Athletics
Oakland A’s activate Ryan Dull, DFA John Axford, place Josh Phegley on DL
The Oakland A’s activated reliever Ryan Dull from the disabled list, the team announced Wednesday. The right-hander had been out for two months...
Sonny Gray mock bidding war – Part one: Seattle Mariners
This is a simulation completely inspired by Rob Huff of Bleed Cubbie Blue. See his piece here, of mock trade discussions between the...
Game #101: Waiting for a Superman
**Click Here to Revisit the Game Thread** Superheroes come in all forms. They can be big strong men or women with capes dazzled...
Game Thread #101: Athletics at Blue Jays
All is quiet on the trade front, for now. Deals are imminent, but nothing official. There is news on the injury front. Jaycob...
A’s: Signs Of Life In Draft & Development
It was long, long drought from Eric Chavez to Nick Swisher to 2016, with a sad assortment of position players to point to...
Game Thread #100: A’s at Blue Jays
Yes, Sonny is still here. Yes, this tweet earlier (retracting today’s original lineup) was a masterful troll: JK on that lineup tweet. New...
On Eckersley, Price, and Hardness
“Some people just don’t understand how hard this game is.” On June 30th, after a less-than-stellar rehab outing by one Eduardo Rodriguez, some...
Game #100: A’s Bats Silenced by César Valdéz, Lose 1-4
What a snooze-fest. For the second night in a row, Oakland’s bats were pretty much completely inert. Sonny Gray actually pitched a great...
Oakland A’s prospect watch: Double-A Midland scores 38 runs in 2 days
The Double-A Midland RockHounds are struggling through a tough 2017. After winning three straight league championships, they sit 47-54 this year as most...
Athletics at Blue Jays: Canaries in a Coal Mine
Most all of the attention regarding the A’s has to do with individuals who have the potential to bring some franchise-altering talent back...
Trading Sonny Gray would be right move for rebuilding Oakland A’s
The talk of Sonny Gray moving has been heavy, but actual rumors have been light. Rightfully, the A’s are holding out for a...
Matt Chapman is going to win Gold Gloves someday
For the last two seasons, the Oakland A’s have sported by far baseball’s worst defense. The year before that, in 2015, they led...
