Oakland Athletics Organization Discussion

I’d take Cole over Parker, but I imagine Parker will top several lists. Although wasn’t there a list the other day that had Cole on top, with Parker 4th? I want to say … Law? Can’t recall right now, it was pretty interesting to see that.

to his AFL power surge. very interested to see how he plays in sac next year. i am much higher on him than many at AN.

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Yes.

“The reason I’m curious is because for him to be successful in the Majors, he’s going to have to continue to develop his power”

That’s not true at all. For a shortstop or centerfielder, power doesn’t even factor into the equation, so whether he becomes a 20 HR guy or not, it doesn’t matter.

“At this point, there is no indication he can take a walk,”

Walks are overrated. If you have two guys with a .360 OBP, and one hits .260 and the other .280, you take the .280 guy without even thinking about it.

“so his batting average is gonna look pretty empty if he can’t start driving the ball. "

Green can run, so if he only hits fifteen homers a year, but hits 40 doubles and a dozen triples, are you really going to argue?

“Also, anyone know how he looked in CF?”

Shaky, but he’s learning a new position. He said the biggest adjustment for him was realizing he won’t be involved in every play like he was at short. It took him awhile to get comfortable, but by the end of the season he looked like he had been playing the OF his whole career.

“Does he have the range to stick there, or will he eventually be moved to the corners?”

He definitely can stick in center. He was never thought to have a plus arm at short, so it’s unrealistic to think he will in right, although changing throwing mechanics can make a difference.

Long term, Green in center and Choice in right is a better OF than if they were reversed.

I know alot of people are starting to turn their backs on Green as a prospect, believing the shine on his star is beginning to fade.

I’m not one of them.

Grant Green is the best player in the entire system, and, IMO, it’s not really close.

The A’s moved him with the intention of accelerating his reaching the majors, he has a good spring and there is no reason to believe he won’t be in Oakland’s starting lineup on opening day.

at the plate just prior to the AFL somewhere. I don’t remember where I read that, but it appeared that whatever he did clearly worked for him. Even though it was a SSS, it would be great to see if that can play out for an entire season.

I don’t know where he will play though with 3 potential CFs on the roster right now with Crisp/Cowgill/Reddick. I’m thinking that Crisp gets flipped at the deadline, Green gets called up and takes over? Crisp had a 250k trade clause in his contract for a reason…

1st pick: Beck, Wacha, or Roache (i don’t think Gausman will drop that far)

2nd pick: Barrett, Zimmer, or Jankowski

3rd/4th pick: Fontana, Fullmer (high school version of sonny gray/brad peacock), stephen piscotti, brandon thomas, or lex rutledge

5th/6th pick: any of the guys from above that slide down

this.

Dan straily, dude put up monster numbers in a hitter friendly cal league at just 22

they are very similar players, put up similar numbers, donaldson is the younger one, so it’s hard to tell

straily
whitaker
kirby-jones (hampered by injuries last year, and not ones that will be recurring)
nunez
paulino
avila
walz
treinen (old but he has good stuff)
ortiz

and yeah, you get the point haha

brent powers is an interesting name to keep in mind too

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Before the A’s added nine prospects in those three trades, their farm system would have ranked among the five worst in the game. That influx of talent will give them a significant boost and pushes them to the middle of the pack. (If I sound vague, it’s because we ranked the systems in the Handbook after the Cahill deal and before the Gonzalez and Bailey transactions. We’ll update those rankings again in the spring.)

Only three other organizations have a quartet of pitching prospects in the same class as Oakland’s. I’d rank them in this order: Diamondbacks (Trevor Bauer, Tyler Skaggs, Archie Bradley, David Holmberg), Mariners (Taijuan Walker, Danny Hultzen, James Paxton, Jose Campos), Athletics (Parker, Peacock, Cole, Gray) and Braves (Julio Teheran, Arodys Vizcaino, Randall Delgado, Sean Gilmartin). Oakland’s has the best No. 4 pitching prospect of any of those groups.

to be able to tell what kinda player he is

Solano, as well