Eight years ago, A's two-way prospect Shotaro Morii was just a 10-year-old student with a dream of playing baseball. That year, he arrived to Japan's MLB Cup, a tournament featuring over 1,700 fourth- and fifth-grade ballplayers, where he and his team eventually won it all.

The Athletics protected a trio of prospects from the upcoming Rule 5 Draft by selecting the contracts of outfielder Junior Perez and right-handers Braden Nett and Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (A's No. 29 prospect) on Tuesday. All three were added to the A's 40-man roster, which is now completely full at

The Arizona Fall League has served as a precursor to the big leagues in recent years for Athletics prospects, with former AFL standouts Nick Kurtz, Denzel Clarke, Brett Harris and Lawrence Butler all debuting in the Majors the following season. Could we see another AFL-to-A’s jump in 2026? Ryan Lasko,

PHOENIX -- Joshua Kuroda-Grauer and Ryan Lasko have found each other at every stop on their baseball journeys. From Piscataway, N.J., to the shores of Cape Cod, to the heart of central Michigan -- and now the Athletics prospects are back together again in the Arizona Fall League. In 2022,

SURPRISE, Ariz. – Tommy White was no stranger to the multihomer game in college. He had five in his one season with NC State alone and seven more across his two years at LSU, the most recent one coming on May 18, 2024 -- his final regular-season home game as

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Tommy White stood in the dugout at Truist Park during the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game on July 12 and was starstruck. One of college baseball’s most captivating personalities and a veritable cult hero on campus in Baton Rouge, La., White established himself as a player that people know. But CC

Jumbo Shrimp in Vegas might typically mean the buffet. But this weekend, it centers around a different kind of dish. The Las Vegas Aviators (Athletics) and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp (Marlins) will meet in the single-game Triple-A National Championship at 10:05 p.m. ET on Saturday at Las Vegas Ballpark, airing on

WEST SACRAMENTO -- The swagger with which Mason Barnett walked off the mound with after his strikeout of Bobby Witt Jr. to end the third inning on Friday was unlike any demeanor the usually stoic left-hander had previously demonstrated in his previous first four Major League starts. It’s easy to

“Let the celebration begin at Las Vegas Ballpark!” Russ Langer is nearing the completion of his 25th season calling Triple-A Las Vegas games but for the first time since he’s donned the headset, and the club's first time since 1988, the Aviators can call themselves league champions. On the back

This was a big year for top prospect promotions. Along with the dozens of Top 100 prospects to reach the Majors, four of the five that headlined MLB Pipeline's list at the beginning of the season were soon in the big leagues (Roki Sasaki, Roman Anthony, Dylan Crews, Jackson Jobe),

BOSTON -- The calendar still says September, but the atmosphere at Fenway Park on Wednesday night screamed October. Though the A’s aren’t in the postseason hunt, their opponent in this three-game series in Boston is in the midst of a playoff race.

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What do you get when two of MLB’s top four prospects go toe-to-toe? Offense. And lots of it. On Thursday, in Double-A Midland’s 8-7 win over Frisco at Momentum Bank Ballpark, Leo De Vries and Sebastian Walcott, MLB’s No. 3 and No. 4 prospects, respectively, met in a 10-inning showdown

WEST SACRAMENTO -- An opening in the starting rotation is going to allow the Athletics to get a look at one of their promising young arms. With Jacob Lopez officially landing on the 15-day injured list, the A’s called up right-hander Mason Barnett from Triple-A Las Vegas ahead of Tuesday

Things are busy around the Minors. Top 100 prospects Bubba Chandler (Pirates), Samuel Basallo (Orioles), Carson Williams (Rays) and Jhostynxon Garcia (Red Sox) were all called up in the past seven days. But there are still plenty of other names making their case for a late-season bump to The Show.

SEATTLE – Beginning with Friday’s series opener against the Mariners, the Athletics will play most of their remaining games over the final five weeks of the regular season against playoff-contending clubs.

Leo De Vries is one step closer to the big leagues. After joining the A’s in a blockbuster deal that sent All-Star closer Mason Miller to the Padres at the July 31 Trade Deadline, it only took De Vries 15 games in his new organization to earn a promotion, officially

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Asked what to make of the perplexing final line turned in by Luis Morales in his first Major League start last week in Baltimore -- no hits, no runs, five walks and four strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings -- Athletics manager Mark Kotsay essentially gave the rookie

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Colby Thomas lived up to his nickname on the first day of Players’ Weekend.

A busy August weekend in the Minors got off to an electric start, highlighted by Leo De Vries, who came through with his best performance since he was dealt at the Trade Deadline. JJ Wetherholt's penchant for leadoff jacks continued, while a new addition to the professional ranks and the

It was only a matter of time before Leo De Vries announced himself at High-A Lansing.

MLB Pipeline unveiled our annual in-season rerank this week, and the Top 100 Prospects list looks significantly different. Forty-one players who weren't on the preseason Top 100 are now on the list, including 12 from the 2025 Draft class. We have a brand-new top 10 and No. 1 prospect Konnor

Seldom does a team have an opportunity to obtain another club’s player who is universally touted as a potential future superstar. At this year’s Trade Deadline, however, the Athletics landed one of baseball’s premier prospects by acquiring Leo De Vries from the Padres in a blockbuster deal that sent closer