by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 15, 2024 Now that spring training is well underway and the season is nigh, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2024 Top 10 Prospects List. This year’s list includes six position players and four pitchers, and three of them – Jacob Wilson, Max…
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A’s Final 2023 Minor League Hitting & Pitching Leaders
With the regular season now complete for all the A’s affiliates, it’s time to take a quick look at the A’s minor league statistical leaders this season. All full-season affiliates are included: Las Vegas Aviators (AAA), Midland RockHounds (AA), Lansing Lugnuts (A+), Stockton Ports (A)… –HITS– 160 Darell Hernaiz SS…
View More A’s Final 2023 Minor League Hitting & Pitching LeadersA’s Top-Performing Pitching Prospects
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor July 24, 2023 Many of the hurlers who were considered to be Oakland’s top pitching prospects at the start of the season – players like Ken Waldichuk, Kyle Muller, Mason Miller and Freddy Tarnok – have all spent time in the big…
View More A’s Top-Performing Pitching ProspectsButler, Hernaiz & Milone – Promoted Prospects Performing Well
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor July 23, 2023 Earlier this month, the A’s took the opportunity to promote a number of promising prospects to the next level, putting them one step closer to making it to the big leagues. Among the many prospects who were promoted in…
View More Butler, Hernaiz & Milone – Promoted Prospects Performing WellA’s Farm Report: Mid-Season Minor League Stat Leaders
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 19, 2023 Now that we’re almost halfway through the minor league season, it’s a good time to take a look at some of the A’s minor league statistical leaders. It’s one thing to put up solid numbers that appear impressive in the…
View More A’s Farm Report: Mid-Season Minor League Stat LeadersA’s Farm Report: Most-Advanced Prospects By Age
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 12, 2023 When examining an organization’s most promising prospects, it’s always important to take note of a player’s age and, even more importantly, the age at which they’ve managed to succeed at each level. It’s one thing to succeed at any…
View More A’s Farm Report: Most-Advanced Prospects By AgeA’s Farm’s 2023 Top 10 Prospects List
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor February 25, 2023 Now that spring training has just gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2023 Top 10 Prospects List. This year’s list includes seven position players and three pitchers. Seven of this year’s top prospects began their careers with the A’s,…
View More A’s Farm’s 2023 Top 10 Prospects ListA’s Farm’s 2022 Post-Season All-Prospect Team
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor October 10, 2022 With the 2022 season now concluded, and the A’s clearly in the midst of a rebuild, it’s time to take a look at some of the A’s most promising young prospects who would be most likely to form the…
View More A’s Farm’s 2022 Post-Season All-Prospect TeamA’s Final 2022 Minor League Hitting & Pitching Leaders
With the regular season now complete for all the A’s affiliates, it’s time to take a quick look at the A’s minor league statistical leaders this season. All full-season affiliates are included: Las Vegas Aviators (AAA), Midland RockHounds (AA), Lansing Lugnuts (A+), Stockton Ports (A)… –HITS– 160 Jordan…
View More A’s Final 2022 Minor League Hitting & Pitching LeadersA’s Mid-Season Organizational Stat Leaders
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 27, 2022 Now that we’re about halfway through the minor league season, it’s a good time to take a look at some of the A’s organizational statistical leaders. It’s one thing to put up solid numbers that appear impressive in the…
View More A’s Mid-Season Organizational Stat LeadersA’s Farm Report: Top-Performing Pitching Prospects
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 19, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 37-28 Team OPS: .788 / Team ERA: 5.47 LHP Jared Koenig was the top-performing pitcher in the A’s minor league system prior to his promotion to Oakland. After having a solid season for Midland…
View More A’s Farm Report: Top-Performing Pitching ProspectsA’s Farm Report: Top-Performing Hitting Prospects
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor June 13, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 34-25 Team OPS: .775 / Team ERA: 5.23 Jonah Bride has been the best hitter in the A’s minor league system through the first couple of months of the season. The 26-year-old began the…
View More A’s Farm Report: Top-Performing Hitting ProspectsA’s Farm Report: Top Pitching Prospects
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor May 8, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 17-13 Team OPS: .747 / Team ERA: 4.31 The most impressive member of the starting rotation at Las Vegas in the early going has been one of the lesser-known names on the Triple-A roster.…
View More A’s Farm Report: Top Pitching ProspectsA’s Farm Report: April’s Top Hitting Prospects
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor May 2, 2022 LAS VEGAS AVIATORS (AAA) Record: 13-11 Team OPS: .775 / Team ERA: 4.87 Catcher Shea Langeliers, who was acquired from Atlanta in the Matt Olson trade, has been the early hitting star for the Aviators. The 24-year-old backstop leads…
View More A’s Farm Report: April’s Top Hitting ProspectsA’s Restock Minor League Pitching Depth
By Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 23, 2022 Despite the loss of popular players like Matt Olson, Matt Chapman and Chris Bassitt in recent days, the A’s have managed to accomplish one important goal in the process. The organization has restocked its minor league pitching depth, which had…
View More A’s Restock Minor League Pitching DepthA’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects List
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor March 7, 2021 Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects List. After a lost season for most minor leaguers in 2020, there’s not a whole lot of new information to be able to evaluate…
View More A’s Farm’s 2021 Top 10 Prospects ListBaseball America’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 12, 2020 Just as MLB Pipeline recently updated its prospect rankings, Baseball America recently published its own up-to-date midseason prospect rankings. Not only did Baseball America’s prospect hounds recalibrate their top 100 prospects in all of baseball and their top 30 prospects…
View More Baseball America’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?MLB Pipeline’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor August 11, 2020 MLB Pipeline recently updated its prospect rankings from last spring, with some promising young A’s players moving up the charts and others sliding down. MLB.com’s top prospect hounds, Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Mike Rosenbaum, recalibrated their top 100 prospects…
View More MLB Pipeline’s Updated Prospect Rankings: Who’s Up? Who’s Down?A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects List
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor Now that spring training has gotten underway, it’s time to present A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects List. It’s worth noting that six players from last year’s list have made a return to this year’s list, including the top three prospects – Jesus Luzardo,…
View More A’s Farm’s 2020 Top 10 Prospects ListA’s Farm’s 8th Annual Post-Season Organizational All-Star Team for 2019
by Bill Moriarity / A’s Farm Editor With the 2019 minor league season now complete, it’s the perfect time to take a step back and determine who the true standouts on the field really were in the A’s system in 2019. And with that in mind, it’s time to name…
View More A’s Farm’s 8th Annual Post-Season Organizational All-Star Team for 2019