![]() ![]() Q: What do you think is the hardest thing you've had to overcome in your career so far? ![]() It was really exciting having my family come out and get to watch me play. I'm from Redlands,, so it was close to home. I know a lot of guys that were in Lancaster started off in Quad Cities with me, so it's kind of a good feeling to get back with old teammates. Nottingham: I was excited - you're moving up, you're one step closer to your dream. : What were you thinking when you found out you were going to be promoted to Lancaster? If I started feeling weird or something wasn't right, we'd go back in and just work on it until I felt good again, and everything just clicked again. I felt like that was one of the things that helped me. If things start going south, you just think about what you did in the past and what you were working on and try to lock back in the game. Everything is going good, you're not trying to do too much and you just believe in yourself and everything just falls into place. How'd it feel to get off to such a great start? : You got off to a strong start with Quad Cities - two homers in the first week and your average kept climbing. I feel like he and I just had a super-good connection and he's just helped me a lot this year. He's helped me so much this year, just simplifying everything. I worked with Chimmy,, one of our hitting coaches, and he just really helped me. Nottingham: My goal out of Spring Training was to make a full-season team and try to be the best player that I can and work as hard as I can in Spring Training. : What was your mentality last offseason as you entered the 2015 campaign? I was truly blessed to have the season that I had and I'm just looking forward to another great season. I was with amazing guys all year from different teams. Nottingham: This year was great, I can't complain. : Now that you've had time to process it, what was the season like for you overall? "I didn't change, I did everything the same."Īfter his first offseason hitting session, the A's eighth-ranked prospect talked about his big year. "I just try to be the same player I am with the Astros and then just moving on," he said. 5 prospect Matt Chapman, Nottingham was able to remain productive through the end of the season with 17 homers and a. With a new organization, a new California League team and a new mentor in A's No. On the most basic level, Nottingham and Mengden just switched clubhouses as Lancaster was playing their new team, Stockton, that night. On July 23, Oakland acquired the 20-year-old catcher and right-hander Daniel Mengden from Houston for veteran southpaw Scott Kazmir. After hitting 326/.383/.558 with 14 homers and 60 RBIs in 76 games, Nottingham's stock was rising and the A's took notice. And move on, he did.įirst to Class A Quad Cities to start the 2015 season, then to Class A Advanced Lancaster for his first midseason promotion. After two seasons in Rookie ball in the Astros system, Jacob Nottingham was ready to move on. ![]()
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