Tyson William Ross

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: April 22, 1987 in Berkeley, CA
High School: Bishop O'Dowd HS (Oakland, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 2010 (Age 22)   vs. SEA 2.1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Padres 2010-2013
2013 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$501k (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 1.126, Arb Eligible: 2015, Free Agent: 2018 [*],
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• 5/17 District On Deck: Harper And Strasburg Make Their Presences Felt In Win Over Padres: In San Diego, one anchorman pitcher was more man than the rest, and his name was Stephen Strasburg. He was like a god walking...
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• 5/6 FFLockerRoom: San Diego Padres Activate James Darnell And Tyson Ross: The San Diego Padres activated third baseman and outfielder James Darnell and right handed pitcher Tyson Ross from the 15-day...
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• 5/5 FriarHood: Richard Sent to 15-Day DL; Ross Reinstated: According to Dennis Lin, writer for the SD Union-Tribune, starting pitcher Clayton Richard has been sent to the 15-day disabled...
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• 5/2 Ballr: Andrew Cashner In Line?: On a strict pitch count, Andrew Cashner only made it through four innings Saturday evening in San Francisco, but he flashed the...

• 4/24 Through The Fence Baseball: San Diego Padres to call up top prospect Robbie Erlin?: According to Friarhood.com, sources have shared that top left-handed pitching prospect Robbie Erlin will be promoted from triple-A...
• 4/24 mlbreports.com : San Diego Padres 2013 Rotation: What To Make Of It?: Like us on Facebook here Wednesday April 24th, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): The San Diego Padres currently have one...
• 4/22 Chicken Friars: Will Andrew Cashner Now Move to the Padres Starting Rotation?: Let the “San Diego Starting Rotation Shuffle” begin! On Saturday night, Clayton Richard was scratched from his start...
• 4/21 MLB Injury News: Padres place Tyson Ross on DL: The San Diego Padres have placed right-handed starting pitcher Tyson Ross on the 15-day disabled list due to a subluxation of...
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• 4/18 TheLeadoffWalk: Padres vs. Dodgers: Day 17 Observations: Padres 6, Dodgers 1 Clayton Kershaw: With the Dodgers facing the a potential sweep against the Padres, Kershaw wasn’t...
• 4/17 Mike Scioscia's Tragic Illness: Padres @ Dodgers April 17, 2013: Capuano Gone, Kemp Out: As we all expected, Matt Kemp gets his first day off of the season as he attempts to shake himself loose from what’s been...
• 4/17 Inside the Dodgers: Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp gets his first day off of 2013, and he doesn’t like it.: “I don’t like days off,” Matt Kemp said as he bounded up the dugout steps before his first off-day of 2013,...
• 4/17 Lasorda's Lair: Clayton Kershaw and Dodgers Need to Right Ship Before They Hit the Road: Clayton Kershaw (2-1, 1.16) vs. Tyson Ross (0-1, 4.82) Lineup: TBA After the lopsided loss last night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodger...
• 4/17 Through The Fence Baseball: Is San Diego Padres new ownership sending mixed signals to fans?: After being swept by the Colorado Rockies last weekend, the San Diego Padres were off to the second worst start in franchise...
• 4/9 FriarHood: Five Good Things: The Mile High Five: As the Padres left Colorado after three straight losses and a 1-5 record, some might say it is hard to find any positives from...
• 4/4 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: San Diego Padres: The Padres are banking on their younger players taking a leap forward in 2013 to help propel them into the playoff chase. Major...
• 4/2 mlbreports.com : San Diego Padres: How Will They Fare Without Chase Headley?: Like us on Facebook here Tuesday April 2, 2013 Bernie Olshansky (Baseball Writer): 2013 was going to be a rough year for the...
• 4/2 Mastersball.com: Tout Wars FAAB Report; Week of April 1: Each week, your friends at Mastersball will post the results of the weekly Tout Wars FAAB run, featuring the winning bid as...
• 4/1 FriarHood: Top 10 Padres Storylines I’m Rooting For in 2013: The 2013 season is upon us and as our Padres prepare to take the field against the Mets I decided to look at 2013 with my rose...
• 4/1 FriarHood: And the Winner Is? Tyson Ross: The San Diego Padres end their Spring Training marathon with the announcement of Right-hander Tyson Ross as their 5th starter....

• 3/30 FriarHood: Padres Projected 25-Man Opening Day Roster: Spring Training is coming to a close and the Padres are making the final tweaks to the roster.  At this point guessing is at...
• 3/28 Through The Fence Baseball: San Diego Padres preview: Injury bug continues to bite Friars: When the Seidler-O’Malley group, along with local businessman Ron Fowler, officially purchased the San Diego Padres last...
• 3/27 Sports Out West: Padres news: Freddy Garcia released by Friars: The San Diego Padres released veteran right-handed pitcher Freddy Garcia on Tuesday, making the competition for the fifth starter...
• 3/23 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason In Review: Oakland Athletics: The A’s made modest forays into free agency and completed a number of trades after winning the AL West in 2012. Major League...
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Quick Hits: Padres, Wainwright, Posey, Theriot: Cubs starting pitcher and extension candidate Jeff Samardzija struggled on the hill at times tonight, but showed a new way to...
• 3/18 Chicken Friars: Tyson Ross Making His Case for the Padres 5th and Final Starting Rotation Spot: Over the last month, seven Pitchers have been competing for the 5th and final spot in San Diego’s Starting Rotation.  Incredibly,...
• 3/13 Sports Out West: Padres news: Casey Kelly to have tests on elbow: San Diego Padres pitcher Casey Kelly is still dealing with soreness on his right throwing elbow, and will undergo tests to explore...
• 3/13 Sports Out West: Padres news: Freddy Garcia eyes starting rotation spot: With a solid outing on Tuesday night, San Diego Padres pitcher Freddy Garcia is making the coaching staff think long and hard...
• 3/12 Chicken Friars: The Race For The Fifth Spot In The Rotation: The race for the fifth spot in the rotation is heating up. With a little over three weeks a way there are a few guys making a...
• 3/12 Chicken Friars: Cashing in Cashner: On Sunday for his first spring start, Cashner threw eleven pitches for eleven strikes.  While still in ramp up stage, and taking spring...
• 3/9 Baseball Big Bro. Proj.: Looking For A Star Padre: Chase Headley (31HR,115 rbi, .286 avg) is definitely the big name on the Padres squad and the rumor mill is buzzing that...
• 3/5 Through The Fence Baseball: Projecting the San Diego Padres’ opening day pitching rotation: Let’s jump right in. Here is my projected rotation for the San Diego Padres come opening day: Edinson Volquez Clayton Richard...

• 2/27 Chicken Friars: Spring Training Position Battles: Relief Pitching: In the last installment of the Spring Training Position Battles series I will feature the relief corp. In this series, we took...
• 2/26 Swingin' A's: The Nine Lives of Jesse Chavez: At this point, I’m entirely convinced that Jesse Chavez has in his possession some type of mystical amulet that grants him...
• 2/24 Chicken Friars: What has to go right for the San Diego Padres in 2013: I have no delusions that the Padres can win a division title this year.  The Giants (gag), Dodgers, and Diamondbacks are better...
• 2/20 Chicken Friars: Spring Training Position Battles: Middle Infield: Last week, I kicked off the Spring Training Position Battle series on the starting rotation. This week we move on to the middle...
• 2/18 Chicken Friars: Will The Padres Really Add Another Starting Pitcher During Spring Training?: Like it or not Friars fans, but San Diego’s Starting Rotation still has far more questions surrounding it than answers as the...
• 2/15 FriarHood: 2013 Spring Training Preview: Feast or Famine: As the Padres begin preparing for the 2013 season the fans are left to wonder what became of the 2012 post-season announcement...
• 2/13 MLB Injury News: Padres rumors: San Diego could add starting pitcher: The San Diego Padres enter spring training with an ample amount of candidates to fill out their starting rotation. Still, the...
• 2/12 Chicken Friars: Spring Training Position Battles: Starting Pitching: With pitchers and catchers reporting today for Spring Training, this is the perfect time to kick off our Spring Training Position...
• 2/12 MLBTradeRumors: Byrnes: Padres Could Add Starter: San Diego general manager Josh Byrnes remains very much open to the possibility of looking outside of the organization to round...
• 2/11 Chicken Friars: More Good News Concerning the Padres Starting Rotation: When the offseason began, the Padres’ Starting Rotation had more questions than answers surrounding it.  San Diego’s...

• 1/25 Chicken Friars: The Padres Starting Rotation and the Evaporating Free Agent Market.: The San Diego Padres have approximately 1.37 legitimate starting pitchers.  Volquez being the “1” and Clayton Richard being...
• 1/25 Chicken Friars: The Padres Starting Rotation and the Evaporating Free Agent Market: The San Diego Padres have approximately 1.37 legitimate starting pitchers.  Volquez being the “1” and Clayton Richard being...
• 1/18 Chicken Friars: The Positives to the Padres Possibly Standing Pat with Starting Pitching Options for 2013: I cannot say that I was shocked when I read one of Corey Brock’s (Padres.com Beat Writer) more recent Tweets (via MLBTradeRumors.com)...
• 1/12 Motor City Bengals: Tigers Potential Trade Partner: San Diego Padres: Okay, so I continue personal my quest to get either Rick Porcello or Drew Smyly traded somewhere else with the San Diego Padres....
• 1/11 Chicken Friars: My Pre-Spring Training/Opening Day Starting Rotation: Spring Training is a little more than a month away, but just for the fun of it, I decided to fill-out the Padres’ starting...
• 1/9 Chicken Friars: The Padres Might Not Be Done With The Roster: Ken Rosenthal from FOX sports recapped some of the buzz surrounding Major League Baseball and the Padres were briefly mentioned...
• 1/4 Chicken Friars: Padres Are Done In Free Agency: If you’re still waiting for that big free-agent acquisition, you must wait no more. In an article by Corey Brock on Padres.com,...
• 1/2 Chicken Friars: Chicken Friars’ Readers Are Not Satisfied With The Padres Off-Season Moves: A lot has been said, or hasn’t been said about the Padres off-season moves. Some fans agree with the Padres approach on being...

• 12/31 Swingin' A's: A’s Projected 2013 Rotation: The Oakland A’s have had one strength that stands above the rest over the past two decades. Pitching. From the Big 3 consisting...
• 12/22 Swingin' A's: 2013 Brandon Moss Breakout Player Honors: The 2013 A’s roster is nearly set barring some unforeseen additions in the coming months. In 2012 the A’s struck gold with...
• 12/21 Chicken Friars: Padres Thankfully Did Not Part With Prospect Jedd Gyorko: When I read the news about the Marlins’ recent acquisition of Placido Polanco I did not think much of the move.  The Marlins...
• 12/18 A's Farm: A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 18 Update: A’s Find A Hiro To Play SS: Well, the biggest story to break for A’s fans in the weeks before the holidays was the news that A’s free agent shortstop...
• 12/17 Chicken Friars: Parting With Veteran Relievers Might Help Padres Bolster Their Starting Staff: It seems that the Padres are at a bit of a crossroads at this point in the offseason.  The franchise is still in need of some...
• 12/14 Chicken Friars: Joe Saunders is Still on the Market, Will the Padres Sign Him?: Earlier in the week, Cliff Corcoran of Sports Illustrated.CNN.com referenced some of the better Starting Pitching options who...
• 12/8 Chicken Friars: Padres Apparently Showing Interest in More Starting Pitching Help: As we have documented on Chicken Friars multiple times over the last two months, the Padres have been in need of some roster upgrades...
• 12/1 A's Farm: A’s Major & Minor League Off-Season Transactions – Dec. 1 Update: With a flurry of activity on Friday just ahead of Major League Baseball’s non-tender deadline and with the Winter Meetings starting...

• 11/22 Chicken Friars: What A Padre Fan Is Thankful For: While we all gather around the dining table today to give thanks for our family, health, and jobs during this tough economy, I’m...
• 11/20 Chicken Friars: Depth, Versatility, and Competition Make Recent Trade a Solid One for Padres: On Friday, the Padres made their first significant move of the offseason when they traded Pitcher Andrew Werner and Utility Infielder...
• 11/19 Swingin' A's: Derek Norris: The Catcher of the Future (But What About Now?): The 2012 season was another year of transition at a key position for the Athletics.  It was the season that saw Kurt Suzuki make...
• 11/18 MLBTradeRumors: Week In Review: 11/11/12 - 11/17/12: Before we dive into the week that was here at MLBTR, let's take a second to congratulate all of the players and managers who received...
• 11/17 Seedlings to Stars: Padres Acquire Tyson Ross From Athletics: Forced to be creative in how they upgrade and improve their roster, the San Diego Padres announced late Friday morning that they...
• 11/17 Chicken Friars: Padres Acquire Tyson Ross From Oakland: The Padres made their first significant personnel move the offseason today, acquiring pitcher Tyson Ross from the Oakland A’s,...
• 11/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Acquire Parrino and Werner from the Padres: The A’s and Padres completed a trade this morning with Oakland shipping right-handed pitcher Tyson Ross and MiLB first baseman...
• 11/16 Swingin' A's: A’s Ship Tyson Ross to the 619: Well this week we saw the Toronto Blue Jays and the Arizona Diamondbacks agree on the blockbuster of all blockbuster trades not...
• 11/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Padres | Tyson Ross acquired: The San Diego Padres acquired SP Tyson Ross and 1B A.J. Kirby-Jones from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for INF Andy Parrino...[+] and SP Andrew Werner.
• 11/16 MLBTradeRumors: Padres Acquire Ross For Parrino, Werner: The Padres announced that they acquired right-hander Tyson Ross and infielder A.J. Kirby-Jones from the A's for infielder Andy...
• 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...

• 9/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rangers Game 153: Why does Tyson Ross have to touch a baseball for the A’s? Care of Ross’ “pitching” the A’s fall...
• 9/25 Swingin' A's: As Usual, Bad Things Happen In Arlington as Beltre Burns A’s: It was a game that the A’s were in a position to win, but the Texas Rangers had other ideas.  For the second time on this...
• 9/25 Nolan Writin': Game 153: Beltre Battles Gut to Help Rangers Win: Let’s get the not so fun stuff out of the way first… Derek Holland tossed an unimpressive three innings Monday night....
• 9/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Yankees Game 151: This game was a real see-saw affair and the A’s ultimately blew it. Their second extra inning loss in a row. Their fifth...
• 9/23 Swingin' A's: The Bronx Nightmare and The Next 11 Games: And you thought Friday night’s walk off loss was brutal.  At this point I feel no need to detail the back and forth nature...
• 9/17 Swingin' A's: Straily Struggles as A’s Taken Down In Series Finale: It would have been nice to write about how the A’s swept the Baltimore Orioles today and put themselves firmly in the driver’s...
• 9/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Orioles @ A’s Game 146: The A’s could not sweep the O’s and for a second straight series dropped the final game when going for a sweep. This...
• 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...
• 9/4 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross recalledThe Oakland Athletics recalled SP Tyson Ross from Triple-A Sacramento. He'll pitch out of the bullpen....[+] The Oakland Athletics recalled SP Tyson Ross from Triple-A Sacramento. He'll pitch out of the bullpen.
• 9/3 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Tyson Ross Recalled from Sacramento: It is Labor Day in America and Oakland A’s fans in response will be subjected to laborious innings pitched as they have...
• 9/3 Swingin' A's: With Sweep of Red Sox A’s Show They Mean Business: Needless to say this weekend was quite a party at the O.co Coliseum.  They celebrated the remarkable run of the Petaluma National...

• 8/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rays Game 124: Tyson Ross took the hill for the A’s today as the emergency starter because of Bartolo Colon‘s drug suspension and...
• 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...
• 8/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Acquire Jesse Chavez: The A’s traded cash considerations to the Toronto Blue Jays to acquire right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez. Chavez has appeared...
• 8/24 Rays Colored Glasses: Game 124: Alex Cobb Twirls Shutout as Rays Take Opener Vs. A’s: The beauty of the Rays rotation: on any given night, any starter could shut down the opposition and toss a shutout. On Thursday...
• 8/23 Baseball News Source: AL Recaps – Cobb’s Shutout Keeps Rays Winning: Oakland 0 – Tampa Bay 5 –  Alex Cobb dominated the Oakland Athletics and pitched a four[hit shutout to earn his eighth...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross to be sent down: Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin said SP Tyson Ross will be sent down to the minor leagues. Ross said he will be recalled...[+] in September to help out in the bullpen.
• 8/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Tyson Ross Up For Tampa Bay Start: Tyson Ross has been recalled by the A’s to fill the spot in the rotation vacated by Bartolo Colon care of his 50 game PED...
• 8/23 Baseball Musings: Games of the Day: The red hot Reds face off against the Phillies in the pitching matchup of the day as Johnny Cueto battles Cole Hamels. Since the...
• 8/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross recalledThe Oakland Athletics recalled SP Tyson Ross from Triple-A Sacramento....[+] The Oakland Athletics recalled SP Tyson Ross from Triple-A Sacramento.
• 8/22 Swingin' A's: Bartolo Colon Suspended 50 Games for PEDs: As CBS’s Jon Heyman first reported A’s veteran start Bartolo Colon has been suspended for 50 games under the MLB...
• 8/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross entering rotation: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross will take the rotation spot of SP Bartolo Colon, who was suspended 50 games for a banned substance....[+]
• 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 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...
• 8/18 A's Farm: Friday, August 17th: Boyd’s Bat Leads AZL A’s to Victory while Bees Win and Cats & Ports Lose: A’s Farmhand Of The Day   PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats  3 New Orleans Zephyrs      4 (LP –...
• 8/13 A's Farm: Sunday, August 12th: Ross Pitches Cats to Victory while Bees Win and Hounds & Ports Both Fall: A’s Farmhand Of The Day   PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats    3 Oklahoma City RedHawks  1 (WP –...

• 7/28 A's Farm: Friday, July 27th: LeVier’s 2 HRs Lead Ports to Victory while Ross & Granier Pitch Cats & Bees to Wins:   A’s Farmhand Of The Day   PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats  7 Salt Lake Bees          ...
• 7/13 Bay Area Sports Guy: Mid-season Progress Report: Despite dearth of talent, A’s could be contenders: It is the traditional midpoint (even if it isn’t the mathematical midpoint) of the season, which means there is no better...
• 7/5 A's Farm: Wednesday, July 4th: Cats & Ports Blast Opponents while Hounds & Bees Fall on the 4th: A’s Farmhand Of The Day   PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (TRIPLE-A) Sacramento River Cats  18 Fresno Grizzlies            ...
• 7/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s DFA Fuentes and Reinstate Colon: Bartolo Colon was reinstated from the disabled list today as he is set to make the start tonight against the visiting Red Sox....
• 7/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Rangers Game 77: What an infuriating game to watch, first of all it takes forever (three hours, fifty-four minutes), of course the A’s lose,...

• 6/29 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Chris Carter Up to Oakland; Tyson Ross Down to Sacramento: First baseman Chris Carter was recalled by the A’s today. Carter, who really should be a designated hitter and likely will...
• 6/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross needs to develop secondary pitch: Oakland Athletics manager Bob Melvin said Friday, June 29, that before SP Tyson Ross returns from Triple-A Sacramento, he needs...[+] to develop a better array of pitches and last longer. 'He needs to get deeper in games,' Melvin said. 'He needs to find a secondary pitch that's a bit slower. If his fastball velocity is 92, 93 and his slider is 87, 88, that's probably not a big enough gap for a starter. Sometimes his rhythm can be a little bit off and teams, therefore, run on him a little bit too much.'
• 6/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Giants @ A’s Game 72: I hate long games. This game lasted four hours, fifteen minutes and featured 385 pitches thrown by a combined twelve pitchers....
• 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...
• 6/28 Roto Think Tank: Martin Perez Today, (Blank) Tomorrow: Yesterday, I treated my readers to five National League pitching phenoms that might get the call later this season....
• 6/23 AroundTheFoghorn: Giants’ Hold Off Athletics Late Rally, Cain Goes For Sweep Of Oakland Tomorrow: For five innings, the Oakland A’s Tyson Ross baffled the San Francisco Giants, hard as that is to believe. Coming into the...
• 6/23 Raising Matt Cain: Just another laugher: Early troubles. Comeback. Near-disaster. Triumph. I really didn't need the unbearable agony at the end. I was nice and relaxed...
• 6/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Hicks and Ross Up; Colon and Cowgill to the DL: Two somewhat unsurprising moves before today’s game against the Giants. The A’s needed to add starting pitcher Tyson...
• 6/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Bartolo Colon Set to Hit DL: It appears likely that the A’s will be sending Bartolo Colon to the disabled list with an oblique strain. These pesky injuries...
• 6/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Ross Sent Back to Sacramento; Figueroa Up: Tyson Ross had one start with Oakland and while he didn’t pitch that poorly he didn’t convince A’s brass that...
• 6/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Padres @ A’s Game 66: A’s won their fifth straight with a win over the hapless now 23-43 Padres at the Coliseum. Some timely hitting helped to...
• 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross sent down: The Oakland Athletics have optioned SP Tyson Ross to Triple-A Sacramento. In a corresponding move, the team recalled P Pedro Figueroa...[+] from Triple-A Sacramento.
• 6/17 Chicken Friars: Bullpen Blues: Padres Cough Up Lead To A’s, Lose 6-4: The Padres were getting no-hit through five innings, by a pitcher with an ERA over 6. Tyson Ross, who’s younger brother...
• 6/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Uncertain if Tyson Ross sticks around: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed just two earned runs, one hit and four walks over six innings in a no-decision Saturday,...[+] June 16, against the San Diego Padres. Ross also struck out six batters in the spot start in place of the injured SP Brandon McCarthy (shoulder). Manager Bob Melvin would not commit to what the next step is for Ross.
• 6/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Ka’aihue Outrighted, Ross and Sogard Up; Rosie and Scribner Down: The A’s made a flurry of moves today. Firstly Kila Ka’aihue passed through waivers and was outrighted to Sacramento....
• 6/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross draws start for Saturday: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross will make the start Saturday, June 16, against the San Diego Padres in place of the injured SP...[+] Brandon McCarthy (shoulder).
• 6/10 A's Farm: Saturday, June 9th: Ross Pitches Cats to Victory as Hounds, Ports and Bees Fall: A’s Farmhand Of The Day   TRIPLE-A PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Sacramento River Cats     10 Colorado Springs Sky Sox  2 (WP...
• 6/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: A’s Release Jeff Fiorentino: Non-roster invitee Jeff Fiorentino was the victim of the roster crunch in Sacramento with the recent demotions of both Tyson Ross...
• 6/2 MLBTradeRumors: A's Release Jeff Fiorentino: Today's minor moves.. The Athletics have released Triple-A outfielder Jeff Fiorentino, according to Casey Pratt of CSNBayArea.com...

• 5/31 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Tyson Ross Optioned: Tyson Ross was optioned to Sacramento today, so no off day in Kansas City enjoying barbeque or visiting the Negro Leagues Baseball...
• 5/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Twins Game 51: Two bad pitchers square off against each other. Can the two anemic offenses manage a few runs? Tyson Ross is up for the A’s,...
• 5/30 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross continues to get hit hard: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross went only five innings in his loss to the Minnesota Twins Wednesday, May 30, and he's lost six...[+] of his last seven starts for an ERA of 7.34 over that time. He owns the highest opponent batting average at .337 for a pitcher with a minimum of 40 innings. Ross allowed four earned runs and six hits while walking three and striking out just one in the 79-pitch effort.
• 5/27 FanSided: Series Preview: Oakland Athletics at Minnesota Twins, May 28-30: A new series dawns, and with it the chance to erase some of the embarrassment from the Tiger series. Can the Twins take down the...
• 5/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Yankees @ A’s Game 47: The A’s and Yankees continue their series with Vallejo native C.C. Sabathia taking the mound against his former teammate...
• 5/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Yankees @ A’s Game 46: The Yankees have owned the Oakland A’s as of late and tonight’s game was no different. Though it may have looked close...
• 5/26 It's About the Money (Stupid): Yankees go deep three times, beat Oakland 6-3: It has seemed at times this year as though the Yankees just can't catch a break when someone makes a mistake on defense, with...
• 5/26 YankeeAnalysts.com: Yankees top A’s 6-3 behind solid outing from Nova: The Yankees began their West Coast trip in Oakland against the Athletics, with Ivan Nova squaring off against Tyson Ross.  Nova...
• 5/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Giants Game 41: The A’s are an even 20-20 after 40 games and I for one cannot say I’d expected them to be in this spot. If someone...
• 5/19 Raising Matt Cain: Giants double up Athletics: Friday night's ugly win was as much about the A's generosity (nine walks), as the Giants prowess with the two-bagger (Crawford,...
• 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...
• 5/15 Halo Hangout: Angels Shut Out Again, Make The Wrong Kind Of History: The Angels suffered yet another shutout last night, their second at the hands of the Oakland A’s, when the fell 5-0 at home....
• 5/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 36: Most people would not have guessed that the A’s would roll into Anaheim in the middle of May finding Los Angeles in last...
• 5/15 Baseball Musings: Western Roundup: Low scoring ruled the west coast Monday night as no game produced more than five runs. The Angels continued reeling as Tyson Ross...
• 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...
• 5/11 Roto Think Tank: A.L. Gearing Up: May 15-21: Rising UpDerek Lowe (25% owned last week; 29% this week)Lowe probably isn't available in most A.L.-onlies, but his previous...
• 5/10 High Heat Stats: Jekyll and Hyde Pitchers: Recently, John Autin coined the term “disaster start” to denote starts where a pitcher allows more runs than innings...
• 5/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Blue Jays @ A’s Game 31: A’s fall to the Blue Jays in one of those weird Wednesday afternoon games 5-2. The loss ends the A’s three game win...
• 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...
• 5/5 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross roughed up in start: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed seven runs on nine hits in 3 1/3 innings against the Tampa Bay Rays Friday, May 4, to...[+] suffer his second loss of the season. He struck out two batters and walked two in the game.
• 5/4 FanSided: Game 27: David Price Dominates A's As Rays Win 7-2:   The Tampa Chamber of Commerce is now 2-0 when picking the lineup. Joe Maddon had the Chamber of Commerce pick the lineup...
• 5/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Rays Game 27: A’s take on the Rays winners of 12 out of 13 at Tropicana Field this year. The A’s throw Tyson Ross out there who...

• 4/29 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Orioles Game 22: As the A’s played the Orioles and lost 10-1, I was in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium to see the Major League debut of Bryce...
• 4/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Jarrod Parker to Be New #5 Starter: The A’s will call up top prospect Jarrod Parker to make the start Wednesday versus the Chicago White Sox. This move is not...
• 4/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross wins on 25th birthday: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed one run and four hits in 6 2/3 innings to pick up a win Sunday, April 22, against the...[+] Cleveland Indians on his 25th birthday. Ross is the 18th Athletics pitcher to start on his birthday, and only the fifth to win. Former SP Todd Stottlemyre was the last Athletics pitcher to win on his birthday, 17 years ago in 1995.
• 4/22 Did The Tribe Win Last Night?: Game #14—Cleveland Indians (8-5) at Oakland Athletics (7-9): By Mike Brandyberry After a nine game, three city road trip, most teams are anxious to get home to the comfort of their own city...
• 4/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Indians @ A’s Game 17: Tyson Ross takes the hill today on his 25th birthday for the A’s in his second start of the year. He is countered by Justin...
• 4/20 FanSided: Series Preview: Cleveland Indians at Oakland Athletics: Tonight the Indians look to continue what has been a successful first road trip of the season when they take on the Oakland Athletics...
• 4/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 12: The A’s win 5-3. Decent offense, decent pitching, all around good performance. The A’s with the win again move into...
• 4/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Carignan and Cowgill Optioned; Ross and Wagner Recalled: Andrew Carignan and Collin Cowgill have been demoted to Sacramento. Tyson Ross, as expected given he was the projected starter...
• 4/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Angels Game 11: I had the pleasure (not sure if that is the right word to use…) of seeing this game live at the Big A tonight in Anaheim....
• 4/16 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Dreams of a Crisp Trade and the 25-Man: On MLBTradeRumors.com there was talk of Coco Crisp being a potential fit for the Boston Red Sox given that Jacoby Ellsbury is...
• 4/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross set to make debut Tuesday: The Oakland Athletics will recall SP Tyson Ross from Triple-A Sacramento to start Tuesday, April 17, against the Los Angeles Angels...[+] of Anaheim. Ross, who is the team's fifth starter, will be opposed by SP Dan Haren. Ross was 0-1 with a 4.00 ERA in nine innings over two starts with the River Cats, allowing four earned runs, 10 hits and three walks with four strikeouts over nine innings.
• 4/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Giants @ A’s ST Game 23: Matt Cain and his newly minted $112.5M contract extension came across the Bay to Oakland on a misty night for the second game...
• 4/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Hunter Traded, Gonzalez Released, Carignan to Stay: Today the A’s traded Cedric Hunter to the St. Louis Cardinals for cash considerations. Hunter was pretty well buried on...

• 3/30 The Daily Catch: Cactus League Week 3: This article is courtesy of our friends at Baseball Me Love Written by: John Bohan Taking a look at the Cactus League in Arizona...
• 3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: 2012 Oakland A’s Preview: This year because the A’s start so early and the rest of the teams start so late – well, the rest of the teams excluding...
• 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...
• 3/20 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: Recap: A’s @ Diamondbacks ST Game 18: The Athletics took on the Diamondbacks in Scottsdale today at the Salt River Fields. The A’s got to face off against two...
• 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...
• 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Dodgers @ A’s ST Game 7: In Japan if a game goes twelve innings and the two teams are tied in an effort to ensure fans can make the last train home the...
• 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Mariners ST Game 2: I went to today’s tilt between the Mariners and A’s at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona. Nice facility...
• 3/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: Dodgers @ A’s ST Game 7: In Japan if a game goes twelve innings and the two teams are tied in an effort to ensure fans can make the last train home the...
• 3/6 Mastersball.com: Beware Ichiro and Figgy: I gotta say that as much fun as it is to scramble off to Phoenix for some spring games and some drafting, as my poor old body...
• 3/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Recap: A’s @ Mariners ST Game 2: I went to today’s tilt between the Mariners and A’s at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, Arizona. Nice facility...

• 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....
• 1/14 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...

• 12/30 High Heat Stats: 2011 Part-time All-Stars: Josh Harrison, part-time 2011 NL All-Star third basemanIcon SMIHere are the players who played part-time in 2011 (maximum of 100...
• 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...
• 12/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Have We Seen the Last of Tyson Ross?: The A’s had a great rotation in 2011, but perhaps greater than anything was the depth. In a season that started out with...
• 12/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Have We Seen the Last of Tyson Ross?: The A’s had a great rotation in 2011, but perhaps greater than anything was the depth. In a season that started out with...

• 10/13 MLBTradeRumors: Offseason Outlook: Oakland Athletics: As the Athletics await resolution on their stadium situation, they’ll look to restore outfield depth and improve their weak...
• 10/5 Mastersball.com: AFL Bats are HOT in Opening Games: The Arizona Fall League opening day saw some sun, a few raindrops, and a ton of hits. In the game I was at the Salt River Rafters...
• 10/4 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Intro’ing the A’s Fifth of the Phoenix Desert Dogs: Today marks the beginning of the Arizona Fall League schedule. From now until November 17th the Phoenix Desert Dogs will play,...

• 9/21 Mastersball.com: Arizona Fall League Primer: We still have a few weeks left in the 2011 MLB regular season and hopefully your team is still in the hunt. But just a week after...
• 9/15 i70baseball.com: Chasers On A Roll, Take Game TwoChasers collect 18 hits in 15-4 romp; need one win for first PCL title...

• 8/16 The Friarhood: Padres Sign Four Draft Picks: (Press Release Courtesy of the San Diego Padres Media Department) SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres announced today that the...
• 8/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Possible Waiver Deal – Rich Harden?: Rich Harden was nearly traded to the Red Sox prior to the deal being nixed at the last moment by Theo Epstein and the Sox. The...

• 7/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: What to Make of Guillermo Moscoso?: Guillermo Moscoso is a series of contradictions – even to those who don’t like advanced stats his 2.16 ERA doesn’t...
• 7/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: “Live Blogging”: Mariners @ A’s Game 88: 2:48PM PDT: Andrew Bailey ends this one gets the save and salvages at least a win in this series. Mariners put up an Oaklandesque...

• 6/30 Swingin' A's: Harden’s back to toy with my emotions: So here we are on the eve of Rich Harden‘s long-awaited season debut with the A’s which can only mean one thing: It’s...
• 6/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Midway Point Marks: So the A’s have played half their schedule. The one take away? These guys can’t hit. Their offense as a whole has...
• 6/29 MLBTradeRumors: Heyman On Padres, Athletics, Twins: The latest from SI's Jon Heyman... The Padres are being aggressive in engaging in trade discussions, say executives who...
• 6/24 Brotherly Glove: The Anemic Athletics: The Phillies kick off a weekend series against the visiting Oakland Athletics tonight, with Vance Worley taking on Guillermo Moscoso....
• 6/20 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (39-30) at OAK (30-40): The Oakland A's -- the only team the San Francisco Giants haven't lost to this year -- will host the defending World Series champions...
• 6/18 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics Sign Doug Mathis: The Athletics have signed Doug Mathis to a minor league deal according to the Triple-A Pacific Coast League transactions page....
• 6/17 22gigantes.com: Series preview: SF (39-30) at OAK (30-40): The Oakland A's -- the only team the San Francisco Giants haven't lost to this year -- will host the defending World Series champions...
• 6/9 MLBTradeRumors: A's Fire Geren, Hire Melvin : Mired in a nine-game losing streak, the Athletics are making changes. They announced this morning that they have relieved...
• 6/8 The Biz of Baseball: Details on all 1,530 Players Selected in the 2011 MLB First-Year Player Draft: Major League Baseball today completed the 2011 First-Year Player Draft with a total of 1,530 players being chosen in the 50...
• 6/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Brett Anderson Back in Bay Area: In a cascading few weeks of ever worsening news, Brett Anderson is headed back to the Bay Area as we speak to have his elbow examined...

• 5/30 YankeeAnalysts.com: Series Preview | Yankees vs. Athletics I: A 16-3 record over the last two seasons says the Yanks can stomp all over your mound as much as they please: Hope you’re all enjoying the Memorial Day holiday! Though you may be off from work, the Yankees are not, as they continue...
• 5/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 49: 7:54PM PDT: Guillermo Moscoso isn’t so bad at that run over to first, he’s done a good job on some pretty fast guys...
• 5/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross eager to rehab injury: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (oblique), on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained left oblique, was working Sunday, May...[+] 22, at AT&T Park in San Francisco trying to do what he can to rehab his injury. He was icing his injury, doing shoulder exercises to keep his arm active, and riding a stationary bike.
• 5/21 Baseball Reality Tour: Why Not Travis Banwart?: The Oakland A's rotation has taken a big hit in the last few days. We've been picking the A's to win this year since the start...
• 5/21 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Guillermo Moscoso, Josh Outman expected to be promoted: The Oakland Athletics are expected to recall minor league SPs Guillermo Moscoso and Josh Outman next week to fill the void in...[+] their starting rotation due to injuries suffered by SPs Brandon McCarthy (shoulder) and Tyson Ross (oblique).
• 5/21 MLBTradeRumors: Athletics Sign Lenny DiNardo: The Athletics have signed Lenny DiNardo according to Mike Ashmore of The Hunterdon County Democrat (on Twitter). He will report...
• 5/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s@ Giants Game 45: 7:58PM PDT: He had the green light, ground out to second base. 7:57PM PDT: Trevor Cahill due up, in spring training they wouldn’t...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross to miss handful of weeks: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (oblique) said Friday, May 20, that he expects to miss a handful of weeks. He is not likely to...[+] begin any kind of baseball activities for at least 10 days.
• 5/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Three Up, Three Down (Two For a While)…: Big roster news for the Oakland A’s today. Not surprisingly, Trystan Magnuson was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento. Not entirely...
• 5/20 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: When Win Probabilities Fail Us: Yesterday’s A’s game highlighted the problems with WPA and how it is calculated. I am not offering a solution, I don’t...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Make several pitching moves: The Oakland Athletics placed SP Tyson Ross (oblique) on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left oblique Friday, May 20....[+] SP Brandon McCarthy (shoulder) was also put on the disabled list with a stress fracture in his right scapula. Ps Joey Devine, Fautino De Los Santos and Jerry Blevins were all recalled from the minors, while RP Trystan Magnuson was sent down.
• 5/20 22gigantes.com: Series preview: OAK (22-22) at SF (24-19): This weekend, the defending World Champion San Francisco Giants host their cross-bay rival Oakland Athletics in a three-game series...
• 5/20 MLBTradeRumors: AL West Notes: Ross, Lee, Faulkner: Craig Breslow has a 3.02 ERA with 7.6 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9 through 146 innings with the Athletics. It was on this date two years...
• 5/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Two options to replace Tyson Ross: Updating previous reports, Oakland Athletics SPs Josh Outman and Guillermo Moscoso are the two options to replace SP Tyson Ross...[+] (oblique) if he lands on the disabled list.
• 5/19 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Disastrous Day at the Coliseum: Three words you never want to hear about your starting pitcher: left oblique strain were bandied about quite a bit in Oakland...
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross injured early: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (undisclosed) left his start after seven pitches against the Minnesota Twins Thursday, May 19....[+] P David Purcey relieved Ross.
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross injures obliqueUpdating a previous item, Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (oblique) left his start Thursday, May 19, with an oblique strain....[+] Updating a previous item, Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (oblique) left his start Thursday, May 19, with an oblique strain.
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross updateUpdating previous reports, Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (oblique) is dealing with a left oblique strain....[+] Updating previous reports, Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross (oblique) is dealing with a left oblique strain.
• 5/18 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters May 19thCheck daily for suggest spot starts and analysis. ...
• 5/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Braden Who?: Tyson Ross had another impressive outing, this outing being his first since learning that the man he replaced in the rotation,...
• 5/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross has longest outing of career: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed two earned runs, six hits and a walk over 7 1/3 innings in a win Saturday, May 14, against...[+] the Chicago White Sox. The outing was the longest of his career, which spans 11 starts. He was dinged for a homer by White Sox 1B Paul Konerko, ending a 34 1/3 inning stretch without allowing a home run.
• 5/12 Bus League Baseball: Welcome to the Show: Major League Debuts From May 5-11: Three young guys made their debuts this week and while I was checking Baseball-Reference to figure out if any of them were THE...
• 5/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Rain, Braden, Morales and More: So today’s game between the A’s and Rangers didn’t happen. Rainouts are weird like that once the game has started....
• 5/11 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross to stick in rotation: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross is expected to remain in the No. 5 spot in the rotation with SP Dallas Braden (shoulder) undergoing...[+] surgery on his left shoulder.
• 5/10 MLBTradeRumors: A's Young Starters Basically Untouchable: The A's will explore ways of upgrading their roster this season, but the youngest members of their rotation are 'basically untouchable,'...
• 5/9 Motor City Bengals: Royals Can’t Capitalize; Drop First Home Series: Despite putting the leadoff hitter on base in five of nine innings, the Royals score in just one, putting up two runs in the sixth....
• 5/9 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross evens record at 2-2: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed two earned runs, six hits and three walks with four strikeouts over six innings in a win...[+] Sunday, May 8, against the Kansas City Royals. Ross has posted three consecutive quality starts.
• 5/8 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Royals Game 35: 2:34PM CDT: And that is not the way to get to the bullpen early as the A’s let Francis get a six-pitch inning in the top...
• 5/7 Baseball Moves: Spot Starters May 7th: Spot Starters: Spot Starters will be an article with suggested probable pitchers for tomorrow. These Spot Starters will be owned...
• 5/3 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Indians @ A’s Game 30: 7:27PM PDT: 1-2-3 top of the second inning for Tyson Ross. So far he is looking sharp again, he has thrown 27 pitches so he isn’t...
• 5/2 Baseball Moves: Spot Starter May 3rdCheck out the daily article to see the suggested spot starters for each date....
• 5/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Questions for May: One day late into the month but it is still important to ask some May questions and one day certainly fails to answer any. So...

• 4/28 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Understocked Manager at Overstock.com Coliseum: The Oakland A’s return home tomorrow to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum, except that it is no longer the Oakland-Alameda...
• 4/28 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross looks sharp: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed just four hits and a walk in seven scoreless innings in a no-decision Wednesday, April...[+] 27, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He also struck out three in the 76-pitch quality start.
• 4/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Angels Game 24: 5:25PM PDT: Another three up-three down inning for Tyson Ross as he gets Hank Conger to strike out swinging to end the fifth....
• 4/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross takes loss: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross surrendered three runs on four hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings against the Seattle Mariners...[+] Friday, April 22, according to The Associated Press.
• 4/22 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Mariners Game 20: 7:20PM PDT: Ray Fosse has made the point several times regarding the spin of the ball and seeing if things are going to go foul...
• 4/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross to start Friday: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross will make his first start in place of the injured SP Dallas Braden (shoulder) Friday, April 22,...[+] against the Seattle Mariners, reports MLB.com.
• 4/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross takes rotation spotOakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross took SP Dallas Braden's (shoulder) rotation spot, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports....[+] Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross took SP Dallas Braden's (shoulder) rotation spot, FOXSports.com's Ken Rosenthal reports.
• 4/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Braden to 15-Day DL, Harden to 60-Day DL: The addition of David Purcey this morning required several roster moves and we now know what they are. Not entirely surprising,...
• 4/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Dallas Braden might be pushed back: Oakland Athletics manager Bob Geren said Sunday, April 17, that SP Dallas Braden (shoulder) was scheduled to meet with an orthopedist...[+] and he indicated that Braden's next scheduled start might be pushed back due to the schedule off day Monday, reports Susan Slusser, of the San Francisco Chronicle. The results of Braden's appointment won't be known until Monday, April 18. It's likely SP Tyson Ross would be called upon as a substitute if Braden cannot go.
• 4/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Imagining a Bradenless Future: The news regarding Dallas Braden does not appear as if it will be good. But he is expected to see a doctor tomorrow regarding...
• 4/17 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Tigers @ A’s Game 16: 2:28PM PDT: Paul from Hayward gets the “Ask Glen and Ray” question and asks (and I kid you not) “what is a crooked...
• 4/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross solid in long relief: Oakland Athletics RP Tyson Ross allowed just one hit and one walk over three scoreless innings Monday, April 11, earning a relief...[+] win against the Chicago White Sox. Ross also struck out four batters, throwing 28 of his 41 pitches for strikes.
• 4/11 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ White Sox Game 10: 8:24PM CDT: It is interesting having Mark Ellis hit fifth and Hideki Matsui sixth. I suppose it is because Matsui is a lefty against...
• 4/9 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Twins Game 8: 8:22PM CDT: Josh Willingham walks to load the bases with one out (they absolutely need to capitalize on this and score some runs)....
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross late joining team: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento Wednesday, April 6, but he was late joining the team because...[+] his flight was delayed in Minneapolis, reports Susan Slusser, of the San Francisco Chronicle. Ross is likely to work in long relief and will be available Thursday, April 7.
• 4/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Michael Wuertz to the DL: As reported earlier Tyson Ross was called up this morning amid uncertainty over whether or not this had something to do with a...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Michael Wuertz bound for disabled list: Oakland Athletics RP Michael Wuertz (hamstring) will be placed on the disabled list with a strained left hamstring, according...[+] to Jane Lee of MLB.com. SP Tyson Ross has been called up to replace Wuertz on the roster.
• 4/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Tyson Ross Gets Promoted: Maybe I am right? The other day when discussing the flipping of Dallas Braden and Brandon McCarthy in the rotation I was su****...
• 4/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Dallas Braden scratched: Oakland Athletics SP Dallas Braden (neck) was scratched from his start Wednesday, April 6, the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan...[+] Slusser reports. SP Tyson Ross is slated to come up and make the start for him.

• 3/31 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Andy LaRoche is 2011′s Tyson Ross: The A’s finalized their 25-man roster today. The winners in the final roster spots were Andy LaRoche as the backup infielder,...
• 3/30 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: The Pre-Season Predictions: 2011 Edition: The time has come to make bold predictions that will invariably be shown to be false over the course of the season. I have done...
• 3/27 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross, Bobby Cramer vying for bullpen spot: After losing out in the battle for the fifth rotation job, Oakland Athletics SPs Bobby Cramer and Tyson Ross are competing for...[+] a final bullpen spot, reports Joe Stiglich, of The Mercury News.
• 3/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Injury Clauses: A New Inefficiency?: Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe had a really interesting article regarding injury clauses popping up in Major League contracts...
• 3/27 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Rockies @ A’s ST Game 30: 9:23PM PDT: Jackson gets a double. He is really hitting a lot better as of late. I still maintain he will have a decent year and...
• 3/26 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Brandon McCarthy Named Fifth Starter: Brandon McCarthy was named the fifth starter today by Bob Geren. I don’t think really comes a surprise especially after...
• 3/26 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brandon McCarthy blasted Friday: Oakland Athletics SP Brandon McCarthy allowed six earned runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings Friday, March 25, against the Los...[+] Angeles Angels of Anaheim, reports Jane Lee, of MLB.com. 'I certainly won't let some hits today kinda sully everything,' McCarthy said. Manager Bob Geren is expected to make a decision on his fifth starter, a competition involving McCarthy, SP Bobby Cramer and SP Tyson Ross.
• 3/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Angels @ A’s ST Game 29: 1:23PM PDT: Double for Mark Trumbo. What a spring this guy is having, coming into to today he is .304/.328/.679 with five home...
• 3/25 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross makes his case for rotation spot: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed one earned run, four hits and two walks while striking out three batters in 5 2/3 innings...[+] Thursday, March 24, reports Jane Lee, of MLB.com. 'If you know Tyson, you know he's a competitor,' C Kurt Suzuki said. 'Inside, he's competing his butt off, buit on the outside, he's as calm as can be. That's what you like out of a starting pitcher. Nothing bothers him.' Ross, SP Bobby Cramer and SP Brandon McCarthy are in the running for the fifth starter job, with McCarthy viewed as the favorite.
• 3/25 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: D-backs Rattled by A’s Offense: The “big news” of the day came before the game even started when it became official that Trevor Cahill is the 2011...
• 3/24 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Cubs Pitching Shuts Down A’s Sluggers: Gio Gonzalez making his second to last start of the spring had a decent appearance, though it fell far short of his electric outings...
• 3/23 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Is Rodrigo Lopez a Fit?: Last night MLBTradeRumors.com speculated that as the Braves seek to trade Rodrigo Lopez that the A’s could be a potential...
• 3/23 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Fifth starter decision to go into weekend: Oakland Athletics SP Bob Geren will not decide a fifth starter for the rotation until the weekend, according to The Oakland Tribune's...[+] Joe Stiglich. P's Brandon McCarthy, Tyson Ross and Bobby Cramer are the candidates.
• 3/22 MLBTradeRumors: Possible Suitors For Rodrigo Lopez: The Braves are looking to trade two veteran starters: Rodrigo Lopez and Kenshin Kawakami. Lopez logged 200 innings in the majors...
• 3/20 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Fifth starter battle down to three pitchers: Oakland Athletics Ps Bobby Cramer, Brandon McCarthy and Tyson Ross are the final three competitors for the fifth starter job,...[+] reports Susan Slusser, of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• 3/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ White Sox ST Game 22: 5:20PM PDT: Tightness in the right hamstring causes Coco Crisp to leave the game… fingers crossed… 4:54PM PDT: Coming...
• 3/18 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Bobby Cramer to get audition Friday: Oakland Athletics SP Bobby Cramer, who is in a fifth-spot rotation battle with SP's Brandon McCarthy and Tyson Ross, will make...[+] his fifth spring start Friday, March 18. MLB.com's Jane Lee reports Cramer has allowed three runs and six hits with three walks and three strikeouts in nine spring innings.
• 3/18 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Competitions Left in Camp: It’d seem that the fifth starter is in all likelihood going to be Brandon McCarthy. If there is any sort of competition,...
• 3/17 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross throws 80 pitches in B game: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross, a candidate for the fifth starter job, threw 80 pitches Wednesday, March 16, in a minor league...[+] game, reports Jane Lee, of MLB.com. Ross allowed a couple of hits in five innings of work. Manager Bob Geren said Ross had “a good outing” and that “the ball was moving well” out of his hand.
• 3/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross scheduled to work Wednesday: Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross is scheduled to work in a minor league game Wednesday, March 16, reports Jane Lee, of MLB.com....[+] Ross remains in the hunt for the team's fifth starter job.
• 3/13 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Three Horse Race: Today in the San Francisco Chronicle Susan Slusser made what was already pretty well obvious official: Rich Harden is out of the...
• 3/12 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Split Squads, Split Results: The A’s had two split-squad games today winning their match in Phoenix against the Dodgers 9-2 and falling to the Brewers...
• 3/10 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: In the End It Is a Draw: If you follow Nippon Professional Baseball you’re aware that after the twelfth inning is played if the two teams remain...
• 3/7 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Mariners @ A’s ST Game 10: 1:17PM MDT: It is amazing to think that Felix Hernandez is only twenty-five. Good battle here from Jackson despite the strikeout....
• 3/7 YankeeAnalysts.com: A look at the 2011 Oakland Athletics: Note: For previous Yankee Analyst 2011 team previews, click here. The 2010 Oakland Athletics (81-81, 2nd place in the AL West)...
• 3/6 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross strengthens bid for No. 5 jobOakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed four hits in three scoreless innings Sunday, March 6, against the Milwaukee Brewers....[+] Oakland Athletics SP Tyson Ross allowed four hits in three scoreless innings Sunday, March 6, against the Milwaukee Brewers.
• 3/6 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: A’s @ Padres ST Game 7.5:   1:21PM MDT: Despite the lack of visuals (Padres online boards say the game is being televised live if you are in San Diego,...
• 3/5 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Giants @ A’s ST Game 7: 1:16PM MDT: Andy LaRoche is up, haven’t been able to gauge his ability yet at short, but so far this spring you gotta be...
• 3/2 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Live Blogging: Indians @ A’s ST Game 4: 1:20 PM MDT: Kevin Kouzmanoff comes through, it’d be nice to see that all year long. 1:18 PM MDT: Bases juiced for Hideki!...
• 3/1 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Race for Fifth: Round One: So everyone in the running for the fifth starter position with the exception of the injured Rich Harden has had a go on the mound....

• 2/24 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Fifth starter candidates to work Sunday: Oakland Atlhetics Ps Bobby Cramer, Josh Outman and Tyson Ross, all considered candidates for the fifth starter spot, will work...[+] in relief in Cactus League action Sunday, Feb. 27, reports Jane Lee, of MLB.com.
• 2/22 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Several slated for Thursday's intrasquad game: Oakland Athletics Ps Trevor Cahill, Bobby Cramer, Joey Devine, Danny Farquhar, Josh Outman, Tyson Ross and Brad Ziegler are scheduled...[+] to pitch in an intrasquad game Thursday, Feb. 24, and in the Cactus League opener Sunday, Feb. 27, reports Susan Slusser, of the San Francisco Chronicle.
• 2/15 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: My Questions Going into Spring Training: Mychael Urban and Jane Lee both had their questions going into Spring Training. These are my questions I have going into Spring...
• 2/14 T Van Poppel RC Ret Plan: Beane Comments on Club: Minor League Ball on SB Nation had an interview with A’s GM Billy Beane today. The interview was very good and covered some...

• 12/15 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Rich Harden likely to pitch in relief: Oakland Athletics manager Bob Geren is expected to use SP Rich Harden out of the bullpen next season, according to The Associated...[+] Press. The No. 5 rotation spot could go to Ps Bobby Cramer, Tyson Ross or Josh Outman.
• 12/14 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Brandon McCarthy pain-free: Oakland Athletics SP Brandon McCarthy (shoulder) has been participating in a daily shoulder program which has allowed him to pitch...[+] pain-free since he started the program last year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser. McCarthy went 2-0 with a 1.96 ERA while striking out 11 and walking three in 23 innings in the Dominican Republic this offseason. He will compete for the No. 5 spot in the rotation next season with SPs Josh Outman, Tyson Ross and Bobby Cramer.

• 11/21 MLBTradeRumors: Oakland Breaks Off Talks With Iwakuma: The Athletics have broken off talks with Hisashi Iwakuma, according to this series of tweets from Susan Slusser of the San Francisco...

• 10/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Joey Devine, Josh Outman on schedule: Oakland Athletics RPs Joey Devine (elbow) and Josh Outman (elbow) are both on schedule to be fully healthy entering Spring Training...[+] next year, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee. Devine threw 20 pain-free pitches in the instructional league recently and plans to rest for six weeks before starting to throw again in early December. Outman is scheduled to make his fifth and final instructional league start Thursday, Oct. 14. 'I'm starting to get to where I feel like I'm really pitching again,' Outman said by phone on Tuesday, 'rather than just waiting for something to hurt. I'm not quite back to where I was. There are still aches and pains, but I think that's just from getting my pitch count up again. The important thing is, I feel more relaxed - and I haven't pitched relaxed in a long time. It will be good to kind of finish on a high note.' Devine and Outman figure to be competing four the fifth starter spot along with Ps Vin Mazzaro, Bobby Cramer and Tyson Ross.

• 8/18 MLBTradeRumors: The Athletics' 2011 Rotation: Brett Anderson, Trevor Cahill, Dallas Braden, Gio Gonzalez, and Vin Mazzaro are all 27 or younger, and all five pitchers...
• 8/12 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross injured: Oakland Athletics P Tyson Ross (elbow) suffered a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow, but there is no tear, the San...[+] Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser reports. He won't throw for three or four weeks.

• 7/9 Darn this Gold Glove: Tyson Ross optioned, Ross Wolf in: Just a day after Tyson Ross got an article in the Wall Street Journal (well worth reading, about how he lives at home), the A's...
• 7/8 El Maquino: Tyson Ross Update: Tyson Ross, the guy that I discovered during the A’s series, was recently went down to the minors. But before he did, the...
• 7/8 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross to start in minors: Oakland Athletics RP Tyson Ross was sent down to the minors Wednesday, July 7, so the team could resume their efforts to stretch...[+] him out as a starter, according to MLB.com's Jane Lee.
• 7/7 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross optionedThe Oakland Athletics optioned RP Tyson Ross to the minors Wednesday, July 7, according to CBSSports.com. ...[+] The Oakland Athletics optioned RP Tyson Ross to the minors Wednesday, July 7, according to CBSSports.com.

• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross using full repertoire as starter: Oakland Athletics P Tyson Ross said he doesn't use his full repertoire of pitches while pitching in relief, according to the Contra...[+] Costa Times' Joe Stiglich. 'I've used fewer pitches as a reliever,' Ross said. 'I've mainly thrown my four-seamer, sinker and slider. There's not as much use for my changeup. I don't have to worry about keeping them off-balance (out of the bullpen).'
• 5/19 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross to start ThursdayOakland Athletics P Tyson Ross will start Thursday, May 20, according to the San Francisco Chronicle's John Shea. ...[+] Oakland Athletics P Tyson Ross will start Thursday, May 20, according to the San Francisco Chronicle's John Shea.
• 5/16 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross suffers loss Saturday: Oakland Athletics RP Tyson Ross (1-1) allowed three runs on three hits over 3 2/3 innings in a loss against the Los Angeles Angels...[+] of Anaheim Saturday, May 15, according to The Associated Press. He walked none and struck out three.

• 4/29 KFFL.com Hot off the Wire: Athletics | Tyson Ross won't enter rotation: Oakland Athletics manager Bob Geren said RP Tyson Ross will not be an option to enter the rotation and take the place of SP Brett...[+] Anderson (forearm, elbow), according to the San Francisco Chronicle's Susan Slusser.