The Oakland Athletics are in the midst of a down year, but the team has remained steadfast in its commitment to manager Bob Melvin.
According to the team's official Twitter account, the A's agreed to terms with Melvin on a two-year contract extension that will keep him in Oakland through 2018. Financial details of the new pact were not disclosed.
The 2012 AL Manager of the Year led the franchise to playoff appearances every season from 2012 to 2014, and he reiterated Wednesday that he's looking forward to a future in the Bay Area.
"I'm fully committed to this team, this organization, and ...
Sonny Gray is having his best season as a professional, but the Oakland Athletics star missed his Aug. 13 start with a back injury. Despite the scare, the ace pitcher will return to the mound on Monday against the Baltimore Orioles, per Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
On Aug. 14, Slusser reported Gray was feeling much better after throwing for about 15 minutes. According to Slusser, Gray added that he was excited to face Clayton Kershaw in the start he missed but didn't want to put his team in a bad position.
Gray, 25, made his first All-Star team this season and has been one of the ...
You can be sure that most of baseball will be paying close attention to how the Oakland Athletics perform coming out of the All-Star break, as few teams could have as big an impact on the trade market as the A's.
With multiple pending free agents that are at or near the top of other team's wish lists—specifically closer Tyler Clippard, starter Scott Kazmir and the versatile Ben Zobrist—Oakland general manager Billy Beane could be in a position to move all three for a substantial return as he builds for the future.
Or he could decide to hang onto all of them and ...
The All-Star Game is July 14 and the Oakland A's have several quality candidates that could head to Cincinnati to represent the American League.
Unfortunately, fan voting seems like it will knock out many of those candidates, from Oakland and many other teams, in place of much less deserving players. Because of that, the likelihood the A's send more than a player or two are slim.
Despite that, and a losing record, Oakland has three solid options, with three fringe players that wouldn't be terrible injury replacements.
Fringe Guys
I'm not saying these guys should go. I'm saying these guys could go if there is a lack of ...
With three months of baseball nearly in the books, we've learned quite a bit about an Oakland A's team we thought we knew.
The A's sit at 32-41, fifth in the AL West standings and 10 games back from first place.
The production seems to have split the fanbase in half, with one side believing the raising of a white flag is inevitable, while the other holds out hope for a rebound. Regardless of what you believe the future holds, there's no denying we've all watched the same first half.
So what have we seen?
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Father's Day means a whole lot of things to a whole lot of people. To baseball's best pitcher at the moment, it arrives with past and present converging, the hard break of a biting slider with the promise of what comes next.
Because the Oakland Athletics mostly serve as little more than background noise on the national stage, you probably will meet Sonny Gray for the first time at the All-Star Game. He should start for the American League. If he doesn't, maybe the FBI wants to look into that, too.
But before we get to Cincinnati next month, there is Father's ...
After the Oakland Athletics traded stars like Josh Donaldson, Jeff Samardzija and Brandon Moss away during the offseason, few expected the team to return to the playoffs in 2015. The results have been even worse than expected, though, as the A's currently own the worst record in the American League at 26-39.
Bad play and bad luck have afflicted the A's equally this year. Oakland's 4-18 record in one-run games suggests some regression toward a winning record, but not every game has been so close.
On offense, surprise resurgences from right fielder Josh Reddick and catcher Stephen Vogt along with the coming ...
Oakland Athletics switch-pitcher Pat Venditte has fallen victim to the injury bug that has forced him to be placed on the 15-day disabled list.
Continue for updates.
Venditte Has Shoulder Strain
Friday, June 12
According to the A's official Twitter, Venditte has a strained right shoulder that will keep him out for at least the next 15 days:
"I've gone from pure joy to this," Venditte said, according to John Hickey of the Bay Area News Group. Hickey reported the pitcher won't throw for a week.
Joe Stiglich of CSN California reported the MRI shows Venditte has minor fraying in the area of his shoulder he had surgery ...
Pat Venditte was a feel-good story in February and March.
He was thrown into the hype machine in April and May, and it was ramped up to full bore Friday after the Oakland A’s called up the ambidextrous relief pitcher from Triple-A Nashville.
While the novelty of a pitcher with a weird glove who can throw with both arms was certainly real, Venditte’s talent at the major league level was still uncertain as the 29-year-old switch-pitcher made his major league debut Friday against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
He erased the questions surrounding him by throwing two scoreless innings in Oakland’s ...
The Oakland A's record is disappointing two months in, so naturally, there's already chatter about the team trading stars.
Stephen Vogt and Josh Reddick are in the top 20 in weighted runs created plus (wRC+). Sonny Gray, Jesse Chavez and Scott Kazmir—the first two of which are in the top 11 in fielding independent pitching (FIP)—have pitched incredibly well and could certainly help any rotation.
Ben Zobrist is a consistent hitter who can play outfield and infield positions.
Teams in need of relievers could even inquire about Tyler Clippard or Evan Scribner, two of the team's better relievers this season. If brave enough ...