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Road to The Show™: A’s Morales

Cuban right-hander has tools to break out with electric fastball
@Gerard_Gilberto
November 5, 2024

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at third-ranked A’s prospect Luis Morales. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. After an aggressive debut last year, Luis Morales moved

Morales dominates, Nuts split series

August 4, 2024

LANSING, Mich. – In his finest appearance of his pro career, A’s top pitching prospect Luis Morales fired six scoreless innings, and the Lansing Lugnuts (17-19, 49-52) cruised past the Dayton Dragons (21-15, 55-47), 5-3, on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™. The Lugnuts won both games over the weekend by

Fresh off Futures Game, Morales dominates in Lugs loss

July 19, 2024

LANSING, Mich. – Luis Morales fanned six in 3 2/3 scoreless innings in his first outing following the All-Star Futures Game, but the Great Lakes Loons (9-12, 43-44) hit three home runs off the bullpen to defeat Morales’ Lansing Lugnuts (10-12, 42-45), 4-2, in fron tof 7,034 on Friday night

Morales cools off Fort Wayne to earn first pro win

May 23, 2024

FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Top Oakland Athletics pitching prospect Luis Morales set new career highs in innings pitched and strikeouts to win his first professional game, leading the Lansing Lugnuts (21-21) to an 8-2 victory over the Fort Wayne TinCaps (19-23) on Thursday night at Parkview Field. The win put

Cubs rally past Locos, 8-5

April 30, 2024

LANSING, Mich. – Jonathon Long broke a 5-5 tie with an RBI single in the top of the ninth inning, Felix Stevens added a two-run double two batters later, and the South Bend Cubs (7-15) took the opener of a six-game series from the Lansing Locos (10-12), 8-5, on Tuesday