Elephant Rumblings: Luzardo Shines in AAA Debut, A’s Relievers Get Good Press

A’s Coverage:

• Hall: Oakland A’s acquire Mike Fiers from Tigers...
• Anderson: How Blake Treinen has morphed into a key part of the Athletics’ wild-card run...
• Kramer: The best reliever you’ve never heard of...

MLB News:

• ESPN: No setbacks in throwing for Shohei Ohtani, Mike Scioscia says...
• AP: Minor league team gets win with no hits or walks thanks to new rule...
• MLBTR: Pirates acquire Adeiny Hechavarria from Rays...
• Young: Report: Former MLB pitcher Esteban Loaiza expected to plead guilty in felony drug case...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Miller: MLB myth-buster — The shift isn’t curbing runs, it’s creating them...
• Baumann: The Amorality of Urban Meyer and Jeff Luhnow...
• AP: Jameson Taillon, Chad Bettis set to face off after bonding over cancer battles...

Today in Baseball History:

• 1968 - Joe Keough of the Oakland A’s pinch hit a home run in his first major league at-bat in the eighth inning against the New York Yankees and the A’s won 4-3 in 10 innings.
• 1992 - The Giants announce that the team has been sold to a group of Tampa Bay investors for a reported $110 million an the team will move to St. Petersburg for 1993. The move will be blocked by other investors.

Best of Twitter:

• Rich Hill returns tonight...

• Really solid AAA debut for Luzardo...

• Another hot prospect...