The latest news from Scout.com. The Scout.com Network covers college, NFL, MLB, high school, recruiting, and much more http://www.scout.com/ http://media.scout.com/media/rss/scout.gif http://www.scout.com/ en-us Copyright © 2013 Scout.com and Scout.com. All rights reserved. This website is an unofficial and independent source of news and information, and is not affiliated with any school, team or league. info@scout.com info@scout.com Tue, 21 May 2013 15:25:25 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Scout.com > People > Paul Smyth Scout.com RSS Engine v1.0 (Server:SODO) 60 Hot News for RP Paul Smyth http://athletics.scout.com/a.z?s=304&p=9&c=2&cid=1293264&nid=6986737&fhn=1 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/a.z?s=304&p=9&c=2&cid=1293264&nid=6986737&fhn=1 Tue, 21 May 2013 04:59:29 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Midland RockHounds have been a bit up-and-down over the past two weeks and find themselves at the bottom of the standings in the Texas League's Southern Division. However, only a handful of games separate them from first place and they have a chance to make-up ground later this week. We check-in with the Oakland A's Double-A club. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1291643.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1291643.html Tue, 14 May 2013 17:44:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's roster got a little healthier on Thursday when Adam Rosales was activated off of the disabled list. They are hopeful that Yoenis Cespdes will be joining Rosales on the A's active roster as soon as Sunday. Cespedes began his rehab assignment on Thursday night. We have the details of his first game with the River Cats, as well as the other news and notes from around the A's system. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1287046.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1287046.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:18:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The 2013 Midland RockHounds' roster is laden with veterans and they are playing like a team with experience in the early going. We catch-up with the Oakland A's Double-A affiliate in this team notebook. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1285884.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1285884.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:33:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The minor league season is roughly two weeks in. We take stock of who is off to strong starts within the Oakland A's system. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1284499.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1284499.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:33:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The 2012 Midland RockHounds had three members of their squad reach the major leagues, but they fell short of the playoffs. Can this year's experienced roster get the Oakland A's Double-A affiliate back to the post-season? http://athletics.scout.com/2/1279940.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1279940.html Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Sacramento River Cats were the only Oakland A's affiliate to take home a win on Wednesday night. We have all of the news and notes from around the A's system inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1214070.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1214070.html Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:46:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The first half of the 2012 Texas League season is in the books. With a disappointing third-place finish, the Midland Rockhounds are entering the second half of the season hungry for a shot at the post-season. Edward Isaacs updates us on the Oakland A's Double-A affiliate. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1197690.html 2047 Edward Isaacs http://athletics.scout.com/2/1197690.html Mon, 25 Jun 2012 04:35:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Jeremy Barfield and the Midland Rockhounds are on the road to open the 2012 season. Jeremy checks-in from the team's first stop, Little Rock, Arkansas, and gives us a good feel for opening the season. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1175165.html 2047 Jeremy Barfield http://athletics.scout.com/2/1175165.html Sat, 07 Apr 2012 16:07:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Midland Rockhounds will begin the 2012 season with a talented roster highlighted by three former first-round draft picks and several veteran players. Edward Isaacs previews the Midland squad, which will be attempting to get back to the post-season after missing out in 2011. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1174313.html 2047 Edward Isaacs http://athletics.scout.com/2/1174313.html Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:52:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Our "2011 Year In Review" series continues with a look at the pitchers for the Oakland A's Double-A affiliate. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1128949.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1128949.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:34:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Oakland A's minor league pitching coordinator Gil Patterson is a traveling man, visiting all of the A's minor league affiliates throughout the season. During his most recent trip to Midland, Texas, we caught-up with Patterson and discussed a number of A's minor league hurlers, including Anthony Capra, Ian Krol, Graham Godfrey, Omar Duran, Brett Hunter and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1096173.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1096173.html Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:53:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics During the off-season, we named our top-50 prospects in the Oakland A's system. Now that we have passed the midway point of the season, we thought it would be a good time to check the progress of those players. In the second of our series, we take a look at the progress of prospects 40-31 from our off-season list. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1084544.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1084544.html Wed, 06 Jul 2011 05:46:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The dog days of summer came a little early for the Double-A Midland Rockhounds in 2011. The 'Hounds limped through a hot Texas May, falling out of contention for a first-half playoff berth with a 9-19 record. The Oakland A's affiliate will look to rebound in June. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1076626.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1076626.html Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:01:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Before running into the offensive juggernaut that is the 2011 San Antonio Missions, the Midland Rockhounds were sitting pretty atop the Texas League's Southern Division. The 'Hounds are now a game behind San Antonio for first, but are still off to a strong start to the 2011 campaign. We have news and notes from the last week of action for the 'Hounds. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1067020.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1067020.html Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:04:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics It’s that time of the year when we take stock of the Oakland A’s organization and analyze the top prospects. For the next few weeks, we will profile our top-50 prospect list in groups of five. Today, we continue the series with a review of prospects 35-31. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1038512.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1038512.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:55:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics In our next "Year in Review" article, we take a closer look at the 2010 pitching staff of the California League's Stockton Ports. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1013138.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1013138.html Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:26:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics STOCKTON - The Stockton Ports aren't enjoying the kind of season they expected to in the standings, but that doesn't mean it is a team without its strengths. One of those strengths is in the bullpen, especially at the back-end with the tandem of Trey Barham and Paul Smyth. http://athletics.scout.com/2/983091.html 2047 Maren Kasselik http://athletics.scout.com/2/983091.html Sun, 11 Jul 2010 03:10:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics With the first half of the 2010 minor league schedule in the books, we take a moment to acknowledge the Oakland A's minor league prospects who put up impressive numbers during the first half of the season. http://athletics.scout.com/2/979691.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/979691.html Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:27:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics On Sunday, we caught up with Oakland A’s minor league pitching coordinator Gil Patterson, who was in Phoenix at the A’s minor league complex running the pitchers’ side of the mini-camp for the newly signed draft picks. We talked about A’s minor league pitchers from those in extended spring training through Triple-A. http://athletics.scout.com/2/977742.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/977742.html Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:09:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics