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A’s 2012 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

Last week we offered a progress report on the A’s top 12 picks from the 2013 amateur draft. And it seemed like it might be interesting to take a similar look at the A’s top 12 picks from the 2012 amateur draft. Of course, that draft class featured some of…

A’s Top 12 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

It’s been almost two months since this year’s amateur draft and about six weeks since most of the players picked by the A’s began playing with either the rookie-ball Arizona League A’s or the Class-A Vermont Lake Monsters. Fortunately, the A’s managed to sign all of their top 12 draft…

Exclusive: Get the Inside Scoop on the A’s Top 12 Draft Picks of 2013 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota

For the second year in a row, the A’s surprised the baseball world by selecting a high school hitter with their first pick in the amateur draft. Last year’s top pick, Addison Russell, has generated an awful lot of enthusiasm from both inside and outside the organization, and now this year’s…

Getting To Know: The A’s 2013 Top 12 Draft Picks

Yesterday, we gave you the lowdown on the A’s top 3 picks selected on Day 1 of the amateur draft. And now that Day 2 is complete, it’s time to run down the A’s top 12 picks of the 2013 draft. Though the A’s took a high school player with…

A’s Make High School Outfielder Billy McKinney their Top Pick in 2013 Amateur Draft

For the second year in a row, the A’s selected a high school hitter with their first pick in the amateur draft. Last year it was shortstop Addison Russell, and this year it was center fielder Billy McKinney. McKinney just completed his senior year of high school in Plano, Texas,…

A’s Top 20 Draft Picks Post-Season Progress Report

A few weeks ago, after almost 2 months of play, we offered a little progress report on the A’s top 20 draft picks of 2012. And now with the minor league regular season over, it’s time for a complete season-end recap of the progress of the A’s top 20. The…

A’s Top 20 Draft Picks Mid-Season Progress Report

Thanks to the loss of free agent outfielders Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s had a few more picks than usual in the upper ranks of this June’s amateur draft – 5 of the first 75 picks to be exact. And the team used a number of those picks to target…

Exclusive: Get the Inside Scoop on the A’s Top 10 Draft Picks of 2012 from A’s Scouting Director Eric Kubota

Thanks to the loss of free agents Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s had a few more picks than usual in the upper ranks of the amateur draft this year – 5 of the first 75 picks to be exact. And surprisingly, the team used a number of those…

Getting To Know: The A’s 2012 Top 10 Draft Picks

Yesterday, we gave you the lowdown on the A’s top 3 picks selected on Day 1 of the draft. Now that Day 2 is complete we wanted to take the chance to run down the A’s top 10 picks of the 2012 amateur player draft. The team evenly divided its…

A’s Draft 3 High School Infielders on Day 1 of 2012 Amateur Draft

Thanks to the loss of free agent outfielders Josh Willingham and David DeJesus, the A’s were fortunate to have 3 picks coming to them before the 2nd round of this year’s amateur player draft. Of course, the A’s are known for preferring to focus on college players, having not taken…