Sub-forum for A's Minor League Teams

[Providence A's]

updated...only one of our minor league teams is still playing. Low class A Kane County leads their opening best of 3 series 1 games to 0 going into tonight.

[Providence A's]

I updated the Cougars team thread...they play West Michigan for the Midwest League Championship starting tomorrow. They are 4 - 1 so far (winning series 2 - 1 and 2 - 0).

9/12 vs. West Michigan 6:30 PM
9/13 vs. West Michigan 6:30 PM
9/14 @ West Michigan 7:00 PM
9/15 @ West Michigan 7:00 PM
9/16 @ West Michigan 7:00 PM

[Providence A's]

I updated the minor league forum with a thread for the Arizona Fall League, which has a 32 game schedule. There are 6 A's prospects playing for the Phoenix Desert Dogs.

[Providence A's]

AFL is over. The Desert Dogs won the championship. I may update the minor league forum with winter ball stats at some point.

[Providence A's]

What would you like to see in the minor league forum this year? Any ideas about mixing it up or is the current setup good?

In the past I've made a thread for each of the minor league teams. Each team thread has links to the team site, the standings, and a weekly update (give or take a day or two) of the games. I'm just trying to see how we can improve it.

[A'sDiehard]

I think it's great and I'm sorry I don't contribute much but I don't have a lot of time to follow the minor league teams. Hopefully that will change this year.

We need some more A's fans.

[Providence A's]

no need to apologize...I'm just as much to blame as anyone else here...we need more fans and I wish more would come...that I could recruit some. There aren't many in RI I'll think of some stuff...

[A'sDiehard]

Either way it's all good. I was looking at the thread topics on the A's site the other day and was like WTF? It tends to get pretty political over there as well. I love this forum.

[Providence A's]

on AN or the MLB board on the A's site? Real politics? Weird...we could do that I suppose

[A'sDiehard]

Originally Posted by Providence A's on AN or the MLB board on the A's site? Real politics? Weird...we could do that I suppose

No politics section here and it was on the A's website; they're having a Hillary lovefest over there. I don't want a politics section and prefer to just toss my bombs randomly.

I wish they'd hurry up and get the deal done in Fremont.

[Providence A's]

by "Fremont" I hope you mean "Providence"

[redsrbetter]

Hey fellas. Admittedly I have not read this thread entirely. But I was wondering what is up with Barton. I haven't heard much about him for over a year now. He was supposed to be a very disciplined hitter with some power, wasn't he? So where is he now?

[A'sDiehard]

Originally Posted by redsrbetter Hey fellas. Admittedly I have not read this thread entirely. But I was wondering what is up with Barton. I haven't heard much about him for over a year now. He was supposed to be a very disciplined hitter with some power, wasn't he? So where is he now?

Actually I think he's in camp for spring training. Let me double check the A's website and get back to you. Now you got me curious.

[Providence A's]

Originally Posted by redsrbetter Hey fellas. Admittedly I have not read this thread entirely. But I was wondering what is up with Barton. I haven't heard much about him for over a year now. He was supposed to be a very disciplined hitter with some power, wasn't he? So where is he now?

ADH is correct in that he is in camp this spring. He will start the year at AAA as he was hurt a lot of last season with a fractured elbow during a collision while running the bases. The only knock on him is that he hasn't shown a lot of power. He gets on base at a high rate and hits for a good average, but he hasn't shown the home run power yet. He also doesn't really have a true position. He was a catcher, but they have him at 1B now IIRC. There was also talk of putting him the OF. He may also end up being a DH. Here are his minor league statistics:

Year	Age	Org.	Level	 	P