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 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:22:59 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss Scout.com > People > Josh Outman Scout.com RSS Engine v1.0 (Server:SUMMIT) 60 The narrative of the Oakland A's off-season has been constantly changing. The message shifted once again on Monday, as the team acquired yet another veteran position player. We take a look at the Seth Smith trade inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1149401.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1149401.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:20:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Our "2011 Year In Review" series continues with a look at the pitchers for the Oakland A's Triple-A affiliate. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1134511.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1134511.html Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:21:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics For teams out of post-season contention, the month of September is a time to assess their future. Which young players will the Oakland A's take a look at this September? We take a look at the candidates and assess the likelihood of their call-ups inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1100588.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1100588.html Tue, 30 Aug 2011 04:34:00 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 Brian Fuentes has taken the loss in each of his last four relief outings, a new Oakland A's record. Although he has served as the closer for the A's in Andrew Bailey's absence, Fuentes' losses have all come in non-save situations. After being called upon in the eighth inning of a tie game on Monday, Fuentes fumed about his manager's in-game decision-making. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1074405.html 2047 TheSportsXChange http://athletics.scout.com/2/1074405.html Tue, 24 May 2011 15:51:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Sacramento River Cats have made making the post-season an annual event. This season, the River Cats' roster features a blend of young prospects and veteran players. We preview the 2011 squad inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1062783.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1062783.html Sat, 09 Apr 2011 04:47:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's 2011 minor league spring training camp came to an end over the weekend. Before camp broke, the A's released two more minor leaguers, bringing the total to seven this spring. We have those details, plus news on where Michael Taylor will be starting the season and late camp standouts inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/1061363.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1061363.html Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:39:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics With the Oakland A’s spring training camp officially open, the race for the 25 spots on the team’s Opening Day roster has begun in earnest. Over the next few weeks, we will look at the hottest roster battles in A’s camp, starting with the battle for the fifth spot in the A’s rotation. http://athletics.scout.com/2/1049115.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/1049115.html Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:47:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A’s spent last off-season adding veteran players, but they wound-up with a rookie-filled roster for much of the season. Seventeen rookies appeared in games for the A’s this season. We analyze the seasons of all 17 rookies and assess what their future might hold in 2010. http://athletics.scout.com/2/911014.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/911014.html Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:21:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics With the minor league regular season in the books and the major league season winding down, now is as good a time as any to assess the 2009 Oakland A's season. We recently caught-up with A's Director of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi for a lengthy and in-depth discussion on the A's 2009 campaign. In this first part, we discuss the young pitching staff and the outfield situation... http://athletics.scout.com/2/899719.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/899719.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:47:00 GMT 0 304 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 third in our series, we take a look at the progress of prospects 30-21 from our off-season list. http://athletics.scout.com/2/879469.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/879469.html Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:10:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics In this edition of Oakland A's Minor League Notebook, we have news on two new draft pick signings, as well as some roster moves and an injury update on rookie Josh Outman... http://athletics.scout.com/2/875932.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/875932.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:59:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The Oakland A's added four quality hitters to what was the worst offense in the league in 2008, and though the four new players hit together in the order on opening night, Oakland still couldn't put anything together. http://athletics.scout.com/2/854452.html 2047 TheSportsXChange http://athletics.scout.com/2/854452.html Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:32:00 GMT 0 304 Oakland athletics The end of what has been a long spring training is just around the corner. The Oakland A's still have some questions hovering over the team. We take a look at five of them inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/852480.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/852480.html Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:04:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics With Justin Duchscherer and Gio Gonzalez hurting, the race for a spot in the Oakland A’s Opening Week rotation is suddenly wide open. Although much of the attention has been paid to some of the A’s youngest pitchers, Josh Outman – only 24 himself – has quietly put together a strong spring in his bid to break camp with the A’s as either a starting pitcher or a reliever. http://athletics.scout.com/2/850129.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/850129.html Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:51:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics One of the most well-known and well-respected prospect watchers is Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. Goldstein recently released his top 11 Oakland A’s prospect list on the Baseball Prospectus website. We had a chance this weekend to speak with Kevin about the A’s system and prospects in general. In part two of our interview, we touch on Adrian Cardenas, Josh Outman, Josh Donaldson and more. http://athletics.scout.com/2/844664.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/844664.html Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:42:00 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, every Tuesday and Thursday will be “Top Prospect List Day,” as we will profile our top-50 prospect list in groups of five. Today, we continue the series with a review of prospects 30-26. http://athletics.scout.com/2/813883.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/813883.html Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:19:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics If the 2008 season will be remembered for anything around Oakland, it will be for a series of deals that gutted the team’s major league roster, but filled the organization’s minor league system with a number of bright talents. In the second part of a two-part series, we look at the last three of six deals the A’s made leading into and during the 2008 season… http://athletics.scout.com/2/794068.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/794068.html Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:23:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics Hard-throwing left-hander Josh Outman was a bit of an unknown entity when he was acquired by the Oakland A's from the Philadelphia Phillies as part of the Joe Blanton deal. Since coming to Oakland, Outman has been impressive, first as a reliever and now as a starting pitcher. Nathaniel Stoltz takes a look at Outman's career numbers to see what the future might hold for the lefty. http://athletics.scout.com/2/791930.html 2047 Nathaniel Stoltz http://athletics.scout.com/2/791930.html Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:00:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics After announcing that a contingent of seven players would be heading to the Arizona Fall League and Hawaii Winter Baseball league, the Oakland A's have added three more prospects to that mix. We have the details on the latest three winter/fall assignments inside... http://athletics.scout.com/2/786481.html 2047 Melissa Lockard http://athletics.scout.com/2/786481.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:53:00 GMT 1 304 Oakland athletics