Oakland Athletics

The Kansas City Royals lucked out when trading with the Athletics at last season's deadline. In former Athletics reliever Lucas Erceg, the Royals acquired the breakout star who would become their closer for the entire stretch run. After putting up a 2.88 ERA/1.17 FIP in 23 outings in Kansas City, Erceg looks to have the inside track on locking up his closer job permanently in 2025. The A's have since moved to Sacramento for the next three seasons, and have spent the most money in franchise history for a single offseason, in large part to avoid a potential grievance from the owners that would threaten their revenue-sharing status.

The Athletics continue to represent one of the most relevant storylines of the 2024-25 offseason. After years of running some

Local Sports Athletics announce Opening Day jersey patches and giveaways The Athletics announced opening day giveaways, offering fans trucker hats and rally towels featuring Rickey Henderson. More Videos Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Next up in 5 Example video title will go here for this video Author: Kailee Bryant Published: 11:17 AM PST January 17, 2025 Updated: 11:56 AM PST January 17, 2025 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Are you ready to step up to the plate this baseball season? The Athletics have announced opening day giveaways and jersey game day patches they will wear on March 31. The team will open the season wearing a Sacramento and Rickey Henderson jersey patch.

Hoping to become a two-way player in Major League Baseball just like Shohei Ohtani, 18-year-old Shotaro Morii made the rare decision to bypass Japanese professional baseball entirely and agreed Wednesday to a minor league contract with the Athletics that includes a signing bonus of $1,510,500. Top Japanese players traditionally have signed first with Nippon Professional Baseball clubs and established their professional credentials before moving to MLB as free agents or through the MLB-NPB posting process. Morii, a shortstop and right-handed pitcher, joined the A's directly from high school on the first day of the 2025 signing period.

The Athletics announced on Wednesday afternoon that a celebration of life for the late Rickey Henderson will take place at the Oakland Arena on Feb. 1 from 1-3 p.m. Henderson, the greatest Oakland A's player of all time, died at 65 due to complications from pneumonia in December only days away from his 66th birthday. A graduate of Oakland Tech High School, Henderson played 14 of his 25 major-league seasons in Oakland across four different stints. Henderson, widely considered the greatest leadoff hitter of all time, is baseball's all-time leader in stolen bases (1,406), runs scored (2,295) and non-intentional walks (2,129).

The Athletics have left Oakland, but their move to Las Vegas won't happen right away. Here's what to know about the team's 2025 home stadium.

The St. Louis Cardinals' starting rotation surely is going to look different in 2025. The Cardinals began the offseason by turning down club options for the 2025 season for Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson. There's still over a month before Spring Training kicks off and neither have signed deals yet. Gibson is known as an innings eater and definitely will land an opportunity with a team for the 2025 season.

Before the 2024 season, Major League Baseball turned to Fanatics to make "new and improved" team jerseys. There were many problems that upset the fans, and even the players complained about it on social media.

General manager David Forst believes the Brent Rooker contract extension is crucial to the Athletics becoming more competitive long-term.

Dagoberto Campaneris Oakland Athletics Shortstop Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 5'10" Weight: 160 Born: March 9, 1942, Pueblo Nuevo, Cuba Signed: Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent, April 25, 1961 Major League Teams: Kansas City Athletics 1964-67; Oakland Athletics 1968-76; Texas Rangers 1977-79; California Angels 1979-81; New York Yankees 1983 World Series Appearances: Oakland Athletics 1972-74 A speedy and steady fielding shortstop for most of his 19-year major league career, Bert Campaneris was a six-time All-Star and a three-time World Champion as a member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty of the early 1970s. He first came to fame in 1965 when he became the first

Brian Matusz, the left-handed pitcher who spent eight seasons in the major leagues, mostly with the Baltimore Orioles as they returned to prominence a decade ago, died at 37.

Byron Buxton remains among the best players in baseball when healthy and the Minnesota Twins outfielder gets his due from MLB Network.

Immediately after moving out of Oakland, the Athletics started to spend, as if it was a provocation to loyal fans