Minnesota tries to avoid a sweep as they send Sonny Gray against the Yankees and Nestor Cortes. Gray posted a 4.90 ERA for the Yankees in 2018. Since leaving he is 30-24 with a 3.40 ERA. Cortes returns from the illjured list. He stands 4-1 with a 2.20 ERA at home in 2022. Only five […]
The political process continues to move slowly in Oakland for the Athletics (may require a subscription): The Oakland City Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend certification of the 3,500-page environmental impact report that was released in December. This means that the EIR will go to a vote by the Oakland City Council, perhaps as soon […]
Athletics GM David Forst says the Athletics will take their time hiring a new manager, due to the unknowns of the new CBA and work on trying to get a new stadium. He claims Oakland does not need a manager in place until February, which may point to how much some organizations have devalued the […]
It the battle of the Ms in Oakland as Joe Musgrove of the Padres faces Frankie Montas of the Athletics. Musgrove brought his home runs allowed under control in July, allowing just two in five starts. Montas is on a roll with a 2.48 ERA over his last six starts. He allowed just 25 hits […]
Former Oakland pitcher Dave Stewart takes a step to help his home town. He put in a bid to buy the city’s half of the Oakland Coliseum so he can develop the area once the Athletics move out: In a Tweet on Saturday night, Stewart, who grew up in the area, said doing “right by […]
The ball is flying out of Dodger Stadium early in the initial ALDS game of 2020. The Astros and Athletics combined for five home runs in the first four innings, the homers driving in all seven runs as Oakland leads 4-3. The Astros see George Springer and Jose Altuve single to start the fifth inning, […]
Alex Bregman of the Astros stays atop the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings with a one for four in the 3-1 Oakland win on Saturday. His lead over Nelson Cruz of the Twins dropped to 0.22 points, however, as Cruz homers in a one for five night as the Royals win a slugfest 9-6.* *The teams […]
Mike Trout returns to the top of the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings picking up a single and a walk against Oakland on Saturday. He moves past Cody Bellinger, who doubled. Bellinger’s double at Coors field does not count as highly, however, as the high run environment there reduces the game score for anyone who plays […]
The Athletics extended the contracts of their front office and field managers on Monday. They also announced a plan to increase payroll. Billy Beane: We’re gonna take a little more strategic view, looking over a longer period of time instead of just one year at a time, which I think is a good way to […]
The Oakland Athletics and New York Yankees decide the final post-season slot in the Bronx Wednesday night as Liam Hendriks faces Luis Severino. Hendriks’s start will mark two firsts: The Oakland Athletics’ decision to use righty Liam Hendriks as the opener for their AL Wild Card matchup with the Yankees on Wednesday represents a moment […]
Toronto sends rookie Ryan Borucki against former teammate J.A. Happ and the Yankees. Borucki, a true rookie, makes his tenth start. He doesn’t strike out many batters, but makes up for it by keeping his walk home run rates low. The latter will be test in Yankee Stadium. Happ is 3-0 with a 1.89 ERA […]
The Oakland Athletics set a home attendance record and the drew the biggest crowd in MLB this season on Saturday: The Giants are in town from across the Bay, and in any year the local rivalry between the two teams is enough to bring out the fans. The stakes are raised this summer, though, as […]
The Nationals make their way to New York to face the Yankees. Tanner Roark and CC Sabathia do battle from the mound. Roark pitched a bit better on the road this season, as only three of his nine home runs coming away in more innings than he pitched at home. Sabathia pitches better at home, […]
Alex Wood‘s poor performance Wednesday night may have been a hangover from this food poisoning: Bad sushi, bad defense, bad pitching â?¦ they all conspired against the Dodgers in an unsightly 16-6 loss to the Oakland Athletics before an announced crowd of 49,394 in Dodger Stadium on Wednesday night. Left-hander Alex Wood, whose start was […]
Athletics Nation notes that new President Dave Kaval needs to rebuild the Athletics reputation after comments from Marcel Ozuna: Dave Kaval’s tasks are far and wide, but one his ultimate goal’s is to bridge the gap between the Oakland’s baseball reputation and what Oakland truly is. It’s a city that has its faults, including repeated […]
The Yankees travel to Wrigley Field to face the Cubs as Michael Pineda takes on Kyle Hendricks. Pineda pitches well in terms of walks and strikeouts, with 37 K and 4 BB in 28 2/3 innings. He allowed five home runs, however. All of those came with the bases empty, however, and he has yet […]
I understand the point of Gerald Schifman’s article on increased in-season competitiveness in Major League Baseball, but I don’t buy the idea that Bud Selig was the driving force behind it. As Major League Baseball’s newly full-fledged steward, Selig wanted to infuse into baseball his Hope and Faith Theory. That meant inspiring belief in as […]
Lew Wolff is selling most of his stake in the Athletics, turning the team over to John Fisher, who becomes managing partner. The Athletics are also staying in Oakland: The Oakland Athletics are staying put under new leadership and determined to find the right location for an intimate new ballpark that brings together the community […]
The Texas Rangers are not in town, but there still was an odor in the visitors dugout in Oakland: Several maintenance workers spent nearly an hour trying to fix a backed up toilet while a member of the Coliseum staff mopped up the standing water seeping into the dugout. Yankees manager Joe Girardi and some […]
Tuesday offers a star-studded lineup of starting pitchers, beginning with Eduardo Rodriguez taking on Miguel Gonzalez as the Red Sox visit the Orioles. Rodriguez lived up to the hype surrounding him so far, with one run allowed in 14 2/3 innings on a solo home run. He allowed five hits and four walks so far. […]
Another pitcher makes his major league debut as Chase Anderson of the Diamondbacks battles rookie Tyler Wagner of the Brewers. Anderson owns a 2.59 ERA based on just two home runs and 14 walks allowed in 55 2/3 innings. Both of those are huge improvements over his rookie season of 2014, but come at the […]
Coors Field celebrates 20 years in operation today: Coors Field is the third-oldest ballpark in the National League. Only Chicago’s Wrigley Field (1914) and Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium (1962) are older. At age 20, Coors Field is in as good shape as any other ballpark in the major leagues. The Rockies and the Denver Metropolitan […]
The Cardinals and the Cubs pick up their series with Lance Lynn facing Jake Arrieta. Lynn’s ERA dropped a run in 2014 compared to 2013, despite very similar three true-outcome numbers and hits allowed. His FIP and xFIP went up, making the dip even more unusual. The reason seems to be that his BA allowed […]
The Cardinals travel to Chicago to start the 2015 season against their great rival the Cubs. Ace Adam Wainwright takes the hill for St. Louis against the new Cubs star Jon Lester. Wainwright suffered a decline in his strikeout rate in the second half of 2014, going from 8.1 K per 9 IP though the […]
The Athletics start the top of the sixth with a single and a walk, and Ned Yost pulls James Shields from the game. He was strong for five innings, but in a one and done game, Yost can’t take the chance that Shields blows up here. Yordano Ventura, usually a starter, comes on to pitch. […]
The Orioles are just two games down in the loss column for best record in the American League as they open their penultimate series of the season at Yankee Stadium. Wei-Yin Chen faces Michael Pineda. A win by Chen would give him 17 for the season and tie him for second with Corey Kluber and […]
It seems the Athletics are going to stay on the same site they play now, but possibly in a new stadium: The NFL’s Raiders are in the final year of their lease at the Coliseum and are interested in building a new stadium at the site. “We’ve provided for the Raiders. I don’t think the […]
The Oakland Athletics have permission to move the team if they can’t reach a stadium deal: The Chronicle obtained an email from Wolff sent to city and county officials on Wednesday night in which the owner said, “I was informed tonight that Commissioner Selig, due to the possibility of not having the hearing and vote […]
The series on team offense continues with the Houston Astros. The Astros finished tied for twenty sixth in the majors and fourteenth in the American League in 2013 with 3.77 runs scored per game. The CBSSports.com projected lineup that Bo Porter may use is plugged into the Lineup Analysis Tool (LAT) using Musings Marcels as […]
John Branch remembers Candlestick Park: Candlestick — affectionately, but not too affectionately, “The Stick” — was a lasting original, born of location and meteorology, a cold, dank, concrete edifice where baseball fans dressed in parkas and hot dog wrappers danced in breezy corners. The stadium opened as the home of baseball’s Giants in 1960 (they […]