Elephant Rumblings: A’s announce 2025 schedule

MLB news roundup

Happy Friday, Athletics Nation! Hope you had a safe and happy Halloween.

The 2024 MLB season is officially over. Walker Buehler pitched the final inning of the World Series on Wednesday, earning his first career save in the process. Yesterday, he and other eligible players like Juan Soto and Alex Bregman became free agents.

Offseason activities will now begin in earnest. Gold Glove awards will be announced on Sunday, and this year’s general managers meetings begin on Tuesday. Trades have resumed. Options are being exercised.

The A’s have already made their first offseason move in trading Daz Cameron to the Orioles yesterday. They also announced their schedule for 2025, their first season in Sacramento.

Notably, but as expected, no city affiliation is mentioned in the infographic, though the team’s X account still has Oakland in the name, for now. Comments remain disabled on the account, so don’t bother trying to tweet back how excited you are about the terrific job the organization is doing for its fans.

Most of the 21 home day games will be played in April and May, presumably to help protect players and fans from Sacramento’s blistering summers. Correspondingly, 60 home games will be played at night, with a customary start time of 7:05pm.

So now we know when and where the A’s will be playing in 2025. Let’s see how the roster shapes up in the weeks and months ahead.

Have a wonderful weekend, AN.

A’s Coverage:

• A’s trade Daz Cameron to Orioles for cash considerations
• A’s announce night-heavy home schedule for 2025 in Sacramento
• A’s prospect Kurtz a player to watch in 2025
• What happens if A’s Vegas ballpark exceeds $1.5 billion estimate?
• Oakland Ballers announce 12 fans up for board seats

MLB News & Interest:

• MLB’s offseason schedule: Key dates and deadlines to get you through the baseball winter ($)
• Top 45 MLB free agents for 2024-25 with contract predictions, team fits: Will Soto get $600M+? ($)
• Why Dodgers’ Game 5 win over Yankees was the craziest World Series clincher ever ($)
• Top 35 Trade Candidates Of The 2024-25 MLB Offseason
• Giants expected to promote Zack Minasian as Buster Posey’s GM, sources confirm ($)
• Mets Among Roughly 11 Teams To Reach Out To Soto
• Brewers Decline Mutual Option On Wade Miley
• Lucas Giolito Exercises Player Option For 2025
• Braves, Angels Swap Jorge Soler For Griffin Canning
• Cardinals Decline Team Options For Gibson, Lynn, Middleton
• White Sox Decline Team Option For Yoán Moncada
• Today in Baseball History

Best of X:

Roster moves, a quintet of A’s hit free agency.

Baseball is still being played in the AFL.

The Yankees now have their Jeter flip equivalent: the “Cole Indifference Incident.”

Costas ends his 200 year long broadcasting career.