
A’s players will wear nicknames on the back of their jerseys during the final weekend in August, with some more creative than others.
It’s all part of Major League Baseball’s inaugural “Players Weekend” set for Aug. 25-27. Players will be allowed to wear non-traditional uniforms, along with wristbands, batting gloves and other pieces of gear that typically don’t fall within MLB’s strict guidelines for attire. Players can also wear T-shirts highlighting a particular charity or cause during their pregame workouts and/or postgame interviews.
You have to like a couple of the A’s nicknames that will be worn on jerseys, like “Baby Prince” (Bruce Maxwell) and “Slydah” (Liam Hendriks). Others are less exotic. One player will simply be wearing “Jed” on the back. You get one guess at who that is.
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Here’s a full roster of A’s players and their nicknames:
Paul Blackburn (Blackie)
Santiago Casilla (Willi)
Simon Castro (Casttro)
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Jharel Cotton (Squeaky)
Daniel Coulombe (Frenchie)
Ryan Dull (Dullsnacks)
Kendall Graveman (Digger)
Liam Hendriks (Slydah)
Sean Manaea (Da Kid)
Chris Smith (Rock ’N Fire)
Josh Smith (Smitty)
Blake Treinen (B-Lockay)
Dustin Garneau (Garneau)
Bruce Maxwell (Baby Prince)
Matt Chapman (Chappy)
Ryon Healy (Heals)
Jed Lowrie (Jed)
Matt Olson (Oly)
Chad Pinder (Chi)
Marcus Semien (Mahkus)
Jaycob Brugman (Bruggy)
Mark Canha (Canha)
Khris Davis (Khrush)
Rajai Davis (Raj)
Matt Joyce (DJ SS)
*Dustin Fowler (Fowler)
Josh Phegley (PTBNL)
*Jake Smolinski (Smo)
*Andrew Triggs (Triggonometry)
*Bobby Wahl (Peanut)
*Players on 60-day DL