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A’s Coverage:
- Game #109: A’s Run and Swing Way to 6-2 Victory over Jays...
- Chesterton: A very good dog helped the A’s grounds crew by riding on the cart...
- AN: Gossett to undergo Tommy John surgery...
- Shea: A’s make no trades at deadline, could add players in August: ‘we’re still optimistic’...
- Hall: A’s stay quiet at deadline, Mariners go Full Dipoto...
- NBCSBA: A’s move one game back of Wild Card in Bob Melvin’s 600th Oakland win...
MLB News:
- ESPN: Nationals DFA Shawn Kelley after tantrum on mound...
- Matz: Nationals cap 25-4 rout of Mets with six runs off Jose Reyes...
- Cwik: Chris Sale placed on disabled list with shoulder inflammation...
- MLB Trade Deadline Roundup...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Longenhagen: Ranking the Prospects Traded at the Deadline...
- Kirshner: The Pirates’ Chris Archer trade is amazing and infuriating at the same time...
Today in Baseball History:
- 2009 - The Oakland Athletics retire Rickey Henderson’s uniform number 24, to mark his recent induction into the Hall of Fame. Rickey says that he is “very, very humbled”.
- 2016 - The trading deadline is pushed back by one day because the traditional date of July 31st falls on a Sunday this year, and teams take full advantage of the extra 24 hours as they conclude 18 trades today, involving a total of 49 players. Among the most active teams are the Rangers, who acquire C Jonathan Lucroy and P Jeremy Jeffress from Milwaukee and OF Carlos Beltran from the Yankees, giving up five prospects in return. Milwaukee also sends RP Will Smith to the Giants, who acquire P Matt Moore from Tampa Bay in a separate deal. The Dodgers land P Rich Hill and OF Josh Reddick from Oakland and P Jesse Chavez from Toronto, the latter in return for P Mike Bolsinger. Toronto also swaps P Drew Hutchison with Pittsburgh to land P Francisco Liriano, and obtain P Scott Feldman from Houston. The Mets are also active, acquiring OF Jay Bruce from Cincinnati and repatriating P Jon Niese from Pittsburgh, while the Cubs land P Joe Smith from the Angels.
Best of Twitter:
- Another Brandon McCarthy twitter gem...
If they're shifting you, just bunt. Free hits. https://t.co/ORPcBzr0d8
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) August 1, 2018
- High praise from the long-time manager...
Gibbons on the A's: “They play the game the right way. They always have hard-nosed players who bust it. They have a tremendous bullpen and they have some good hitters in that lineup.” #BlueJays
— Gregor Chisholm (@gregorMLB) August 1, 2018
- Some variables you just can’t account for...
Yeah I was knocked out https://t.co/NptVO8N9nJ
— Taylor Hearn (@thearn14) July 31, 2018