PHOENIX -- The night a player hits his first Major League home run is one he will always remember. For Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, his special day will also be somewhat of a painful memory.

PHOENIX -- The start of a six-game road trip on Monday for the Athletics doubled as a big signing day for several of the club’s 2026 Draft picks. Headlining the wave of signings were the A’s first- and second-round selections from this year’s MLB Draft. Eighth overall pick, Georgia Tech

WEST SACRAMENTO – Optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas following his last start in May after getting shelled for seven runs in two innings, Jacob Lopez vowed to go down and “figure out” the struggles that had plagued him early in the season. Back on the mound for his first Major

WEST SACRAMENTO – The Athletics returned from the All-Star break fully believing they are still capable of turning this season around. Before that could happen, they desperately just needed a win, something that had eluded them for over two weeks. Mired in a brutal 10-game losing streak, it was going

WEST SACRAMENTO -- The Athletics acquired Minor League right-hander Aiden Moffett from the Cubs on Saturday in exchange for right-hander Aaron Civale, who was designated for assignment on Wednesday. Moffett, 22, signed with the Cubs in 2025 as an undrafted free agent. Previously a college teammate of current A’s Gage

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Seeking a spark as they returned from the All-Star break amid a dreadful nine-game losing streak, the Athletics made a flurry of roster moves on their first day back.

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Amid what has been a brutal stretch for the Athletics over the past few weeks, general manager David Forst met with reporters on Thursday to address the state of the team ahead of its return from the All-Star break.

This isn’t exactly the position that the Athletics expected themselves to be in. During Spring Training, the A’s made it clear that 2026 was the year in which they hoped to ascend into true playoff contention. About five months later, though, they limped into the All-Star break on a nine-game

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Heading into the All-Star break on a brutal nine-game losing streak, the Athletics dismissed pitching coach Scott Emerson on Monday. Emerson was a longtime staple of the A’s organization, joining as a Minor League pitching coach in 2002 and coaching at several of the club’s affiliates for

CHICAGO -- Just before 2022 Spring Training, the Athletics were shopping star first baseman Matt Olson around the league as part of a full-on rebuild when a catcher from the Braves’ system named Shea Langeliers piqued their interest. The A’s scouted Langeliers heavily while he was playing for Baylor ahead

CHICAGO – After seeing the Major League arrival of several top prospects on the position-player side in recent years, it was evident that the Athletics are developing a similar emergence on the pitching side. That was evident in how Day 1 of the 2026 MLB Draft played out for them

CHICAGO -- Nick Kurtz and Jacob Wilson, the previous two first-round position players drafted by the Athletics, quickly made their way to the big leagues as impact players, and there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic their latest first-rounder, Drew Burress, could continue that trend. The A’s landed Burress,

CHICAGO – The All-Star break is upon us, and no team in baseball needs it more than the Athletics right now. Battered and bruised over the past few weeks both from an injury and record standpoint, the A’s (41-55) closed out the season’s unofficial first half with a 9-1 loss

CHICAGO -- For the Athletics to break out of this dreadful stretch they’ve been on, it was going to require a pitching performance like they got on Saturday afternoon. Electric rookie Gage Jump set the tone by holding the White Sox scoreless through the first five innings and departed after

CHICAGO – After being announced as the American League’s starting first baseman for the upcoming All-Star Game, Nick Kurtz will miss his first Midsummer Classic experience. Ahead of Friday night’s 14-1 blowout loss to the White Sox at Rate Field, Athletics manager Mark Kotsay revealed that Kurtz was absent from

Take one look at the Athletics playing a game on a given night and it’ll be easy to see what the impact of drafting well can be for a team. The majority of the A’s starting lineup these days is comprised of players who were drafted by the club. That

DETROIT -- The Athletics have been bitten by the injury bug so hard that even their highlight-reel plays are coming at a cost these days.

DETROIT -- Just when it looked like the Athletics were finally back to full strength on offense, they suffered another potential blow on Wednesday night. On a day that began with slugger Tyler Soderstrom getting activated from the injured list, marking the third key player returning to the A’s from

DETROIT -- It was another day of roster movement for the Athletics on Wednesday, and this set of transactions carried an equal amount of significance for the player coming in as it did for the one sent down.

DETROIT -- Hitting the road after a brutal 1-5 homestand last week, the Athletics received a potential jolt ahead of Tuesday’s 6-2 series-opening loss to the Tigers with the return of All-Star shortstop Jacob Wilson, who was activated from the injured list and back in the starting lineup. Wilson is

WEST SACRAMENTO -- The Athletics will have to move forward without their clubhouse leader. After Brent Rooker paused his rehab from a left knee bone bruise to be reevaluated by doctors at Stanford Medical Center, the All-Star slugger is now set to undergo knee surgery, A’s manager Mark Kotsay revealed

WEST SACRAMENTO – On the eve of Phase 2 voting for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game officially closing, Athletics catcher Shea Langeliers provided a lasting reminder of why he’s such a heavy favorite at his position.

WEST SACRAMENTO – While the Athletics prepared for their series finale against the Dodgers on Wednesday night at Sutter Health Park, they did so with heavy hearts after learning of a scary incident involving Minor League outfielder Ryan Lasko. While playing center field for Double-A Midland on Tuesday night in

WEST SACRAMENTO – Jeffrey Springs began the 2026 campaign as one of baseball’s hottest pitchers, going 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA over his first four starts. Since then, it has been a downward spiral for the Athletics left-hander. Taking the mound at Sutter Health Park on Tuesday night, Springs was

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Max Muncy was batting seventh and playing third base for the Athletics on Monday night. Meanwhile, on the other side of the diamond, Max Muncy was batting seventh and playing third base for the Dodgers. No, that’s not a mistake. For the first time in the big