A’s Coverage:
- Ross: A’s to activate catcher Chris Herrmann from injured list, option Beau Taylor...
- Lockard: A’s minor-league notebook: Injuries strike key prospects, but the Ports are still finding ways to win... ($)
Best of AN:
- Moriarty: A’s Farm Report — A’s Top Draft Picks Get Started at Vermont...
- Iversen: Oakland A’s 2019 Trade Season Primer, Part One — Targets...
- Fatrolf’s Monday Sketches: Semien Surely is Something Special Edition...
MLB News:
- AP: Angels’ pitcher Tyler Skaggs dead at age 27...
- Ardaya: Remembering Tyler Skaggs, who touched countless lives in the city he loved...
- Morosi: Astros have interest in Tigers lefty Matthew Boyd...
- Caron: Red Sox To Name Nathan Eovaldi Closer After Return From IL...
- Weaver: TA30 — In June’s staff-wide MLB power rankings, it’s an all All-Star affair... ($)
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Kaplan: ‘Baseball has a good chance of succeeding over here’ — Can MLB gain a foothold in London like the NFL has? ($)
- Jaffe: More Than You Probably Wanted to Know About First-Inning Scoring...
- Watt: The NL East Race Might Be Down to Two...
- Sharma: How former top draft pick Danny Hultzen let go of expectations en route to Cubs comeback attempt... ($)
- Thurm: Why the slow reaction on extending safety netting? The century-old law hasn’t kept pace with foul balls... ($)
- Clemens: Blake Snell and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Luck...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1996 — Oakland breaks a 6 - 6 tie by scoring five runs in the 9th inning to defeat Seattle, 11 - 6. 1B Jason Giambi leads the way with five hits.
- 2008 — The Oakland Athletics sign Dominican amateur Michael Ynoa for a $4.25 million bonus, nearly $2 million than Wily Mo Pena’s 9-year-old record for an international amateur free agent. Ynoa will only win one game over the next four minor league seasons due to injuries and wildness.
Best of Twitter:
- This kid is something special...
Hey, remember when Fernando Tatis Jr. tagged up and scored on a pop fly to the second baseman in Pittsburgh?
— FOX Sports San Diego (@FOXSportsSD) July 2, 2019
Well... he just did it again. The. Kid. Makes. Things. Happen.#FriarFaithful | @Padres | @tatis_jr pic.twitter.com/1WZs0CgDZI
- A’s catching prospect Jonah Heim stays hot...
A HEIM HOMER!⚾️
— Las Vegas Aviators (@AviatorsLV) July 2, 2019
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- A tragic loss. Prayers go out to all those who knew Tyler Skaggs...
The entire Oakland A’s organization is deeply saddened by the passing of Tyler Skaggs. We appreciated his determination and demeanor on the field and will miss him as a competitor and friend. Our condolences to Tyler’s family and the Angels organization.
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) July 1, 2019