Athletics Announce Nick Kurtz Update After Absence From Lineup originally appeared on Athlon Sports. First baseman Nick Kurtz is in his first season with the Athletics after making his debut in late April.

To fill his role in Tampa Bay, the Rays appear reportedly acquiring one of the Marlins catchers Nick Fortes; the fish had three catchers on the major league roster with a top prospect in the wings. At the plate Fortes has a career 70 wRC+ with both low walk and low strikeout rates, but you don’t acquire this sort of catcher for his bat.

Just 13 months after the A's rookie finished his collegiate career, his mother and father saw him go 6-for-6 with four homers in Houston.

Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz's historic game put him in elite company, trailing only Joe DiMaggio in extra-base hits to begin a career.

On a rare day off from the long minor league baseball season, Nick Ward was walking on Struble Trail in Downingtown. He bumped into someone from his past.

Athletics rookie first baseman Nick Kurtz won his second consecutive AL Player of the Week award, MLB announced Monday, to no one’s surprise.

One night after becoming the first rookie to produce a four-homer game as part of a historic 6-for-6 performance, Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz finished 2-for-4 with a walk in a 5-1 win Saturday over the host Houston Astros.