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A first baseman from Wake Forest, Nick Kurtz was selected fourth overall in last year’s amateur draft and signed for a $7 million bonus.
The hyper-fast track that Nick Kurtz was placed on by the Athletics shortly after getting drafted last year and tearing through Minor League pitching has finally taken him to The Show. Only nine month ...
Athletics ninth. Lawrence Butler flies out to shallow center field to Hyeseong Kim. Miguel Andujar homers to center field. JJ Bleday homers to right field. Luis Urias grounds out to third base, ...
After a blazing AAA debut, Kurtz’s early MLB struggles have fantasy managers questioning his readiness—despite elite power ...
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The Athletics are calling up power-hitting first baseman Nick Kurtz after only 32 minor league games, sources told ESPN.
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Per ESPN's Alden Gonzalez, the Athletics are calling the first baseman up to the majors. Kurtz was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft and played just 32 games in the minor leagues before the ...
In the eighth inning of the Athletics blowout contest against the New York Yankees, A's left-hander T.J. McFarland exited the ...
Rookie Nick Kurtz tripled with one out in the ninth inning and scored on a pinch hit by Tyler Soderstrom to lift the ...
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nick Kurtz was sleeping in when he got the call he was being promoted to the Athletics. “Half asleep, so I was like a little bit of a dream,” Kurtz said Tuesday ...