Player: Dylan CoveyDrafted by: Oakland Athletics (No. 131 overall) Position: RHP DOB: 8/14/1991 (Age: 21) Height/Weight: 6'2"/205 lbs Bats/Throws: R/R School: San Diego Previously Drafted: 2010: 1st Round Pick (14th overall) by Milwaukee Brewers Pre-Draft Background Covey is a name familiar to a lot of casual draft fans, as the Brewers took him in the first round three years ago before he decided to pass on their offer and attend the University of San Diego. He had also just been diagnosed with diabetes and wanted to focus on managing it before starting his pro career. While you can't necessarily argue with Covey's choice from a personal standpoint, ...
Player: Chad PinderDrafted by: Oakland Athletics (No. 71 Overall) Position: 3B DOB: 3/29/1992 (Age: 21) Height/Weight: 6'2"/192 lbs Bats/Throws: R/R School: Virginia Tech Previously Drafted: Never drafted (eligible for 2010 draft) Background Chad Pinder is a prospect who has made himself into not only a legitimate draft candidate, but someone who will likely be taken early in the second round. He doesn't have one great tool—if he did, he would be in the first-round mix. Instead, Pinder succeeds by being solid in almost every area. His offensive game is the one area of concern, not that he won't hit, but that his power doesn't profile well for ...
Player: Dillon OvertonDrafted by: Oakland Athletics (No. 63 Overall)Position: LHPDOB: 8/17/1991 (Age: 21) Height/Weight: 6’2”/175 lbs.Bats/Throws: L/LSchool: OklahomaPreviously Drafted: 26th round by Red Sox in 2010 BackgroundBelieve it or not, it was Overton and not Jonathan Gray who entered the season as the top draft prospect on Oklahoma's roster. Despite his diminutive stature, Overton has had no problem matching Gray pitch for pitch during his time at OU.He's won 22 games during his time with the Sooners, improving his stock and guaranteeing he'll go higher than his previous selection back in 2010.After starting the 2013 season as OU's Friday night starter, Overton has taken a backseat ...
Player: Billy McKinneyDrafted by: Oakland Athletics (No. 24 Overall) Position: LF DOB: 8/23/1994 (Age: 18) Height/Weight: 6'2"/195 lbs Bats/Throws: L/L School: Plano West HS (Plano, TX) College Commitment: TCU Background In a draft with Clint Frazier, McKinney appears to have the best pure hit tool of any high school hitter right now. That isn't to say his ceiling is as high as Frazier's—it isn't—but he has a better idea what he is doing today. McKinney has also been lauded for his passion and drive on the field—two elements of the game that tend to get overlooked. For a young man to come into the game with the ...
The Oakland Athletics’ Midwest road trip makes a stop on Thursday for a four-game set in Chicago’s South Side.The White Sox recently returned from an eight-game road trip that included a three-game appearance out in Oakland last week. The A’s swept that series, shutting out the White Sox in two of those games. Chicago will be looking for some redemption against the Athletics. They hope to turn around their season with this four-game set at home, where the they currently own a 13-11 record.The Sox sit in fourth place in the Central Division, six games back of Detroit; while the ...
For the first time since 2002, the Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers squared off in a regular-season series. Additionally, the last time the Brew Crew played host to the A’s was in 1997, at the old County Stadium—as a member of the American League. Current A’s special assistant Phil Garner was the manager of the Brewers back then. Jeromy Burnitz mashed 27 home runs for Milwaukee that season—the last time Mark McGwire was in green and gold. That was practically a generation ago in baseball years. The two teams reacquainted themselves this week with the 21st century version of each ...
Watch out, the Oakland Athletics may be your like your daddy's team after all.After years of futility, the Athletics are returning to the same form the late 1980s to early 1990s teams experienced.Oakland came out of nowhere and surprised many by winning the division last year on the last day of the season.This year, the A's are continuing their good play, tying the Boston Red Sox with the most wins (36) in the American League entering Wednesday.They are showing that 2012 was no fluke, and teams like Boston, New York, Detroit and Texas better be ready to contend with them.How ...
It always seems as if this scrappy bunch on the Oakland Athletics is counted out year after year. But they always surprise us and compete in the AL West, and this season could be their most surprising one yet.At the beginning of the year, after all the buzz with outfielder and former MVP Josh Hamilton signing with Los Angeles Angels, the A's were left out of the discussion. The big question was whether the Angels or the Texas Rangers would win the division. Could people really have forgotten that the A's put together a comeback for the ages last season and ...
Sitting at 35-25, the 2013 Oakland A's have moved past the one-third point of the baseball season as a playoff team. Much of the team from 2012 has returned, but there have been key additions acquired during the offseason.Even more surprisingly, the team has been led by a returning player in Josh Donaldson that was not expected to be more than a serviceable player at third base. All Donaldson has done is perform at an All-Star level. Other than Coco Crisp, the core of the holdovers from the 2012 team have not played at their levels thus far. Yet, the team sits ...
What a team.There was the superstar Cuban outfielder with the iron body and the flair for showmanship, bopping forearms with the young, somewhat awkward slugging first baseman who let his play do most of his talking.There was the acquisition of the future Hall of Fame left fielder earlier in the year, known as much for his malaprops and eccentricities as his superlative diamond skills. Their clearly under-appreciated and under-valued manager had been fired from his last gig despite breaking a lengthy postseason drought for his former club; he kept the ship steady through injury-stained waters.Their rotation had no real holes, with ...