CHICAGO -- A’s shortstop Jacob Wilson was well aware of the numbers that Shota Imanaga has recorded this season, as well as the lefty’s arsenal that has given hitters trouble time and time again. So when Wilson stepped into the batter’s box to leadoff Monday’s series opener at Wrigley Field,

CHICAGO -- Brady Basso threw a sharp curveball to Lenyn Sosa in the first inning on Friday, a 1-2 offering that dove below the strike zone. Sosa whiffed on the pitch, which landed in the dirt just behind home plate. That strikeout got Basso out of a two-on, two-out jam,

Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The edition, rounding up the month of August, features RBI explosions, epic sweeps, same-named individuals and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in

OAKLAND -- As Friday night's thriller between the A's and the Tigers went back and forth deep into the night, Brady Basso was one of the last arms standing in the home bullpen. After the A's had used eight pitchers to cover 13 innings, Basso and Ross Stripling -- who

All farm systems, whether they’re at the top or the bottom of organizational rankings, have differing strengths. We’ve decided to dig deeper into a few of those talent buckets over the next few weeks. This week, we’ll take a look at the top farm systems based on infield prospects. Using

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Nick Kurtz tormented college pitchers earlier this year. As it turns out, California League pitching can’t evade the A’s 2024 first-round Draft pick’s 65-grade power either. Oakland’s newly minted No. 2 prospect hasn’t shown any signs of cooling off. The Wake Forest product smashed a three-run homer in Saturday’s 11-1

OAKLAND -- Manager Mark Kotsay wanted to provide a soft landing spot for Grant Holman when the A’s No. 21 prospect made his Major League debut. Instead, a depleted bullpen forced him to put Holman in with two on and two outs with the A’s leading 2-0 in the seventh

Professional baseball has finally achieved Maximum Muncy. At long last, the sport's two infielders named Max Muncy -- improbably born exactly 12 years apart and completely unrelated -- finally met and played in the same game, an eventual 10-8 victory by rehabbing Muncy's Triple-A Oklahoma City over prospect Muncy's Las

As Year 3 of a rebuild winds down, the rise of several top prospects has the A’s feeling some excitement over what might be just around the corner beyond 2024. Jacob Wilson, Oakland’s No. 1 prospect per MLB Pipeline, reached the big leagues in July, just 376 days from the

They say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but Max Muncy seemed to be trying to send baseballs out of town on Sunday. The A's No. 8 prospect launched three consecutive home runs in his final three at-bats, capping off his performance with a grand slam in the Triple-A

SAN FRANCISCO -- Leading up to Tuesday’s 3 p.m. PT Trade Deadline as expected sellers, A’s general manager David Forst said the club would take an “opportunistic” approach, looking to move top players only if the deal was right. A few hours before the Deadline, the A’s found a return

The rebuilding A’s added four prospects ahead of Tuesday's Trade Deadline through deals with the Royals and Mets. Pitching prospects Will Klein, Mason Barnett and outfielder Jared Dickey were acquired from the Royals in exchange for Lucas Erceg, while another pitching prospect in Kade Morris came back from the Mets

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A’s Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Slowly but surely, Denzel Clarke is once again living up to his billing as one of the A's top prospects. It was a nightmarish

OAKLAND -- The past week has provided some glimpses of why the A’s believe there is a bright future beyond their current rebuild. It began last week with the highly anticipated Major League debut of Jacob Wilson -- rated by MLB Pipeline as Oakland’s No. 1 prospect and the No.