On Monday, players from within the Oakland Athletics organization hit in the batting cages, stretched together and went through fielding drills — all signaling the first day of full-team spring training. “I think everyone here misses TK,” catcher Shea Langeliers said.

On Monday, players from within the Oakland Athletics organization hit in the batting cages, stretched together and went through fielding drills — all signaling the first day of full-team spring training. “I think everyone here misses TK,” catcher Shea Langeliers said.

The Oakland A's are building for the future and part of their foundation is an abundance of young catchers who will see more development with the addition of some experienced pitchers. Catchers Tyler Soderstrom and Shea Langeliers are entering their first and second full seasons in MLB, respectively. The A's acquired Langeliers in 2022 as a prospect in the deal that sent superstar first baseman Matt Olson to the Atlanta Braves, so there are high expectations for him to be a leader on the team even though he is only 26. “It's kind of like I've been here for a little bit, but I'm still a young guy,” Langeliers said.

One day after Oakland A's president Dave Kaval had a positive meeting with Oakland and Alameda County officials about extending the A's lease at the Coliseum until 2028, Sacramento emerged as the front-runner to host the A's from 2025-27. According to a report in The Athletic on Friday, the A's are eyeing Sutter Health Park, the 14,000-capacity Triple-A home of the San Francisco Giants, to host them until their ballpark in Las Vegas is ready in 2028.

The Oakland Athletics are a team that is seemingly stuck at the bottom of the MLB for the foreseeable future. With a roster devoid of talent and a potential relocation to Las Vegas in the works, not much attention is being paid to the A's as we head into the 2024 campaign. According to Zack Gelof, though, that may be just what the team wants. One of the few bright spots in 2023 was Gelof, who made a 60-game debut with the team and quickly became one of the most exciting players on the team (.267 BA, 14 HR, 32 RBI, 14 SB, .840 OPS).

Sacramento is reportedly the "front-runner" to host the Oakland Athletics from 2025 through 2027 before the organization officially moves to Las Vegas, according to Evan Drellich of The Athletic. A decision is expected to be made "in weeks" rather than months, with a return to the Oakland Coliseum as well as a temporary move to Salt Lake City still on the table. The Athletics' current lease with the Oakland Coliseum expires after the 2024 MLB season.

One day after Oakland A's president Dave Kaval had a positive meeting with Oakland and Alameda County officials about extending the A's lease at the Coliseum until 2028, Sacramento emerged as the front-runner to host the A's from 2025-27. According to a report in The Athletic on Friday, the A's are eyeing Sutter Health Park, the 14,000-capacity Triple-A home of the San Francisco Giants, to host them until their ballpark in Las Vegas is ready in 2028.

One day after Oakland A's president Dave Kaval had a positive meeting with Oakland and Alameda County officials about extending the A's lease at the Coliseum until 2028, Sacramento emerged as the front-runner to host the A's from 2025-27. According to a report in The Athletic on Friday, the A's are eyeing Sutter Health Park, the 14,000-capacity Triple-A home of the San Francisco Giants, to host them until their ballpark in Las Vegas is ready in 2028.

The city of Oakland and Major League Baseball reportedly have held talks about an expansion franchise being part of the Athletics extending their lease at the Coliseum.

With MLB commissioner Rob Manfred indicating Thursday he would retire following the 2028 season, many found themselves reflecting on his legacy. A common thread running throughout preemptive Manfred postmortems is a distaste for how the commissioner handled the Oakland Athletics' impending relocation to Las Vegas. Appearing to run interference for owner John Fisher throughout the process, Manfred attracted critics in both the Bay Area and Nevada. On Thursday, Manfred raised eyebrows yet again by suggesting fans left behind by the Athletics simply become fans of the San Francisco Giants.

Jenny Cavnar is in a league of her own. Last week, Cavnar was named the primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland A's, making her the first woman to hold such a position in Major League Baseball history. Cavnar will pair up with her broadcast partner, former A's pitcher Dallas Braden, to bring fans all of the action for the 2024 season on NBC Sports California. While her new position is historic, the announcer is quick to point out that there're other women in media in baseball, including Suzyn Waldman, who works on New York Yankees radio broadcasts, Melanie Newman who does TV coverage with the Baltimore Orioles and Jessica Mendoza with ESPN and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Rob Manfred, now in his final term as commissioner, addressed the issues that face the league heading into the 2024 MLB season.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred touched down at spring training on Thursday, sharing a short flight with team executives and meeting the media. The chasm dividing the modern consumer and the manner in which MLB consistently generates some $11 billion in annual revenue — largely through multi-billion dollar national and local TV contracts — is nearing the point of rupture. Decades of passive cable TV revenue from cable subscribers that easily passed from ESPN and Fox's coffers on to MLB is about to hit a detour — in the form of a streaming alliance forged between the two network behemoths, their respective sports cable channels and Warner Bros. — all national rightsholders. Manfred himself hopes to launch a direct-to-consumer in-market streaming product for an estimated 14 teams that would both stanch the revenue bleed from teams ravaged by the Diamond Sports bankruptcy while also nudging baseball closer to modern consumption — although whether such a product would generate sufficient revenue remains in question.

Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred touched down at spring training on Thursday, sharing a short flight with team executives and meeting the media. The chasm dividing the modern consumer and the manner in which MLB consistently generates some $11 billion in annual revenue — largely through multi-billion dollar national and local TV contracts — is nearing the point of rupture. Decades of passive cable TV revenue from cable subscribers that easily passed from ESPN and Fox's coffers on to MLB is about to hit a detour — in the form of a streaming alliance forged between the two network behemoths, their respective sports cable channels and Warner Bros. — all national rightsholders. Manfred himself hopes to launch a direct-to-consumer in-market streaming product for an estimated 14 teams that would both stanch the revenue bleed from teams ravaged by the Diamond Sports bankruptcy while also nudging baseball closer to modern consumption — although whether such a product would generate sufficient revenue remains in question.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is confident the Oakland Athletics will be playing in Las Vegas starting in 2028. “The reality of the situation is that whenever you're leaving a market where you've been for decades and you're going to make a move to a different city where there's not a stadium, that's a really difficult undertaking, and it's not going to be seamless, smooth,” Manfred said Thursday. The team reached an agreement with Bally's and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip, and the Nevada Legislature approved $380 million in public financing last June for a $1.5 billion stadium that the team wants completed for the 2028 season. MLB owners unanimously approved the move in November.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is confident the Oakland Athletics will be playing in Las Vegas starting in 2028. “The reality of the situation is that whenever you're leaving a market where you've been for decades and you're going to make a move to a different city where there's not a stadium, that's a really difficult undertaking, and it's not going to be seamless, smooth,” Manfred said Thursday. The team reached an agreement with Bally's and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip, and the Nevada Legislature approved $380 million in public financing last June for a $1.5 billion stadium that the team wants completed for the 2028 season. “I am confident that the deal in Las Vegas is solid and that the A's will build a stadium in Las Vegas and play there in 2028,” Manfred said.

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is confident the Oakland Athletics will be playing in Las Vegas starting in 2028. "The reality of the situation is that whenever you’re leaving a market where you’ve been for decades and you’re going to make a move to a different city where there’s not a stadium, that’s a really difficult undertaking, and it’s not going to be seamless, smooth," Manfred said Thursday. The team reached an agreement with Bally’s and Gaming & Leisure Properties to build a stadium on the Tropicana hotel site along the Las Vegas Strip, and the Nevada Legislature approved $380 million in public financing last June for a $1.5 billion stadium that the team wants completed for the 2028 season.

Oakland is getting a new minor league baseball team called the Oakland Ballers (or “The B's”). As the city of Oakland and all of East Bay sports fandom processed the betrayal of the Oakland A's planning to relocate to Las Vegas, a few deep-pocketed fans conceived and launched a minor league team called the Oakland Ballers this past November.

After a frustrating 2023 season in which he was pushed into a bullpen role for a middling team, veteran pitcher Alex Wood decided this offseason not to re-sign with the San Francisco Giants. Outside of that, he said adjusting hasn't been too complicated so far, and he's enjoying getting to know his new teammates.

After a frustrating 2023 season in which he was pushed into a bullpen role for a middling team, veteran pitcher Alex Wood decided this offseason not to re-sign with the San Francisco Giants. Outside of that, he said adjusting hasn't been too complicated so far, and he's enjoying getting to know his new teammates.