Shea

Langeliers

The A’s still made a huge mistake in not taking William Contreras when they traded Sean Murphy to the Braves, but it’s not quite as painful as it would be if Langeliers hadn’t busted out this season. He has a shot at turning in just the 55th 30-homer season in MLB history for a catcher. Cal Raleigh is the only catcher topping him there this year. Playing in a minor league ballpark, Langeliers could be quite the force in fantasy leagues next year.

Have a night, Shea. The 26-year-old slugging backstop connected for a three-run homer off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert in the third inning before tucking a game-winning blast just inside the left-field foul pole off Seattle reliever Austin Voth in the ninth inning to send the Oakland faithful home with a memorable walk-off win. It was his second multi-homer performance of the season and first time he’s accomplished the feat since a three-homer explosion back on April 9.

It was quite the night for Langeliers, who fell a triple shy of the cycle while going 4-for-4 at the dish. Langeliers padded an early 4-1 lead for the Athletics in the third inning when he blasted a three-run shot off former teammate Paul Blackburn to push the Athletics’ lead to 7-1. It was the 22nd homer of the season for Langeliers, who has also hit in three-straight games after a slow start to the month. He doubled in the sixth inning to score JJ Bleday and is now sitting on 38 extra-base hits on the season.

Langeliers connected for a three-run homer -- his 20th big fly of the season -- off Angels starter Tyler Anderson in the opening frame, which wound up being enough run support in this one for Oakland starter Mitch Spence and a trio of relievers. The 26-year-old slugging backstop doesn’t offer much besides power and counting stats, but the fact that he’s probably going to eclipse the 30-homer threshold puts him on mixed-league radar screens until further notice.

Langeliers hit a two-run blast in the third inning to make it a 12-0 game. You’re not reading that wrong. The backstop also drove in one of the Athletics’ 19 runs — again, not a typo — with a single in the second. Langeliers has homered 17 times while driving in 45 runs in the first half of the 2024 campaign. Not too shabby.

Langeliers isn’t exactly known for his speed, but he was able to procure his third steal of the season. The power is a little more readily apparent, and he hit one of three homers in the ninth inning for the A’s to give him 15 on the year and Oakland an 8-4 lead. Langeliers will never be a big helper in the average category, but there just might be enough run-production to make him a starting fantasy catcher someday.

With the A’s trailing 5-4, Langeliers took Jhoan Duran deep to give Oakland a 6-5 lead and ultimately the victory. He drove in another run with a single to center in the fifth. Langeliers shows the potential to be a long-term catching option for fantasy teams, but his .207 average makes him a tough sell in one-catcher formats.

The 26-year-old backstop got the Athletics’ offense started with a bang on Friday night, tagging Simeon Woods Richardson for a 408-foot (102.8 mph EV) four-run blast on the first pitch that he saw in the first inning. That would be hit only hit on the night, finishing the evening 1-for-5.

Langeliers isn’t going to provide a good average as he’s now hitting .211 on the season, but he has decent power for a catcher. The home run was his 12th of the season and he now has 29 RBI.

Langeliers had a routine day off on Thursday night against the Astros, but he’s back in the lineup on Friday. His average is just .218, but he has nine home runs and 24 RBI in 133 at-bats this season.