A's extend star shortstop Jacob Wilson to 7-year deal
The Athletics continue to secure another young fixture of their promising position-player core. Shortstop Jacob Wilson and the A’s agreed to a seven-year, $70 million contract extension including a club option for an eighth season, the team announced on Friday.
Top prospect De Vries headlines A's crop of non-roster invites to spring camp
The Athletics have announced 31 non-roster invitees to Spring Training for the 2026 season. The list includes 18 players that were in the A’s organization at the end of the 2025 campaign and 13 free agents that signed minor league deals following the season. Heading the group of non-roster invitees
10 darkhorse candidates to be No. 1 Right Now on 2027 list
MLB Network recently completed the annual reveal of its Top 100 Players Right Now list. Surprise, surprise: Shohei Ohtani was at the top. Ohtani has ranked No. 1 in four of the past five seasons, dropping to No. 4 in 2024, when rehab from elbow surgery turned him from two-way
1 player in each division you can't take your eyes off
The Yankees and Giants will open the 2026 MLB season on March 25. We’ll be counting down to that date with our annual preview series, with each story looking ahead to the coming season by breaking down a particular topic, division by division. Previously: Each division’s team most likely to
30 of the best prospects who missed the Top 100 list -- 1 for each team
A Top 100 list is never enough. Every year after we release a Top 100 prospect ranking -- as MLB Pipeline did last Friday -- we always get the simple two-word question from the public: who’s next? Let’s get you started on who could crack future editions of the Top
Latest Athletics injuries and transactions
This page will be updated throughout this offseason with any Athletics injury updates and transactions. Players listed on the 60-day injured list must be added back onto the 40-man roster at the conclusion of the World Series.
After monster stats as rookie, Kurtz has a new number in mind: 162
WEST SACRAMENTO -- Whether he wanted it to or not, Nick Kurtz knew life was going to change this offseason after he raised his profile on a national scale with an all-time great rookie campaign. It didn’t take long for Kurtz to experience that change.
De Vries (No. 4 overall) leads Athletics trio on Top 100 Prospects list
The Athletics believe their farm system is the strongest it has been in decades, and that certainly showed through in their representation on Friday when MLB Pipeline released its Top 100 Prospects list. Three A’s prospects rank among the Top 100. Teenage phenom shortstop Leo De Vries headlines the group
Wilson ready to parlay busy offseason into '26 success
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18 players who are on the rise entering 2026
When you peruse the 2026 Top 100 Right Now list, which was unveiled fully on Thursday, you probably notice that there are a bunch of players who took huge leaps up from their 2025 rank. There is an even greater number of players -- 37 to be exact -- who
A closer look at each team's Top 100 prospects
The MLB Pipeline Top 100 prospects list is out for another season, and the 2026 edition – released Friday night – is topped by shortstops Konnor Griffin (Pirates), Kevin McGonigle (Tigers) and Jesús Made (Brewers). Twenty-nine of the 30 Major League farm systems have at least one representative on the
The 10 biggest positional upgrades teams made this offseason
Every team has weaknesses. The offseason gives front offices multiple avenues to address them. With the current offseason winding down and Spring Training on the horizon, let's take a look at the 10 most substantial upgrades teams made via free agency or trade over the past few months. While not
A's spend weekend embracing Sacramento supporters
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How many from each club made MLB's Top 100 Players Right Now?
The Top 100 Players Right Now have been revealed by MLB Network, with the conclusion airing Thursday night. This year, all 30 teams were represented on the Top 100, which starts with a global, two-way phenom and ends with a pitcher who signed a big contract with a new team
All game times for regular season, World Baseball Classic, Spring Breakout released
Major League Baseball on Wednesday announced start times for its entire 2026 calendar of games, including the regular season, Spring Training and the third annual Spring Breakout.
Here’s who was elected to 2026 Hall of Fame class
Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones have gone from center field to center stage. Beltrán and Jones were elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in results revealed Tuesday night on MLB Network. The game’s highest individual honor went to Beltrán in his
Here's where De Vries lands on 2026 Top 10 SS Prospects list
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.
Clarke's catch is No. 1 on list of 2025's top plays
The web gem. There’s nothing quite like it. When we see tremendous defense in baseball, it inspires awe and we often marvel at how such incredible plays can be made. As we near Spring Training and the dawn of a new season, MLB Network ranked the top 50 defensive plays
A's land 3 of MLB Pipeline's Top 50 int'l prospects, led by SS Colome
The A’s acquired one of the most hyped international prospects this century when they landed Leo De Vries (MLB’s No. 3 prospect) last July as part of the Mason Miller Trade Deadline blockbuster. Now they’re adding another highly touted shortstop from the Dominican Republic to their ranks in Johenssy Colome,
Enright hired as A’s Minor League pitching coordinator
After beginning a search for their new Minor League pitching coordinator in late November, the Athletics have hired Barry Enright to the position. Speaking with MLB.com on Friday afternoon, A’s general manager David Forst confirmed that the club officially hired Enright in December shortly after the Winter Meetings. The former
Here are the Top 10 third base prospects for 2026
MLB Pipeline will reveal its 2026 Top 100 Prospects list at 8 p.m. ET on Friday, with a one-hour show on MLB Network and MLB.com. Leading up to the release of the Top 100, we'll examine baseball's top 10 prospects at each position.
A's excited by lefty prospect Lin, a 'Taiwanese Snellzilla'
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