[MLB] The “Sacramento” A’s thread 2025

[Tetsujin]

I'm taking a big A's fan friend of mine to the game tonight as a delayed birthday gift - his first time seeing them here in Sacramento. Hoping for a good result!

At the very least I hope the Big Kurtz hits a dinger for him!

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944510222388850907

Getting Nick Kurtz and Jacob Wilson in back to back draft classes is just an incredible bit of lucky drafting. This kid hits moonballa like he’s in the roid era but has the doughy body shape that would absolutely indicate he is in fact not juicing lol

 

[Tetsujin]

What’s the local thought on Severino? A few in Chicago media have been calling for a trade for him. I’m a bit of a lapsed baseball fan so I don’t follow closely anymore. He had a good year last year but has weird splits this season. ERA in the 3s on the road, rough at home. What’s the deal with him? Do fans want to trade him?

I’ll be honest. I think Severino can be a good to great pitcher again but it most definitely won’t be with the A’s. Ironically, he probably would’ve been an elite pitcher in the Oakland Coliseum but he’s already deep enough in his own head that it will never happen in Sacramento.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1946744339914481840

Please just give Caray the job full time.

 

[hrdboild]

5 for 5 with a double and 3 HR from Nick Kurtz today!? Forget ROY -- how about we put him in the conversation for MVP at this point... holy cow.

 

[Angelo127]

4 hr

 

[The_Jamal]

Kurtz ****ing rules, but unfortunately the A's will somehow figure out a way to screw up a dude who's well on his way to being a superstar

 

[Kingz19]

Kurtz is unreal

A’s lineup is loaded with thump.

if they can build even an average pitching staff, then they’ll open about a 2-3 year window to compete.

Right now, I think only the Rockies staff sucks more

 

[kingdivac]

I"m not much of a baseball fan, but that looked like batting practice.

 

[hrdboild]

He hit another one? I don't think I've ever seen someone hit 4 HR in the same game, not even Barry Bonds. And it couldn't have happened to a better opponent either. Burn forever Astros!

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948943104423104976

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948942872524292555

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948949426740830346

 

[Capt. Factorial]

Hell of a day for Kurtz, and that double didn't miss by much...what, one or two feet on a 20-foot wall? Damn.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Hell of a day for Kurtz, and that double didn't miss by much...what, one or two feet on a 20-foot wall? Damn.

Yeah, I was surprised that the near HR double wasn’t brought up during the broadcast after his 3rd then 4th HR’s. And it wasn’t mentioned during the postgame show. I mean, it was close enough that it at least warrants a mention, no?

I think Kurtz’ near miss on the 5th HR was even a tad closer than Mike Cameron’s in 2002.

Cody Bellinger had 3HR game not too long ago that would have been a 4HR game had Kyle Tucker not took one away from him.

Some crazy performances so far this season.

 

[KingsFanSince85]

Kurtz is unreal

A’s lineup is loaded with thump.

if they can build even an average pitching staff, then they’ll open about a 2-3 year window to compete.

Right now, I think only the Rockies staff sucks more

The A’s aren’t a good team right now, largely due to their pitching staff and middle relief, but they do have several exciting, must see players both offensively and defensively.

Jacob Wilson is in the mix for a batting title, Denzel Clarke has been making elite level catches in center field ever since debuting, and now Nick Kurtz is leading baseball in nearly every conceivable offensive category for the month of July.

Langeliers, Rooker, Soderstrom, and Butler can all hit. They just got Gelof back recently for the first time all season. If that dude starts playing as they expect — this lineup will be crazy scary.

If they can find/add a couple capable starting pitchers and some middle relief this offseason and beyond, they could be pretty darned good.

 

[Tetsujin]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1948937708702687478

Hitting 4 homers is impressive, obviously, but Homer number three features a ball getting demolished in a way I haven’t really seen since the roid years.

 

[Tetsujin]

Nick Kurtz on pace to get the first billion dollar contract in American pro sports history but it almost certainly won’t happen on the A’s if John Fisher still owns the team in a few years

https://twitter.com/x/status/1949162263895593020

 

[Tetsujin]

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