As frustrating a loss as you’ll see The A’s fell to the Colorado Rockies in game two of the series, losing 4-3 in 12 innings in a tough loss for the club.
The Colorado Rockies (15-32) bring a four-game losing streak into a road matchup against the Oakland Athletics (20-30) at 9:40 PM ET on Wednesday. This contest’s pitching matchup is set, as the Athletics will send Mitch Spence (3-2) to the mound, while Austin Gomber (1-2) will take the ball for the Rockies.
The Oakland A's are off to a 15-17 start in 2024. Last season, the A's didn't secure their 15th win until June 9th. The big reason for the turn in fortune this year has been the team's pitching staff overall, but more specifically the bullpen.
“Brown or Ruiz? Wood or Spence? What does it matter, they all suck!” No, no they don’t. Some of the players in question are downright mediocre. Thing is, players can be set up for more or less success and a manager’s job is to maximize odds of success and minimize chance of failure.
Quite the day from the offense Oakland got back into the win column today, beating the Seattle Mariners by a final of 12-8 in their eighth game of the spring to get back to .500.
The Oakland A's have had success with recent Rule 5 picks in the past, though both of their key wins have been on the position player side. First, it was
After selecting Mitch Spence with the first pick in the Major League portion of the Rule 5 Draft, the Oakland A's were done making picks, which is a little bit surprising.
With the first pick in the Rule 5 Draft, the Oakland A's selected right-hander Mitch Spence from the New York Yankees. The 25-year-old spent all of the 2023 season in Triple-A and complied a 4.47 ERA across 29 starts and 163 innings.
There was a run on pitching depth from within the Yankees’ system in this year’s Rule 5 selections. While some big moves are potentially going down for the major league team, Wednesday afternoon at the Winter Meetings also featured the annual Rule 5 Draft.
The Oakland Athletics selected right-hander Mitch Spence in the annual Rule 5 Draft. Spence is 25 years old and spent the 2023 season at Triple A for the Yankees.
A memorable minor league season came to a close. A successful minor league season came to a close in bittersweet fashion, with Somerset and Hudson Valley both losing playoff series.
Recapping the Yankees’ minor league affiliates’ results from September 15th. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 4-2 vs. Buffalo Bison RF Franchy
Recapping the Yankees’ minor league affiliates’ results from September 9th. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: L, 5-3 at Columbus Clippers LF Estevan
Exciting promotions for Jasson Domínguez, Spencer Jones, and George Lombard Jr. were highlights from last week. Jasson Domínguez reached Triple-A to help the RailRiders prevail, and Spencer Jones made it to Double-A, where the Patriots continued to win.
Recapping the Yankees’ minor league affiliates’ results from August 23rd. Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders: W, 4-3 (8) and L, 0-6 (7) vs. Lehigh
The names of Will Warren and Clayton Beeter are familiar, but what about Mitch Spence? The dream of a New York Yankees rotation featuring the best versions of Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodón, Nestor Cortes, Luis Severino, and Frankie Montas seems like it never should have existed, just as the reality did not exist for even one turn.
It was a great week for first-round picks Trey Sweeney and Spencer Jones. It was another busy week down on the farm for the Yankees’ organization. The Hudson Valley rotation shoved again, Estevan Florial continued his home run barrage, and it was a very good week for former first round picks Trey Sweeney and Spencer Jones.
Drew Thorpe, Chase Hampton, Brock Selvidge, Mitch Spence, and others gave the Yankees reasons to feel good about last week. Last week in the minors leagues,
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