Welcome to another week A’s fans!
The first half is officially in the books. The Athletics’ season began well enough as the club was in first place as late as May. Unfortunately a rough June and July has seemingly sunk the A’s playoff hopes as the club’s nine-game losing streak has dropped them to 41-55, good for fourth place and eight games back in the AL West. They’re a closer 6 1/2 games out in the Wild Card hunt but with seven teams ahead of them. With the third-worst record in the American League its seeming that the squad will be sellers this deadline.
On the bright side of things the A’s added lots of talent this weekend through the MLB Draft. The club added a high-ceiling outfielder and a couple interesting college arms to a farm system that needs all the talent they can get. There’s plenty more intriguing players that have joined the system and it’s likely that one of those late-round picks ends up being the best player in the class. That randomness is just how the game works sometimes.
Anyway, there’s no baseball games today but there is some evening entertainment for us tonight. The Home Run Derby is set and the field is wide open. There’s no clear-cut favorite this year but it’s going to be a star-studded lineup for us fans to watch. In Philadelphia it’d be fun to see one of the two Phillies in Bryce Harper or Kyle Schwarber take the crown and win it in front of the home town team. Who do you all got taking it tonight?
The Derby begins at 5 p.m. Pacific time. Have a great day everyone.
A’s Coverage:
- Injuries Providing Cover For Some Inconvenient Truths
- Langeliers savoring 1st All-Star start; injured Kurtz to enjoy homecoming
- A’s Drop 9th Straight, Lose To White Sox 9-1
- Athletics Select Outfielder Drew Burress With 8th Overall Pick
- Athletics Select Left-hander Mason Edwards With 47th Overall Pick
- Athletics Select Gabe Gaeckle With 73rd Overall Pick
- A’s Select Jacob Dudan With 83rd Pick, Roman Martin With 111th Pick
- A’s Offensive Woes Continue in 1-0 Loss to White Sox
- A’s Fall Again, Fall To Tigers 4-1
- Kurtz the 3rd sidelined as stomach bug moves through A’s clubhouse
- A’s Struggles Continue in 6-1 Loss to Tigers
- Fan Survival: When Each Game Becomes Its Own Season
- Trade Deadline Outlook: Athletics ($)
- Three Things To Watch For The Athletics In July
- Julyeball Scout Report As Hopes, Like The Sun, Sink Slowly In The West
- Thoughts And Well Wishes For A’s Prospect Ryan Lasko
- The Athletics and the Cost of a Bad Extension
MLB News and Interest:
- Padres’ De Vries, Rays’ Flewelling star in MLB Futures Game
- Philadelphia’s Sanchez, Toronto’s Cease to start All-Star Game
- Marlins select Japanese, Stanford slugger Sasaki in eighth round
- 9 straight wins, all on the road?! Red Sox pull off team feat not seen since ’77
- Jacob deGrom Won’t Make Next Start, Could Need IL Stint
- Most intriguing picks from Day 2 of ‘26 MLB Draft
- Orioles’ Blaze Alexander Suffers Fractured Hand On HBP
- Nationals Outright Robert Hassell III
- Today in Baseball History
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