Elephant Rumblings: A’s wrap up exhibition games against Fighters
A’s Coverage:
- Slusser: Khris Davis’ two-out homer in the ninth gives Oakland a tie in Japan...
- Slusser: Japanese fans provide the fun, A’s the runs in exhibition victory...
- Gallegos: A’s exhibition win livened up by unique Tokyo Dome atmosphere...
- Brown: A’s, Ichiro (and pigeons) on the menu as Major League Baseball opens in Tokyo... ($)
- Slusser: A’s great Rickey Henderson attracts fans in Japan, too...
- Gallegos: Matt Chapman extends hot streak, looks to Opening Day after exhibition tie...
- Gallegos: Japan Journal - Avoiding jet lag on the trip to Tokyo for A’s baseball...
- Garro: With the Mariners and A’s now in Japan, all eyes (and cameras) are on Ichiro...
Best of AN:
- Hall: Oakland A’s Japan trip - Everything you need to know...
- Nico: Don’t Look Now But A’s Rotation Could Surprise...
- Hall: Spring Game #21 - A’s beat Fighters in Japan...
- Hall Spring Game #22 - A’s tie Fighters in finale...
- Oakland A’s 2019 Community Prospect List #26: Hogan Harris awaits pro debut...
MLB News:
- Heyman: Indians sign outfielder Carlos Gonzalez to minor league deal...
- Hoch: Yankees righty Luis Severino will be out until at least May...
- Nightengale: Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager will be ready for Opening Day...
- Heyman: Yankees, lefty Gio Gonzalez discussing deal...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Waldon and Rosenthal: Blue Jays ready to embrace change, finalizing minor-league pay increase of more than 50 percent... ($)
- Waldon: ‘I can’t afford to play this game’: Minor-leaguers open up about the realities of their pay, and its impact on their lives... ($)
- Lindbergh: The New MLB Rule Changes Aren’t Big—but They Could Be the Start of Something Huge...
- Arthur: Moonshot - Moving The Mound Will Change Everything
- Fink: The Pitch Clock Is (Probably) Not Being Enforced in Spring Training...
Today in Baseball History:
- 1942 - Two black players, Jackie Robinson and Nate Moreland, request a tryout with the Chicago White Sox during spring training in Pasadena, California. Sox manager Jimmie Dykes allows the two to work out but later dismisses them. Robinson will have to wait five years before making his major league debut.
Best of Twitter:
- The dude really, really likes weather...
"Meteorologist" and weather aficionado Mike Trout? The @Angels outfielder and 2-time American League MVP @MikeTrout stopped by @Cronkite_ASU and @cronkitenews Friday afternoon as part of an ESPN story and to give his complete weather forecast. pic.twitter.com/wXATCwBQde
— Cronkite School (@Cronkite_ASU) March 16, 2019
- An interesting thread of some of the best pitches in the game, including Lou Trivino’s cutter and Blake Treinen’s sinker...
STATS' Run Value Added (RVAA) metric evaluates pitches by command (Command+), forcing poor swing decisions (Discipline+), whiffs (Whiff+), & weak contact (BIP+). 100 is league avg, so a 166 RVAA is 66% better than league avg.
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) March 15, 2019
A thread of the 2018 leaders for each pitch type⤵️
- Some very unique new additions coming to the Coliseum this season...
Here are some of the other improvements. But they had us at BeerCycle. pic.twitter.com/k2CoPsd9Bl
— Casey Pratt (@CaseyPrattABC7) March 14, 2019
- Khris Davis earned himself some fans in Japan with this swing...
It was a late-inning homer. Are you surprised? #MLB開幕戦 pic.twitter.com/lVcQ6RPmbQ
— Oakland Athletics ⚾️ (@Athletics) March 18, 2019