundup
Happy Monday, Athletics Nation!
The A’s are strutting into Winter Meetings this week in the wake of last week’s bold free agent signing of Luis Severino. The deal signaled that the team is ready to make significantly more of an effort to be competitive now that owner John Fisher has torched a 50-plus year legacy of Bay Area baseball and still needs a tow to make it all the way to Vegas.
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Manager Mark Kotsay told reporters that the team was “hopeful to get something done with” Brent Rooker.
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The lefty is quietly emerging as a strong rotation option.
Not ranked particularly high in the Athletics farm, Brady Basso continued his strong comeback from Tommy John surgery. After dominating at Double-A Midland and holding his own with Triple-A Las Vegas, the southpaw made four late-season major league starts that solidified his candidacy for an A’s rotation spot moving forward.
How was he acquired?
The A’s drafted Basso all the way down in the 16th...
The A’s have reportedly made an offer to Juan Soto (that for just $1.50 they will take his dry cleaning to an excellent Sacramento establishment). | Photo by Elsa/Getty Images
The Winter Meetings are always a time of great titillation and anticipation. Will there be a major move? What will it be? When the first domino falls, what will the next domino look like and what about the one after?
The reality is this: some years there is a flurry of frantic activity during the Winter Meetings while...