Player News

Team News
Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
Florida Marlins
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays
Washington Nationals

Mark Kotsay

8/7/2006

Kotsay left Sunday's game in the seventh inning with back spasms but not before extending his hitting streak to 13 games with a single in the third inning. His career high is 16 games.

7/17/2006

Kotsay went 4-for-5 with three RBIs in the Athletics' 8-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Sunday.

6/18/2006

Kotsay missed his third straight game with back spasms on Sunday. "It's something that's going to crop up on him for the rest of his life," trainer Larry Davis said.

9/6/2005

Kotsay didn't make his anticipated return to the Oakland lineup over the weekend, but A's manager Ken Macha believes his center fielder will be ready to go on Tuesday against Seattle. Kotsay hasn't played since August 28 because of back spasms.

9/2/2005

Kotsay, who hasn't played for Oakland since Sunday because of back spasms, is expected to return to the A's lineup this weekend. He may not play every day when he first returns, but he is doing well enough to get back on the field for Oakland's stretch-drive push for a playoff spot.

9/1/2005

Kotsay's bad back was examined on Wednesday, and the diagnosis is nothing more than back spasms. There are no neurological issues, but the Oakland center fielder is expected to miss the next 3-4 days.

8/31/2005

Kotsay's back kept him out again on Tuesday, and the A's center fielder has returned to Oakland to be examined by team orthopedist Jerrald Goldman. The recurrence of back spasms has become a concern.

8/29/2005

Kotsay's ailing back flared up on Sunday, and he left before the conclusion of Oakland's 10-3 win over Baltimore. He sat out Monday's series finale against the Orioles, which produced a 10-5 A's victory.

8/11/2005

Bothered by a back ailment recently, Kotsay originally was in the Oakland lineup as the designated hitter Wednesday, but by game time, manager Ken Macha decided to give his center fielder another day to rest his back. Adam Melhuse served as the DH instead, and he homered in a 4-3 A's win over the Angels.

8/10/2005

Kotsay's back, which has kept him out of seven of Oakland's last nine games, wasn't in the A's lineup Tuesday. The off day on Monday wasn't enough rest to get the A's center fielder ready to play again. Oakland manager Ken Macha said after Tuesday's loss to the Angels that he thought Kotsay would be OK to play on Wednesday against the A's divisional rival.

8/8/2005

Kotsay's back ailment continues to be an issue. After missing six of seven games recently, the Oakland center fielder left with back spasms during the fourth inning of Sunday's 11-0 romp over Kansas City. He was moving slowly around the Oakland clubhouse after the game, but he has an off day on Monday to recuperate.

8/2/2005

After returning to action Sunday, Kotsay didn't play in Oakland's win over Minnesota on Monday. Bothered by a back ailment that has left him day-to-day, the A's center fielder was on the bench at the Metrodome, one of the few remaining baseball venues that still has artificial turf.

7/28/2005

Kotsay hasn't played since Sunday with a back ailment that made the A's center fielder a day-to-day proposition at the start of the week. Kotsay has been slow to come around, and it appears he still may not play for a few more days. He probably won't be in the lineup when the A's begin a three-game weekend series against Detroit on Friday.

7/9/2005

On Saturday, Kotsay agreed to a three-year contract extension with Oakland which will locks the outfielder up through the 2008 season. The deal supercedes the final year of his current deal, which was to expire after the 2006 season.

6/8/2005

After missing both games over the weekend with a bad back, Kotsay was back in Oakland's lineup Tuesday, going 0-for-5 in the A's 2-1 loss to Washington. Oakland's center fielder and leadoff man has a .284 average and .342 on-base percentage in 54 games this season.

6/7/2005

Kotsay's ailing back improved enough that he made Oakland's cross-country team flight to Washington, where the A's will take on the Nationals Tuesday. The A's center fielder will not be able to DH in the National League park, so he'll have to be playing in the field to be in Oakland's lineup.

6/6/2005

Kotsay missed his second straight game with a stiff back on Sunday. Unless he feels markedly better when he gets out of bed on Monday, the Oakland center fielder will not accompany the A's on their cross-country flight to face the Washington Nationals, beginning on Tuesday. Not only would the flight be a detriment to his back, Kotsay would not be able to DH with those games being played in a National League park.

6/5/2005

Due to tightness in his back, Kotsay was held out of Saturday's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, as a precautionary measure. The outfielder, who is batting .290 with two home runs, 26 RBI and one stolen base in 53 games this season, has been listed as day-to-day. Eric Byrnes got the starting nod in center in Kotsay's absence.

5/1/2005

Kotsay went 5-for-6 with a double and RBI in Saturday's win over the Seattle Mariners, matching a career high for hits in a single game. The A's outfielder had just two hits in his previous 23 at-bats going into Saturday's contest.

For the season, Kotsay is batting .323 with two home runs and 13 RBI in 24 games.

4/19/2005

Kotsay went 2-for-5 with three RBI in Monday's victory over the Texas Rangers to continue his torrid start to the 2005 campaign. Through 13 games, the A's outfielder is batting .270 with three doubles, one home run, five RBI and eight runs scored. He has at least one hit in 12 of 13 contests.

Kotsay is batting leadoff for the A's this season, so his RBI totals might not be that impressive, but expect him to score quite a few runs. He should notch double-digit stolen bases and home runs as well.