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Butler's luck continues to turn as A's pick up another Vegas win

12:15 AM PDT

LAS VEGAS -- You always need some level of luck to succeed in baseball, and that just hasn’t been easy to come by for Lawrence Butler for most of this season.

Leo De Vries rocks number 12. Naturally, he can't stop homering on the 12th!

@JesseABorek
9:45 PM PDT

Baseball and magic numbers go hand in hand. But this run from Leo De Vries has nothing to do with clinching a playoff spot. Rather, it’s a bit of celestial happenstance that seems fitting for one of the game’s youngest rising stars. The Athletics’ No. 1 prospect crushed his sixth

Price drop! Stream games on ATHLETICS.TV

June 1, 2026

With a roster full of young stars like Nick Kurtz and Shea Langeliers, the A’s are looking to charge up the AL West standings, and ATHLETICS.TV is your guide to all the action all season long. In partnership with NBC Sports California, there are four options to stream games in

Wilson returns to A's lineup; Rooker (knee) lands on IL

June 12, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- A surging Athletics offense has received an extra jolt with the return of its spark plug. Jacob Wilson returned from the injured list and was back in the A’s starting lineup for Friday’s series opener against the Rockies at Las Vegas Ballpark. His return from a monthlong

Grand tour: A's brass get a look at future home park in Las Vegas

June 12, 2026

LAS VEGAS – As the Athletics spend this week playing a homestand at the home of their Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas Aviators, the grand vision for their own ballpark just down the road is quickly taking shape.

Latest Athletics injuries and transactions

June 12, 2026

This page will be updated throughout the year with all the latest A's injury news and transactions.

Korach reflects on A's history in Las Vegas, upcoming move

June 11, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- For Athletics broadcaster Ken Korach, this week’s Las Vegas Series marks a return to where his career with the club began. Due to ongoing renovations at the Oakland Coliseum, the A’s began their 1996 season with six games in Las Vegas at Cashman Field, then home of

Butler's go-ahead HR gives A's signature Las Vegas moment

June 11, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- The Athletics still have three more games to play against the Rockies this weekend in their future home area, but the signature moment of this special six-game Las Vegas Series may have just been produced, courtesy of Lawrence Butler. Trailing the Brewers by two runs entering the

The Draft is one month away! Check out our latest mock

June 11, 2026

I’m not the only one hearing the ticking clock get louder, right? It happens every year when we’re just one month away from the MLB Draft. There are still games to scout, from the College World Series starting in Omaha on Friday to high school playoff games (highly touted Massachusetts

Latest Hitter Power Rankings have ANOTHER change at the top

@ByJasonFoster
June 11, 2026

There's a new No. 1 atop our Hitter Power Rankings -- again. For the fourth straight edition, the reigning leader has been dethroned. There are also three new names on the list and movement among names that were already there. But the volatility is only because there have been so

A's power surge in Vegas hits historic levels with 5-HR night

June 10, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- The Athletics have quickly come to learn that the ball flies at Las Vegas Ballpark unlike anywhere else they’ve played, and their built-to-slug lineup is responding with a power display for the ages. One night after mashing seven home runs in the opener of the Las Vegas

Here is each team's top performer from the 2025 Draft

June 10, 2026

Several members of the 2025 Draft class are wasting no time tearing up pro ball. No. 1 overall pick Eli Willits (Nationals) already has hit his way to High-A at age 18. No. 3 selection Kade Anderson (Mariners) leads the Minor Leagues with a 43 percent strikeout rate and a

A's launch 7 homers in wild 12-inning, 29-run introduction to Vegas

June 9, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- Shea Langeliers turned on a first-pitch fastball from Brewers left-hander Kyle Harrison and sent a towering fly ball through the dry Nevada air that clanked off the Las Vegas Ballpark signage high above the left-field wall, setting off a barrage of green fireworks into the sky.

7 wild facts from a Vegas show for the ages

@Theo_DeRosa
June 9, 2026

We’re still coming down from Monday’s game between the Brewers and Athletics at Las Vegas Ballpark, a bizarre 12-inning affair in which Milwaukee emerged with a 15-14 victory. Here are seven fun facts from one of the wildest contests we’ve seen in a good while.

A's get preview of new home with 6-game Las Vegas Series

June 8, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- If there’s one thing Las Vegas knows how to do best, it’s put on a show. That’s exactly what the Athletics are being treated to this week.

Muncy returns to Athletics after rehab from hand fracture

June 8, 2026

LAS VEGAS -- The Athletics have been searching for an offensive spark, and the return of Max Muncy might be able to provide that boost.

A look back at the history of baseball in Las Vegas, Nevada

June 8, 2026

This story is excerpted from the Ballpark Guide for the home of the Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators. Read it in full here >>

1 trade chip for every team ahead of 2026 Deadline

June 7, 2026

Whether it's promising prospects, star players or veterans enjoying surprising seasons, every team has something to bargain with at the 2026 Trade Deadline (6 p.m. ET, Aug. 3). With the help of MLB.com's beat writers, here is one trade chip for all 30 teams this season.

A's No. 3 prospect Jump tosses 2nd straight gem in 3rd MLB start

June 7, 2026

HOUSTON – Gage Jump didn’t have eye-popping strikeout numbers, but he gave the A’s what they needed on Sunday – another good outing. Jump threw 6 1/3 shutout innings and Nick Kurtz and Brent Rooker each homered as the Athletics beat the Astros, 5-0, at Daikin Park to salvage one

Morris ends up on wrong side of blowout in MLB debut for A's

June 6, 2026

HOUSTON -- Kade Morris ran into trouble early and often in his Major League debut Saturday. The right-hander was tagged for nine runs in four-plus innings in a 13-2 loss to the Astros at Daikin Park. Morris allowed nine hits with three walks and four strikeouts. The Astros hit three

Early homer costly, but Perkins shows promise in first start of season

June 6, 2026

HOUSTON -- One pitch. That’s all Jack Perkins could say about his first start of the season: It came down to one pitch. Perkins pitched into the fifth inning and struck out six in the Athletics’ 5-1 loss to the Astros on Friday night at Daikin Park, but the one

'There was a little bit of heckling': A's youngsters make traditional Wrigley coffee run

June 5, 2026

This story was excerpted from Martín Gallegos’ A's Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox.