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Athletics news Tuesday, November 10, 2026
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202664–98
4th AL West · Missed playoffs
Fri, Feb 19 vs Cubs
Elephant Rumblings: AFL Just About Wrapping Up.
Welcome to the start of another week A’s fans! While major league baseball is in its offseason now, the sport is still being played down in Arizona where team’s younger prospects can get extra work over the winter. It’s a heavily abbreviated mini-season and it’s nearing the end here.
Source: Athletics Nation
From Friday
Athletics introduce Cam Castro as general manager, after eight years with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Castro, 36, most recently was the Brewers' senior vice president of player development and performance. Athletics Nation reports that Taylor Smith, the team's president of baseball operations, brought Castro in to help build a pitching staff that the fan blog describes as the league's worst. A group of minor league players also declared free agency, according to the same blog.
Source: Athletics Nation
From Wednesday
Athletics hire Brewers executive Cam Castro as their general manager.
According to Athletics Nation, Castro spent the past seven years in the Brewers organization, rising from minor league pitching coach to vice president of player development. He will be the second-ranking official under new president of baseball operations Taylor Smith, and The Athletic reported the hire first.
Source: Athletics Nation
Around the MLB
No. 1 in the 30-second version
Reds' Sal Stewart and Tigers' Kevin McGonigle win National and American League Rookie of the Year awards.
Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle received 28 of 30 first-place AL votes, according to NBC Sports, and hit 18 homers with 72 RBIs. Reds first baseman Sal Stewart hit 32 homers with 112 RBIs and was picked first on 20 of 30 NL ballots, finishing with 170 points. Mets outfielder Carson Benge finished second and Cardinals second baseman JJ Wetherholt third, and the ballots were cast before the postseason.
Sources: ESPN · NBC Sports · CBS Sports · USA TODAY Sports
No. 2 in the 30-second version
Reds' Sal Stewart wins NL Rookie of the Year, with Mets' Carson Benge finishing second.
The BBWAA announced the award Monday, with Stewart getting 20 first-place votes, Benge seven and JJ Wetherholt three. Stewart hit .263/.330/.457 with 32 homers and 112 RBIs, while Benge hit 20 homers, stole 22 bases and led NL right fielders with 10 assists. Mets pitcher Nolan McLean finished fourth in the voting.
Sources: MLB.com · NY Post Sports
No. 3 in the 30-second version
Mets re-sign right-hander Robert Stock, 36, to a one-year contract.
ESPN reports Stock earned his first major league win since 2019 in August. Amazin' Avenue, a fan site, notes he had thoracic outlet surgery last March and went on to post a 5.93 mark over 30.1 innings in eight appearances with the Mets.
Sources: ESPN · Amazin' Avenue
D-backs' Corbin Carroll had right elbow surgery and is expected to be ready for spring training in February.
Source: ESPN
Tarik Skubal is expected to sign a major free-agent deal before the December 1 lockout, per ESPN's Jeff Passan.
Kiley McDaniel said at ESPN he expected Skubal to sign for $325-400 million, which would top Yoshinobu Yamamoto's mark for the largest total pitching contract. Jeff Passan and McDaniel both named the Dodgers and Mets as the top suitors. The collective bargaining agreement expires December 1 at 8:59 p.m. PT, and a lockout is expected after.
Source: True Blue LA
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