MLB news roundup
Happy Wednesday, Athletics Nation!
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Mark Kotsay is named to Bruce Bochy’s AL All-Star team coaching staff. Kotsay will likely be the last Oakland A’s coach in an All-Star Game.
— Melissa Lockard (@melissalockard) June 25, 2024
Mark Kotsay never made the All-Star team as a player, though he probably deserved to once or twice. In 2004 he joined the A’s as their center fielder and slashed .314/.370/.459, posted 4.6 WAR, and finished fourteenth in AL MVP voting. Those are solid numbers, but they weren’t enough to get Kotsay to that season’s Midsummer Classic in Houston, where future Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki started in center field.
However, thanks to four-time World Series winer Bruce Bochy, Kotsay is finally headed to his first All-Star Game as part of the AL coaching staff. Bochy, who won his fourth World Series trophy last year, personally invited Kotsay to work with him and his Rangers coaching staff at the game, which will be held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas—the Rangers’ home turf.
AN congratulates Mark Kotsay on punching his ticket to the 2024 All-Star Game! Angela Martin at NBC Sports Bay Area has details on the sentiments Kotsay shared with reporters after his honors were announced.
Meanwhile, with last night’s loss to the Angels, the A’s have upped their current road skid to ten games. This does not bode well for getting out of the AL West cellar, nor for the enjoyment of us beleaguered fans. The A’s badly need to win today behind Joey Estes to stem the bleeding and prevent yet another sweep. Let’s go, Oakland!
Roster moves.
A’s RHP Aaron Brooks DFA’d, LHP Jack O’Loughlin to A’s, SS Jacob Wilson off LV IL, RHP Jacob Watters & IF Jose Escorche to LAN, 2B Colby Halter to LAN IL, LV IF Logan Davidson & MID RHP Jake Walkinshaw to ACL A’s on rehab, IF Jamaliel Rosado to ACL A’s…https://t.co/joKXkyUAPy
— Athletics Farm (@AthleticsFarm) June 26, 2024
Statistically significant.
Miguel Andujar is batting .324 this season, which is fifth-best in the majors among players with 100 or more plate appearances.
— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) June 25, 2024
A two-bagger, no less!
Armando Alvarez notches his first MLB hit pic.twitter.com/lZh6X4xHHc
— A's on NBCS (@NBCSAthletics) June 26, 2024
All the best, J.D.
J.D. Davis said he expects to see some time at 1B, 3B and DH as a platoon. A’s told him they were going for a youth movement, which he understood.
— Greg Joyce (@GJoyce9) June 25, 2024
“Last week I didn’t have a job and all of a sudden I’m back here in New York playing with the Yankees [against] the Mets,” he said.
Good news.
Jacob Wilson led off the game with a single in Las Vegas and came around to score. So he’s back.
— Jason Burke (@ByJasonB) June 26, 2024
Groshans arrives in Midland.
Lets give a warm welcome to a new face in Midland!!
— Midland RockHounds (@RockHounds) June 25, 2024
Jordan Groshans was acquired from the New York Yankees via trade, and assigned to the Midland RockHounds!! pic.twitter.com/hiQIuBlSqG