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GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The record books will always say that Grant Richardson recorded the first Division I NCAA Tournament win in Grand Canyon history. But that May 30, 2024 start was also the last one Richardson would make for almost two full years as he needed Tommy John surgery to

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MESA, Ariz. -- Getting traded in the early stages of a career can throw off even the strongest of prospects. Their lives are upended, there's a whole new organization to learn, from players to coaches to front office staff. Athletics righty pitching prospect Kenya Huggins experienced it first-hand when he

The most important thing for prospects is development: learning how to be a professional, acquiring new skills, sharpening tools or pitches. There often can be bumps in the road along the path to the big leagues, and it's important to note that performance and production in the moment isn't necessarily

The early-August departure of David Forst -- a longtime staple of the Athletics organization who was first hired in 2000 as a scout and held the role of general manager since 2015 -- left the club conducting its first true GM search in nearly three decades. The process has been

This page will be updated throughout the offseason to reflect the team's latest transactions and any injury updates. As a reminder, players can remain on the 60-day IL through the World Series, after which teams must account for those players on their 40-man roster.

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

The Arizona Fall League presents an opportunity for players who missed significant time due to injury to get more reps. It also provides a chance for teams to look at some of their prospects for six more weeks before deciding whether to add them to their 40-man roster. Organizations have

Last week, MLB Pipeline revealed its selections for Minor League Hitting Prospect of the Year and Minor League Pitching Prospect of the Year during the 2026 MiLB Awards Show on MLB Network. Brewers corner infielder Andrew Fischer won hitting honors after swatting 48 homers, the most in the Minors since

76% of buyers call Southern Nevada home, showcasing the locally anchored fanbase taking shape ahead of the Club’s debut

The Minor League playoffs have been completed. There are only a handful of players with prospect eligibility remaining left in the Major League postseason, and there will be fewer with each passing round. Time for us in prospectdom to go into offseason mode? Not so fast, friends. The Arizona Fall

The A’s announced Thursday that they will not retain hitting coach Chris Cron or quality control coach Marcus Jensen on their 2027 staff. Cron joined the Athletics in 2022 as an assistant hitting coach and had served as hitting coach, alongside Mike Aldrete, since the start of 2024. Aldrete will

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Davis Diaz starred at Acalanes High School in California before heading to spend three years at Vanderbilt, moving around the infield throughout his Commodores career. So it was a little surprising when the A’s took him in the eighth round of the 2024 Draft and announced him

Longtime MLB pitcher Liam Hendriks announced his retirement on Tuesday, via his Instagram account. “After years of staring down hitters, I have decided to officially retire from Major League Baseball,” Hendriks said in his statement. “My arm has told me in no uncertain terms that it has exactly zero fastballs

WEST SACRAMENTO -- This is not the way the Athletics envisioned their 2026 season playing out. A year that began with visions of contending for the playoffs built by a core of promising young players ended much like the previous four seasons played out. Capped by a 9-0 loss to

Action in the Arizona Fall League kicked off over the weekend with a full slate of games, with big names already turning heads. While a lot of attention is understandably given to the high-profile prospects -- the late additions of Sebastian Walcott, Aidan Miller and Angeibel Gomez created some fun

WEST SACRAMENTO -- For Jack Perkins, it’s going to be hard not to think about the strike-call-that-wasn’t as he heads into the offseason. Reaching a 1-2 count against AL MVP favorite Yordan Alvarez with two outs in the fifth, Perkins was one pitch away from striking out the Astros slugger

WEST SACRAMENTO -- A premature ending due to injury dampened what was a promising 2025 rookie campaign for Jacob Lopez. One year later, the Athletics left-hander finished his season on his terms, and he finished it strong.

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WEST SACRAMENTO – The Athletics entered 2026 hopeful that this final series against the Astros to end the regular season would have major playoff implications. Everything is certainly on the line for the Astros, who came into Thursday’s series opener tied with the Rangers for first place in the AL

WEST SACRAMENTO – Athletics manager Mark Kotsay was caught a bit off guard when he glanced up at the TV inside his office last week. Watching MLB Network in the midst of playoff race coverage, the topic on the screen was instead a segment highlighting Henry Bolte. “They were doing

Now in its 34th season, the Arizona Fall League consistently features a mother lode of talent. The developmental circuit had a future Hall of Famer in Mike Piazza in its inaugural year in 1992 and has sent more than 3,000 players to Majors, including three more Cooperstown immortals in Roy