4 A's Prospects Selected to Futures Game

[Providence A's]

ESPN - Phillies, A's, Rangers players selected for Futures game rosters - MLB

NEW YORK -- Oakland, Texas and Philadelphia each had four players selected for next month's Futures game during the All-Star festivities at Yankee Stadium.

Major League Baseball announced the 25-man rosters for the USA Olympic trial and World teams on Thursday. Players from all full-season minor leagues were eligible for the squads.

The Athletics put pitchers Brett Anderson and Trevor Cahill and infielder Cliff Pennington on the U.S. team and right-hander Henry Rodriguez on the World squad.

I'm a little surprised to see Pennington there, but not the pitchers.

also see:

The Official Site of The Oakland Athletics: News: A's have good showing on Futures roster

The US team is the Olympic trial team apparently.

[Providence A's]

Pennington was 0 for 2 with a K, but the pitchers did well.

Cahill: 1 inning, 1 hit, and 2 k's
Anderson: 1 inning, 1 hit, and 1 BB
H-Rod: 1 inning, 1 walk, and 3 k's

[Providence A's]

apparently, Anderson picked off consecutive runners at first base and H-Rod hit 100MPH.

[Bon Bon]

The A's always seem to have these young players that turn out. You guys have such a great GM in Beane.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

The A's always seem to have these young players that turn out. You guys have such a great GM in Beane.

except when he deals Harden for crap lol. But yes, he has always done an excellent job tending to his farm, for the most part.

[hot_corner_gurl]

except when he deals Harden for crap lol. But yes, he has always done an excellent job tending to his farm, for the most part.

I dunno, I wouldn't say that it was a bad deal just yet. Gallagher was lights out for us, and Murton has been pretty good thus far. I know first impressions aren't everything, but hey. So far, so good.

[NYgiantsfan5689]

and Harden dominated in his first start as well

[hot_corner_gurl]

Yeah yeah, but he was facing the Giants at home (no offense to the Giants hitters, but there's nothing super spectacular there. then again the A's aren't very spectacular either, so I shouldn't be talking). I'd wait a few starts and see how it pans out before choosing who got the short end of the stick.

[Bon Bon]

And with his injury background the Cubs could also be skating on thin ice with Harden.

[Providence A's]

thread derailed...

[hot_corner_gurl]

thread derailed...

Oops...my bad. Got sidetracked with all the Harden stuff.

So...technically speaking, we should see those guys in the Olympics come August?

[Providence A's]

the US guys, maybe...it's the team for the trials. I guess if they don't make the Olympics, we won't see them. The A's site has a clip of H-Rod striking out the side up right now BTW.

and you weren't the one derailing the thread either.

[hot_corner_gurl]

Ooooh gotcha. And I looked for the clip online but I couldn't find it...was it in the article about the guys or was it somewhere else?

[Providence A's]

it's on the main page...the clip in the top right corner.

edit: here

Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | MLB.com: Multimedia

[hot_corner_gurl]

God I feel so stupid now...thanks Prov.

Pretty impressive. I was trying to figure out who the batters were, but to no avail. Hopefully it won't be long before we see him in the bigs...