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Also, Josh Phegley hits a lot of balls a lot of times

Losing sucks. We could talk about a lot of losses, but we’ve all probably done that enough in our daily lives that we don’t need to do it more here. This is where we’re gonna talk about Skye Bolt!

Khris Davis is day to day after crashing into a railing in the outfield yesterday. If you’d blocked the painful memories, before he became a full-time DH, any ball towards Davis in the outfield sent A’s fans everywhere scuttling to bathroom breaks... Читать дальше...

Now that the first month of the minor league season is in the books, it’s time to take a look at which of the A’s minor league players have gotten off to the best starts in 2019. Familiar pitchers like Daniel Mengden, Brian Howard and Parker Dunshee impressed in the month of April for Las Vegas and Midland, while position players like Lazaro Armenteros and Nick Allen proved to be potent members of the Ports lineup in Stockton.

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It was a memorable weekend for the A’s newest outfielder.

The Oakland A’s lost their series in Pittsburgh this weekend, but it was still a positive experience for their newest player.

The A’s have a lot of impact talent in Triple-A, and the first of those prospects came up to the majors on Friday in the form of outfielder Skye Bolt. He was shredding the ball in Las Vegas, with six homers in 22 games, and an injury to Mark Canha opened up a spot in the majors.

Bolt got into all three games in Pittsburgh... Читать дальше...

Plus updates on other A’s injuries

The Oakland A’s nightmare road trip added another piece of bad news on Sunday, as Khris Davis exited the game against the Pirates in the 2nd inning with a left hip contusion. His status is day-to-day, reports Ben Ross of NBCS.

Davis is normally the team’s DH, but that role wasn’t available in the NL park in Pittsburgh so he was playing left field instead. The first Pirates batter of the game popped the ball up into foul territory and Davis sprinted over to make a fine running catch... Читать дальше...

It was a game of pain and ecstasy. Frustration and elation. In the end, it was mostly pain and frustration.