Rookie right-hander Joe Boyle still has a grip on the fifth and final spot in the Oakland A's rotation despite losing his command during Monday's 6-5 spring training win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 6-foot-7 Boyle only allowed one run in three innings by relying on an upper 90s fastball — on that occasionally reached triple digits — to offset a wild streak that produced five walks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Boyle, who seemingly is still ahead of fellow fifth-starter hopefuls Mitch Spence and Kyle Muller, struck out two and gave up just one hit as hitters continued to struggle against him. Boyle's only hit permitted was an infield single to speedy star Corbin Carroll.

Rookie right-hander Joe Boyle still has a grip on the fifth and final spot in the Oakland A's rotation despite losing his command during Monday's 6-5 spring training win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. The 6-foot-7 Boyle only allowed one run in three innings by relying on an upper 90s fastball — on that occasionally reached triple digits — to offset a wild streak that produced five walks at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. Boyle, who seemingly is still ahead of fellow fifth-starter hopefuls Mitch Spence and Kyle Muller, struck out two and gave up just one hit as hitters continued to struggle against him. Boyle's only hit permitted was an infield single to speedy star Corbin Carroll.

Torey Lovullo on Clubhouse Culture, Right-Handed Lineup The Diamondbacks manager discusses how the new additions have impacted the culture and their likely lineup vs. righties. Author: Michael McDermott Mar 11, 2024 9:00 PM EDT In this story: Arizona Diamondbacks Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo spoke to the media before the Cactus League game against the Oakland Athletics. The topics that came up included how their new additions have impacted the clubhouse culture set last season, their starting lineup against Oakland, and how an under-the-radar pitcher performing well this spring could factor into their rotation mix. How the New Additions Have Impacted the Culture During the offseason, the

Play continues in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 27th spring training, and 14th based at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The defending National League champions are more than halfway through their Cactus League schedule and will play a full slate of games this week, along with something new: On Saturday at 4:10 p.m., the DBacks and Rockies prospects will play at SRF in part of the inaugural MLB Spring Breakout series of showcase events. All regular Diamondbacks home games start at 1:10 p.m., and tickets are available at dbacks.com/spring.

The Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers visited Las Vegas for a two-game series as part of the annual 2024 Big League Weekend. The split squad Spring Training games were played Friday night and Saturday afternoon at the Las Vegas Ballpark, offering local fans a glimpse of the baseball season to come here in the valley. Back in Arizona, the other half of the team would take on the split squad for the Brewers on Friday and the San Francisco Giants on Saturday, where they lost both contests. Milwaukee took game one of the series by a score of 5-4 after scoring all five runs in the third and fifth innings, despite Oakland taking a 2-0 thanks to a two-run home run by left fielder Miguel Andujar in the first inning.

The Oakland Athletics came to Las Vegas this weekend for exhibition games against Milwaukee, their first appearance since announcing the relocation to what the team envisions as its future home city. The games at Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the franchise's Triple-A Aviators, featured an A's team planning a new regular-season ballpark on the Strip it hopes will open in 2028. The Nevada Legislature last June enacted $380 million in funding for a $1.5 billion stadium, and baseball owners unanimously approved the relocation in November. Las Vegas has hosted spring training games since at least 1983, and the A's played their first six regular-season games in 1996 at Cashman Field because of renovations at the Oakland Coliseum.

The Oakland Athletics came to Las Vegas this weekend for exhibition games against Milwaukee, their first appearance since announcing the relocation to what the team envisions as its future home city. The games at Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the franchise's Triple-A Aviators, featured an A's team planning a new regular-season ballpark on the Strip it hopes will open in 2028. The Nevada Legislature last June enacted $380 million in funding for a $1.5 billion stadium, and baseball owners unanimously approved the relocation in November. Las Vegas has hosted spring training games since at least 1983, and the A's played their first six regular-season games in 1996 at Cashman Field because of renovations at the Oakland Coliseum.

The Oakland A's Opening Day roster is becoming clearer Oakland A's trim spring roster to 40 Author: Jason Burke Publish date: Mar 11, 2024 7:00 AM EDT The Oakland A's made another 12 roster cuts on Sunday, bringing their current roster in camp to 40 players. 32 of those players are on the 40-man roster with eight non-roster invitees. Of the remaining players, 19 are pitchers, four are catchers, and they have eight infielders and nine outfielders. Simple math means that of the 19 remaining pitchers, six more of them will be starting their seasons in the minors leagues with a maximum of 13 pitchers allowed on a big-league staff and any time. The 12 players that are no longer with the club

The Oakland Athletics came to Las Vegas this weekend for exhibition games against Milwaukee, their first appearance since announcing the relocation to what the team envisions as its future home city. The games at Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the franchise's Triple-A Aviators, featured an A's team planning a new regular-season ballpark on the Strip it hopes will open in 2028. The Nevada Legislature last June enacted $380 million in funding for a $1.5 billion stadium, and baseball owners unanimously approved the relocation in November. Las Vegas has hosted spring training games since at least 1983, and the A's played their first six regular-season games in 1996 at Cashman Field because of renovations at the Oakland Coliseum.

Veteran utility player Abraham Toro continued to solidify his spot on the A's Opening Day roster Sunday, blasting a three-run home run and driving in four to key Oakland's 6-3 spring training win over Kansas City in Mesa, Ariz. Toro, a switch-hitting 27-year-old acquired in a minor league deal with Milwaukee in November, is now batting .400 through 25 at-bats and is second on the A's with seven RBIs.

Veteran utility player Abraham Toro continued to solidify his spot on the A's Opening Day roster Sunday, blasting a three-run home run and driving in four to key Oakland's 6-3 spring training win over Kansas City in Mesa, Ariz. Toro, a switch-hitting 27-year-old acquired in a minor league deal with Milwaukee in November, is now batting .400 through 25 at-bats and is second on the A's with seven RBIs.

Veteran utility player Abraham Toro continued to solidify his spot on the A's Opening Day roster Sunday, blasting a three-run home run and driving in four to key Oakland's 6-3 spring training win over Kansas City in Mesa, Ariz. Toro, a switch-hitting 27-year-old acquired in a minor league deal with Milwaukee in November, is now batting .400 through 25 at-bats and is second on the A's with seven RBIs.

Shawn and Aubrey Bitter drove eight hours from Salt Lake City with their young son basically to watch the Oakland A's and Milwaukee Brewers play a spring training game at Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday. Shawn, standing in a crowded concourse while watching the A's beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 at the Las Vegas Aviators' Triple-A stadium, had a green T-shirt on, but instead of the team logo, the front spelled out S-E-L-L.

Shawn and Aubrey Bitter drove eight hours from Salt Lake City with their young son basically to watch the Oakland A's and Milwaukee Brewers play a spring training game at Las Vegas Ballpark on Saturday. Shawn, standing in a crowded concourse while watching the A's beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-2 at the Las Vegas Aviators' Triple-A stadium, had a green T-shirt on, but instead of the team logo, the front spelled out S-E-L-L.

Mookie Betts is moving along in his transition to shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are hoping reliever Blake Treinen dodged a long-term injury even though he couldn't get out of the way of a wicked line drive to the ribs. Betts had six mostly uneventful innings in a 7-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday, going 1 for 3 with a single while fielding his only grounder cleanly. Betts was charged with an interference error in the fifth when Derek Hill singled and was awarded second base.

Mookie Betts is moving along in his transition to shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are hoping reliever Blake Treinen dodged a long-term injury even though he couldn't get out of the way of a wicked line drive to the ribs. Betts had six mostly uneventful innings in a 7-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday, going 1 for 3 with a single while fielding his only grounder cleanly. Betts was charged with an interference error in the fifth when Derek Hill singled and was awarded second base.

Matt Chapman recalls a great story about receiving a speeding ticket in spring training as an excited youngster with the A's.

Romeo Zaragoza until a year ago lived in the Bay Area, and like two teams dear to his heart, he found his way to Las Vegas. First it was the Raiders leaving Oakland for Las Vegas before the 2020 season, and in roughly four years the Athletics will join them. With the A's on Friday night playing the first of two exhibitions at Las Vegas Ballpark against Milwaukee, Zaragoza wanted to catch them in person.

A look at the proposed $1.5 billion baseball stadium for the Las Vegas Strip to house the Oakland A's. Romeo Zaragoza until a year ago lived in the Bay Area, and like two teams dear to his heart, he found his way to Las Vegas. First it was the Raiders leaving Oakland for Las Vegas before the 2020 season, and in roughly four years the Athletics will join them. With the A's on Friday night playing the first of two exhibitions at Las Vegas Ballpark against Milwaukee, Zaragoza wanted to catch them in person.

The slugging first baseman hit a grand slam, a double and drove in five runs on a sunny day in Phoenix