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Ranking the Oakland A’s 2018 player weekend nicknames

Major League Baseball has its second annual Players’ Weekend coming up in late August. As part of the festivities, the players get to choose their own nicknames to wear on their jerseys in place of their normal last names on Aug. 24-26. Those nicknames were announced by the team on Thursday.

Here’s the full list! You can also click here to see last year’s version.

  • Brett Anderson: Anderson
  • Trevor Cahill: T.C.
  • Edwin Jackson: Scoop
  • Sean Manaea: Manaealator
  • Ryan Buchter: 5 Deuce
  • Jeurys Familia: La Fama
  • Chris Hatcher: Hatch
  • Shawn Kelley: Kelleytime
  • Emilio Pagan: Emiliooooo
  • Yusmeiro Petit: Yus
  • Blake Treinen: Train
  • Lou Trivino: Sweet Lou
  • Franklin Barreto: Kaki
  • Matt Chapman: Chappy
  • Jed Lowrie: Capt.