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• Athletics 1B Olson joins All-Star Home Run Derby

  07-07-2021 06:17
  
  Oakland Athletics first baseman Matt Olson is joining the All-Star Home Run Derby at Denver's Coors Field on July 12.
  
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• 2023 Rule 5 Update: April Edition

  18-04-2024 02:06 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  We’re three weeks into the 2024 season, and this year’s crop of Rule 5 picks has had an atypical amount of staying power. That’s perhaps in part due to the fact that only ten players were selected in the 2023 Rule 5 Draft, but as of this writing, only one Rule 5 selection has been returned to his original organization.
  For those unfamiliar, in order to be eligible for the Rule 5 Draft, a player must not be on his team’s 40-man roster and must have played in either parts o
  
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• MLBTR Podcast: Free Agent Power Rankings, Ohtani’s Stolen Money And The A’s Moving To Sacramento

  17-04-2024 16:32 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The latest episode of the MLB Trade Rumors Podcast is now live on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you get your podcasts! Make sure you subscribe as well! You can also use the player at this link to listen, if you don’t use Spotify or Apple for podcasts.This week, host Darragh McDonald is joined by Steve Adams of MLB Trade Rumors to discuss…MLBTR’s 2024-25 Free Agent Power Rankings (1:30)
  Gerrit Cole didn’t crack the rankings due to his specific
  
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• Ken Holtzman, Who Pitched Two No-Hitters for the Cubs, Is Dead at 78

  17-04-2024 05:51 via nytimes.com
  
  He was part of the Oakland A’s dynasty in the ’70s. He was also the winningest Jewish pitcher in Major League Baseball, surpassing Sandy Koufax.
  
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• Ken Holtzman, Who Pitched Two No-Hitters, Is Dead at 78

  17-04-2024 01:03 via nytimes.com
  
  A left-hander, he was part of the Oakland A’s dynasty in the ’70s. He was also the winningest Jewish pitcher in Major League Baseball, with more victories than Sandy Koufax.
  
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• Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame Cardinals Manager, Dies at 92

  16-04-2024 18:24 via nytimes.com
  
  He won three pennants and a World Series as the St. Louis skipper, promoting what was called “Whiteyball,” combining speed, defense and pitching.
  
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• Injury Notes: Garrett, Davis, Lowe, Verlander

  16-04-2024 05:41 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Marlins have been without left-hander Braxton Garrett all season. A shoulder impingement sent the 26-year-old to the injured list to begin the year. Garrett seemed to be nearing a return to the majors after throwing six innings in a rehab start for Triple-A Jacksonville last week, but he has run into a bit of a setback. Manager Skip Schumaker told reporters that Garrett felt a “dead arm” when throwing a bullpen session today (link via Christina De Nicola of MLB.com).
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• Ken Holtzman Passes Away

  16-04-2024 02:16 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Cubs announced that former big league left-hander Ken Holtzman passed away recently. Per an obituary from Benjamin Hochman of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Holtzman had been hospitalized for the past three weeks due to heart problems. He was 78 years old.
  Holtzman was born in St. Louis in 1945. He attended the University of Illinois and was selected from there by the Cubs in the 1965 draft. It didn’t take him long to get to the big leagues, with the Cubs calling him up later that same y
  
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• Athletics Select Max Schuemann

  11-04-2024 17:33 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics announced that outfielder Brent Rooker has been placed on the 10-day injured list due to a costochondral cartilage injury. Infielder/outfielder Max Schuemann was selected to take Rooker’s place on the active roster. A corresponding move will be required to open a spot for Schuemann on the 40-man, though that move has not yet been announced.
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• A’s Outright Zach Jackson

  10-04-2024 17:15 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Athletics right-hander Zach Jackson went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment and has been assigned outright to Triple-A, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. Jackson has fewer than three years of service time and does not have a prior outright in his career, so he can’t reject the assignment in favor of free agency. He’ll head back to Las Vegas, where he’d opened the season, and hope to pitch his way back onto the big league roster.
  The 29-yea
  
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• A’s Acquire Alex Speas From White Sox

  06-04-2024 22:45 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The A’s announced this afternoon that they have acquired right-hander Alex Speas from the White Sox in exchange for cash considerations. Speas had been designated for assignment by the Sox yesterday. To clear space on their 40-man roster for Speas, they’ve designated right-hander Zach Jackson for assignment.
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• Athletics To Play 2025-27 Seasons In Sacramento Ahead Of Scheduled Move To Las Vegas

  04-04-2024 17:13 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The 2024 season is officially the Athletics’ last year in Oakland. The team announced this morning that they’ll spend the 2025-27 seasons playing their home games in Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park ahead of their planned 2028 move to Las Vegas. There’s an option on the agreement for the A’s to spend a fourth year in Sacramento, presumably in the event that the construction of their new Las Vegas stadium is not completed on time.
  Sutter Health Park is home to the Sac
  
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• Athletics Outright Adrian Martinez

  04-04-2024 16:48 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Right-hander Adrian Martinez went unclaimed on waivers after being designated for assignment by the Athletics and has been assigned outright to their Triple-A affiliate, per the team’s transaction log at MLB.com. It’s his first career outright, and he has under three years of service time, so Martinez cannot reject the assignment.
  Acquired alongside Euribiel Angeles in the trade sending lefty Sean Manaea to the Padres, the now-27-year-old Martinez has pitched 112 2/3 innings for Oakl
  
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• Athletics Option Esteury Ruiz

  01-04-2024 23:07 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics announced that outfielder Esteury Ruiz has been optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. His spot on the active roster goes to infielder Tyler Nevin, who was claimed off waivers from the Orioles yesterday.
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• A’s Claim Tyler Nevin Off Waivers, Designate Adrian Martinez

  31-03-2024 20:22 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics have claimed Tyler Nevin off waivers, as per an announcement from both the A’s and Orioles.  Oakland has designated right-hander Adrian Martinez for assignment to create roster space.  Baltimore designated Nevin, Ryan McKenna and Nick Maton for assignment in the lead-up to Opening Day, and McKenna and Maton have both cleared waivers and have been outrighted to the Orioles’ Triple-A club.
  Nevin will now head to a new organization after spending the last few sea
  
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• A’s Claim Tyler Nevin Off Waivers

  31-03-2024 20:22 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics have claimed Tyler Nevin off waivers, as per an announcement from the Orioles.  Baltimore designated Nevin, Ryan McKenna and Nick Maton for assignment in the lead-up to Opening Day, and McKenna and Maton have both cleared waivers and have been outrighted to the Orioles’ Triple-A club.
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• Giants Designate Joey Bart For Assignment

  31-03-2024 19:24 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Giants have designated catcher Joey Bart for assignment, thus creating 26-man and 40-man roster space for Daulton Jefferies, whose contract selection was reported yesterday.
  The move likely marks the end of Bart’s time in San Francisco, which began with great fanfare when the Giants selected the backstop with the second overall pick of the 2018 draft.  Widely considered a top-tier prospect coming out of Georgia Tech, getting drafted by the Giants added another layer of expectation
  
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• Latest On Oakland’s Proposal To Keep A’s Through 2025-27 Seasons

  31-03-2024 17:06 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Officials from the Athletics and from the city of Oakland are set to meet Tuesday to further explore the possibility that the A’s could remain at the Coliseum through the 2027 season, as the team is looking for somewhere to play until their planned new ballpark in Las Vegas is ready for Opening Day 2028.  Some major details of the city’s latest proposal are already known, as ESPN’s Tim Keown and KGO-TV San Francisco report that Oakland is offering a five-year lease at the
  
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• Athletics Select Kyle McCann

  28-03-2024 18:15 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics announced a series of Opening Day roster moves today. They selected the contract of catcher Kyle McCann and placed left-hander Sean Newcomb and infielder Aledmys Díaz on the 60-day injured list. Those two IL placements open spots for McCann and for lefty T.J. McFarland, who was acquired from the Dodgers earlier this week. Pitchers Scott Alexander, Luis Medina and Freddy Tarnok were place 15-day IL while outfielder Miguel Andujar was placed on the 10-day IL.
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• Joe Boyle To Begin Season In A’s Rotation

  27-03-2024 05:47 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  A’s right-hander Joe Boyle is set to open the season in the Oakland rotation, manager Mark Kotsay told reporters (including John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle) this evening. He’ll be the club’s fifth starter behind veterans Alex Wood, Ross Stripling, and Paul Blackburn as well as southpaw JP Sears.
  Boyle, 24, was a fifth-round pick by the Reds in the 2020 draft and made his big league debut with the A’s back in September. The hulking 6’7”, 240-pound hurl
  
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• A’s Acquire T.J. McFarland From Dodgers, Select Him To Roster

  26-03-2024 21:18 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics announced that they have acquired left-hander T.J. McFarland from the Dodgers for cash considerations and selected him to the 40-man roster.
  More to come.
  
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• Darell Hernaiz Makes Athletics’ Opening Day Roster

  26-03-2024 05:43 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Infielder Darell Hernaiz will open the season in the majors, Oakland manager Mark Kotsay told reporters (including Jason Burke of Inside The A’s) this evening. Hernaiz was selected to the club’s 40-man roster back in November ahead of last year’s Rule 5 Draft, and his first appearance with the club this year will be his major league debut.
  Hernaiz, 22, was a fifth-round pick by the Orioles in the 2019 draft and was swapped to the A’s in the deal that sent left-hander Cole
  
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• A’s Acquire Austin Adams

  24-03-2024 17:09 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The A’s announced this morning that they’ve acquired right-hander Austin Adams from the Mets in exchange for cash considerations. Adams, who had been in camp with the Mets as a non-roster invitee, has been selected to Oakland’s 40-man roster. In a corresponding move, right-hander Trevor Gott was placed on the 60-day injured list. Gott’s placement on the shelf is hardly a surprise, as it was announced last week that the righty is set to undergo Tommy John surgery and miss
  
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• Miguel Andujar To Undergo Meniscus Surgery; Sean Newcomb To Begin Season On A’s Injured List

  23-03-2024 21:41 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Miguel Andujar will undergo surgery to repair a torn right meniscus and will miss least 4-6 weeks in recovery, A’s manager Mark Kotsay told MLB.com’s Martin Gallegos and other reporters.  The Athletics will also lose another player to the season-opening injured list, as Sean Newcomb will miss time due to irritation in his surgically-repaired left knee.
  Andujar’s surgery is set for Wednesday, and Kotsay said a further timeline will be established once doctors actually &ldqu
  
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• Trevor Gott To Undergo Tommy John Surgery

  22-03-2024 18:18 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Athletics right-hander Trevor Gott has a fully torn ulnar collateral ligament and will undergo Tommy John next week, per Martín Gallegos of MLB.com. He will miss the entire 2024 season and part of 2025 as well.
  More to come.
  
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• A’s Release Angel Felipe

  19-03-2024 05:43 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The Athletics released reliever Angel Felipe, according to the transaction log at MLB.com. He’d been designated for assignment over the weekend.
  Once the A’s took Felipe off the 40-man roster, a release was all but inevitable. The 26-year-old righty underwent Tommy John surgery last week. Injured players cannot go on outright waivers. After the DFA, the only options were to trade Felipe or release him. They weren’t going to find a trade partner due to the injury.
  Felipe lo
  
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• West Notes: Black, Giants, Soderstrom

  18-03-2024 04:38 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Rockies manager Bud Black and owner Dick Monfort are discussing a contract extension that would keep Black in Colorado beyond the 2024 season, per a report from MLB.com’s Thomas Harding. Harding notes that while Black and Monfort acknowledged that they are “talking” about a deal, no agreement has been reached at this point and it’s unclear if a deal will come together prior to Opening Day, which is now less than two weeks away.
  Per Harding, Monfort indicated that the club
  
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• A’s Designate Angel Felipe For Assignment

  16-03-2024 20:14 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  After finalizing a one-year, $2.5MM contract with J.D. Davis, the Athletics designated Angel Felipe for assignment to open up a spot on the 40-man roster, the team announced. The 26-year-old right-hander recently underwent Tommy John surgery, and he will sit out for the entirety of the 2024 season.
  More to come.
  
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• A’s Sign J.D. Davis

  16-03-2024 16:55 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  Today: The Athletics have now officially announced Davis’ one-year deal for the 2024 season.
  March 15: The A’s have reportedly agreed to terms with third baseman J.D. Davis on a one-year, $2.5MM free agent contract. The deal, which is pending a physical and has not yet been announced by the team, contains an additional $1MM in performance bonuses. The infielder is represented by ALIGND Sports Management.
  Davis stays in the Bay Area after being released by the Giants on Monday. His ti
  
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• A’s To Sign J.D. Davis

  16-03-2024 00:50 via mlbtraderumors.com
  
  The A’s are in agreement with free agent third baseman J.D. Davis, pending a physical, reports Robert Murray of FanSided (on X). MassLive’s Chris Cotillo first reported Oakland was showing interest in the infielder (X link).
  More to come.
  
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