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The A’s are 1-5 so far in the Cactus League, so, let’s find another win even though it literally doesn’t matter at all.

The outfielder sprained his knee in Tuesday’s game.

The Oakland A’s have already suffered their first new injury of the spring, as outfielder Nick Martini hurt himself in Tuesday’s game. Here’s a closer look, as well as some updates on other health issues around the team.

Nick Martini

The outfielder has a right knee sprain and will miss a couple weeks, reports Julian McWilliams of The Athletic. Martini incurred the injury on Tuesday, when he tripped over his shoelaces while chasing a foul ball in LF. Читать дальше...

Here’s your chance to write for Athletics Nation!

Athletics Nation thrives on the efforts of the community. When a spot opens up on the roster, we don’t go out and sign a high-profile free agent writer, because we are a small-budget team. Instead, we promote from within, just like the A’s do.

The front page crew includes a Game Thread staff, and we’re starting to put together this year’s version. To help fill it up, we’re holding our annual Spring Training Game Thread Auditions, via the FanPosts section. Читать дальше...

Can the A’s unearth another Nick Martini success story?

(This is an update of a previous article. I did this roundup in early February, but then the A’s immediately signed a bunch more players so I’m redoing it to include everyone. Much of this is directly copied from the old version, but with new stuff interspersed where necessary.)

Throughout every winter, baseball teams stock up on veteran minor league free agents to fill out Triple-A rosters and provide depth in key areas. Most of these names never amount to anything... Читать дальше...

Good afternoon and Happy Wednesday! As you can tell from the 2-1 score for most of the game, and the 5-3 final, perhaps it’s beginning to look a little more like baseball out there. Unfortunately, the A’s drew the short end of the stick again today in what was another less-than-inspiring start for the A’s “starting pitching” staff, as Daniel Mengden started the game giving up the only runs A’s pitching would allow on the day until the ninth inning, where the Dodgers tacked on four runs to win, and survive the A’s late teAse. Читать дальше...