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D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images Swing and a miss on a potential lefty relief option Happy Saturday folks! For a bit of light reading for you on your weekend we continue our Season In Review series with left-hander Sean Newcomb How Was He Acquired? The Athletics initially brought Newcomb aboard in 2023 when they traded for him from the cross-bay rival San Francisco Giants … [Read more...] about 2024 Season In Review; Sean Newcomb

With Nick Allen gone, Jorge Barrosa fills a dire need for an adorably short player. | Photo by Nick Wosika/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “Look at me...I can be...center field,” sung John Fogerty but not JJ Bleday. Bleday did an admirable job of trying to pose as a CFer in 2024, but the A’s path to increased success in 2025 and beyond involves moving Bleday over to a … [Read more...] about Center Field — Yes It’s An “Area Of Need”

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB news roundup Happy Friday, Athletics Nation! The A’s picked up a couple of minor leaguers this week. Yesterday, they announced the signing of former Dodgers righty Tanner Dodson. In addition to 2B-3B Alejo Lopez, the A's have also signed 27-year-old RHP Tanner Dodson to a minor league deal. He's a former 2nd-round … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: A’s latest MiLB Signing

Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images An A’s fan favorite who threw his last game in the green and gold in 2024 Day five of our 2024 player review series takes us to our first starting pitcher, Paul Blackburn. Blackburn dazzled early in the season and looked to be the ace of the A’s staff but just as he slowed down the injury bug also deteriorated his season. Blackburn would … [Read more...] about 2024 Season in Review: Paul Blackburn

D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images MLB news roundup Welcome to Thursday A’s fans! Our very own Nico wrote a fun piece yesterday examining the chances that the Athletics could use their wallet to acquire some talent in an unconventional way: avoiding free agency and acquiring players with seemingly bad contracts. It doesn’t sound good when you first hear it but teams have … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: “Bad Contracts”, The Last Oakland Jerseys, and Coliseum deal problems