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Photo by Ron Vesely/MLB Photos via Getty Images MLB news roundup Good morning afternoon, Athletics Nation! The MLB Players Association introduced a new award this year, named after Curt Flood. The Oakland product and three-time All-Star outfielder is best known for his role as a players’ rights champion. The honor bearing his name goes to a former player, with the criteria … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Andre Dawson receives inaugural Curt Flood Award

MLB news roundup Good morning afternoon, Athletics Nation! We’ll get back to mornings on these posts soon. The big news for Thursday already came out before this published, with Matt Olson and Ramon Laureano being named finalists for Gold Glove awards, but we’ll get to that in a separate post. Here is Wednesday’s news. *** Just as the Oakland A’s minor leaguers were getting … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Positive coronavirus test stalls A’s instructional league

Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images They’re each in the Top 3 at their respective positions. The 2020 MLB season was shortened to 60 games due to the coronavirus pandemic, but there will still be a full slate of offseason awards as usual. That begins with the Gold Gloves, and on Thursday the finalists were named, representing the Top 3 finishers at each position in each … [Read more...] about Matt Olson and Ramon Laureano named finalists for Gold Gloves

Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images MLB news roundup Good morning afternoon, Athletics Nation! The 2020 World Series is underway, and the Los Angeles Dodgers won the first game 8-3 over the Tampa Bay Rays to take an early lead in the best-of-seven. Mookie Betts, Cody Bellinger, and Clayton Kershaw led the way for L.A. The scoring didn’t begin until the bottom of the 4th, … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Mookie Betts leads Dodgers to Game 1 win in World Series

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images Max Muncy and Joey Wendle were once A’s prospects Second base has been a thin position for the Oakland A’s over the last decade. In 2011 it looked like Jemile Weeks might be the answer, but he didn’t pan out long-term. During their 2012-14 postseason run it was a specific area of weakness, with Eric Sogard doing his best to adequately … [Read more...] about 2 former A’s second basemen who got away, now facing off in the World Series

Manager, coach, and scout Rick Magnante moves on after 25 years in the org | Photo provided by Oakland A’s MLB news roundup Good morning, Athletics Nation! With the 2020 season over for all but two teams, the other 28 clubs are getting started on their offseasons. There’s no major player movement until after the World Series, but for now they can do some trimming in their … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: A’s retain most of baseball operations department, but with a couple big cuts

They last played each other in 2019 | Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images MLB news roundup Good morning afternoon, Athletics Nation! We finally know the 2020 World Series matchup. It’ll be the Los Angeles Dodgers against the Tampa Bay Rays this week, for all the marbles. Both teams had to go the distance in their league championship series, the first time since 2004 that … [Read more...] about Elephant Rumblings: Dodgers vs. Rays in 2020 World Series

Photo by Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images Will it be the Dodgers or Braves against the Rays? There is one game left to decide the 2020 World Series matchup. We already know the Tampa Bay Rays will represent the American League, but the National League is still up for grabs. The Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers will play Game 7 on Sunday to decide who moves on … [Read more...] about NLCS Game 7: One more game to decide World Series matchup

Wandisson Charles, Luis Barrera, and Vimael Machin | Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images There were no minor leagues in 2020, but a few prospects got to stay active Here at Athletics Nation we love to follow the Oakland A’s farm system in addition to the big league club. However, there was no minor league season in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, … [Read more...] about Prospect watch: Updates from a lost summer