Giants display unconventional tactics to no avail in 5-0 loss to the Diamondbacks and Zac Gallen

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By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO–Over the weekend, the Giants’ bunting seemed like a smart tactic, a way to lift their collective, moribund batting averages, and put pressure on the opponent’s defense.

On Thursday, bunting drew the boo birds.

The story begins and progresses to a decisive juncture with Zac Gallen, Arizona’s starter in the finale of the four-game series. Gallen was as good as it gets, shutting out the Giants into the eighth inning while striking out 12.

“I felt like I was ahead early and I felt like I was able to put them away after one or two pitches,” Gallen said.

If that simple statement sounds cocky, it matters not. Gallen dealt to the degree that this may have been the best start of his career. He didn’t walk anyone, he allowed three singles and a double to Evan Longoria, and he started the first 21 batters he faced with strike one. Gallen finished with an amazing 23 of 25 first pitch strikes. Combine that with the effectiveness of his four pitches, and know that in the latter stages of the outing the Giants were flailing, and made to guess.

“He was feeling it and it was a lot of fun for all of us to watch,” manager Torey Lovullo said.

With two on, two strikes and two out in the seventh, Brandon Belt attempted to bunt his way on, squaring at the last second and not getting enough of the bat on the ball, leaving little momentum as it went foul 10 feet from the plate. That ended the team’s most promising rally with a dud. Gallen appeared confounded by the move, and the crowd responded with boos. Neither conventional or effective, Belt was left to explain after the game.

“(Gallen) didn’t miss a whole lot and I wasn’t doing much with it,” Belt said. “From my point of view I’ve been struggling a little bit. He was tough all day. He didn’t have a whole lot of misses high and inside with his fastball. I took the best route that I thought would keep the inning going. I’m not saying I’m right about that, but that was the decision I made.”

After a pair of exhilarating wins to start the series, and Brandon Crawford’s come-from-behind, walk-off homer on Tuesday, the Giants ended up with a split with the Diamondbacks. Despite winning five straight, the Giants are back to square one. With 44 games remaining, they’re 59-59 and trailing the Padres by six games in the wild card chase. Needless to say, they can’t afford many more afternoons like this one.

Logan Webb started for the hosts and ran into difficulties in the third inning. The Giants’ ace wouldn’t survive the fifth after allowing nine hits and three walks along with having to account for Joc Pederson’s fielding error in the fifth. Pederson’s gaffe helped the Diamondbacks score twice, increasing their lead to 5-0.

The Giants open a three-city trip in Denver on Friday, facing the Rockies and starter Jose Urena, who’s won just once in eight starts since being acquired from Milwaukee. Alex Wood will start for the Giants.

San Francisco Giants podcast with Daniel Dullum: Webb suffers sixth loss for Giants; SF drops to .500 at 59-59

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Logan Webb gets lifted by Giants manager Gabe Kapler in the top of the fifth at Oracle Park in San Francisco while pitching against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thu Aug 18, 2022 (AP news photo)

On the Giants podcast with Daniel:

#1 There was little doubt that Arizona Diamondbacks (55-63) pitcher Zac Gallen had good control of the San Francisco Giants (59-59) line up on Thursday afternoon at Oracle Park.

#2 Gallen who shut the Giants out 5-0 pitched 7.1 innings striking out 12 batters, didn’t walk a batter and gave up just four hits.

#3 Gallen’s numbers are impressive he improved his record to 9-2. He’s on a Sandy Koufax type track throwing 21.1 innings of shutout ball. 

#4 The Giants signed a free agent pitcher Andrew Vasquez on Thursday how effective will he be in helping the rotation?

#5 The Giants open up a three game series in Colorado at Coors Field on Friday night at 5:40 pm PDT. Starting pitcher for the Giants Alex Wood (8-9, 4.18) he’ll be opposed by the Rockies Jose Urena (1-4, 4.80).

Catch Daniel for the Giants podcasts Thursday nights at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Rangers rout A’s 10-3 earn a split of four-game series in Arlington

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By Jerry Feitelberg

The Texas Rangers routed the A’s 10-3 to earn a split of the four-game series played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, Thursday afternoon.

The A’s lefty Zach Logue did not make it out of the fifth inning. The Rangers tallied seven runs and had two home in the assault on Logue. The Rangers’ starter Dane Dunning went six innings and allowed four hits and two runs. 

The Rangers scored the game’s first runs in the bottom of the second. Adolis Garcia singled up the middle to get things going for Texas. Jonah Heim went to Texas in the trade for Elvis Andrus and tripled to drive in Garcia with the first run. Heim was thrown out trying to score on a wild pitch. Logue’s pitch went to the backstop. Langeliers got to the ball quickly, and his throw to Logue, covering home plate, nailed Heim. The Rangers’ DH Mark Mathias blasted his second dinger of the year to give Texas an early 2-0 lead.

Oakland tied the game in the top of the fourth. With one out, Seth Brown doubled. Dunning retired Stephen Vogt for the second out. A’s second baseman, Sheldon Neuse, homered over the left field wall to even the score. The tie didn’t last long as Texas scored two more in their half of the fourth. Logue hit Nate Lowe with a pitch. Logue walked Garcia to put two men on with no out. Jonah Heim singled to drive in Lowe. Garcia stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly. The Rangers led 4-2 after four complete.

Things went south for Logue in the bottom of the fifth. With none out, Logue walked Marcus Semien. Corey Seager singled, sending Semien to third. Seager went to second on the throw. Nate Lowe broke open the game when he blasted his 17th home run of the 2022 campaign to make it a 7-2 game. Logue was done.

Texas added a run in the sixth to make it 8-2. Oakland got one back in the seventh. Rookie catcher Shea Langeliers doubled., then went to third on a ground out. Langeliers scored on a wild pitch. The Rangers plated two more in the eighth to win, going away 10-3.

Game Notes: With the loss, the A’s finished the seven-game road trip, winning two and losing five. The A’s are now 43-76 for the year. Texas improved to 53-65.

Zach Logue took the loss. His record is now 3-7the A’s used four pitchers. In addition to allowing ten hits, they walked six and hit two batters. Texas’ starter Dane Dunning improved to 3-6. 

The A’s line was three runs, five hits, and one error. The only A’s hitter with more than one hit was Vimael Machin. Machin had two singles. 

Jonah Heim, Mark Mathias, and Bubba Thompson led the Texas attack with two hits each. Texas’ line score was ten runs, ten hits, and no errors.

The A’s defense committed their 71st of the season. They are tied with the Rangers for the second most errors in the American League.

The A’s return home to start a ten-game homestand. They play the Seattle Mariners for three starting Friday night. On Monday, The ‘s will host the Miami Marlins for three. After the Marlins leave, the A’s will play four with the New York Yankees.

Friday night’s game will feature a battle between two lefties. Cole Irvin will go for Oakland, and the Mariners will counter with Marco Gonzales.

Former Oakland A’s shortstop Elvis Andrus was not unemployed very long. Andrus signed on with the Chicago White Sox for the remainder of the season. Neither Jed Lowrie or Stephen Piscotty have signed play with another team.

The time of the game on Thursday was two hours and fifty-two minutes. Sixteen thousand six hundred ninety-five fans watched the Rangers rout the A’s.

Oakland A’s podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: The tough decision of releasing players

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Oakland A’s catcher Sean Murphy had a great night on Wed Aug 17, 2022 hitting two home runs against the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field in Arlington (AP News photo)

On the A’s podcast with Jerry F:

#1 The Oakland A’s released Elvis Andrus on Tuesday night ironically that was the night he hit a two run home run that contributed to the A’s 7-2 win over the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field. Andrus was a well liked player but the A’s were looking to cut salary and released him.

#2 Andrus was hitting .237 with eight home runs and 21 RBIs how much will his contribution be missed?

#3 There is also talk that catcher Stephen Vogt could be released by the A’s he’s still with the club and is looked as a leader in the clubhouse.

#4 The A’s released Jed Lowrie last week it was an emotional decision that was made by the A’s and manager Mark Kotsay. It was also emotional for Lowrie who had been with the team for three different times.

#5 A’s will try and get after it today at Globe Life to conclude the four game series with starting pitcher Zach Louge (3-6, 5.49) and Rangers starter Dane Dunning (2-6, 4.12) an 11:05 first pitch.

Join Jerry for the A’s podcasts each Thursday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

D’Backs Strike Back: Arizona’s heroics stand up in 3-2 win over the Giants

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By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO–The Giants got bailed out by their rock on Tuesday. On Wednesday, the Diamondbacks relied on their Stone.

Stone Garrett picked his first Major League game as the occasion to knock in a tying run and later score the go-ahead run in a 3-2 win over the Giants. The Giants saw their five-game win streak snapped as they couldn’t back another impressive start from Carlos Rodon.

Garrett, 26, spent eight seasons in the minors despite being an eighth round pick, but he failed to put up eye-catching stats until this season at Triple-A Reno were he hit 28 home runs and knocked in 95 runs in 103 games.

“I wanted it bad so I just persevered and said ‘keep going, keep going, never lose faith,'” he said. “I knew if I put in the work I would eventually get here.”

His parent flew in from sweltering North Texas upon word of his call up. Predictably and comically, Garrett’s father Greg wasn’t dressed appropriately and had to hit the concession stands for a sweatshirt.

“I knew he was going to come without a long-sleeve shirt,” Garrett said. “That was just funny to see.”

The Giants brought the heat first with Lamonte Wade Jr.’s third inning home run and J.D. Davis’ blast in the sixth. The Homer’s gave the Giants 1-0 and 2-1 leads.

Garrett’s RBI double tied in the fourth, and Garrett and Christian Walker were aboard ahead of pinch-hitter Jake McCarthy’s two-run single in the eighth.

Rodon was seeking a fourth win in the same number of starts, and he was on his game. Rodon lasted six innings, and allowed one run on two hits while fanning 11. Dominic Leone, the Giants’ second reliever brought into the game, allowed McCarthy’s single and took the loss.

“He was unable to execute his slider where he wanted to go, as a result two guys put good swings on him,” Kapler said of Leone.

The Giants took the first five games of their homestand before Wednesday’s loss. Now they’ll focus on capturing the finale on Thursday afternoon for a 6-1 stretch. Logan Webb (11-5, 3.00 ERA) will face Zach Gallen (8-2, 2.94).

Aces take game one of best of three playoff series against Phoenix, 79-63

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Las Vegas Aces guard Kelsey Plum (10) during a WNBA playoff game on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas, NV. (Photo Credit: Sports Radio Service/Shawn McCullough)

By Shawn McCullough

The Aces struck first in the first round of the WNBA playoffs with a 79-63 win over the Phoenix Mercury at Michelob Ultra Arena.

“That was one hard fought game,” said Aces head coach Becky Hammon. “We were able to break away there in the 4th quarter.”

The Aces led 55-51 with 6:54 left in the fourth quarter when Mercury center Megan Gustafson committed a flagrant 1 foul on Aces guard Chelsea Gray.

“I was just coming to help side and I wanted to tie up the ball,” said Gustafson.

Gray hit both free throws and proceeded to break the game open, scoring seven straight points for the Aces.

“I got a little upset,” said Gray. “I was able to knock it down in transition.”

Gray scored 17 points, including going 3 for 5 from three-point range.

“Don’t foul Chelsea Gray like that,” said Aces guard Kelsey Plum. “She’s just a dog and flipped the switch.”

Plum led the Aces with 22 points, while A’ja Wilson scored eight points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

The Mercury lost forward Shay Peddy to a leg injury, while also playing without Skylar Diggins-Smith (personal reasons) and Diana Taurasi (quadriceps).

“They [Phoenix] were really good,” said Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard. “The first three quarters, we were making things difficult. If more shots fell for us, it would have been a different story.”

Mercury guard Diamond DeShields led Phoenix with 18 points.

The Aces and the Mercury will play the second game of the three-game series on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena.

Las Vegas Aces – http://aces.wnba.com

Game Notes:

The Aces shot just 40.6% from the field.
Las Vegas center Kia Stokes led the Aces with 13 rebounds.
The Aces outscored the Mercury, 24-12, after Gustafson’s flagrant foul on Gray.

Game Starters:

C – 41 Kia Stokes
F – 22 A’ja Wilson
F – 0 Jackie Young
G – 10 Kelsey Plum
G – 12 Chelsea Gray

Aces Injury Report:

Dearica Hamby, out, right knee bone contusion

A’s hit three home runs to down Rangers 7-2

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Texas Rangers catcher Meibrys Viloria can’t get a handle on the ball as Oakland Athletics’ Sean Murphy (12) scores on a single by Chad Pinder in the top of eighth at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Wed Aug 17, 2022 (AP News photo)

By Jerry Feitelberg

On another emotional day for the Oakland A’s (43-75) and the Texas Rangers (52-65), the A’s won their second game in a row, downing the Rangers 7-2. The A’s cut ties with their veteran shortstop Elvis Andrus. Andrus can now sign with any team. I have included the A’s press release in the game notes section.

The Rangers are in a bit of turmoil, too. On Monday, the Rangers fired their manager Chris Woodward. On Wednesday, they dismissed Jon Daniels, who was with the team for 17 years and was the president of their baseball operations. Daniels had also been their general manager. The Rangers also designated pitcher Garrett Richards for assignment.

Even with all the day’s events, the teams still had to play a baseball game. The A’s sent Adam Oller to the mound to face the Rangers. Oller struggled earlier in the season. His record of 1-5 and ERA of 7.62 was not impressive. He was sent down to Triple-A Las Vegas to work on some of his issues.

Since his return, he has performed better. On Wednesday night, Oller pitched his finest game as an Oakland Athletic. He went six innings and allowed five hits and one run. He recorded his second win of the year.

The Rangers’ starter, lefty Cole Ragans, went five innings and allowed four hits and three runs. The A’s catcher Sean Murphy sent two of Ragans’ pitches over the fence. Murph hit a solo blast in the first and a two-run jack in the fourth. 

The A’s grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the first when Murphy homered with two out. It was Murph’s 15th of the season. The Rangers tied the score in their half of the inning. With one out Corey Seager singled. Seager went to second on a wild pitch. Oller retired Nate Lowe for the second out. Adolis Garcia doubled to drive in Seager with the run.

In the fourth, David MacKinnon walked, making his first start in an Oakland uniform. Murphy brought him home when he sent the ball over the fence in right-center-field. It was the second time in Murphy’s career that he had a multi-homer game. The A’s led 3-1. The Rangers’ pitching kept the A’s off the board until the eighth. 

Murphy led off the inning in the eighth with a double, his third hit of the night. Chad Pinder singled to drive in Murphy. The play at the plate was close. The throw to Rangers’ catcher Meibrys Viloria was on the money.

Unfortunately for Texas, Viloria could not hold onto the ball as it dropped out of his glove, attempting to put the tag on Murphy. Pinder went to third on the error.

Vimael Machin, pinch-hitting for Sheldon Neuse, singled to drive in Pinder with the A’s fifth run of the game. Oakland was done. The next hitter, Shea Langeliers, homered over the wall in right-center-field to put the A’s in the driver’s seat 7-1.

The Rangers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too little, too late. The A’s win 7-2.

Game Notes: The A’s won their second in a row to improve to 43-75. The Rangers fall to 52-65.

The winning pitcher was Adam Oller. He is now 2-5. The loser was Cole Ragans.

Sean Murphy was the hitting star for Oakland. Murphy had a double, a solo homer, and a two-run shot. He drove in three runs. Rookie Shea Langeliers hit his first Major League home run in just his eighth at-bat in the bigs.

Game four of the series will start at 11:05 am on Thursday. The A’s will have lefty Zach Logue (3-6, 5.49) on the mound. Texas will counter with righty Dane Dunning (2-6, 4.12)

The time of the game was two hours and 58 minutes. 14,846 fans were on hand to watch the A’s down the Rangers

Here is the press release from the A’s regarding Elvis Andrus

OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics recalled infielder Sheldon Neuse from Triple-A Las Vegas and released shortstop Elvis Andrus, the club announced today.

Neuse joins the A’s for the third time this year and is batting .227 with three home runs and 21 RBI in 70 games over his first two stints with Oakland. He was on the A’s Opening Day roster and hit .329 over his first 22 games, but a 13-for-91 (.143) stretch preceded his first option to Las Vegas on June 7.

The 27-year-old right-handed hitter batted .227 with a home run and four RBI in 21 games during his second stint from June 21 to July 27. Neuse is hitting .398 with five home runs, 20 RBI, and a 1.018 OPS in 25 games with the Aviators.

Andrus was batting .237 with eight home runs and 30 RBI in 106 games in his second season with Oakland. He was acquired by the A’s from the Texas Rangers on Feb. 6, 2021, with Aramis Garcia for Khris Davis, Jonah Heim, and Dane Acker and hit .243 with three home runs and 37 RBI in 146 games in his A’s debut last year.

The 33-year-old is a two-time All-Star (2010, 12) and left as the Rangers’ all-time leader in stolen bases (305). He also ranked second in games (1652), at-bats (6366) and triples (48), third in runs (893) and hits (1743), fifth in doubles (303) and walks (519), seventh in RBI (636) and eighth in extra-base hits (427).

Andrus has played 1,872 career games in the field, all at shortstop, which is the fifth-longest career-opening streak of appearing only at shortstop in Major League history behind Derek Jeter (2674), Luis Aparicio (2583), Ozzie Smith (2511) and Alan Trammell (1910). He is a .270 career hitter with 87 home runs and 703 RBI in 1,904 games in 14 seasons in the majors. Andrus is the active leader in stolen bases (324), is tied for fourth in triples (50), ranks sixth in hits (1948) and games (1904), and ninth in runs (994).

Headline Sports podcast with Michael Roberson: James highest paid safety in NFL; TJ Watt says don’t compare him to brother JJ just yet; plus more

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Los Angeles Charger safety Derwin James became the highest paid safety in league history. The Chargers are looking forward to seeing his handiwork this season. (Sports Illustrated file photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Michael:

#1 Michael, the Los Angeles Chargers signed safety Derwin James to the tune of $76 million plus for four years the highest paid safety in the game. That’s $19 million plus per year and the first year of the deal is a record setting $29 million. How big of a help will he be for the Chargers?

#2 Pittsburgh Steeler outside linebacker TJ Watt says not to compare him to his brother Arizona Cardinals defenseman JJ Watt it’s too early to make that kind of comparison. TJ said that JJ was absolutely unstoppable.

#3 San Francisco 49er Jimmie Ward who is suffering from a significant hamstring injury Dr. Marc Safran of Stanford Medical Medicine said Ward has a grade 1 or 2 strain but with a good medical staff surrounding him he could be back by week 1 against the Chicago Bears according to Dr. Safran.

#4 The hamstring is going around 49ers running back Elijah Mitchell is likely to miss pre season, cornerback Emmanuel Mosely and Daniel Brunskill are also out of action how does their absence impact the team.

#5 Turning to college football the Stanford Cardinal and quarterback Tanner McKee who had 206 completions in 315 attempts for 2327 yards. How do you like his game and what kind of season does the Cardinal expect out of him under center?

Join Michael Roberson with Headline Sports at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Earthquakes introduce Luchi Gonzales as new head coach of the team

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Luchi Gonzales posed with a jersey at his introductory press conference as the new head coach of the San Jose Earthquakes at the Signia Hotel on Wednesday Aug 17, 2022. (Sports Radio Service)

by Marko Ukalovic

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that the club has hired Luchi Gonzalez as head coach. Gonzalez, currently an assistant coach with the United States Men’s National Team, will take over at the conclusion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The interim coaching staff, led by Alex Covelo, will remain in their current roles through the end of the 2022 season.

The club introduced their new head coach, slated to take over duties in 2023, at the rebranded Signia Hotel (formerly The Fairmont) in downtown San Jose on Thursday afternoon in front of media, fans and team personnel during a press conference that was emceed by play-by-play announcer Ted Ramey.

“Luchi has all of the attributes that we sought in our next head coach,” said Earthquakes General Manager Chris Leitch. “He has had success coaching in Major League Soccer with playoff appearances in his first two seasons and has a very strong track record in youth development. His strengths and desires align with our short and long-term goals as a club, and we look forward to him taking the reins after the World Cup.”

Gonzalez, 42, has served as an assistant coach for the U.S. National Team since December 2021. With Gonzalez on staff, the USMNT played their final six qualification matches for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and secured their place in the competition for the first time since 2014.

Gonzalez stated he wants to win right away and doesn’t believe the team needs to do a full on rebuild.

“I think there is a lot of potential. I think it’s a high potential group and club. The academy is growing. You got young players doing well. You have people that would die for this jersey on this roster,” Gonzalez said.

Luchi, along with management, have a win now state of mind and emphasized that point during the presser.

“The ambition is to win, is to make the playoffs next year. Plain and simple. We must make the playoffs next year. That’s going to be our mentality, our objective. The process is the most important for me. That’s where the work has gotta be done. Everybody has to believe. Fans, team staff, me, leadership, we all gotta believe to make next year’s maybe at end of the year moment count. But it’s gotta start with believing in the next step, which the process,” Gonzales stated.

Gonzalez previously MLS coaching experience was back in 2019 as the head coach of FC Dallas. He led the club to back-to-back MLS Cup Playoff appearances in 2019 and 2020. Over those two seasons, FC Dallas lost just one of 27 home matches (17-1-9) and ranked top-seven defensively both years. He departed the club in September 2021.

Gonzaled said, “Everything I learned from my former experiences in Dallas, have led me to be in this moment to grab the opportunity for San Jose.”

San Jose has nine matches remaining on a dismal season that has them anchoring the bottom of the Western Conference standings. The Earthquakes host Socal rival LAFC on Saturday at 7:00pm at Pay Pal Park.

That’s Amaury News and Commentary: A’s releasing veterans-Looking 2023

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Stephen Vogt of the Oakland A’s hits a RBI single in the top of the eighth inning at Minute Maid Field in Houston on Sun Aug 17, 2022 against the Houston Astros (AP News photo)

A’s Releasing Veterans – Looking to 2023

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By Amaury Pi-González

Today the Oakland A’s released their veteran shortstop Elvis Andrus. Andrus was batting .237 with eight home runs and 30 RBI in 106 games in his second season with Oakland. He was acquired by the A’s from the Texas Rangers on Feb. 6, 2021 with Aramis Garcia for Khris Davis, Jonah Heim and Dane Acker and hit .243 with three home runs and 37 RBI in 146 games in his A’s debut last year.

The 33-year-old is a two-time All-Star (2010, 12) and left as the Rangers all-time leader in stolen bases (305). He also ranked second in games (1652), at bats (6366) and triples (48), third in runs (893) and hits (1743), fifth in doubles (303) and walks (519), seventh in RBI (636) and eighth in extra base hits (427).

Andrus has played 1,872 career games in the field, all at shortstop, which is the fifth longest career-opening streak of appearing only at shortstop in Major League history behind Derek Jeter (2674), Luis Aparicio (2583), Ozzie Smith (2511) and Alan Trammell (1910).

He is a .270 career hitter with 87 home runs and 703 RBI in 1,904 games in 14 seasons in the majors. Andrus is the active leader in stolen bases (324), is tied for fourth in triples (50), ranks sixth in hits (1948) and games (1904) and ninth in runs (994).

Elvis Andrus did a good job for the A’s, specially this year, However, if Nick Allen continues to show progress, he is more than likely their starting shortstop next season.

Other veterans that have recently gotten their release are: Jed Lowrie and Stephen Piscotty. Stephen Vogt could be next since the team just promoted their catcher prospect Shea Langeliers, from the minor leagues. The team is trying out all their young players during the last two months of the current season, to evaluate what they will have on hand for the 2023 season.

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