Tony La Russa still is emotional about the Athletics leaving Oakland. “My reaction at this moment is sadness and anger,” La Russa told NBC Sports California last week. La Russa managed the A's to their last World Series championship in 1989, the pinnacle of three consecutive appearances in the Fall Classic.

Tony La Russa still is emotional about the Athletics leaving Oakland. “My reaction at this moment is sadness and anger,” La Russa told NBC Sports California last week. La Russa managed the A's to their last World Series championship in 1989, the pinnacle of three consecutive appearances in the Fall Classic.

The Athletics are officially just that. After playing the previous 57 seasons in Oakland, the Athletics are now spending at least the next three years in Sacramento before their move to Las Vegas. The move was teased when the Major League Baseball schedule was released over the summer, and the team was abbreviated to just ATH.

In an offseason of change for the Athletics, at least one part of the organization will be staying the same. A's general manager David Forst has made the decision to keep one of his best players and one of the most underrated players in all of baseball. Forst will not be trading designated hitter/outfielder Brent Rooker according to MLB insider Jon Heyman of the New York Post. “We're going to keep [Rooker],” Forst said.

The team didn't really announce the dropping of Oakland formally, but a press release announcing the game times for the team's 2025 campaign at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento omitted any use of a locale or Oakland Athletics name. The Sacramento River Cats (Triple-A; Pacific Coast League), sharing the ballpark with the A's for at least three seasons until a new Las Vegas ballpark is completed, will have the exclusive use of Sacramento for now.

Athletics general manager David Forst is pursuing trades over signing free agents this MLB offseason. The approach makes sense, as it presumably could be challenging for the A's to lure free agents to play at Sutter Health Park, a stadium they will share with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, in West Sacramento. In an exclusive interview with the San Francisco Chronicle's John Shea published Friday, Forst further detailed the A's methodology this winter.

Athletics general manager David Forst is pursuing trades over signing free agents this MLB offseason. The approach makes sense, as it presumably could be challenging for the A's to lure free agents to play at Sutter Health Park, a stadium they will share with the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, in West Sacramento. In an exclusive interview with the San Francisco Chronicle's John Shea published Friday, Forst further detailed the A's methodology this winter.

The Atlanta Braves annouced they have claimed right-handed pitcher Royber Salinas from the Oakland Athletics. Long time fans familiar with the Braves farm system might recognize his name. At the time, he was ranked at the Braves No. 18 prospect. Ahead of the regular season, he made two appearances with the Athletics during Spring Training.

The Atlanta Braves have claimed Royber Salinas off waivers from the Athletics, according to the team. Salinas, 23, was traded from Atlanta to the Oakland A's as a decent-sized part of the Sean Murphy deal between the two clubs back in 2022. Salinas had been on the A's 40-man roster, so his departure will clear a spot on the roster heading into the offseason. Salinas spent most of his time with the A's in Double-A Midland in 2023 and 2024, posting a 5.48 ERA (4.21 FIP) in '23 and a 3.68 ERA (5.35 FIP) in just 36 2/3 innings this season.

The Athletics released their 2025 MLB schedule, designed to combat the Sacramento heat as the ballclub plans to play its home games at Sutter Health Park.

As the Oakland Athletics prepare to move to Las Vegas, team owner John Fisher will make a hefty investment into the construction of a new stadium. Club executive Sandy Dean announced on Thursday that Fisher and his family will invest $1 billion into the construction of a stadium in Las Vegas while U.S. Bank and Goldman Sachs will offer a $300 million loan, according to ESPN's Alden Gonzalez and the Associated Press.

The calendar hadn't changed from the month of October before the Baltimore Orioles were already making changes to their organization following another early exit in the playoffs. General manager Mike Elias was busy altering different departments of this team, including making some changes on the offensive coaching staff, but with the World Series officially ending on Oct. 30, he could turn his attention to roster decisions. The Orioles wasted no time in making their first notable move of the offseason. According to their own social media account, they announced the acquisition of Oakland Athletics outfielder Daz Cameron in exchange for cash considerations.

The Athletics are moving out of Oakland, but it didn't have to be this way. Hall of Famer and Athletics legend Reggie Jackson revealed that he actually had the high bid when John Fisher bought the team in 2005. If Jackson had his way, he believes the A's would be staying put. “I could tell you the team was sold for somewhere between $140 and $160 million,” Jackson told Front Office Sports Today.

Former Oakland A's and Houston Astros outfielder Josh Reddick took to Instagram on Saturday to share a memento that he had received from the Oakland Coliseum, courtesy of Matt Weiss, the Director, Clubhouse & Equipment Operations, and longtime hHead Groundskeeper, Clay Wood. As you can see, this is a patch of right field grass from the final game at the Oakland Coliseum, a spot that Reddick himself patrolled for five seasons (2012-2016) while also earning his first and only Gold Glove award in 2012.

The injured first baseman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history as the Dodgers topped the Yankees 6-3 in the opener.

As manager of the Oakland A's, Williams arrived just in time as the team was just about to become the dynasty they'd turn out to be, winning the American League West in 1971 (losing to the Baltimore Orioles in the playoffs), but then winning the following two championships in 1972 and 1973 before Williams went on to manage the California Angels in 1974. Over the course of his 21-year managerial career, Williams managed five first-place teams, reaching the playoffs with four of his teams: Red Sox, A's, Expos and Padres.

The Athletics' run in Oakland is over and they will be temporarily moving to Sacramento. Fans and pundits say that John Fisher is to blame for their move, saying he could have stayed in the East Bay if he truly wanted to. The New York Post is reporting Fisher is looking to sell 25% of the Athletics before they move to Las Vegas.

Tony La Russa, a decade into his Baseball Hall of Fame membership, appreciates the impending World Series' historical overtones pitting the New York Yankees with the Los Angeles Dodgers. “The unique part about this: they're both facing a tremendous amount of pressure,” La Russa said in an exclusive interview with this news organization. La Russa knows World Series heat.

Tony La Russa, a decade into his Baseball Hall of Fame membership, appreciates the impending World Series' historical overtones pitting the New York Yankees with the Los Angeles Dodgers. “The unique part about this: they're both facing a tremendous amount of pressure,” La Russa said in an exclusive interview with this news organization. La Russa knows World Series heat.

On Friday, Oct. 25, the New York Yankees play the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the 2024 World Series. The series promises to display the best baseball has to offer — and that promise lies in stark contrast to the sorry state of the Oakland Athletics, historically one of baseball's more prominent teams. Just a month before the World Series starts, the A's — who spent only $53 million on their roster this year — played one final game at their home stadium, the Coliseum.