Athletics, Left-Hander Doubront Reach $2M, 1-Year Deal
Left-hander Felix Doubront has agreed on a $2 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics, a deal that includes $500,000 in guaranteed money and avoids salary arbitration.
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Left-hander Felix Doubront has agreed on a $2 million, one-year contract with the Oakland Athletics, a deal that includes $500,000 in guaranteed money and avoids salary arbitration.
Former A's third base coach has been hired by the Angels front office.
The Oakland Athletics reacquired Jed Lowrie from the Houston Astros, the club announced Wednesday morning.
Jason and Nate discuss the news of Kevin McHale's firing in Houston, Brandon Crawford's new contract, Aldon Smith's suspension, and the Kings' matchup tonight in Atlanta, among other things.
Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper is one of three finalists for the NL MVP award from teams that failed to make the playoffs.
The MLB released the finalists for the American League Cy Young Award Tuesday, among the list was Oakland A's starter Sonny Gray.
The World Series is well underway, which means yearly awards are handed out to keep the other 28 teams interested in baseball this time of year. Thursday, the MLB released the three NL and AL Rawlings Gold Glove finalists per position. Among them, four San Francisco Giants and two Oakland A's are in the hunt for some hardware.
Hours before they hosted Game 3 of the ALCS against the Royals, the Blue Jays were busy. Toronto claimed switch-pitcher Pat Venditte off waivers from the Oakland Athletics and designated for assignment infielder Darwin Barney. Barney was not on the postseason roster.
A Cy Young Award winner, an all-star, a 20-game winner and a World Series champion, Barry Zito has done it all in his 15-year baseball career. After playing his last few games with the Oakland A's, Zito announced Monday he is retiring from the game of baseball.
A California utility lists Oakland Athletics' executive Billy Beane as among the top excessive water users in a district east of San Francisco.
California lawmakers have taken the first step toward accomplishing something Major League Baseball could never do: Stop players from stuffing those big wads of chewing tobacco into their mouths during games. With Gov. Jerry Brown signing a bill earlier this week banning the use of smokeless tobacco in all California ballparks, a practice dating to the days of Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb now seems headed toward the sport's endangered species list.
The Oakland Athletics wanted to make sure they could keep David Forst in the front office after other clubs sought to hire him, so they promoted him to general manager Monday and elevated Billy Beane to executive vice president of baseball operations. "Long overdue," Beane said of Forst's promotion.
