Elephant Rumblings: Kap Injury Update, Off-Season Needs, More Ballpark Opposition
Prospect Watch:
- Oakland’s 2017 minor league free agents...
- How big is too big for a shortstop prospect?
- A’s fill out AFL rosters; injury updates on Kap, Jefferies...
ICYMI:
- It was a long game but the A’s pulled through courtesy to a Jed Lowrie slam...
- Olson stretches homerun streak to five games...
- The A’s vets offer hope, too...
- A Statcast analysis of Matt Olson...
- Opposition to new ballpark site mounts...
- MLBTR’s Three Needs: Oakland Athletics...
- You have to think the A’s will be interested in some of these budding free agents whose stock has fallen in 2017...
- A deep dive into the Brewers’ surprising success...
- Justin Upton hits homerun, narrowly misses out on a cool million
- The most influential pitcher you’ve never heard of...
- MLB set an all-time home run record; the Giants didn’t help one bit...
- The homerun is the king of baseball. Is that a good thing?
- Pat Neshek explains his disdain for Zach Greinke...
- 45 guys dressed up as 'Magnum P.I.' got booted out of the Tigers game...
- Marco Estrada signs a one-year extension with Toronto...
- Ichiro isn’t done breaking records...
- Changing baseball: a thought experiment...
- Baseballs are more consistently juiced than ever...
- A really interesting piece on what happened inside the Indians’ clubhouse during the streak...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1905 - Chicago White Sox president Charles Comiskey orders a houseboat built for the express purpose of transporting and housing the team during spring training.
- 1980 - In a 9-0 loss to the A’s, George Brett goes 0-4, dropping his average below .400. He is now hitting .396 and will finish the season at .390.
- 1998 - Cal Ripkin, Jr. took himself out of the starting lineup and did not play in the Baltimore Orioles' loss to the New York Yankees, ending his consecutive-game streak at 2,632 games. After nearly 16 years, Ripkin said he decided the time was right to end the streak, which began on May 30, 1982.
Best of Twitter:
- Some Matt Olson quick hits...
HIST RY pic.twitter.com/8Zoc5GUGlj
— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) September 20, 2017
Since joining the A's everyday lineup August 8, Matt Olson leads all MLB with 19 home runs. (Runners-up at 18: Stanton, Martinez, Hoskins)
— Alex Hall (@AlexHallAN) September 20, 2017
- A solid draft class...
With Daniel Robertson back in the bigs, the A's first four picks from 2012 are all in the majors. Not too shabby.
— Melissa Lockard (@oakclubhouse) September 20, 2017
- This throw helped the Brewers move within one game of the Rockies in the NL Wild Card...
Brett Phillips' throw home in the scoreless 6th was 104.7 mph, the hardest throw recorded by @Statcast this season. He owns the top 3 now.
— Adam McCalvy (@AdamMcCalvy) September 20, 2017