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 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:25:08 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Scout.com > People > Mike Mitchell Scout.com RSS Engine v1.0 (Server:YESLER) 60 One of the Oakland A's top prospects celebrated the holiday weekend in style by making his 2009 regular season debut. We have news and notes from around the Oakland A's system inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/877807.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/877807.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:05:00 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 first in our series, we take a look at the progress of prospects 41-50 from our off-season list. http://athletics.scout.com/2/772099.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/772099.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:33:00 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, every Tuesday and Thursday will be “Top Prospect List Day,” as we will release our top-50 prospect list in groups of five. Today, we continue the series with prospects 40-36. http://athletics.scout.com/2/701079.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/701079.html Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:16:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The 2007 season was a tough campaign for the Oakland A's, who suffered from a losing season for the first time since 1998. With the season ending, we spoke with Oakland A's Baseball Operations Analyst Farhan Zaidi on a range of topics. In Part 1 of our in-depth interview, we spoke to Zaidi about the season, injuries, upcoming 40-man roster moves, and the progress of two promising lefty relievers. http://athletics.scout.com/2/686078.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/686078.html Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:44:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Once the major league season comes to an official end, there will be a lot of movement on and off of teams’ 40-man rosters as they look to protect prospects from the Rule 5 draft. We take a preliminary look at some of the players the Oakland A’s will have to consider adding to their 40-man roster to protect them from the Rule 5 dtaft. http://athletics.scout.com/2/683925.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/683925.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:01:00 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 first in our series, we take a look at the progress of prospects 41-50 from our off-season list. http://athletics.scout.com/2/665147.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/665147.html Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:22:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Injuries have been a problem for the Oakland A's organization all season long. We recently checked in with the A's Director of Player Development, Keith Lieppman, to get injury updates on some of the A's hobbled prospects. http://athletics.scout.com/2/662480.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/662480.html Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:56:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's have had injuries at the major and minor league levels this season. While some rehabs have been delayed, others are making rapid progress. We have the details inside. http://athletics.scout.com/2/658202.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/658202.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:15:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics July 3rd proved to be moving day for a number of players on the Oakland A's A-level minor league teams. We have those moves, plus a few injury updates inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/656335.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/656335.html Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:02:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Midland Rockhounds had eight players on the Texas League All-Star South Division team, and many of those players had a big role in the outcome of the extra-inning game. We have the details on that game, as well as the season debut of a promising Oakland A's relief prospect inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/654806.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/654806.html Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:55:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's trimmed their spring roster a little more on Monday, sending six players down to minor league camp. Before they were demoted, a number of Monday's cuts had impressive stints in major league camp. http://athletics.scout.com/2/628311.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/628311.html Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:43:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics We conclude our interview with Oakland A's Director of Player Development Keith Lieppman. In this installment, we discuss Travis Buck's chances of making the big leagues this season, Daric Barton's defense and power potential, Matt Sulentic's ceiling, Jermaine Mitchell's potential, Javier Herrera's health and where he might play this season, the power relief arms in the A's system and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/628207.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/628207.html Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:29:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics Since the first bullpen sessions of the spring, there has been a buzz in Oakland A's camp about reliever Mike Mitchell. He impressed coaches and catchers alike during those bullpen sessions with his hard, sinking fastball and that good impression has carried over into game play. We spoke with the right-hander about his success in camp. http://athletics.scout.com/2/626825.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/626825.html Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:51:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics A's manager Bob Geren pulled a mild surprise by announcing that Nick Swisher was likely to play right field rather than left. http://athletics.scout.com/2/623580.html 2047 TheSportsXChange http://athletics.scout.com/2/623580.html Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:22:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics Coming off of an All-Star season for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats, catcher John Baker is attending his third Oakland A’s major league camp with hopes of making a strong enough impression to get a crack at the big leagues sometime this season. We caught up with the talented back-stop after the first spring training game of the season. http://athletics.scout.com/2/623103.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/623103.html Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:32:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics Kaz Tadano displayed his eepheus pitch in practice; Mike Mitchell has looked sharp; and more... http://athletics.scout.com/2/622193.html 2047 Staff http://athletics.scout.com/2/622193.html Tue, 27 Feb 2007 05:55:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The weather outside might still be frightful, but spring is just around the corner and that means only one thing: baseball! Every year, we preview the spring training roster battles that will take place during major league camp. While these battles may change based on a late move, most of these scenarios will still hold true. We conclude our series with a look at the relief pitching battle. http://athletics.scout.com/2/618260.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/618260.html Mon, 12 Feb 2007 05:25:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics