Majors: Organization Reports: Oakland Athletics: 2007

Athletics Organization Report
Nov. 29, 2007
Doolittle leaves pitching behind as a pro. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Nov. 15, 2007
Walt Horn makes it to the majors. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Nov. 2, 2007
After spending most of his life waiting for the opportunity, Jack Hannahan was sick that his first homestand as a big leaguer had not gone well at all. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Oct. 19, 2007
The clubhouse was so swarmed with players that lefthander Jerry Blevins was forced to share a locker during the final days of September. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Oct. 4, 2007
Dan Meyer put together a solid season at Triple-A and earned a September callup in Oakland, getting another chance on a big league mound. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organziation Report
Sep. 21, 2007
The top hitter, top pitcher and one to keep an eye on. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Sep. 6, 2007
Righthander Andrew Brown's new attitude has been a big part of Brown's earning a job in the Oakland bullpen. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Aug. 23, 2007
Donnie Murphy had been good enough with the Royals to inspire talk that he could become their second baseman of the future. The A's installed him at shortstop, and haven't looked back. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Aug. 9, 2007
By staying healthy all season, righthander Ben Fritz has already taken a big step toward recovering from the Tommy John surgery he underwent three years ago. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Jul. 26, 2007
Kurt Suzuki became a regular in the A's lineup when Oakland traded Jason Kendall to the Cubs. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Jul. 12, 2007
Travis Buck, Dallas Braden and Matt Sulentic are mentioned in the midseason report. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Jun. 28, 2007
The club's first-round pick in 2005 from Texas A&M, Cliff Pennington is a shortstop with the potential to become both an above-average fielder and an on-base threat—but nothing came together in 2006. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Draft Organization Report
Jun. 7, 2007
The A's go college-heavy on the draft's first day, with UC Riverside ace James Simmons becoming their first-round pick. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
May. 31, 2007
The legend of Jack Cust had oozed through baseball for a decade. Cust had played 1,113 minor league games and just 70 in the majors before the A's acquired him from the Padres on May 4. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
May. 18, 2007
When a player gets stuck with a label, he can accept it or do everything in his power to refute it. Danny Putnam was not about to accept his label. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
May. 3, 2007
There were times when it became just plain frustrating for Jeff Baisley to remain at low Class A Kane County. But then there was also the reward of being being jumped straight to Double-A. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Apr. 20, 2007
Righthander Shane Komine never considered partaking in a slow, sanguine offseason in Hawaii. He went home with a mission. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Apr. 6, 2007
It was a foregone conclusion when spring training began. Lefthander Jay Marshall had no chance of surviving Athletics camp. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Mar. 23, 2007
The most anticipated show at spring training may be following the progress of Trevor Cahill, a young righthander with a mountain of potential and slim track record. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Mar. 9, 2007
Not so long ago, Javier Herrera seemed on the speed cycle bound for the big leagues. A multi-tooled outfielder blessed with ability and enthusiasm, he seemed to possess the package that could make him a big leaguer quickly. Then, suddenly, everything went wrong. First there was that positive steroid test back in 2005 that led to suspension. The following spring, he went down with arm troubles that led to Tommy John surgery and caused him to miss the entire season. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Feb. 23, 2007
Just when Travis Buck seemed almost unstoppable, his body shut him down. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Feb. 9, 2007
For the first time in two years, lefthander DAn Meyer is right, and that is enough to unleash a sense of delight. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Jan. 26, 2007
There is just something about outfielder Jermaine Mitchell that breeds excitement, whether it is on the field or in the front office. [...] Continue Reading »

Athletics Organization Report
Jan. 12, 2007
Baseball is much more than a job for Darren Bush, the new manager at high Class A Stockton. [...] Continue Reading »