Elephant Rumblings: A’s continue Sunday struggles in loss to Cleveland
A’s Coverage:
- Shea: A’s fall to Cleveland, Matt Olson hits first homer of season...
- Gallegos: Buchter’s shaky outing proves costly for A’s...
- Simmons and Slusser: A’s trade fan favorite Edwin Jackson to Toronto...
- McWilliams: What it all means for the A’s — bullpenning again, Edwin Jackson trade, Daniel Mengden’s debut... ($)
- Moriarty: Jackson, Mengden, Dunshee & Kaprielian Are All on the Move...
- Gallegos: Piscotty to honor mom’s legacy on Mother’s Day...
- Ross: Dallas Braden reflects on Mother’s Day perfect game nine years later...
- Shea: Mother’s Day emotions for A’s pitcher Mike Fiers following no-hitter...
- Keri: Oakland’s Ramón Laureano is the latest in a long line of outfielders with awe-inspiring arms... ($)
Best of AN:
- Baker-Gillman: Game #42 — A Fastball Down the Heart...
- Hall: Oakland A’s recall Daniel Mengden, option J.B. Wendelken...
- Nico: Time For Front Office To Punt On Moves From Those “Internal Metrics”...
- Hall: Oakland A’s trade Edwin Jackson to Blue Jays...
- DeClercq: Quick Look — Chris Bassitt is No Hound Dog...
- Hall: Joakim Soria settling down after rocky start...
- Hall: Oakland A’s rotation is starting to look alright...
MLB News:
- Topkin: Rays in contact with free agent righty Craig Kimbrel...
- Kaplan: Jose Altuve placed on IL with hamstring injury...
- Rosenthal: Madison Bumgarner’s no-trade list includes eight contenders...
- Crowley: Giants’ Derek Holland calls injury ‘fake’, Farhan Zaidi, Bruce Bochy respond to criticism...
- Toribio: Rays righty Tyler Glasnow out 4-6 weeks with forearm strain...
Baseball Interest Stories:
- Jaffe: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Team Defense So Far...
- Clemens: Are Starters Improving Relative to Relievers?
- Baumann: How the Nationals Went From Ewing Theory Contender to Early-Season Disaster...
- Mooney: Are the Cubs part of the problem or the solution? Analyzing Theo Epstein’s nuanced approach to the Addison Russell case... ($)
- Stark: The Useless Info Dept., Pitching Panda-monium Edition... ($)
Today in Baseball History:
- 2002 — 38 home runs shy of the exclusive 500 home run club, Jose Canseco retires at 37 age due to injuries sustained in recent years. The former American League MVP, who was cut by the Expos during spring training, had his best years in Oakland, forming with Mark McGwire one of the most feared one-two punches of the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- 2011 — Coco Crisp gambles and loses: in the 8th inning, with the A’s trailing the White Sox, 4 - 3, he attempts a straight steal of home with left-handed reliever Matt Thornton on the mound, but C A.J. Pierzynski manages to tag him out as he slides. The Sox hold on for the win.
Best of Twitter:
- A Padres fan stole their Twitter handle on Sunday, and turned it into some tickets...
The San Diego Padres changed their Twitter username to "Madres" for Mother's Day, and some kid instantly changed his to “Padres” pic.twitter.com/E6Geht6MFr
— Kent (@RealKentMurphy) May 12, 2019
Hi Ricky, thanks for keeping @Padres safe this morning. We'd love to invite you and your Madre and Padre to a game when the team is back in town. Check your DMs!
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) May 12, 2019
- Matt Chapman is absolutely destroying fastballs...
Most valuable hitters against fastballs this year per @fangraphs:
— Jeremy Frank (@MLBRandomStats) May 10, 2019
+12.7 runs Joey Gallo
+11.4 runs Matt Chapman
+11.3 runs Freddie Freeman
+10.1 runs Kris Bryant
+9.9 runs Jorge Polanco
+9.9 runs Hunter Dozier
- Your reminder that the A’s understand that their players are people, too...
Make sure not to forget how the #Athletics chose to give away Edwin Jackson, a perfectly solid depth arm, simply because it would be good for the player/human. They're often accused by fans of being too cold and calculating and forgetting human element. This was a classy move.
— Alex Hall (@AlexHallAN) May 12, 2019