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 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:45:39 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Scout.com > People > Vicmal De La Cruz Scout.com RSS Engine v1.0 (Server:YESLER) 60 PHOENIX - Extended Spring Training is underway at the Oakland A's minor league complex in Phoenix. Our Arizona Correspondent, Kimberly Contreras, breaks down the basics of what the extended spring program entails and gives us the A's complete extended spring roster. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1281988.html 2047 Kimberly Contreras http://athletics.scout.com/2/1281988.html Tue, 09 Apr 2013 03:57:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics In part two of our spring conversation with Oakland A's Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman, we discuss Grant Green, Miles Head, Jefry Marte, Arnold Leon, Renato Nunez, Michael Choice, Vicmal De La Cruz, Conner Crumbliss, Tyler Ladendorf, Tony Thompson, Darren Byrd, Shane Peterson, David Mota, Omar Duran, the move to Mesa and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1278027.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1278027.html Tue, 26 Mar 2013 04:28:00 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, 15-11. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1254364.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1254364.html Thu, 03 Jan 2013 00:35:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics In part two of our year-in-review conversation with Oakland A's Assistant GM David Forst, we discuss some of the A's youngest prospects, as well as some of the players the team acquired during the past off-season and the transformation of Sean Doolittle. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1223545.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1223545.html Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:37:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's rolled out their best Arizona Rookie League team in several years. The A's AZL squad dominated in the desert all season long, falling just a game short of an AZL title. Kimberly Contreras was on hand for the majority of the AZL A's games and she delivers a comprehensive review of their stellar 2012 season. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1220735.html 2047 Kimberly Contreras http://athletics.scout.com/2/1220735.html Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:28:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics In roughly two weeks, 45 players will arrive at the Oakland A’s minor league complex in Phoenix, Arizona, for the start of the A’s annual fall Instructional League camp. The month-long camp is an opportunity for some of the A’s less experienced prospects to receive one-on-one instruction from the A’s minor league coaching staff. We take a look at the A’s 2012 Instructs roster. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1218702.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1218702.html Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:48:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's Arizona League team has put up eye-popping offensive numbers this season. In part one of a long conversation with A's minor league hitting coordinator Todd Steverson, we talked about four important members of that 2012 squad: All-Stars Addison Russell and Renato Nunez, as well as 2012 supplemental first-round pick Matt Olson and promising outfielder Vicmal De La Cruz. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1216259.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1216259.html Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:01:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics SURPRISE, AZ - On August 7, the Oakland A's Arizona Rookie League team took on their counterparts from the Texas Rangers. Our sister site, LoneStarDugout, was at the game, which the AZL A's won by a score of 4-0. Inside is video from that game of several AZL A's prospects. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1210364.html 2047 Staff http://athletics.scout.com/2/1210364.html Fri, 10 Aug 2012 18:55:00 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. We take a look at the progress of prospects 20-11 from our off-season list. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1202726.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1202726.html Mon, 16 Jul 2012 15:58:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics In part two of our extended conversation with Oakland A's minor league hitting coordinator Todd Steverson, we discuss the progress of several prospects, including Yordy Cabrera, Chris Bostick, Bruce Maxwell, Addison Russell, B.J. Boyd, Derek Norris, Renato Nunez and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1200936.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1200936.html Mon, 09 Jul 2012 04:18:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's 2012 minor league spring training camp is officially in the books. On Saturday, we caught-up with the A's incomparable farm director, Keith Lieppman, to get a sense of how camp went. In this wide-ranging interview, we cover prospects at all stages of development, including Michael Ynoa, Vicmal De La Cruz, Ian Krol, Jermaine Mitchell and many more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1173535.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1173535.html Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:20:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's will officially open their minor league spring training camp on Monday, March 5, when pitchers and catchers report to the A's complex at Papago Park. Inside is the spring training game schedule for the A's minor leaguers for 2012. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1159220.html 2047 Staff http://athletics.scout.com/2/1159220.html Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:23:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics During every off-season, OaklandClubhouse.com ranks the top-50 Oakland A's prospects. Since we released our original list in November, the A's have made a number of moves that have impacted that list. Now that we have finished profiling our original top-50 prospects, we present our final top-50 Oakland A's prospect list for the 2012 season. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1151432.html 2047 Staff http://athletics.scout.com/2/1151432.html Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:13:00 GMT 0 304 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, 10-6. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1149692.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1149692.html Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:53:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics PHOENIX - The Oakland A's recently completed their fall Instructional League camp. On the last day of camp, we caught-up with A's Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman to find out who stood out during the program. We also got an update on the status of outfielder Jermaine Mitchell. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1119758.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1119758.html Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:09:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics PHOENIX - The Oakland A's concluded their 2011 fall Instructional League on Saturday. We have photos inside from the last weekend of camp. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1118221.html 2047 Staff http://athletics.scout.com/2/1118221.html Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:36:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics It is the start of what figures to be a very busy off-season for the Oakland A's. One of the people who will be instrumental in the A's off-season decision-making is Vice President of Player Personnel Billy Owens. We caught-up with Owens last week and covered a variety of topics. In this final half of the conversation, we talked Instructs, the Japan trip and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1115810.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1115810.html Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:49:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Our "2011 Year In Review" series continues with a look at the hitters on the Oakland A's Dominican Summer League affiliate. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1109180.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1109180.html Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:06:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics In the final installment of our conversation with Oakland A's Assistant General Manager David Forst, we discuss September call-ups, Michael Taylor's resurgence, Brandon Allen, Michael Ynoa's progress, the future for Sean Doolittle, the newest A's international star prospects and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1099301.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1099301.html Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:11:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The month of July is quickly coming to a close. We take a look at which players in the Oakland A's minor league system are playing well this month. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1089861.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1089861.html Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:17:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics