Elephant Rumblings: Monday Roundup

Trade News:

• On Sunday morning, Oakland traded All-Star 1B Yonder Alonso to the Mariners for outfield prospect Boog Powell.
• Goodbye Yonder...

Prospect News:

• Bill Moriarity talks top prospects with Nashville Sounds manager Ryan Christenson...
• Prospect Watch: One player at each level deserving of promotion...
• OF prospect Tyler Marincov was activated by Double-A Midland after missing 6 weeks with a broken hand...
• Not exactly a prospect, but the A’s added a new catcher over the weekend.

Injury updates:

• Relief pitcher Bobby Wahl got bad news about his injured shoulder.
• RHP Daniel Mengden threw two scoreless innings in Rookie Ball on Friday. It was his first appearances since late May due to a stress reaction in his ribs.
• Bench coach Mark Kotsay visited the team over the weekend.

ICYMI:

• On Saturday, the A’s blanked the Angels 5-0 between Paul Blackburn’s arm and Rajai Davis’ legs...
• On Sunday, in one of the more exciting games of the season, the A’s rode a 5-run 8th to down the Angles 11-10 and win the series...
• Baseball has culpability in the Matt Joyce incident...
• A study on the dangers of sliding head first vs. feet first...
• Baseball’s ten most improved players of 2017...
• The Rangers took out a full-page ad in Japan’s national paper to thank Yu Darvish for his service...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1907 - Walter Johnson won the first of his 416 games.
• 1992 - The Giants were sold to a team of Tampa-based investors for more than $100 million. The investors announce the team will move to Florida for the 1993 season.

Best of Twitter:

• Bruce was a little warm yesterday...

• A big shot from a little leaguer...

• Speaking of Little League plays, the A’s pulled this off Saturday:

• A blockbuster may still be on the cards...

• And finally, Boog Powell and Blake Treinen really complicate the updated 40-man transit map.