Elephant Rumblings: A’s Look to Add For Playoff Push, Machado Expected to be Dealt This Week
A’s Coverage:
- Game #97: An Exemplary Win...
- Slusser: After taking Giants’ series, A’s charge into break in position to add players...
- Shea: A’s, Giants’ prospects Jesus Luzardo, Heliot Ramos flourish at Futures Game...
- Lee: Canha sorry (not sorry) after bat flip, emotion...
- Brown: How Jed Lowrie made himself into an All-Star at age 34...
MLB News:
- MLB Home Run Derby: Time, TV, participants, weather...
- Calcaterra: Why the Cardinals fired Mike Matheny...
- AP: Futures Game a showcase of potential Manny Machado trade chips...
- Anderson: Chase Utley will retire at season’s end, capping a Hall of Fame-worthy career...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Brown: Minor-league pay leads to some minor leaguers working odd jobs...
- Baer: Frank Thomas says he was ‘the most hurt’ player by MLB’s steroid era...
- Jaffe: How Ken Giles Became a Minor Leaguer...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1997 - In Oakland, Mark McGwire hits his 33rd and 34th homers to lead the A’s to an 11 - 3 win over the hapless Royals. Jose Canseco strikes out in all five at-bats for the Athletics, tying an Oakland record. Combined with his three strikeouts on Monday, he ties a major league record with eight whiffs in two consecutive games.
- 2017 - The Nationals move to address the team’s main area of concern - the bullpen - by sending P Blake Treinen and prospects Sheldon Neuse and Jesus Luzardo to the Athletics in return for two relievers with proven track records, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle.
Best of Twitter:
- Almost a shame to have to take a break...
.@Athletics haven’t lost a series in over a month. #justsayin
— Chris Giles (@chrisgiles01) July 16, 2018
- A bit of history...
.@stocktonports hit 10 doubles tonight, falling one shy of matching a Cal-League record for 2B in a game. 2010 Ports were the last team to match the record. Guys who doubled in that game: Jermaine Mitchell, Grant Green, Stephen Parker, Mike Spina, Todd Johnson, Tyler Ladendorf.
— Zack Bayrouty (@ZackBayrouty) July 16, 2018
- A chance for the Orioles to jumpstart their rebuild...
Manny Machado will represent the #Orioles in the All Star Game….but he is expected to be traded before the regular season resumes later in the week according to sources involved in the trade discussions.
— Jim Bowden (@JimBowdenGM) July 16, 2018