The Oakland Athletics missed the postseason for a fourth consecutive season after finishing with a record of 69-93 and fourth in the American League West. In their last season in Oakland, the team had their third straight losing season.

Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper had a hot start to the 2016 season. Through April, he had already hit nine home runs and drove in 24 runs while sitting with a .

The Athletics, who moved from Oakland at the end of 2024, have sold out their first-ever home opener in Sacramento, which will be played on March 31.

The Oakland Ballers have been rolling out their roster for the 2025 season in recent weeks, re-signing righty Connor Sullivan, catcher Tyler Lozano, outfielder

On MLB insider Daniel Alvarez reported that the Red Sox are signing infielder Abraham Toro to a minor-league deal. Toro, 28, was a fifth-round pick of the Houston Astros in the 2015 MLB draft out of Seminole State College. He debuted with the club in 2019 and was traded to the Seattle Mariners in 2021.

MLB's Commissioner Rob Manfred toured Sutter Health Park's construction as excitement grows for a sold-out A’s opener on March 31.

The Athletics made a suprising early splash in free agency after they "faced some pressure" to do so, according to ESPN's Jorge Castillo. Per Castillo,

Paul Skenes, Elly De La Cruz and Gunnar Henderson will grace the cover of "MLB The Show 25," marking the first time three athletes received the honor, the game's producers announced Tuesday.

On Wednesday, the commissioner toured Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento where the Athletics are set to play later this year, a source confirmed to KCRA 3’s Michelle Dapper. He was accompanied by the A’s owner John Fisher, Sacramento River Cats and Kings owner Vivek Ranadive and Sandy Dean, the A’s interim team president.

A top MLB insider details why the Houston Astros may struggle to be better than the Sacramento Athletics in 2025.

The Athletics, now two months away from beginning their inaugural season in Sacramento, announced several uniform tweaks on Friday ahead of the 2025 campaign. The most notable among them: a No. 24 patch in honor of Hall of Fame outfielder A's franchise legend Rickey Henderson, who died in December at the age of 65.

Takeaways on the teams, players, executives and more that have been among the stories of the offseason — for good reasons, and bad.