Elephant Rumblings: A’s lefty Sean Manaea makes strong rehab start

A’s Coverage:

• Slusser: Pinch-hit homer helps Twins terminate A’s winning streak...
• Gallegos: Fiers solid, but A’s streak ends on late HR...
• Slusser: Ankle sidelines A’s Matt Chapman; he hopes to play Friday...
• Fink: The A’s Deserve Your Attention, Again...
• Ostler: Matt Chapman’s a fiery leader for the Oakland A’s? Who knew?

Best of AN:

• Schmidt: Game #98 — Bullpen Woes Push The Twins Ahead...
• Hall: Oakland A’s infield still dominating defensive metrics...
• Nico: 7 Days To Find Out Who They Are?
• Baker-Gillman: Series #33 — Athletics at Twins: Twin Tests...

MLB News:

• Seidman: Phillies showing interest in Rangers lefty Mike Minor...
• Jim Bowden’s Trade Deadline Diary: Thoughts on decisions facing the Rangers, Giants, Mariners and Dodgers... ($)
• Todd: Cubs Activate Danny Hultzen At Triple-A...

Baseball Interest Stories:

• Gammons: ‘How good can this kid be?’ Fernando Tatis Jr.’s supernova start is a thing to behold... ($)
• Edwards: Where are the 60 Home Run Hitters?
• McDaniel: 2019 Trade Value — #11 to #20...
• Carig: ‘For me, as a closer, he is The Closer’ — How Mariano Rivera shared his secrets and shaped the next generation of relievers... ($)
• Byrne: How Good Is Shane Greene?

Today in Baseball History:

• 2009 — John Lackey and rookie Brett Anderson are locked in a scoreless pitching duel for 9 innings before a solo homer by Bobby Abreu in the 10th inning wins the game for the Angels, 1 - 0, over the A’s. Abreu had earlier broken Anderson’s bid for a perfect game in the 7th.

Best of Twitter:

• Never change, Ned Yost...

• Aaron Boone clearly was not happy with the strike zone (warning: language)...

• A promising rehab start for lefty Sean Manaea...