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Tag: Oakland Athletics

A’s Offseason Deals yet to Inspire Confidence

January 7, 2023 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

Recently, I put together a round-up of the most note-worthy deals to have been struck so far during the offseason. Conspicuous by its absence was any mention of the deals that have been made by the Oakland A’s though. While

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Episode 302 – American League Offseason Review

January 7, 2023 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

It is two months since the last podcast! We can neither confirm nor deny that John McGee refused to pod until the Boston Red Sox made a positive move. John, Rob, Darius, and Russell are back from their temporary hiatus

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What an offseason! AL West edition

December 21, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Some offseasons drag on with very few transactions until the New Year celebration headaches have abated, but this year we have had so much action, it’s difficult to keep on top of all of the deals. Don’t worry, Bat Flips

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Oakland Athletics: 2022 Season review

October 9, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

That’s another season in the books for the Oakland Athletics. How to describe the A’s season? BFN editor Gavin has already described it as “dismal”, while another A’s fan privately said to me that this article would need to be

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Epic Deadline Day with 29 of the 30 teams making trades. Guess the party pooper?

August 3, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Here is your five-minute review of the breathless 2022 MLB trade deadline. There is only one place to start and as the great Tim Kurkjian said “you can make a case this is the biggest trade in baseball history.” The

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The Red Sox Are This Season’s Most Intriguing Deadline Story

July 22, 2022 Bat Flips Admin Baseball, Pinch Hitting, Team Contributors

Flash back two months, and most commentators and evaluators had completely written off the Boston Red Sox. Vultures were ready to pluck clean the arid corpse of a 10-19 team, with the likes of Nathan Eovaldi, J.D. Martinez and even

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Using a Tank to Drive the Team to Vegas Perhaps? – Oakland A’s Mid-Season Report 

July 18, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

The All-Star Game marks (roughly) the half-way point of the season for the MLB, so I thought I’d do a progress report on how the A’s are doing. Before the start of the season, I said in my season preview

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The Curious Case of Selecting an A’s All-Star 

June 28, 2022 Brett Walker Baseball, Team Contributors

In recent weeks, the A’s social media channels, along with Glen Kuiper and Dallas Braden during the A’s game broadcasts on NBC Sports California, have been encouraging fans to vote on which A’s player should go to the All-Star game.

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A month in baseball. MLB Review: May 2022

June 4, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Baseball, Opinion

Indulge me with five minutes of your time, and we will review the month in MLB together. Which team led MLB with 46 homers? Full marks if you said the Milwaukee Brewers, just ahead of the Los Angeles Angels with

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Episode 281 – Cory Gearrin Joins the Show

May 19, 2022 GavGavinGavlaar Podcast

Nine-year big leaguer across seven franchises, Cory Gearrin, joins John to talk about his storied career in the bigs and his re-birth as a baseball and mental health guru on Twitter. His path includes a journey through the minors with

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