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Tip of the Cap To Athletics’ Baseball PR Staff For Telling It Like It Is

A’s DH and catcher Jonah Heim, who played for the Las Vegas Aviators in Las Vegas Ballpark in 2019.

By Alan Snel, LVSportsBiz.com Publisher-Writer

LAS VEGAS, Nevada — The A’s have suffered through a brutal losing stretch during the past two months — and the team’s baseball PR crew have been brutally honest about the Athletics’ performance.

Major league teams PR staffers have been known to put a happy face and positive spins on game notes, stats and team play.

But you have to tip your cap to the A’s PR staff that sends daily reports on the team’s play.

Well, see for yourself. Here’s the opening paragraph for Tuesday’s game notes of A’s vs Royals:

  • The A’s are 4-5 over the last nine games but are 8-30 (.211) dating back to July 3…started the year 26-24 (.520) but are 23-52 (.307) dating back to May 22…are 49-76 (.392) overall, which is tied with the Angels for the lowest winning percentage in the majors…are a season-low tying 27 games under .500 for the third time…have not been more than 27 games under .500 since finishing the 2023 season 62 games under (50-112).

 

While the A’s have collapsed after a 38-38 start, the team is drawing attention for its roof truss installation at the Las Vegas stadium site on the Strip. The 33,000-fan domed stadium, which includes 30,000 seats and space for 3,000 standing fans, is scheduled to open for the 2028 MLB season.

LVSportsBiz.com has a hunch that Bally’s $1.1 billion mixed-use hotel-casino and entertainment project proposed to surround the A’s stadium might have another developer, so don’t be surprised if another builder developer comes off the bench. The stadium footprint is nine acres on the 35-acre site at the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue.

The A’s are also descriptive in listing their player injuries.

OF Denzel Clarke (60-day IL): Left hamstring strain

  • Will begin a rehab assignment tomorrow, Aug. 18 with Triple-A Las Vegas

RHP Gunnar Hoglund (60-day IL): Lumbar strain/left hip impingement

  • Underwent successful surgery on his left hip on May 19 in Vail, Colo.

  • Out for the remainder of the 2026 season

RHP Brooks Kriske (60-day IL): Right shoulder impingement

  • Felt increased discomfort following last live bullpen session

  • Repeat MRI showed continued pathology

  • He has opted for surgery. Timing is to be determined

INF Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (10-day IL): Testicle rupture and repair

  • Has started light, non-impact activities

1B Nick Kurtz (10-day IL): Right thumb strain

  • Received a PRP injection on Aug. 4 for a volar plate tear of the MCP joint

  • No baseball activities at this time

C Shea Langeliers (10-day IL): Right knee meniscus tear

  • Underwent successful right knee surgery on July 28

  • Dr. Banffy performed a medial meniscectomy and patella femoral chondralplasty

  • Continuing rehabilitation in Sacramento

RHP Mark Leiter Jr. (15-day IL): Right hip impingement

  • Underwent surgery on July 28 to repair right hip labral tear

  • Out for the remainder of the 2026 season

OF Brent Rooker (60-day IL): Left knee articular cartilage surgery

  • Underwent successful surgery on July 17 to debride an articular cartilage tear and remove loose bodies

  • Out for the remainder of the 2026 season

RHP Luis Severino (60-day IL): Right shoulder strain

  • Continuing a throwing progression

OF Tyler Soderstrom (10-day IL): Left hip impingement

  • Felt increased soreness from previous left hip injury

  • Will consult with hip specialists to determine best course of action

RHP Justin Sterner (15-day IL): Right knee chondromalacia

  • Underwent successful surgery on August 13 with Dr. Banffy to debride articular cartilage

  • Out for the remainder of the 2026 season

LHP Jeffrey Springs (15-day IL): Right hip discomfort

  • Scheduled to return to starting rotation this week

LHP José Suarez (15-day IL): Right hip discomfort

  • Is playing catch and progressing towards throwing a bullpen session

You will never see this type of details provided by the Vegas Golden Knights or any team in the NHL for that matter.

The A’s execs will be at the Las Vegas Stadium Board meeting Thursday at 3 PM.

PSA

Look who’s turning 10 years old in 2027

 

Alan Snel: Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.
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