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Oakland couldn’t match a ONE-YEAR CONTRACT?
The Oakland A’s longtime shortstop and hometown star is officially gone.
Free agent Marcus Semien signed with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, reports insider Jon Heyman. It’s a one-year, $18 million contract, per Jeff Passan of ESPN.
Semien is expected to play primarily second base for the Jays, adds Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic.
While Semien’s departure this winter was always an inevitability, the...
The Giants are close to signing free agent Tommy La Stella, per Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area (via Twitter). More to come…
Minnesota has been speculatively linked to Semien for months, considering that the Twins have been known to be monitoring the middle infield market as part of their rather broad range of free-agent considerations.
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MLB news roundup
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The National League used a designated hitter in 2020, as a temporary measure during a season heavily affected by the coronavirus pandemic. That change expired last fall, with the NL set to go back to normal in 2021 with no DH, and that’s still the plan for now.
Per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, MLB offered a deal to the players last week that featured multiple considerations for each side,...
With coronavirus cases still high in the state, local officials suggest holding off for a month
Spring training is set to begin in three weeks, but the unknown future of the coronavirus pandemic has always made that plan feel more tentative than concrete. Now there is officially opposition to the idea.
The Cactus League sent a letter to Major League Baseball urging a delay to the beginning of spring training in Arizona, reported Monday by Brahm Resnik of KPNX in Phoenix. The letter, signed...
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We’re only three weeks into the new year, and the baseball world has already lost three Hall of Famers — longtime Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, durable star pitcher and one-time Oakland A’s starter Don Sutton, and all-time legend slugger Hank Aaron. On top of that, the journalism world as a whole said goodbye to Larry King on Friday, himself well-known as a Dodgers fan.
Amid all that...
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They join Ramon Laureano (CF) and Sean Murphy (C) as standouts at their positions
MLB Network continued its annual “Top 10 Players Right Now” series last week, releasing rankings for two more positions. Both lists included an Oakland A’s star.
Among left fielders, Mark Canha ranks third.
Christian Yelich, MIL Michael Brantley, HOU Mark Canha, OAK Marcell Ozuna, free agent Jesse Winker, CIN Dominic Smith, NYM Eloy Jiménez, CHW Alex Dickerson,...One of the greatest ever to play the game
Hall of Fame outfielder Hank Aaron died Friday at the age of 86, report Tim Kephart and Karyn Greer of CBS46 in Atlanta.
One of the all-time greats to ever play the game, Aaron’s 755 homers were the MLB career record for three decades before finally being surpassed. He’s still the all-time leader in RBI (2,297) and total bases (6,856), and ranks third in hits (3,771) and plate appearances (13,941) and fourth in runs scored (2,174). His career...
The Royals have announced their coaching staff under manager Mike Matheny for 2021, Anne Rogers of MLB.com relays. It includes a couple changes from last year’s edition.
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The New York Mets began the winter with a fresh start, but it didn’t last long.
The team was bought by a new owner, Steve Cohen, and he overhauled the front office from scratch, led by president Sandy Alderson. Just over a month ago, they hired Jared Porter as their general manager, and not long afterward they made a...
You just hate to see the Astros lose one of their biggest stars | Photo by Alex Trautwig/MLB Photos via Getty Images
Jays following similar path as White Sox, bolstering young playoff core with big bucks
Make some room, Chicago White Sox. There’s another new heavyweight rising in the American League.
The Toronto Blue Jays reached the expanded postseason in 2020, as their young core began to show signs of breaking out. Now they’re doubling down on that early taste of success, and loading...
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He pitched one of his 23 seasons for the Oakland A’s, in 1985.
Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton died in his sleep Monday night at the age of 75, announced his son Daron.
Sutton was one of the most durable pitchers in MLB history, playing 23 seasons from 1966-1988. His 756 starts are the third-most ever, behind only Cy Young and Nolan Ryan, and his 20 seasons with 30 or more starts are the most in history. He never once missed his turn in the...
The shortstop and outfielder are among the best defenders in the minors
Last weekend, MLB Pipeline released its sixth annual All-Defense team, naming the best defensive minor league prospect at each position. Two of the eight players in this year’s lineup are from the Oakland A’s organization.
Shortstop Nick Allen got the nod for the second straight winter, and Buddy Reed earned one of the outfield spots after previously doing so in 2019. Here’s the full list:
C Jake Rogers, DET 1B...D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports
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The Oakland A’s stadium saga got its next chapter this holiday weekend.
When we last checked in, the team was in the middle of trying to purchase the Coliseum site, even though their preferred location to build a new ballpark is at Howard Terminal. Their overall plan includes redeveloping the Coliseum complex after they leave, so they want to buy it from its co-owners, the city and county. They...
Also pictured: No. 1 ranked reliever on MLB Network’s list | Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
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The Oakland A’s finally made some news last week. Within five days, they traded for a reliever, got named in a couple other rumors, settled the salaries of a half-dozen arbitration-eligible players, and officially signed an international top prospect who had been linked to them for over a year. When it rains, it pours.
Meanwhile, MLB...
17-year-old outfielder is one of the top players in this year’s class
After more than a year of rumors, outfield prospect Pedro Pineda is officially part of the Oakland A’s organization.
Friday brought the beginning of this year’s international signing period, during which time teams may begin inking contracts with amateur prospects from abroad. It’s not a bidding war, as each club has a modest maximum amount they’re allowed to spend, so everyone gets a fair chance to recruit the...
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Matt Chapman, Mark Canha, and 4 others settle their salaries
The Oakland A’s entered the offseason with 10 players eligible for salary arbitration, and they tendered contracts to all of them. That meant the players were committed to the team, but at dollar amounts to be determined later.
Those salaries have now been settled. Four of them were taken care of in early December, and then on Friday the A’s agreed to terms with the...
After losing closer Liam Henriks to the Chicago White Sox in free agency over the last week, the Oakland Athletics made an effort to improve their bullpen.
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Outfield is low on Oakland’s list of needs
The Oakland A’s offseason has been so quiet that the crickets are starting to charge overtime. Finally, this week has brought something resembling news.
On Thursday they acquired an actual baseball player in reliever Nik Turley, but that was a small enough deal that only cash went the other direction. Before that, on Tuesday, the A’s were involved in a real-life trade rumor, regarding...
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New reliever, for cash considerations
The Oakland A’s made an offseason move! For an MLB player!
The A’s announced Thursday that they’ve acquired relief pitcher Nik Turley from the Pittsburgh Pirates, in exchange for cash considerations.
The 31-year-old Turley is a left-hander who spent all of 2020 in the majors, after a marathon journey through the minors. He was a 50th-round draft pick out of high school in 2008, a level of the draft so deep that it...