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A’s Coverage:
- Manaea excited about pristine slider...
- Pipeline report: Athletics camp...
- Pipeline Q&A: Athletics lefty Jesus Luzardo...
- A’s reliever Ryan Dull still sidelined with shoulder issue...
- Athletics officially release Brandon Moss...
- Oakland Athletics 2018 top-50 prospects: Franklin Barreto, SS/2B...
MLB News:
- Royals sign free agent Jon Jay to 1-year deal...
- Rays’ Kevin Cash ‘not going to five’ pitchers for 2018 season...
- Report: Lance Lynn turned down two-year, $20 million offer from Twins...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Bayesian Bagging to Generate Uncertainty Intervals: A Catcher Framing Story...
- What’s the hold-up with Greg Holland?
- Passan: Tim Lincecum is back pitching for his late brother -- and for himself...
- What Is the Essential Baseball Film?
- Who Is The Ultimate Backup Catcher?
Today in Baseball History:
- 1893 - In arguably the most significant rule change in major league history, the National League eliminates the pitching box and adds a pitcher’s rubber five feet behind the previous back line of the box, establishing the modern pitching distance of 60 feet 6 inches. In addition, bats flattened on one side to facilitate bunting are banned.
Best of Twitter:
- This might actually decrease his chances of returning to Oakland...
Rule 5 pick Brett Graves suffered an oblique injury in his start yesterday for Miami. https://t.co/BRA3F0KdTn
— Melissa Lockard (@melissalockard) March 7, 2018
- Julian has become a must-follow...
Thoughts from today:
— Julian McWilliams (@JulianMack105) March 7, 2018
-Manaea, even though he threw 45 pitches in two innings, had a promising first outing
-Mataeo was rusty. A bit jumpy, Melvin said
-Jesus Luzardo sheeeshhhh
-Anthony Garcia continues to hit
- Could make for an exciting end to the week...
Spoke with Scott Boras this morning and asked if deals were imminent for Arrieta, Moustakas, Holland or CarGo. He replied, “We’re closer to deals than we were two weeks ago. Some of those things are only a phone call away.” @MLB @MLBNetwork
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) March 7, 2018
