Daric Barton
OAKLAND ATHLETICS TOP 20 PROSPECTS
- Daric Barton, 1B, Grade A-
- Kevin Melillo, 2B, Grade B+
- Javier Herrera, OF, Grade B
- Cliff Pennington, SS, B
- Travis Buck, OF, B
- Danny Putnam, OF, B
- Santiago Casilla (Jairo Garcia), RHP, Grade B (changed from B+ book grade due to Age-Gate)
- Craig Italiano, RHP, B
- Shane Komine, RHP, B-
- Jimmy Shull, RHP, B-
- Jared Lansford, RHP, B-
- Kurt Suzuki, C, C+
- Vincent Mazzaro, RHP, C+
- Richie Robnett, OF, C+
- Dan Meyer, LHP, C+
- Jared Burton, RHP, C+
- Jason Ray, RHP, C+
- Ramon Alvarado, OF, C+
- John Rheinecker, LHP, C
- Justin Sellers, SS, C
I like both Buck and Putnam, but both have some risk of "tweenerdom" when it comes to power development.
I thought about raising Pennington's grade to B+. . .Baseball America ranks him ahead of Melillo due to questions about Melillo's glovework. But for now I will leave it the way it is. The question is not whether Melillo should be a grade B, but whether Pennington should be a B+. He doesn't have Melillo's power, but has better speed and better defensive value.
UPDATE: The general consensus is that Jared Burton is overrated on this list. Looking at it, I likely did not account sufficiently for age-relative-to-league factors. Grade C and a lower ranking would be appropriate.
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