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 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:37:03 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Scout.com > People > Kris Hall Scout.com RSS Engine v1.0 (Server:SCOUTWEB3) 60 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - In part two of Bill Seals' conversation with Beloit Snappers' manager Ryan Christenson, the pair discuss the team's young pitching staff, as well as several of the team's position player prospects. Raul Alcantara, Aaron Shipman, Michael Ynoa, Austin House, Ryan Mathews, Kris Hall, Ryan Dull and others are covered. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1283655.html 2047 Bill Seals http://athletics.scout.com/2/1283655.html Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:35:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's have a new home in the Midwest League and a squad with several players making their full-season debut. Bill Seals previews the 2013 Low-A Beloit Snappers. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1280229.html 2047 Bill Seals http://athletics.scout.com/2/1280229.html Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:28:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Since November, we have been focusing on our picks for the top-50 prospects in the Oakland A's system. Before we made our top-50 list, we considered a number of players. In this two-part series, we look at the players who just missed making the final list. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1259018.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1259018.html Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:12:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Vermont Lake Monsters struggled to win ballgames in 2012, but there were still several positives on the player development front in regards to the Oakland A's short-season affiliate. We take a look back at the 2012 campaign for the A's New York-Penn League affiliate. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1225074.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1225074.html Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:35:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics TROY, NY - The Oakland A’s short-season affiliate, the Vermont Lake Monsters, finished their 2012 regular season on Wednesday night with a victory. Although the Lake Monsters finished well out of the post-season race, several players had strong individual campaigns. A week-and-a-half ago Donald Moore spoke with Lake Monsters’ manager Rick Magnante about his club. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1218683.html 2047 Donald Moore http://athletics.scout.com/2/1218683.html Thu, 06 Sep 2012 04:47:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The New York-Penn League All-Star game is tonight in Ohio and four members of the Vermont Lake Monsters will be participating in the game. When league play resumes on Wednesday, the Lake Monsters will be looking to break a losing streak and get back into the playoff hunt. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1211458.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1211458.html Tue, 14 Aug 2012 18:04:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Vermont Lake Monsters earned a playoff spot with a win on the last day of the season in 2011. They are competing to return to the post-season in 2012 and find themselves in the thick of the playoff race. We check-in with the Oakland A's short-season affiliate. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1202962.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1202962.html Tue, 17 Jul 2012 05:36:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics It was a brave new world for MLB scouting directors during the 2012 draft. With a new collective bargaining agreement instituting a draft pool for each team and other new draft rules, the top-10 rounds of the draft had a very different look. We caught-up with Oakland A's Scouting Director Eric Kubota to discuss his thoughts on the A's 2012 draft class and how the new rules impacted the draft. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1195163.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1195163.html Fri, 15 Jun 2012 05:13:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics During the second day of the 2012 MLB Draft, the Oakland A’s selected several power right-handed arms out of the collegiate ranks. One of the first of those arms to be taken by Oakland was right-hander Kris Hall of Lee University, who came off of the board in the eighth round. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1192477.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1192477.html Wed, 06 Jun 2012 05:33:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics