OAKLAND -- You never want to give up on a game before it’s over, but with Tuesday’s game getting out of hand for the A’s early on the eve of a scheduled doubleheader, Mark Kotsay had no choice but to manage with an eye towards the next day. Ross Stripling

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OAKLAND -- With by far the most experience of any A’s pitcher upon signing with the club this offseason, Alex Wood felt it was imperative that he lead by example. Given the objective, the start to his A’s career has not gone as he planned. Through seven starts, Wood built

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OAKLAND -- One day after the offense broke out for 20 runs, the A's bats could not rally back from an early deficit as they fell to the Marlins, 12-3, in Sunday's series finale at the Coliseum, putting an end to their season-high six-game winning streak. Starter Joe Boyle lasted

OAKLAND -- When it rains, it pours. After an unseasonal rainstorm delayed the start of the A's 20-4 rout of the Marlins by three hours and 23 minutes on Saturday, there was another downpour at the Coliseum in the form of a 10-run third inning for Oakland. The A's have

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OAKLAND -- Third baseman Brett Harris fielded a one-hopper and threw to first to record the game's final out -- and the A's hope it's the first of many wins Harris will be involved in. Harris, the A’s No. 9 prospect according to MLB Pipeline, made his Major League debut

One down, five (and change) to go. With April comfortably in the rearview mirror, it's time to hand out the first round of monthly awards for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Here are the eight stars -- household names and new phenoms alike -- receiving honors for their performance

Pitchers are meant to be ahead of hitters. Sluggers need at-bats to get into the rhythm of the season, and that takes time. Or at least that’s how the popular belief goes. But some Minor League hitters are proving they don’t need time at all to come flying out of

OAKLAND -- Ross Stripling waited a long time for this moment. The last time he earned a win in a Major League game, Stripling was pitching down the stretch for a playoff-bound Blue Jays club. That was Oct. 1, 2022, the final week of the regular season. Stripling tossed six

You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before

OAKLAND -- If the A's are holding a lead heading into the eighth inning, they are most likely going to win that game. One month into the season, a clear formula for success has developed: get an early lead, squeeze just enough out of the starting pitcher and turn it

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April is in the books, but there’s still plenty of baseball left to be played this season, and you can follow all the action on MLB.TV for a new reduced price. MLB.TV’s All Teams Yearly package, which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or on demand, on your

NEW YORK -- Given how this season has gone, you'd have thought that Mason Miller was always destined to be a closer, a fireballer striking fear into his opponents' hearts from the moment he begins warming up in the bullpen. Nothing could be further from the truth. Converted to relief

OAKLAND -- A's manager Mark Kotsay burst into laughter during his postgame media session on Monday night upon hearing about his club not reaching 13 wins in 2023 until its 63rd game of the season. No reminder was needed. Kotsay recalled it quite vividly. He quickly rattled off the numbers

Whenever a Draft list is updated for the first time since December, there are bound to be a lot of changes up and down the rankings. This year's new Draft Top 150 takes that to an extreme, speaking to the volatility and uncertainty of the class outside of the top

There's a longtime scout who likes to say, "The Draft is hard." The 2014 Draft was very hard. It's just one of three Drafts where the No. 1 overall pick finished his career without reaching the Majors, and the only one where neither of the top two selections made it.

BALTIMORE -- It’s difficult to imagine a more challenging road trip this season for the A’s, who wrapped up their 10-day sojourn through Cleveland, New York and Baltimore on Sunday. But they finished it in style, mounting a ninth-inning comeback against Craig Kimbrel for the second time in three days

BALTIMORE -- After rallying late for a thrilling extra-inning win in Friday’s series opener, the A’s came out flat on a cold, gray Saturday at Oriole Park. Their trouble against left-handed pitching continued against old friend Cole Irvin, who outpitched JP Sears to hand Oakland a 7-0 loss to Baltimore

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