The former Alabama Baseball star Cobie Fletcher-Vance, joined the Gary Harris show on Monday to talk professional baseball and to update us on his progress with the Oakland Athletics.
Alabama shortstop Mikey White was selected 63rd overall by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2015 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
A person with knowledge of the trade says the Oakland Athletics have won the Jon Lester sweepstakes, acquiring the left-hander along with outfielder Jonny Gomes from the Boston Red Sox for slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes before Thursday's trade deadline.
Oakland outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has played an integral role in making the A's one of the top teams in the American League. In only his third year in MLB, Cespedes doesn't have quite the hype and flash as fellow Cuban Yasiel Puig, but the talent is unquestioned.