Format = Place Participant | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Stage Performed | Estimated Time of Arrival
1. 1B Nick Kurtz | 22 | AA | 2025
At 6’5” 240 from the left facet, Kurtz matches the prototype of a high-OBP, big-power nook bat. The Athletics chosen fourth general and despatched him to Low-A, the place he slashed .400/.571/.960 with 4 residence runs in seven video games. So naturally, the workforce despatched him proper by Excessive-A and onto Double-A Midland, the place he hit .300 for 5 video games earlier than a hamstring pressure ended his common season. He bought again in motion throughout the fall and performed properly sufficient that he may get an extended look in coaching camp because the workforce will likely be desirous to generate fan curiosity.
2. SS Jacob Wilson | 23 | MLB | 2024
The sixth general choose in 2023, Wilson raced to the majors in a matter of months however bought injured only a few innings into his main league profession. A contact-first method implies that even at 6’3” and 190 lbs, Wilson may not hit for energy. Nonetheless, he’s sufficiently big to clear the Madrigal line for impression on contact, and his plus protection at shortstop ought to safe him a spot within the lineup for a very long time. I want he ran just a little bit, however I nonetheless like him as a deep-league sleeper heading into 2025.
3. RHP Luis Morales | 22 | A+ | 2025
A plus athlete at 6’3” 190 lbs, Morales incorporates a whippy three-quarters supply with a nasty fastball-curveball combo that may make any lineup look inept, at the least the primary time via. When he’s touchdown his changeup, there goes the second time via. Past that, his profession’s success will come all the way down to sturdiness and command, each of which he ought to age into, given the distinctive expertise degree. In 13 begins from Might 23 to August 4, he recorded a 2.59 ERA and 1.01 WHIP with 52 strikeouts in 48.1 innings pitched. And certain, I’m cherry choosing the perfect stretch, however his season began late resulting from damage, and he tailed off a bit late on the finish of his longest season ever, so I believe it is sensible to shave a couple of begins off the sides to get an image of what this man can do when he’s in rhythm.
4. OF Henry Bolte | 21 | AA | 2026
Strikeouts are the long run rub for Bolte, a 6’3” 195 lb right-handed hitter who hit 15 residence runs and stole 46 bases in 123 video games throughout two ranges in 2024. He struck out 34.7 p.c of the time however slashed .267/.368/.466 nonetheless as a result of he takes his walks and hits the ball arduous. It’s not a comp, essentially, however there’s a Lawrence Butler starter equipment right here. Butler struck out 31.5 p.c of the time as a 21-year-old in Excessive-A.
5. OF Denzel Clarke | 24 | AA | 2025
An off-the-bus All Star, the 6’5” 220 lb Clarke maintained many of the positive factors he’s remodeled the previous couple years, slashing .269/.339/.445 with 13 residence runs and 36 stolen bases in 113 Double-A video games, good for a 120 wRC+. He nonetheless struck out at a 29.9 p.c clip, however he wouldn’t must shave a lot from that seem like a nook outfield choice for the large league workforce.
Right here’s one thing I wrote in final 12 months’s blurb: “A wager on Clarke is partly a wager that he’s just a little behind in expertise resulting from damage and area (he’s from Canada) and will be capable to make up time with reps. He was a lot better in 2023 than he was at Excessive-A in 2022, and I believe actual late-bloomer traits are fairly apparent in his sport.”
6. SS Max Muncy | 22 | AAA | 2025
It’s not the loudest software field you’ve ever heard clattering across the worksite that’s wherever this workforce will likely be enjoying in 4 years, however Muncy may be capable to get the job performed on the keystone. He’s been enjoying in opposition to older gamers since he entered the league out of highschool, so there’s in all probability just a little greater than meets the attention in his 6’0” 180 lb body. In 50 Triple-A video games this 12 months, he slashed .277/.374/.491 with eight residence runs and 4 stolen bases. Zack Gelof is listed at second base with Gio Urshela at third, however it makes extra sense to me for the membership to play Muncy and Gelof at second and third or vice versa.
7. 3B Tommy White | 22 | A | 2026
A right-handed energy bat at 6’1” 228 lbs, White hit 24 residence runs and picked up 105 RBIs as a sophomore on LSU’s nationwide title workforce then popped one other 24 as a junior earlier than going fortieth general and signing with Oakland for $3 million. He didn’t hit properly in 24 Low-A video games, however that was the tip of an extended draft season, and whereas I’ve some considerations about his general athleticism, White has put big outcomes on paper in opposition to high-end pitching and will be capable to hit the bottom operating in opposition to lower-minors arms in 2025.
8. RHP Jack Perkins | 25 | AA | 2025
With purposeful management of three plus pitches, Perkins can get up any lineup. His fastball performs properly up within the zone within the mid 90’s and units up his tumbling mixture of curveball and changeup. At 6’1” 220 lbs, he may be form of maxed out bodily, however three plus pitches alongside a 90 mile-and-hour cutter offers him sufficient weapons to cook dinner up some large league breakfasts.
9. RHP Mason Barnett | 24 | AA | 2025
Barnett was glorious after coming over from Kansas Metropolis within the Lucas Erceg deal, masking 41.1 innings in simply seven begins and posting a 2.61 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 23.4 p.c strikeout-minus-walk fee. It’s a reasonably normal four-pitch look from a 6-foot righty, however his mixture of fastball, slider, curveball, and changeup presents him a wide range of paths in every at bat, and with a baseline like his, any little jumps in velocity or command may have a cascading impression.
10. OF Colby Thomas | 24 | AAA | 2025
Like plenty of prospects on this system, Thomas brings his fair proportion of energy, velocity and strikeouts. A right-handed hitter at 5’10” 190 lbs, he slashed .272/.344/.559 in 73 Triple-A video games regardless of a 30.3 p.c strikeout fee, however he’ll need to deliver that all the way down to get his shot in an org chart that’s getting form of crowded.
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