Elephant Rumblings: A’s Prospect List Released, Alonso Signs, Machado Decision To Be Made Today
A’s Coverage:
- Sickels’ Oakland Athletics Top 20 prospects for 2018...
- Oakland Athletics 2018 top-50 prospects: Santis Sanchez, C...
- USA Today’s Athletics offseason report: Promising faces but no stadium yet
- Billy Beane part of ownership consortium that took over second-division English soccer club on Tuesday...
MLB News:
- Indians to sign All-Star first baseman Yonder Alonso, source says...
- Rob Manfred in heated interview: Marlins have a 'long-term commitment to winning'...
- Matt Adams agrees to deal with Nationals, sources say...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- With Evan Longoria gone, the Rays will now need to hope for another miracle...
- The All-Overrated MLB Team: Eric Hosmer, Evan Longoria, Albert Pujols lead the way...
- The Manny Machado trade decision may be made today...
- Are 98-loss Giants crazy to add depreciating asset in Evan Longoria?
Today in Baseball History:
- 1987 - The Oakland Athletics sign free agent outfielder Dave Henderson, who played this past season with the San Francisco Giants.
- 1999 - The Dodgers are fined $50,000 and banned from scouting any Dominican Republic players for one year as a penalty for having signed third baseman Adrian Beltre as a 15-year-old. Beltre is not given his free agency, according to Commissioner Bud Selig, because he participated in the scheme, and because the claim for free agency was made too late. The players association is expected to file a grievance in the matter, but the ruling will stand.
Best of Twitter:
- Another number update...
RHP Yusmeiro Petit (@YPetit52) will wear number 36. Last worn by RHP Zach Neal in 2017. #Athletics pic.twitter.com/ut4jOEFrLu
— MLB Jersey Numbers (@NumbersMLB) December 20, 2017
- Data visualizations on the back-half of Alonso’s 2017 campaign...
Love that deal for Alonso. Legitimately good season at the plate last year even with the tail off. Did see a nice later bump where results didn't quite catch up. Launch angle steadily fell off, while exit velocity showed a decent bounceback despite similar falloff. pic.twitter.com/lTjTFDZyxo
— Merry Kazmir (@SandyKazmir) December 21, 2017
- DickieV is hot about this Rays trade...
It really is a sad day for @RaysBaseball @Evan3Longoria was a gamer / gave us a legit Star player now we will struggle big time @Yankeesget @Giancarlo818 & what do we get Triple A players / NOT FAIR for those that r loyal & buy season tix! @RogerMooney50 @mjfennelly @MLB pic.twitter.com/uuEnh7LPYo
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) December 20, 2017