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Canha has evolved from role player to mainstay for A’s
Mark Canha, being congratulated after Monday’s three-run sixth inning homer, has become key figure in A’s offense. Coming into August, Mark Canha was an outfielder who could play some first base, a...
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Nolin to step in for A’s after time spent learning from Zito
Lefty Sean Nolin has waited a long time, but he gets his first start with A’s Sunday vs. Mariners. Sean Nolin never thought his debut with the A’s would take this long, but finally the left-hander is...
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September is about A’s running short of left-handed hitters; Hahn in best...
Josh Reddick wasn’t in Sunday’s lineup, but the A’s are hoping he’ll be starting again Monday. What’s left? Such is the state of the A’s that against the right-handed Hisashi Iwakuma, Oakland was only...
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Reddick wants to be back with A’s, not sure if he will be; Vogt says he’s...
Will this scene of A’s manager Bob Melvin greeting right fielder Josh Reddick after a home run be repeated in 2016? With Bob Melvin getting his managerial contract extended Wednesday, it’s only natural...
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A’s will start to say goodbye for now to some players Sunday
Kendall Graveman, out with a strained left oblique, is one of a bunch of A’s players who won’t make final road trip to Anaheim and Seattle. The A’s don’t officially disband for the season until the...
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Pomeranz mulling over having shoulder surgery
Drew Pomeranz is considering whether or not he’ll have arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder this winter. A’s reliever Drew Pomeranz has heard the recommendation that he should have clavicle...
View ArticleA’s relying heavily on reinvented lefty Rich Hill
Rich Hill wanted to be a starting pitcher again badly enough that he went to the independent leagues this summer to get it done, reinventing himself in the process. Things clicked, and now the...
View ArticlePitching remake: Hill, Hendriks in; Chavez, Griffin out
The A’s began a wholesale restructuring of their pitching staff Friday, signing left-hander Rich Hill to fill a spot in the starting rotation and trading sometimes-starter Jesse Chavez to Toronto for...
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A’s ship Pomeranz to Padres, get 1B Alonso, LHP Rzepczynski
Drew Pomeran was traded to the Padres Wednesday for first baseman Yonder Alonso and lefty reliever Mark Rzepczynski. OAKLAND – In their traditional let’s-not-wait-for-the-winter-meetings mode, the A’s...
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It’s reunion time for Alonso, Valencia in Oakland infield; Pomeranz surprised...
Yonder Alonso moves from Padres to A’s with Wednesday’s trade that sends Drew Pomeranz to San Diego Yonder Alonso batted fifth and Danny Valencia fourth in college at Miami. Alonso, a first baseman,...
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