Elephant Rumblings: KATOH Likes A’s Prospects

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Other MLB teams follow A’s small-spending trend...
• 2018 Top 100 KATOH Prospects...
• Lee: A’s have intriguing decisions to make in rotation...
• BR: 10 Young MLB Players on the Verge of Becoming Superstars...
• Scout: Will A’s Pitcher Sean Manaea Bounce Back This Upcoming Season?

MLB News:

• MLBPA reportedly looking into spring training facility for unsigned players...
• Yasiel Puig fired by his agent over a reported behavioral issue...
• Puerto Rico to defend Caribbean Series crown against Dominican Republic...
• Derek Jeter: Marlins starting from a ‘deeper hole’ than Miami MLS expansion team...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Russell Wilson gets traded to ... the Yankees?!?
• Sam Miller: Why no one will hit .400 ever again...
• The first MLB projections for 2018 are out and here’s what you need to know...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1942 - At California’s Folsom prison, the annual game between major leaguers and the prison team is stopped when it is discovered that two prisoners have escaped. With the pros leading 24 - 5 at the end of seven innings, the game ends and guards go after the two lifers, who are found three hours later. The major leaguers include Ernie Lombardi, Tiny Bonham, Gus Suhr, Joe Marty, and Johnny Babich.
• 1956 - The legendary Connie Mack dies at age 93. After managing Pittsburgh’s National League club from 1894 to 1896, the former catcher became a prominent figure in Ban Johnson’s Western League. A founder of the American League in 1901, Mack managed and owned the Philadelphia Athletics from 1901 to 1950, leading the team to five World Series titles and nine American League pennants. He won election to the Hall of Fame in 1937.

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