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Photo by John McCoy/Getty Images Starting the season a bit tardy as he recovered from a right knee MCL sprain, Luis Medina’s 2024 season didn’t last very long. After a month-and-a-half in the majors, the talented righty went down again in mid-July, this time from a sprain in his elbow that got him into the highly inclusive Tommy John surgery club. We’ll be lucky to see … [Read more...] about Athletics 2024 Season In Review: Luis Medina

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images There’s no better player to kick off our final week of 2024 player reviews than the one and only Lawrence Butler. No other player has changed the trajectory of the franchise more than the blossoming Athletics’ right fielder. On an upward trajectory that’s yet to find its ceiling, Law is clearly the player whose … [Read more...] about Athletics 2024 Season In Review: Lawrence Butler

“Burn baby burn...” | Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images Like ratatouille, one of Cindi’s culinary specialties featuring fresh grated rat. Or riddance, as in a good one, Kaval. “R” sure is a fun letter with which to ring in 2025, so let’s explore a little R & R on this lazy New Year’s day... Esteury Ruiz Ruiz made my projected 26 man roster for … [Read more...] about Ruiz, Relievers, And Other Things That Begin With R…

Good-bye to Oakland means hello to Sacramento | Photo by Brontë Wittpenn/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images 2025 will be an interesting year Happy New Year, A’s Nation! I hope everyone rung in the new year safely and happily. 2025 is shaping up to be the most interesting year in Oakland Athletics team history. If for nothing else, it is starting off to be a year … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Happy New Year A’s Fans

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Happy New Year, Athletics Nation! New year, new player reviews, starting with my guy, Osvaldo Bido. A few weeks after the 2023 World Series, the Oakland Athletics very quietly made its first major league signing of the offseason, plucking Bido from the bottom of the free agent bargain bin. Miraculously, the signing proved to be … [Read more...] about Athletics 2024 Season In Review: Osvaldo Bido