Oakland Athletics News & Updates

It’s well known that relievers are a volatile bunch. From year to year you don’t usually know quite what to expect, as mediocre relievers suddenly blossom and have career years and the guys you thought you could count on inexplicably struggle. Sometimes this volatility doesn’t just show up from one season to the next. Relievers […]

Last July, the A’s made one of the biggest trades of the trade deadline, sending flamethrowing closer Mason Miller to the San Diego Padres in exchange for elite shortstop prospect Leo De Vries and three minor-league pitchers.  After trading Miller, one of the best closers in the league, many people expected the A’s bullpen to […]

The Athletics have traded right-hander Mitch Spence to the Royals in exchange for minor league righty AJ Causey, per announcements from both clubs. Spence was designated for assignment by the A’s earlier this week. Kansas City placed righty Alec Marsh on the 60-day IL to open a roster spot for Spence. The 27-year-old Spence didn’t…

MESA, Ariz. -- The buzz surrounding Gage Jump is palpable. Upon taking the mound on the second day of Athletics Spring Training for his first bullpen of camp, the energy on the backfields of Hohokam Stadium was different. Suddenly, all eyes were locked in on Jump. Among the spectators: A’s

MESA, Ariz. -- Darell Hernaiz visualized this opportunity three years ago. Fresh off getting traded to the Athletics in 2023 just a couple of months prior, Hernaiz sat inside his hotel room during Spring Training and watched his native Puerto Rico represent the island in the World Baseball Classic, envisioning

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