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Lawrence Butler high-fiving his teammates. In Athletics Preview 2025, see the tools the team has to surprise some people.
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Athletics Preview 2025: Out to “Prove a Lot of People Wrong”

Athletics Preview 2025 The Athletics players are excited for the 2025 season, as every major leaguer would be. But they have a different reason for this season in comparison to others. Sport Relay got the reasons from a few of them Sunday at their spring home of Mesa, Arizona. The overriding theme was optimism, especially […]

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Athletics Report: JP Sears Continues to Work on Windup and Breaking Pitches

Athletics Report: JP Sears Continues to Work Windup, Breaking Pitches MESA, Ariz. (Mar. 2) — Athletics left-hander JP Sears made his second Cactus League start of 2025 Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Hohokam Stadium. Despite it being split-squad for the Dodgers, they still had some formidable lumber in the lineup. Mookie Betts, […]

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Athletics Report: Pitching Rotation and Relief Corps Have More Depth; Stewart Arrives to Assist

Athletics Report: Pitching Rotation and Relief Corps Have More Depth MESA, Ariz. (Feb. 13) — Day Two of pitcher and catcher workouts at Athletics spring training saw Dave Stewart come in to give guidance and feedback. Prior to the bullpen sessions, manager Mark Kotsay briefed the media in attendance. Dave Stewart Arrives, Athletics Pitching Staff […]

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Rangers Fall to Athletics in Series Opener

Athletics 9, Rangers 2 ARLINGTON, Texas. (Aug 30) — The Texas Rangers saw their three-game winning streak come to an end on Friday, as they lost to the Oakland Athletics, 9–2. A two-homer performance by Brent Rooker lifted the Athletics to the lopsided victory in front of a crowd of 28,111. The Rangers will have […]

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Rangers Drop Low-Scoring Affair to Athletics

Athletics 1, Rangers 0 ARLINGTON, Tex. (Apr 11) — The Texas Rangers were hitless for most of the afternoon as they fell to the Oakland Athletics, 1–0, on Thursday. A solo home run by outfielder Seth Brown was enough to hand the Rangers their first series loss of the season. From here, the Rangers embark […]

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Shea Langeliers’ Hot Summer Continues

With the dog days of summer winding down, the Oakland Athletics youth movement has come to the fore front. There have been great performances this season from young talent like Zack Gelof, Esteury Ruiz, and Lawrence Butler offensively. Those have been matched by impressive progression from JP Sears, Ken Waldichuk, and Mason Miller on the […]

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Athletics Take Series from Red Sox

The Oakland Athletics (27–71) won their series against the scorching hot Boston Red Sox on (51–46). After dropping the first game of the series, the Athletics showed great fight and took the final two. The youth movement is already reaping benefits in Oakland. The young guys look hungry to win, and are showing a lot […]

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Brent Rooker Named Athletics All-Star

Brent Rooker was announced as an All-Star Game reserve and will be the lone Oakland Athletics representative. I know what you are thinking, the Athletics have an All-Star? Well, yes, every team gets one, so by process of elimination, it’s Rooker. This was obviously a very big deal for Rooker, making his first ever All-Star Game […]

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