Tomaso Anthony Milone (twitter: @TommyMilone_57)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 16, 1987 in Saugus, CA
High School: Saugus HS (Saugus, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Washington Nationals in the 10th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 2011 (Age 24)   vs. NYM 4.1 IP, 6 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Nationals 2011-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.026, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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• 4/3 Billy-Ball.com: Today’s Schedule: AL Royals (Ervin Santana) at White Sox (Jake Peavy), 2:10 Rangers (Alexi Ogando) at Astros (Philip Humber), 2:10 Tigers (Anibal...
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• 4/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Update from San Francisco: March 28/Recap: A’s @ Giants Game 31: The A’s played the Giants in San Francisco at AT&T Park tonight. I get why they do these games. “Rivalry”....

• 3/29 SoDo Mojo: A Case for Erasmo Ramirez: It’s official, the starting rotation for the Seattle Mariners on opening day will not include Erasmo Ramirez, while Blake Beavan...
• 3/29 Swingin' A's: Cespedes Takes Lincecum Deep Again, A’s Cruise to 7-3 Win Over Giants at AT&T Park: It was the first opportunity for fans in the Bay Area to see their baseball teams in person without traveling to Arizona, which...
• 3/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: BBTN Top 500: Athletics Edition: ESPN does a cool thing, the top 500 baseball players in the game ranked 1-thru-500 prior to each season (the link brings you...
• 3/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Update from PHX: March 27/Recap: Rockies @ A’s Game 30: Last game this spring at Phoenix Muni**** Stadium and the A’s dispatched the Rox 6-5. Adam Rosales‘ expected return...
• 3/28 Swingin' A's: In Conclusion: The Oakland Athletics and the Cactus League: No that’s not the howling wind of a late March rain storm you hear outside.  It’s not even the sound of the Athletics...
• 3/27 numberFire: Oakland A's 2013 Statistical Preview: Pitching: The A's finished 2012 with one of the best rotations in the majors. But with their youth, they are also one of the most uncertain...
• 3/27 mlbreports.com : Nats Acquire LHP Ian Krol To Complete The Mike Morse Deal: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday, Mar. 27/2013 By Sean Hogan (Nationals Correspondent via Citizens of Natstown.com –...
• 3/27 Swingin' A's: If I Were Billy Beane…Or How the 25-Man Roster Will Be vs. Should Be: Admit it, it’s one of your favorite things to do.  You study the team you love, pick it apart piece by piece, and come...
• 3/25 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Kyle Lohse Brewers: Fantasy Spin on Pitcher’s SigningKyle Lohse appears ready to sign for the 2013 season. Reports are that he’s staying in the NL Central with More......
• 3/25 Mets Merized: 2013 MLB Preview: American League West: AL West At A Glance Los Angeles Angels: What’s there to say about the Angels? They have the best lineup in baseball and one...
• 3/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Update from PHX: March 23/Recap: A’s @ Giants Game 26: The A’s played their cross-bay rival Giants today in Scottsdale and won 12-5. Josh Reddick is not in today’s lineup...
• 3/24 mlbreports.com : Oakland A’s Player Roster in 2013: State Of The Union Part 2: The Pitchers: Like us on Facebook here Sunday, Mar.24/2013 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Analyst/Website Owner): Billy Beane has always recycled...
• 3/24 A's Farm: A’s Spring Training Tour – 3/23/13:   Minor League Camp at Papago Park There was a lot of action at the A’s minor league camp on Saturday, with Michael Ynoa...
• 3/24 Swingin' A's: Cespedes Takes Lincecum Very, Very Deep as A’s Rout Giants 12-5: For the duration of the last 12 months there has been quite a bit of concern surrounding the performance of the 2-time Cy Young...
• 3/19 StoopSports.com: 30 in 30: Oakland Athletics: To lead you into the MLB season Stoop Sports’ MLB staff is embarking on a 30 day journey, where we will give you pre-season...
• 3/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Update from PHX: March 12/Recap: Royals @ A’s Game 17: A’s were 6-3 winners over the Cactus League leading Kansas City Royals (13-2-1) today. That improved their Cactus League...
• 3/13 Swingin' A's: Swingin’ A’s at Spring Training: Day 1: I have been so excited about the 2013 edition of the Oakland Athletics that I simply couldn’t wait until April 1st to see...
• 3/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Dixon’s Picks: Late-Round Sleeper PitchersThis last weekend, we put out a bit of a request on our Facebook page. Right now is a very More......
• 3/9 Swingin' A's: Crafting the 2013 Athletics and the Work Still to Be Done: It seems somewhat crazy to consider the notion that the Athletics are in need of more depth, Billy Beane has spent the entire...
• 3/8 Swingin' A's: A’s Even Up Cactus League Record with 7-3 Win Over M’s: In what once looked like it could shape up to be a long Cactus League, the A’s have turned their exhibition fortunes around...
• 3/7 Swingin' A's: The A’s Are A Young Spirit: The A’s are a young, exciting, and rather lively team. Their inexperience does not faze them, but rather motivates them...
• 3/3 Swingin' A's: Reddick and Moss Drop the Rockies With the Longball: There’s no doubt the A’s have been scuffling a bit thus far in the young Cactus League.  Coming into this afternoon’s...
• 3/1 Swingin' A's: Three Things That Could Go Wrong In 2013: As much as we try to focus on the positive, we find it incredibly difficult, at times anyway, to completely block out the negative...

• 2/28 Swingin' A's: 3 Players Who Will Help Lead The A’s In 2013: There is no question about it, the Oakland A’s will be a young team in 2013. The youthful A’s charged into the post-season...
• 2/27 Swingin' A's: Is the A’s Rotation Depth Lacking?: The A’s seem deep at nearly every position going into this 2013 season. They have four starting caliber centerfielders, a multitude...
• 2/25 Swingin' A's: How Many A’s Are There In River Cats?: Over the past few seasons the A’s have been bit by the injury bug a little too much. They also have been bit by slumps and inconsistency....
• 2/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Free Agent Target: Kyle Lohse: So I said I wouldn’t do anymore “Free Agent Target” pieces when Billy Beane said the roster was set. But why...
• 2/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Update from PHX: February 21: As expected Michael Ynoa arrived in camp today, I believe he was the last remaining person the A’s were waiting on so that...
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• 2/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Update from PHX: February 18: The A’s are apparently close to signing Mexican League infielder Antonio Lamas. The 23-year-old second baseman spent 2012...
• 2/19 Swingin' A's: Sonny Days Ahead: Youngster Gray Has Lots to Gain This Spring: The first time I watched Sonny Gray throw was during the College World Series in 2011 after Gray had been drafted with the 18th...
• 2/16 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Oakland A's 2013 Preview: The Oakland Athletics, 2012 American League West Champions.  I start off my write up with that because...
• 2/16 A's Farm: Getting To Know: A’s Top Pitching Prospect Dan Straily: 24-year-old right-hander Dan Straily is generally considered to be the A’s top young pitching prospect heading into 2013 –...
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• 2/12 Swingin' A's: Why This Spring Will Be Different: Spring training his finally here and the A’s are looking forward to another trip into the post-season. Yes, you read that...
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• 12/22 Swingin' A's: Santa’s Oakland A’s Naughty or Nice List: Volume 3: Well as you probably figured out by now, we all survived the apocalypse that was supposed to wipe us all from existence today,...
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• 12/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Oakland’s Rotation Fallout from the McCarthy Departure: It always hurts to say goodbye to a player you like and Brandon McCarthy was my favorite player on the A’s these past two...
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• 12/2 mlbreports.com : The Oakland A’s 2013 Roster Tree Part 2: The Pitchers: Sunday, Dec.02/2012 Chuck Booth (Lead Baseball Writer/Website Owner): Yesterday we talked about the hitters of the Oakland Athletics...

• 11/29 Swingin' A's: The A’s and Rangers Trade Destiny: The Texas Rangers have an enviable amount of depth at the shortstop position. With shortstops coming at a corner position price...
• 11/26 Swingin' A's: The Obligatory Call to Acquire Giancarlo Stanton: Since the Miami Marlins have already waived the white flag for 2013 by trading away just about every player of value on their...
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• 11/12 Rally Caps: Rookie of the Year Predictions: This season we saw a handful of stand-out candidates for the annual Rookie of the Year award, but more importantly for MLB teams...
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• 11/5 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Oakland Athletics: The A’s must address the left side of their infield this offseason. Guaranteed Contracts Yoenis Cespedes, OF: $29.5MM...
• 11/5 WahoosOnFirst: FanSided MLB 2012 Awards: AL Rookie of the Year: Mike Trout: For many fans, the end-of-season player awards are one of the biggest highlights of the long MLB offseason. There’s just...
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• 11/4 Swingin' A's: Is There Another Big Three On The Way?: The days of Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito leading the A’s to numerous postseason runs seem so long ago. Oakland...
• 11/3 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Oakland A's Resign Bartolo Colon: Let it be known, that Billy Beane will not be deterred by a positive steroid test. A year after signing Manny Ramirez...

• 10/31 Swingin' A's: How Long Will The A’s Coaching Staff Be Around?: The A’s found what could be considered their 2012 saving grace midway through the 2011 season when they hired Bob Melvin as...
• 10/30 Swingin' A's: A’s Potential Non-Tenders: The A’s have nine arbitration eligible players for the 2012 offseason. The player and team have until February to try and work...
• 10/19 Call to the Pen: 2012 Season Review Series: Oakland Athletics: Raise your hand if you predicted that the Oakland Athletics would win the AL West before the season began? Look around the room....
• 10/15 Baseball News Source: American League West – 2013 Team Needs and Outlook: Oakland needs to make some upgrades to duplicate their 94-68 Editor’s Note: This is the third column in a Baseball News Source...
• 10/10 Baseball Jerks: ALDS Game 3: Detroit Tigers’ Bats Purring in Oakland: The Detroit Tigers dropped Game 3 of the ALDS tonight at the hands of the Oakland Athletics pitching staff feat. Brett Anderson....
• 10/8 Through The Fence Baseball: Detroit shouldn’t celebrate yet; still work to do in Oakland: The regular-season excitement is over. Yes, it’s been since 1934 and 1935 that Detroit has made consecutive playoff appearances....
• 10/8 BoSox Injection: BSI Postseason Recap: Experience Reigns Over Youth In Full Day Of Division Series: Yesterday, we had a full slate of division series games with all teams in the American League and National League battling it...
• 10/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tommy Milone fans six in six: Oakland Athletics SP Tommy Milone allowed a run and five hits in six innings during Game 2 of the American League Division Series...[+] Sunday, Oct. 7, against the Detroit Tigers. He struck out six but did not make the decision.
• 10/7 Baseball News Source: Tigers Walk Off Winners Against Oakland – Lead ALDS 2-0: Miguel Cabrera had three hits for the Tigers After loading the bases in the ninth inning on two base hits, Omar Infante and Miguel...
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• 10/7 Swingin' A's: A’s Drop Game 1 As Verlander K’s 11, Pat Neshek Rises Above It All: Frankly it’s difficult to be too upset about the A’s dropping game 1 when they were facing off against one of the...
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• 10/6 Baseball News Source: Tigers, Verlander Take Game One in ALDS: Verlander dominated the A’s in Game 1 Justin Verlander gave up a leadoff home run to Oakland A’s outfielder Coco Crisp,...
• 10/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Series Preview: Tigers vs. A’s American League Division Series: The A’s today released their roster for the ALDS and will face the Detroit Tigers today at 3PM PT. Here is how the series...
• 10/6 Seedlings to Stars: Reviewing Our 2012 Top-100: #51-60 (Z.Wheeler to Milone): Today we’re back with a look at the next group of ten from Nathaniel’s 2012 S2S Top-100 list. If you’d like to check out...
• 10/6 PaulLebowitz.com: Detroit Tigers vs Oakland Athletics—ALDS Preview and Predictions: Oakland Athletics (94-68; 1st place, AL West) vs Detroit Tigers (88-74, 1st place, AL Central) Keys for the Athletics: Get depth...
• 10/4 Call to the Pen: Maybe Orioles Or A’s Will Win It All: If I was a baseball think tank I would be declaring bankruptcy after going into the tank. The Baltimore Orioles in the American...
• 10/3 Climbing Tal's Hill: The Oakland Athletics are Awesome!: The Oakland Athletics finished a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers today to capture the American League West crown. Reminiscent...
• 10/3 Baseball News Source: Improbable Rag-Tag A’s Can Win AL West With Win Over Rangers: Oakland A’s have a chance to overtake the Texas Rangers Considered in spring training as a team that could lose 100 games...
• 10/1 Swingin' A's: Late Game Longballs Propel A’s to Sweep of Seattle: Athletics 5 – Mariners 2 From the get-go it looked like the A’s were poised to smack the Mariners around a bit on...

• 9/27 Swingin' A's: Final Two Series Outlook: The A’s will have six games left after their series with Texas in Arlington wraps up Thursday. They have a chance tomorrow to...
• 9/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rangers Game 154: The A’s beat the Rangers in ten innings 3-2. The Orioles lost, the Angels won. So the A’s gained a game to be within...
• 9/26 Swingin' A's: A’s Finally Win An Extra Inning Game: No doubt about it as tonight’s game moved along into the latter innings, deadlocked at 2, many A’s fans had to have...
• 9/24 Swingin' A's: Athletics Start A Pivotal 4-Game Set In Arlington, Texas: The Athletics look to finish their current ten-game road trip in winning fashion as they head to Arlington for four games.  Thus...
• 9/24 Tyler's Think Tank: Gio Earns 20th Win: Gio Gonzalez became the first pitcher to reach the 20 win plateau this season after his Washington Nationals routed the...
• 9/22 Baseball News Source: Gio Gonzalez Wins 20th for Nationals: Gonzalez became the second pitcher in franchise history to win 20 games Their Major League-best starting rotation seemingly weakened...
• 9/21 Baseball News Source: Oakland A’s Keep Winning with Rookie Rotation: Even with one obstacle after another, the young and hungry Oakland A’s keep winning After Thursday night’s 12-4 victory...
• 9/21 Swingin' A's: The Sky Is Fully Intact: It was really quite easy to maniacally pound on the panic button after the first two games of this massive road trip at Comerica...
• 9/21 Rays Colored Glasses: AL Wild Card Roundup: A’s Pound Tigers, Rangers Beat Angels as Rays Inch Closer: The Tampa Bay Rays came up with a huge comeback win on Thursday night, rallying for 6 runs in the 9th including a walk-off 3-run...
• 9/20 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Thursday: September 20, 2012: Finally! A September breakthrough and a great day of picks. With seventeen picks to choose from, only four ended up being incorrect....
• 9/20 Swingin' A's: Everything Goes Wrong As A’s Drop 2nd Game in Detroit: After last night’s downright brutal beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Tigers it was really important for the A’s...
• 9/17 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Stock Watch – Buys Broken Down: In the finale of reviewing my choices, I take an in-depth look on the results of the players I bought throughout the year. Tommy...
• 9/15 High Heat Stats: Friday game nibbles: Rays 6, @Yankees 4: Three runs in the 5th (aided by 2 wild pitches) and a typical Price-is-right performance against the Bombers helped...
• 9/15 Swingin' A's: A’s Take First Game of Unlikely Big Series: It’s safe to say that anyone who predicted that a 3 game series between the Oakland Athletics and the Baltimore Orioles...
• 9/14 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Pirates desperately need a win as they send James McDonald against the Cubs and Chris Rusin. With McDonald coming into the...
• 9/14 Baseball News Source: Another Game, Another Walk-Off Win For Orioles: O’s sweep Rays remained tied with Yankees Manny Machado had an RBI single with two outs in the 14th inning and the Baltimore...
• 9/14 Birds Watcher: Orioles fans: “We’ve won”: Normally I try to remove myself from the Baltimore Orioles fan base in a sense in penning this column. By that, I mean that I...
• 9/13 Baseball News Source: A’s – Nationals Off-Season Trade Helping Both Teams: Gonzalez is is 19-7 with a 2.93 ERA, a 1.13 WHIP In Gio Gonzalez, the Washington Nationals have a frontline starter who can carry...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Wednesday: August 29, 2012: Another Game of the Day loss. That is three in a row and infuriating. The rest of the day was okay or at least in the...
• 9/12 The Flagrant Fan: Game Picks - Tuesday: August 28, 2012: Monday was another struggle as this is turning into a tough week so far. The Padres are amazingly hot and the picks haven't...
• 9/12 MLBTradeRumors: NL East Notes: Phillies, Fernandez, Gonzalez: The Phillies, winners of six in a row, are just four games out of the Wild Card race and back at the .500 mark with a 71-71 record....
• 9/11 Baseball News Source: Oakland A’s Brandon McCarthy Released from Hospital:  McCarthy was discharged from California Pacific Medical Campus Last Wednesday on the mound in his home ballpark, Brandon McCarthy...
• 9/11 Call to the Pen: Oakland A’s New Feel Good Team: With the boneheaded management move by Washington Nationals leaders benching Stephen Strasburg for the duration, the new flavor-of-the-month...
• 9/10 High Heat Stats: Sunday game notes: Yankees 13, @Orioles 3: Fourteen hits, 7 with RISP, pulled the Bombers clear of their see-saw tie for 1st place. Curtis Granderson came...
• 9/10 Swingin' A's: Billy Beane’s New Offense-Minded Stance: The Athletics have been known as a pitching first franchise for the better part of the last two decades. Of course the A’s have...
• 9/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone fans 10: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone allowed two runs in six innings and matched a career high with 10 strikeouts in his win over the...[+] Seattle Mariners Sunday, Sept. 9.
• 9/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Angels @ A’s Game 134: The A’s winning streak is done at nine as they fall to the visiting Halos 8-3. Really not much to write home about in this...
• 9/7 Swingin' A's: Athletics Look To “Win For McCarthy” As They Head To Seattle: To say the least, things have not been going very well for the Oakland Athletics over the past few days.  They were swept by...
• 9/6 Nolan Writin': Who do we root for?: With Oakland having just been swept by Los Angeles and now five games back from the Rangers, the division lead is looking increasingly...
• 9/6 Swingin' A's: A Losing Streak, September, Panic, And You: Subtitle: How to Keep Irrational Thoughts From Entering Your Brain It really wasn’t that long ago (3 days) that the A’s...
• 9/4 High Heat Stats: Labor Day game notes: The Game Notes hard drive died of a nostalgia overdose after watching music videos from the 1970s & ’80s. Je ne regrette...
• 9/3 Baseball News Source: Are The A’s In The Midst Of “Moneyball: The Sequel”?: Somewhere in Hollywood, writers are cranking out a script for Moneyball: The Sequel. If not, they should be. The surprising Oakland...
• 9/3 WahoosOnFirst: This Week In Indians Baseball: Week 23: After a bad end to a bad month, the Indians aimed to get on the right track by opening up September with a win on Saturday. The...
• 9/3 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: Johnny Cueto continues his quest for a Cy Young award and the Reds try to keep up their pursuit of the best record in the National...
• 9/2 mlbreports.com : Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon: Will Their Absences Be Amplified Down the Stretch?: Sunday September 2nd, 2012 Jake Dal Porto: It has been a couple of weeks since Melky Cabrera and Bartolo Colon were suspended...
• 9/2 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: The Oakland A's Are Real...And Scary: When is the shoe going to drop? When is the fairy tale that has been the Oakland Athletics season finally gong...
• 9/1 Tyler's Think Tank: Oakland On a Roll: I admit it; I was wrong. Back during the dark days of February, when I put together my 2012 season projections, I awarded the...

• 8/31 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Oakland AthleticsThe Advanced Scout mainlines caffeine as he analyzes the Oakland Athletics...
• 8/31 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics Pitching Matchups: 8/31-9/2: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Friday, August 31 @ 10:05 PM Aaron Cook, RHP (3-7, 4.76) vs  Brandon ...
• 8/31 SOX & Dawgs: Boston Red Sox @ Oakland Athletics Pitching Matchups: 8/31-9/2: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Friday, August 31 @ 10:05 PM Aaron Cook, RHP (3-7, 4.76) vs  Brandon ...
• 8/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Indians Game 128: The A’s win yet again (another shutout!) against the quite hapless and reeling Cleveland Indians winning 7-0. The win puts...
• 8/30 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Trades Fuel Athletics' Success: Only two American League teams have a better record than the Athletics, even though they traded away their closer and two top...
• 8/29 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #130: Oakland Athletics (71-57) at Cleveland Indians (55-74): By Mike Brandyberry The Indians did not score a run last night. The Indians did not score a run Monday night. The Indians did...
• 8/29 WahoosOnFirst: Athletics Hammer Zach McAllister, Shut Out Indians 7-0: Oakland’s bats came alive against Zach McAllister while Tommy Milone and the A’s bullpen kept the Tribe’s offense...
• 8/28 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Orioles Shutout White Sox – Maintain Wild-Card Lead: Chicago 0  - Baltimore 6 - Nick Markakis  drove in three runs and Chris Tillman pitched seven solid innings and the Orioles...
• 8/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Offense Absent as Tribe Blanked Again; Athletics 7, Indians 0: By Bob Toth Cleveland’s offense continued to sputter and was held in check by Oakland left-hander Tommy Milone and the A’s...
• 8/28 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game Preview #129: Oakland Athletics (70-57) at Cleveland Indians (55-73): By Mike Brandyberry Monday night the Indians played in front of a crowd that could have been a friends and family gathering,...
• 8/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Braden’s Days With Oakland Over?: The exploratory surgery that Dallas Braden took to examine how his shoulder was (not) healing, revealed that he has a torn rotator...
• 8/28 Swingin' A's: Brett Anderson Dazzles Against Indians: For the first time since Roberto Hernandez became Roberto Hernandez and not his former name Fausto Carmona, the Oakland Athletics...
• 8/27 Swingin' A's: Athletics Head To Cleveland for a 4-Game Set: The Oakland Athletics will be in Cleveland, Ohio this week for a 4-game set against the Tribe.  Just over a week ago, the A’s...
• 8/27 WahoosOnFirst: Opposition Research: David Fung Talks Oakland Athletics: The Indians have a chance to play spoiler this week as they kick off a four-game series with the surprisingly good Oakland Athletics...
• 8/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Twins @ A’s Game 123: Bartolo Colon was suspended this morning but that didn’t rattle the A’s and Tommy Milone who cruised to victory 5-1...
• 8/23 Call to the Pen: The Surprising Oakland Athletics Make Their Move: For a team that so recently had a feature film made in their honor starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, the Oakland Athletics haven’t...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone breaks losing streak: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone allowed one run and two hits, struck out five and walked one in eight innings to end a five-start...[+] winless stretch in which he had gone 0-3 since his last victory, a 9-3 decision at Minnesota on July 14. The Athletics beat the Minnesota Twins 5-1 Wednesday, Aug. 22.
• 8/22 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Rangers crush Orioles behind Beltre’s three home run night: Baltimore 3 – Texas 12 - Adrian Beltre hit three home runs, two of them in a nine run fourth inning for the Rangers and...
• 8/22 Baseball Musings: Milone in Control: Tommy Milone continues to show his fine control as he walks one batter in eight innings as the Oakland Athletics win their first...
• 8/22 MLBTradeRumors: Bartolo Colon Fails MLB Drug Test: Bartolo Colon has failed an MLB-issued drug test and has been suspended for 50 games, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com....
• 8/20 Baseball News Source: Brett Anderson Rejoins Already Deep A’s Rotation: Already boasting the second-best starters’ ERA in the American League at 3.77, the Oakland A’s rotation will get a...
• 8/20 Swingin' A's: McCarthy, Athletics Strive To Continue Success Against Minnesota: After a disappointing road trip, the Oakland Athletics found their swingin’ stroke back at the Coliseum.  The A’s...
• 8/20 Swingin' A's: Too Much Pitching, A Good Problem To Have: As Brett Anderson prepares to return to the Major Leagues for the first time since last season, the A’s have an important...
• 8/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Indians @ A’s Game 118: The Indians did all their scoring in the fourth inning, the A’s answered that four run fourth with a quick three run bottom...
• 8/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Indians @ A’s Game 118: The Indians did all their scoring in the fourth inning, the A’s answered that four run fourth with a quick three run bottom...
• 8/18 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Indians Give Up Six Unanswered and Waste Duncan Slam; A’s 6, Indians 4: By Bob Toth After a four-run fourth inning, Cleveland allowed six unanswered runs the rest of the way and Oakland won their 20th...
• 8/18 WahoosOnFirst: Duncan Slam Not Enough As Indians Drop Series Opener To Athletics 6-4: The Indians entered Friday’s contest with the Oakland Athletics hoping to improve on an impressive 25-13 record in series openers...
• 8/18 MLBTradeRumors: Non-Tender Candidate: Dallas Braden: Two years and three months ago, Dallas Braden was on top of the baseball world. He had just thrown 19th perfect game in baseball...
• 8/17 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #119: Cleveland Indians (54-64) at Oakland Athletics (62-55): By Mike Brandyberry Wednesday the Indians were again buried early through errors and poor starting pitching. The Tribe found...
• 8/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ White Sox Game 113: I have pulled virtually every muscle in my body. I have broken bones, torn/stretched/strained ligaments, had surgery, tweaks everything....
• 8/11 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: How Will The Athletics Finish?: The Athletics have not qualified for the postseason since 2006, the year Frank Thomas went from DH flier to MVP candidate by...
• 8/10 Bay Area Sports Guy: Series Preview: A’s take on the White Sox: I was browsing Baseball Prospectus today (doing some research for another article that I am writing) and went to the odds section....
• 8/9 Seedlings to Stars: MiLB Strikeout Leader Daniel Straily Joins Swingin’ A’s: The Oakland Athletics won their second fifteen-inning game in a week last Friday, topping the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4, continuing...
• 8/8 Baseball News Source: A’s Bartolo Colon – Winning With Finesse – Not Power: Nothing about veteran right-hander Bartolo Colon makes sense. In a rotation rich with talented young arms – including Brett...
• 8/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: Kuroda and run support: There’s no other way to spin it: Hiroki Kuroda‘s brief tenure with the Yankees has been wildly successful. He’s...
• 8/5 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – 5 Run Rally Helps Tigers Stun Indians: Detroit –  Miguel Cabrera hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Tigers handed the Cleveland Indians...
• 8/5 mlbreports.com : ATR: Ask the Reports Answers Your Baseball Questions: Dempster Leaving Texas, MLB Attendance is Misleading, Trout vs. Harper, James McDonald Health, and Braves Won’t Go Away: Sunday August 5th, 2012 Jonathan Hacohen:  Posted every Weekend: Your top baseball questions from the past week are answered....
• 8/3 Baseball News Source: Nationals Acquire A’s Kurt Suzuki to Bolster Catching Depth: Arguably the most complete team in the National League, the Washington Nationals bolstered their lineup on Friday when they acquired...
• 8/1 Eye On the Tigers: My July Awards: American League:Player of the MonthMike Trout - .392/.455/.804, 10 HR, .534 wOBA, 248 wRC+It wasn’t even that close, Trout...
• 8/1 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 104: James Shields Dominates As Rays Win 8-0:   James Shields had been the subject of trade rumors for for weeks. On Tuesday night, he showed why. Shield pitched his seventh...

• 7/30 mlbreports.com : In The Year of The Rookie: Who’s For Real? Comparing MLB Prospects and Suspects in Fantasy Baseball: Monday July 30th, 2012 Peter Stein:  2012 truly has been the year of the rookie. With all of this new talent and many surprises,...
• 7/27 High Heat Stats: Thursday game notes (light schedule): Mets 3, D-backs 1: Matt Harvey was 4 for 15 with a HR at Buffalo, so I guess he’s not just kidding around up there....
• 7/26 Baseball News Source: Oakland A’s Trade Deadline Moves And Billy Beane: Fueled by a rotation that is tops in the American League and fourth in the majors with a 3.37 ERA, the Oakland A’s are surprising...
• 7/26 mlbreports.com : Watch Out For the Oakland A’s: Top Pitching and Countless Walk-Offs: Wednesday July 25th, 2012 John Burns:  Nobody would have told you prior to the season that the A’s would be 7 games over .500...
• 7/26 Swingin' A's: Keeping the Focus on the Field:     During the extended success of the Oakland Athletics season over the last month and half, I’ve found myself...
• 7/24 Bay Area Sports Guy: Series Preview: A’s take their win streak north: After an improbable weekend sweep of the Yankees (my projection model said that there was just a 1.6 percent chance of that happening),...
• 7/24 Bay Area Sports Guy: What do the A’s do with their abundance of pitching?: The young starting staff for the A’s dazzled against the New York Yankees in the four-game series, accounting for three...
• 7/24 Baseball Musings: The Beane Rebuild: Dan Lependorf discusses an Oakland rebuild that actually worked: Off went All-Star Gio Gonzalez to the Nationals, for four prospects....
• 7/23 Full Spectrum Baseball: Fantasy Baseball Stock Watch: R.A Dickey…Buy?Taking a look at the fantasy baseball stocks of three players, R.A. Dickey, Yovani Gallardo and Tommy Milone....
• 7/21 High Heat Stats: Friday game notes (East Coast bias admitted): Braves 11, @Nats 10 (11): As soon as Paul Janish came up in the 11th with the go-ahead run on 3rd, you just knew he would make...
• 7/21 Bleeding Yankee Blue: YANKEES WERE CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR: It always stinks when the Yankees come real close, but can't finish it off to get the big win.  But that's baseball,...
• 7/21 Yanks Go Yard: Yankees’ rally falls short for second straight night, lose to A’s 3-2: Over the last couple months when the New York Yankees mounted a comeback it was typically all the way back and they found a way...
• 7/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Yankees @ A’s Game 93: The A’s have struggled with the Yankees for years now but tonight made it two straight against the Bronx Bombers as they...
• 7/21 It's About the Money (Stupid): Cutting Nova some slack: Last night in Oakland, it seemed as if every Athletic hit was in the gap on a rope. At one point, Ivan Nova led off three straight...
• 7/21 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks Drop Another One In Oakland, A’s Walk-Off For The Tenth Time: West coast trips are a pain in the rear end to begin with but staying up late to watch the Yankees lose on a walk-off hit in the...
• 7/21 Baseball Musings: Gio’s Replacement: The Washington Nationals made out well in their trade for Gio Gonzalez, but Oakland did fine two. Tommy Milone, one of the prospects...
• 7/20 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yanks Fall To A’s, Rookie Pitching, And Cubans: It looked like an impossible task for the Yankees last night, a rookie pitcher. A.J. Griffin wasn’t a top draft pick, he...
• 7/19 Bay Area Sports Guy: Series Preview: A’s take on the evil empire: The A’s managed a split against the first place Rangers and now get to face off against the team with the best record in...
• 7/19 Yanks Go Yard: Yanks Go Yard Series Preview Show: Yankees At Athletics: The powerful home run hitting New York Yankees will take their big bats out west for a seven-game road trip. Over the homestand,...
• 7/19 Yankees Fans Unite: Series Preview: Yankees at Athletics | 7/19/12-7/22/12: Pitching Matchups Thursday, 7/19/12, 10:05pm ET Pitching for the Yankees: Freddy Garcia, RHP Last Start:  5.0 IP, 3 ER, 5 H,...
• 7/14 District On Deck: The Nats Don’t Need Any More Pitching: The trade deadline approaches and the chatter is focusing on the Nationals “needs” for the rest of the season. There are lots...
• 7/13 Bay Area Sports Guy: Series Preview: A’s vs Twins: The A’s are .500 at the break and just 2.5 back of the last wild card spot after the all star break. It seems like they...
• 7/11 Redbird Rants: MLB Midseason Report: As we sit about four matches past the true halfway point of the season, it’s time to look at the season so far and see not...
• 7/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Mariners @ A’s Game 84: The A’s and M’s play to a lot of low scoring games and this one was no different, 1-1 into the eleventh. Chris Carter,...
• 7/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: McCarthy Wants to Stay in Oakland: If I am a starting pitcher, Oakland is a great place to pitch. The marine layer turns home runs into fly balls that settle into...
• 7/2 BoSox Injection: Red Sox & Athletics Series Q&A: After a somewhat disappointing four-game split in Seattle against the lowly Mariners, the Red Sox are in Oakland to take on...

• 6/29 Nolan Writin': Martin Perez To Start Saturday for Rangers: After his recall this past week and his Major League debut against the Tigers it was announced today that rookie Martin Perez...
• 6/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Mariners Game 74: The A’s and the M’s are noteworthy for their poor offenses and strong pitching. Again in a game between the two divisional...
• 6/28 Nolan Writin': Series Preview: Oakland Athletics (37-39) @ Texas Rangers (47-29): Since the last time these two teams started a series, Oakland is 14-8 and Texas is 15-7 and three of those Texas losses were against...
• 6/22 High Heat Stats: Thursday recap: I haven’t kept up with the recaps due to a busy week — haven’t seen a single pitch since Dickey’s last....
• 6/21 Lasorda's Lair: Wherefore Art Thou Offense?: Clayton Kershaw (5-3, 2.86) vs. Travis Blackley (1-2, 3.76) Lineup: Clayton Kershaw seeks to stop the sweep at the hands of the...
• 6/21 Lasorda's Lair: Tommy Milone Completely in Control as A’s Take Series Win: Dodgers 1 3 0 Athletics 4 8 1 WP- Milone (7-5) LP- Eovaldi (0-3) HR- Moss (7) I’m starting to think that Nathan Eovaldi...
• 6/21 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Dodgers @ A’s Game 69: One has to wonder if the A’s can figure out  away to have Tom Milone get all of his starts at home. A compete game 4-1...
• 6/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone goes the distance: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone allowed a run on three hits and a walk while striking out two in a complete-game win over the...[+] Los Angeles Dodgers Wednesday, June 20.
• 6/18 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: June 18 – June 24This week's AL two-start hurlers feature a pair of lefty aces, a handful of decent options and not much else....
• 6/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rockies Game 63: Brandon McCarthy was sidelined from today’s start and one has to wonder if these never ending injury concerns will ever...
• 6/13 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone pounded at Coors Field: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone allowed eight earned runs, seven hits and four walks over four innings Wednesday, June 13, against...[+] the Colorado Rockies. He served up three home runs in the ugly outing. Milone now sports a road ERA of 7.42, and a home ERA of 0.98.
• 6/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Diamondbacks Game 59: The interleague schedule chugs along and the A’s traveled to their spring home of Phoenix where the results were much different...
• 6/12 Fantasy Baseball Crackerjacks: Fantasy Baseball: How to Find Money: Have you ever found money? There are two ways that I have found money: 1. On the street, coins (mostly pennies) and the occasional...
• 6/6 Through The Fence Baseball: Tommy Milone, Jarrod Parker form another core of young arms for A’s: Many people like to associate “Moneyball” with the past success of the Oakland Athletics, but the most important part...
• 6/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Royals Game 54: Tom Milone takes on the Royals. He hasn’t been sharp on the road but hopes to remedy that against the Royals. Former Athletic...

• 5/30 A's Farm: Get To Know Derek Norris – A’s Catcher Of The Future:   When the A’s dealt away Gio Gonzalez, one of the team’s most po**** players, in the off-season for pitchers Tommy Milone,...
• 5/28 Bleeding Yankee Blue: KURODA CRUISES, YANKEES WIN STREAK NOW AT 5: What can I say; the Yankees are on a roll right now and everyone’s in a good mood because of it. Behind a strong Hiroki...
• 5/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Yankees @ A’s Game 48: The A’s were facing Hiroki Kuroda, who entered today’s game having a career worst year since moving over the American...
• 5/27 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees ride Kuroda, sweep A’s, 2-0: If a Kuroda blanks a team and nobody can hit, did he really pitch well? No matter, the scorecard says that Hiroki Kuroda pitched...
• 5/27 YankeeAnalysts.com: Hiroki tosses a gem as Yanks win fifth straight: The road, whether more or less traveled, has been a horror show for Hiroki Kuroda this season. Coming into today, he’d...
• 5/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Angels @ A’s Game 43: Following two trips by the A’s to Anaheim, the San Juan Capistrano Angels of Seal Beach came up to Oakland finally. Still...
• 5/22 Baseball Musings: AL West Roundup: Tommy Milone out-dueled Jerome Williams as the Athletics beat the Angels 2-1. It shouldn’t have been a duel at all as Williams...
• 5/21 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Piching Planner: May 21 – May 27: With only two teams (LA Angels and Seattle Mariner) playing 7 games this week, the AL has fewer two start pitchers to choose from...
• 5/20 PaulLebowitz.com: Believe It Or Don’t—The Good: Let’s take a look at some teams that—based on preseason expectations—are overachieving, how they’re doing it and whether...
• 5/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The A’s New Hitters: A Preview: The interleague schedule begins tonight as the A’s battle the Giants in San Francisco at AT&T Park. That means pitchers...
• 5/17 A's Farm: A’s Farm Exclusive: A’s Assistant GM David Forst Gives the Lowdown on Off-Season Acquisitions and A’s Top Prospects – Part 2: Yesterday, we brought you Part 1 of A’s Farm’s exclusive interview with A’s assistant general manager David Forst, where...
• 5/17 A's Farm: A’s Farm Exclusive: A’s Assistant GM David Forst Gives the Lowdown on Off-Season Acquisitions and A’s Top Prospects – Part 1: Now that we’re almost a month and a half into the season, it seems like a good time to reflect on the A’s big off-season moves...
• 5/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rangers Game 38: The A’s are in Arlington for a two game set with the Rangers the first of nineteen games against the AL West leaders. Tom...
• 5/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rangers Game 38: The A’s are in Arlington for a two game set with the Rangers the first of nineteen games against the AL West leaders. Tom...
• 5/16 Operation Shutdown: Gameday 37 - Nationals: Pirates (17-19) at Nationals (22-14)7:05 PM ETTV: ROOT SportsNationals Park - Washington, D.C.Starting PitchersPittsburgh - Erik...
• 5/16 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The Pirates travel down the rail line to Washington as Erik Bedard faces the Nationals and Gio Gonzalez. Don’t expect to...
• 5/13 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Oakland A's - What a surprise!!!: Yes, I know today is Mother's Day, but I hope you don't mind if I get excited for just a moment about how the...
• 5/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone picks up fifth win Friday: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone (5-2) allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits over seven innings in a victory over the Detroit...[+] Tigers Friday, May 11, with one walk and six strikeouts. He retired the last 10 batters he faced and picked up his fourth win in his last five outings.
• 5/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 33: Tom Milone takes the hill for the Athletics tonight in the second of four games versus the visiting Tigers. Milone leads the A’s...
• 5/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: McCarthy Scratched with Shoulder Soreness: Brandon McCarthy will not make his scheduled start and has been pushed to next make a start Saturday if all goes well and he recuperates...
• 5/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 29: The A’s and Rays square off against each other today with Matt Moore taking on Tom Milone. Against their respective starters...
• 5/6 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: This Week In Small Market Baseball - 5-6-2012: As a staunch Red Sox fan, there is a certain amount of relief in knowing that I have another outlet in which to pour...
• 5/1 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/30: After taking three-of-four games on the  south side of the Windy City, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines...
• 5/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Red Sox Game 24: The long awaited debut of Brandon Inge happens today as he plays third base and hits eighth. Otherwise of lineup note, Daric Barton...

• 4/30 Fire Brand of the American League: The Advanced Scout – Oakland AthleticsThe Advanced Scout grabs a steaming cup o' chowdah and analyzes the Oakland Athletics....
• 4/30 SOX & Dawgs: Afternoon Red Sox Delight - 4/30: After taking three-of-four games on the  south side of the Windy City, the Boston Red Sox return home to the friendly confines...
• 4/30 Full Spectrum Baseball: AL Pitching Planner: April 30 – May 6: This week's AL pitching matchups are pretty weak. We've got a few aces, a good grouping of middle-tier choices and a bunch of...
• 4/30 SOX & Dawgs: Oakland A's @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups - 4/30-5/2: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, April 30 @ 7:10 PM Tommy Milone, LHP (3-1, 2.00) vs Clay Buchholz,...
• 4/29 SOX & Dawgs: Oakland A's @ Boston Red Sox Pitching Matchups - 4/30-5/2: Note: Pitching matchups are subject to change Monday, April 30 @ 7:10 PM Tommy Milone, LHP (3-1, 2.00) vs Clay Buchholz,...
• 4/25 High Heat Stats: Games of Monday & Tuesday (4/23-24): Playing a little catch-up here; thirty teams generate a lot of box scores! Any neglect of your team is unintentional…. Tuesday...
• 4/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: White Sox @ A’s Game 19: Tom Milone looks to prove that he can continue to win without inducing many strikeouts or even whiffs as his K/9 rate stands at...
• 4/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone solid: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone allowed three hits and no walks while fanning five in eight shutout innings to beat the Chicago...[+] White Sox Tuesday, April 24. He said his changeup felt the best it ever has.
• 4/25 Baseball Musings: The Trade that Worked for Both Teams: The Oakland Athletics received Tommy Milone from Washington as part of the trade that sent Gio Gonzalez to the Nationals. Both...
• 4/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A Look at Brian Fuentes:  Brian Fuentes is an interesting pitcher. While there are other players who have caused more “controversy” among...
• 4/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Godfrey Optioned, Figueroa Recalled: Pedro Figueroa, long on the 40-man roster past when I thought he still would be was impressive in spring training. He also was...
• 4/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 14: The A’s took on dreaded Angels starter and whiner-in-chief C.J. Wilson at Angel Stadium and won. The A’s took three...
• 4/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone under the weather: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone (illness) was not feeling well Monday, April 16, and he was sent back to the team hotel in Southern...[+] California to rest. He is scheduled to start the series finale against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone suffers loss Saturday: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone (1-1) allowed four runs on four hits over six innings in a loss to the Seattle Mariners Saturday,...[+] April 14, with two walks and five strikeouts.
• 4/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Mariners Game 9: The A’s take on the Mariners and they get to see some new pitchers on both sides as Hector Noesi will take the hill for...
• 4/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Royals @ A’s Game 5: The A’s take on the Royals today at the Coliseum. The lineup again features Yoenis Cespedes in the cleanup spoot, with Daric...
• 4/10 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tom Milone has tremendous team debut: Oakland Athletics SP Tom Milone allowed just three hits and three walks over eight scoreless innings in a win Monday, April 9,...[+] against the Kansas City Royals. He threw 52 of his 93 pitches for strikes in the quality start.
• 4/10 Baseball Musings: Lots of Contact, Little Scoring: The Gio Gonzalez trade paid off for the Oakland Athletics Monday night as Tom Milone pitched eight shutout innings against the...
• 4/9 Full Spectrum Baseball: American League Pitching Planner: April 9 – April 15On Saturday, I took a look at the NL pitching matchups for week 2. Here is a look at the matchups for the AL...
• 4/9 MLB Dirt: 2012 Rookie Watch: AL West: A couple weeks ago I began a series of posts as I take look at rookies in 2012. I have been going division by division taking...
• 4/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Giants ST Game 24: The spring is over! Last game! Every game from now through October is real and count – even the All Star Game (ugh). A’s...
• 4/3 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ River Cats Exhibition: The A’s went to Sacramento for an exhibition game with their Triple-A affiliate River Cats at Raley Field. It would be inexcusable...

• 3/30 Blogging From The Bleachers: Season Preview: American League West: With Opening Day just about two weeks away and 25-man rosters starting to take shape, it seems as good a time as any to start...
• 3/30 MLB Dirt: My 2012 Predictions: AL West: I am continuing my 2012 prediction series by revealing my AL West standings and a few positive and negative predictions for each...
• 3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ (Hanshin) Tigers Japanese Exhibition Game 2: I had commented the other day following the A’s victory versus the Yomiuri Giants, who had a better record than the Hanshin...
• 3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ (Yomiuri) Giants Japanese Exhibition Game 1: I want to get into this game, but first I want to issue a complaint to Major League Baseball. I don’t know if Major League...
• 3/30 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Washington Nationals: The Nationals could contend for the first time since moving to Washington after obtaining two above-average starting pitchers...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Forbes, Padres, Felix, Athletics: Forbes Magazine calculates the Yankees (unsurprisingly) as the most valuable franchise in baseball, worth an estimated $1.85 billion. ...
• 3/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Parker Optioned and Coco Has Second-Thoughts: Yesterday Jarrod Parker had a rough outing walking seven Dbacks in his three and two-thirds innings of work. Subsequently, the...
• 3/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Interview: Milone, Gray, Doolittle and Pea****: On March 3rd, as a part of a visit to Spring Training in Peoria, Arizona, I was invited to come into the A’s clubhouse in Phoenix...
• 3/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Giants ST Game 17: Always nice when you can pick two wins in one day and Oakland just that today by winning both their split-squad games. This one...
• 3/17 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Best Trade Package For A Young Pitcher: When the offseason started, we figured it would be headlined by a pair of MVP caliber bats (Albert Pujols and Prince Fielder)...
• 3/17 22gigantes.com: Let’s play two! Giants will split squad against A’s and Dodgers: Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Get your green on…as in grassy infields, outfields, and lush lawn seats! (And if you happen...
• 3/16 22gigantes.com: Giants 3, Cubs 2: Eric Surkamp will probably start the season in Fresno, but if the Giants need an emergency starter, they know they have a decent...
• 3/16 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Oakland Athletics: The Athletics restocked their farm system and restored outfield depth this offseason, but their future in Oakland remains unresolved. Major...
• 3/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ White Sox ST Game 12: A’s keep rolling in Spring Training play upping their record now to 7-3 with a 9-4 win over the hapless 2-7 Chicago White...
• 3/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Royals @ A’s ST Game 11: A’s beat the Royals 10-8 today at Phoenix Muni and MLB says that the A’s are now 7-3 – that game with the Dodgers...
• 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Brewers ST Game 6: A’s and Brewers “battled” today in Maryvale. This marked the first televised A’s spring training matchup,...
• 3/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Brewers ST Game 6: A’s and Brewers “battled” today in Maryvale. This marked the first televised A’s spring training matchup,...
• 3/6 Release Points: Prospect Watch: Adam Wilk: Similar to that of new Oakland Athletic Tom Milone, Adam Wilk is another soft-tossing left-hander that succeeds by limiting base...
• 3/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Mariners @ A’s ST Game 1: This year I am going to do things a little differently on days I recap. Last year I’d write it up as a sort of narrative...

• 2/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Several pitchers impressing: Oakland Athletics Ps Tom Milone and Ryan Cook have impressed manager Bob Melvin so far this spring. C Kurt Suzuki has positive...[+] things to say about Milone's command and his changeup. Milone could win a spot in the rotation this year.
• 2/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Offseason: Was There Really a Plan?: I’ve read countless commentaries regarding the A’s offseason. I’ve agreed with some, and I’ve disagreed...
• 2/17 MLB Dirt: 2012 Oakland A’s Top 16 Prospects: The Oakland A’s system is loaded with talent that is Big League ready this year and some upside plays in the low minors thanks...
• 2/15 The Daily Catch: A Cesped-y Rebuild?: This article is courtesy of our friends at Athletics Nation Written by: Nico News that the A’s have signed Yoenis Cespedes...

• 1/31 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Baseball America Top 10 Prospects Released: Every year I wait in anti**** for the Baseball America Prospect Handbook to come out. Today we get the short preview of sorts,...
• 1/30 Swingin' A's: Who’s Your Opening Day Starter?: Sep 26, 2011; Seattle, WA, USA; Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Brandon McCarthy (32) pitches to the Seattle Mariners in the...
• 1/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Baseball America Top 10 Prospects Released: Every year I wait in anti**** for the Baseball America Prospect Handbook to come out. Today we get the short preview of sorts,...
• 1/18 Swingin' A's: A Closer Look: Raul Alcantara: Over the next couple of days Swingin’ A’s will take a closer look at some of the prospects the Athletics scored in the Trevor...
• 1/16 Swingin' A's: Report: A’s Sign Pitcher Bartolo Colon: Welcome to Oakland: The A's have reportedly comes to terms on a one-year deal with Bartolo Colon (Photo Credit: AP) You can...
• 1/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Colon to Sign in Oakland: UPDATE: There are reports the deal is for $2.0M. Which means he won’t have to do too much to “earn” his contract....
• 1/15 Swingin' A's: A Closer Look: Tom Milone: Plenty of Help: The A's could receive some help this year from pitching prospect Tom Milone (Photo Credit: Luis Alvarez/AP)...
• 1/14 Swingin' A's: Crystal Ball: What Will Oakland’s 2012 Rotation Look Like?: Oakland's 2012 Rotation: Who's In and Who's Out? Every Friday, Swingin’ A’s will make a prediction about...
• 1/6 MLB Dirt: Are the Athletics Done Dealing?: It is obvious that the Athletics are in a rebuilding process. They have dealt Trevor Cahill, Gio Gonzalez, and Andrew Bailey this...
• 1/3 Tomahawk Take: Washington Nationals Off Season Outlook, with Aaron Somers: So the Nationals are up next in our Off Season Outlook series. Aaron Somers, the editor of District on Deck kindly decided to...
• 1/3 District On Deck: Recapping DoD’s First Annual Top Prospect List: We’ve recently completed our very first annual Top Prospect list here at DoD. It was a valuable experience, both in terms...

• 12/26 Puckett's Pond: Should the Twins Trade Scott Baker?: Last week, the Padres traded Mat Latos to the Reds. A couple days ago, Gio Gonzalez went to the Nationals. In both cases, teams...
• 12/25 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 12/18/11 - 12/24/11: There was plenty of action this week as teams looked to get deals done before the holiday.. This week, the Nationals further...
• 12/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Gio Trade Fallout: Roster Crunch: First things first, one late addition to the Gio Gonzalez trade with Washington (from a our knowing of it, not necessarily negotiations-wise)...
• 12/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Gio Gonzalez Dealt To Washington for Four Prospects: Gio Gonzalez‘ tenure as an Oakland Athletic has come to its end as Billy Beane sent the southpaw to the nation’s capital...
• 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Poll: Which Team Won The Gio Gonzalez Trade?: Once again, the A's have traded away one of their top starters in exchange for a package of prospects.  Two weeks after shipping...
• 12/24 Brotherly Glove: Nationals Acquire Gio Gonzalez: The Nationals made their major of the offseason — for now, at least — by trading four prospects to the Athletics for...
• 12/24 MLB Dirt: Athletics Future Rotation: Year in and year out the Athletics’ rotation has been very solid. Last year’s rotation featured a handful of young starters...
• 12/24 MLB Dirt: Nats Solidify Rotation, A’s Get Prospect Haul in Gio Gonzalez Trade: The Washington Nationals, looking to bolster their rotation, added Gio Gonzalez in exchange for a package of four legitimate prospects,...
• 12/24 Swingin' A's: A’s Trade Gio Gonzalez To Nationals: Newest National: Gio Gonzalez has been traded by the A's to the Washington Nationals (Photo Credit: AP) It finally happened....
• 12/24 Fanspeak.com: Nats Show Desperation With Gonzalez Deal
• 12/24 Fire Brand of the American League: The Trade Market for Starting Pitching Sucks: Several name brand starting pitchers have been traded already this offseason and the players involved in the trades tells you...
• 12/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Gio Trade Fallout: Roster Crunch: First things first, one late addition to the Gio Gonzalez trade with Washington (from a our knowing of it, not necessarily negotiations-wise)...
• 12/24 Baseball Press: Hot Stove: The Nationals Trade for Gio Gonzalez: Gio Gonzalez is heading to the nation's capital. (Icon SMI)The Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics completed a six player...
• 12/24 MLBTradeRumors: Rizzo On Gonzalez, Pitching, Center Field, Bench: The Nationals and Athletics made the Gio Gonzalez trade official today, with Derek Norris, Tom Milone, Brad Pea**** and A.J....
• 12/22 Yanks Go Yard: Another Pitcher Off the Yankees Market: Gio Gonzalez to Nats: Well, so much for any Gio Gonzalez to the Yankees trade hopes you may have been holding out – he was dealt to the Nationals...
• 12/22 Motor City Bengals: Gio Gonzalez Goes To Washington: Sometimes when you really want something, you pay for it. Tonight the Nationals showed everyone in baseball just how much they...
• 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Reaction To The Gio Gonzalez Trade: The Nationals were the winners of the Gio Gonzalez sweepstakes, acquiring the left-hander from the A's today for a package of...
• 12/22 Phillies Nation: Nationals Acquire Ex-Phillie Prospect Gonzalez: Another day, another big move in the NL East. The Washington Nationals on Thursday acquired lefthanded starting pitcher, Gio Gonzalez,...
• 12/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Gio Gonzalez Dealt To Washington for Four Prospects: Gio Gonzalez‘ tenure as an Oakland Athletic has come to its end as Billy Beane sent the southpaw to the nation’s capital...
• 12/22 Baseball Musings: Gio Engineering: The Nationals pulled the trigger on a trade for a new starter: Today the Nationals traded for A’s lefty Gio Gonzalez. In return,...
• 12/22 MLBTradeRumors: Nationals To Acquire Gio Gonzalez: The Athletics will trade Gio Gonzalez to the Nationals in a deal that further depletes Oakland's pitching staff and adds to...
• 12/19 District On Deck: District on Deck’s 2012 Top 15 Nationals Prospects: #9 Tom Milone: Image courtesy: natsinsider.com Name: Tom Milone Date of Birth: February 16, 1987 Bats/Throws: Left/Left Height: 6’1″...
• 12/18 District On Deck: Could Washington and Baltimore matchup on a deal for Adam Jones?: The Orioles haven’t had a winning season since 1996 (the year I was born), and are looking to rebuild, hoping to regain the...

• 11/22 Fanspeak.com: Nationals Rotation Options:
• 11/10 Through The Fence Baseball: Washington Nationals offseason preview: starting rotation: Don’t look now, but the Washington Nationals are becoming relevant. After almost a full decade as an NL East doormat, the Nats...
• 11/9 District On Deck: S2S Top 100 – #60 Tom Milone: Left-handed starter Tom Milone appears next on the Seedlings to Stars’ Top 100 … [visit site to read more]S2S Top...
• 11/8 FanSided: The Seedlings To Stars 2012 Top 100 Prospects, #60: Tom Milone: Name: Tom Milone DOB: 2/16/87 Organization: Nationals Position: Pitcher Notable 2011 Stats: 3.22 ERA, 2.24 FIP, 9 HRA, 16 BB,...

• 9/27 B-R Blog: Homered in first game and then never again: Here are the 26 guys since 1901 who homered in their first career big-league game and then never homered again in the rest of...
• 9/22 District On Deck: Handicapping Nats’ Starting Rotation For Next Year: With Davey Johnson likely being back as manager next year, his first task will be making decisions on who will be in the starting...
• 9/20 Phillies Nation: Gameday: Nationals (72-79) at Phillies (98-54): Washington Nationals (72-79) at Philadelphia Phillies (98-54) Game 1: Tom Milone (1-0, 4.60) vs. Kyle Kendrick (8-6, 3.22) at...
• 9/19 Seedlings to Stars: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: Tom Milone: Many po**** opinions of pitching prospects are formed from general scouting reports. While these reports are invaluable resources,...
• 9/15 MetsToday.com: Mets Game 150: Loss to Nationals: Nationals 10 Mets 1 The Nationals sweep the Mets in Citi Field and as a result, leapfrog over them and into third place in the...
• 9/7 B-R Blog: Quick recap – Early games of 9/7/11, etc.: Games of Wednesday, 9/7/11: -- Oakland's Guillermo Moscoso no-hit the Royals for 7.2 innings before a single by rookie catcher...
• 9/5 DC is for Baseball: Community Top Prospect List: #13: Sammy Solis' cheering section came through in poll 12 over the long weekend, gaining 60 votes. Tom Milone got 20 votes, but came...
• 9/5 Roto Think Tank: N.L. FAAB Log: September 5, 2011: Tom Milone $11.  Other bids: $4.Millone’s first major league start must have turned a few people off.  Brad Pea****...