A’s Rookie Nick Kurtz: “The only thing I really care about is winning”

Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz joined The Carmichael Dave Show with Jason Ross after the first multi-home run game of his career, which came in an A’s loss.

Those circumstances lead to mixed emotions. “It’s tough,” Kurtz said. “Bottom line, the only thing I really care about is winning, and if I go 0-for or if I hit two home runs, a win is the only thing that matters. So, (I) just focus on doing that moving forward.”

Selected fourth overall in the 2024 MLB Draft, the rookie was called up to The Athletics towards the end of April.

Through 99 plate appearances in 26 games, Kurtz is hitting .277 up to this point. He and Jason discussed his start to the year, where he can continue to improve, and more.

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Eric Martins, third base coach for the Athletics, joined The Allen Stiles Show on Tuesday to discuss the state of the team amid a losing streak, the rise of shortstop Jacob Wilson, who he compares to around the MLB, and more.

Stiles asked Martins just how good Wilson could be and what it would take for him to reach the upper echelon of his position among the likes of Kansas City’s Bobby Witt Jr and Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz.

“Wilson is like a Dansby Swanson,” Martins said. “No disrespect to Jacob, but he’s not (an) elite athlete like Bobby Witt Jr. or Elly De La Cruz. But you look at Danbsy Swanson, he’s a technician. He’s in the right spot each time. He’s won a Gold Glove. He makes the plays he needs to.”

“(Wilson) is playing a solid shortstop. He’s making plays. He’s very instinctual. He’s in the spots that we need him to be and he’s turning into a leader in the infield out there, which we need at our shortstop.”

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A’s Third Base Coach compares Jacob Wilson to Dansby Swanson

What’s next for the A’s?

• Friday, May 23rd – Sunday, May 25th – vs. Philadelphia Phillies
• Tuesday, May 27th – Wednesday, May 28th – @ Houston Astros
• Thursday, May 29th – Sunday, June 1st – @ Toronto Blue Jays
• Monday, June 2nd – Thursday, June 5th – vs. Minnesota Twins

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