T hings could have gone better for Oakland Athletics right-hander Joe Boyle (back) in his minor-league rehab start on Thursday for Triple-A Las Vegas. Boyle was unable to record a single out in ...

Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay told right-hander Joe Boyle that he will be the team's fifth starter to open the season behind Alex Wood, Ross Stripling, JP Sears and Paul Blackburn.

Joe Boyle was one of the talks of A’s Spring Training this past year dazzling left and right with a nasty repertoire of pitches. He’d get first dibs on solidifying a starter job out of the ...

Oakland Athletics general manager David Forst ... with rookie right-hander Joe Boyle, who impressed in his short big-league stint last year, with the potential edge entering spring training.

The Tampa Bay Rays acquired right-handers Joe Boyle and Jacob Watters, outfielder Will Simpson and a compensation Round A draft pick from the Athletics ... three starts in Oakland in his debut ...

O akland Athletics pitching prospect Hogan Harris was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday after the A's placed starter Joe Boyle on the IL with a lower back strain. Harris had a brief debut ...