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.

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 ...

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 ...

On Saturday, the Tampa Bay Rays traded left-handed pitcher Jeffrey Springs to the Athletics for a package highlighted by pitching prospect Joe Boyle. The 25-year-old Missouri native made his major ...