Pat Neshek

MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH With Brett Anderson's ankle a lingering problem, Dan Straily will remain in Oakland's rotation -- at least for now. Straily didn't make it out of the fifth inning on Wednesday, and his ERA has...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Oakland has been in something of a free-fall since starting off the season 12-4 -- the A's are now 20-22 and seven games behind the Texas Rangers, a season-high. The A's, though, can...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH What exactly is wrong with Oakland slugger Yoenis Cespedes? Apart from the sour stomach that knocked him out of Monday's game, that is. A day after what Cespedes called "an upside...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's will get three of their four injured players back this week, it appears. Manager Bob Melvin said on Sunday that Coco Crisp, who had initially been behind Chris Young in the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics' last view of the Rangers came on the final day of the 2012 season, when Oakland beat Texas to take the AL West title. On Monday, the teams face off again for the first...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH At the start of their current three-city road trip, the A's took two of three games at Yankee Stadium. Then they hit Cleveland, where the league's hottest team is playing, and...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics got swept in four games at Cleveland after a 9-2 loss Thursday, but the team fully believed they'd tied up the third of the four games in the ninth inning on a homer...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Josh Reddick put together his first consecutive at-bats with hits this season between his ninth-inning double Sunday and his third-inning single Monday. Reddick, though, was placed...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The A's 19-inning game on April 29 now has put three members of the team on the disabled list. Outfielder Chris Young joined outfielder Coco Crisp (hamstring) and left-hander Brett...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH The Athletics entered a series in New York on Friday with a 13-3 record against the American League West and a 3-10 record against everyone else. They then proceeded to earn their...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Several A's players had career years in 2012, and many baseball experts felt that one or more of them might see their numbers fall back this season. So far in 2013, third baseman...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Oakland Athletics - INSIDE PITCH Just when the Athletics are getting back on track, they've lost two important pieces to the disabled list -- again. Oft injured Coco Crisp (seven career trips to the disabled list)...