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Nelson Cruz is once again having an incredibly productive season, and the Minnesota Twins are widely expected to trade him since they are out of playoff contention. At least two teams are interested in the seven-time All-Star, and there will likely …
The Oakland Athletics’ social media team thought they had an easy win against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday, but it turned out to be less simple than that. The Pirates have been the brunt of jokes since Thursday, when they hilariously …
The Oakland A’s appeared to get screwed on a call at the plate against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. The A’s were leading 2-1 in the top of the 7th and had a runner on first with two outs and Tony Kemp at the plate. Kemp popped a …
The Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics made a rare intra-division trade on Saturday involving two big names. The Athletics acquired a package headlined by shortstop Elvis Andrus from Texas, solving the team’s shortstop issue. In return, the …
Major League Baseball may be about to lose its most famous front office figure. According to Jared Diamond, Joshua Robinson and Miriam Gottfried of the Wall Street Journal, Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane will likely leave baseball if Fenway …
Major League Baseball on Tuesday handed down disciplinary action stemming from Sunday’s altercation between the Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros, and it was a coach who received by far the harshest penalty. A’s outfielder Ramon …
The Houston Astros were involved in another bench-clearing incident Sunday, this time after Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano took offense to being hit by a pitch. In the bottom of the seventh of Sunday’s game, Laureano was hit by a …
Things are a bit different in MLB summer camps, with players wearing facemasks during some workouts. The Oakland Athletics are determined to have fun with it. Several A’s players wore custom facemasks that emulated the bizarre facial hair …
How will a shortened season work for every MLB team? With only 60 games, one hot streak could push an unlikely team into the playoffs, while a cold streak could prove fatal to someone’s playoff hopes. No team is really truly built for this, but …
Oakland A’s owner John Fisher has changed his mind and will now pay the organization’s minor league players. The A’s informed their minor league players last week that they would not be paid their $400 weekly stipend after the month …
The Oakland A’s have long been viewed as a small-market, frugal organization, and their latest move holds to that perception. The A’s told their minor league players that they will stop paying them after May ends. Here is the email David …
Oakland Athletics pitcher Mike Fiers received criticism in some circles for going public as the whistleblower in the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal, but it sure looks like there was an attempt to handle things quietly behind the scenes first. …
For the second time in less than a year, infielder Jurickson Profar has been traded. The Oakland A’s have agreed to trade Profar to the San Diego Padres, according to multiple reports. ESPN’s Jeff Passan says the A’s will be getting …
The Oakland Athletics’ loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday was the latest in a string of disappointing performances in playoff elimination games by the club. The A’s entered this year’s American League Wild Card Game with the …
The Oakland A’s are squarely in the playoff hunt after quietly putting together an impressive first half of the season, and they added a nice value piece to their starting rotation on Sunday. ESPN’s Jeff Passan reports that the A’s …
The All-Star break is a good time to step back and assess where the 30 teams across Major League Baseball stand. Some teams comfortably occupy first place, some are facing a second half of playing out a string of meaningless games, and then there is …
