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Format = Position Player | Age on 4/1/2025 | Highest Level Played | Estimated Time of Arrival 

1. 1B Nick Kurtz | 22 | AA | 2025

At 6’5” 240 from the left side, Kurtz fits the prototype of a high-OBP, big-power corner bat. The Athletics selected him fourth overall and sent him to Low-A, where he slashed .400/.571/.960 with four home runs in seven games. So naturally, the team sent him right by High-A and onto Double-A Midland, where he hit .300 for five games before a hamstring strain ended his regular season. He got back in action during the fall and played well enough that he might get a long look in training camp as the team will be eager to generate fan interest.

 

2. SS Jacob Wilson | 23 | MLB | 2024

The sixth overall pick in 2023, Wilson raced to the majors in a matter of months but got injured just a few innings into his major league career. A contact-first approach means that even at 6’3” and 190 lbs, Wilson might not hit for power. Still, he’s big enough to clear the Madrigal line for impact on contact, and his plus defense at shortstop should secure him a spot in the lineup for a long time. I wish he ran a little bit, but I still 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 features a whippy three-quarters delivery with a nasty fastball-curveball combo that can make any lineup look inept, at least the first time through. When he’s landing his changeup, there goes the second time through. Beyond that, his career’s success will come down to durability and command, both of which he should age into, given the exceptional talent level. In 13 starts from May 23 to August 4, he recorded a 2.59 ERA and 1.01 WHIP with 52 strikeouts in 48.1 innings pitched. And sure, I’m cherry picking the best stretch, but his season started late due to injury, and he tailed off a bit late at the end of his longest season ever, so I think it makes sense to shave a few starts off the edges to get a picture of what this guy can do when he’s in rhythm.

 

4. OF Henry Bolte | 21 | AA | 2026

Strikeouts are the long term rub for Bolte, a 6’3” 195 lb right-handed hitter who hit 15 home runs and stole 46 bases in 123 games across two levels in 2024. He struck out 34.7 percent of the time but slashed .267/.368/.466 nonetheless because he takes his walks and hits the ball hard. It’s not a comp, necessarily, but there’s a Lawrence Butler starter kit here. Butler struck out 31.5 percent of the time as a 21-year-old in High-A.

 

5. OF Denzel Clarke | 24 | AA | 2025

An off-the-bus All Star, the 6’5” 220 lb Clarke maintained most of the gains he’s made over the past couple years, slashing .269/.339/.445 with 13 home runs and 36 stolen bases in 113 Double-A games, good for a 120 wRC+. He still struck out at a 29.9 percent clip, but he wouldn’t need to shave much from that look like a corner outfield option for the big league team. 

Here’s something I wrote in last year’s blurb: “A bet on Clarke is partly a bet that he’s a little behind in experience due to injury and region (he’s from Canada) and should be able to make up time with reps. He was much better in 2023 than he was at High-A in 2022, and I think real late-bloomer traits are pretty obvious in his game.”

 

6. SS Max Muncy | 22 | AAA | 2025

It’s not the loudest tool box you’ve ever heard clattering around the worksite that is wherever this team will be playing in four years, but Muncy might be able to get the job done at the keystone. He’s been playing against older players since he entered the league out of high school, so there’s probably a little more than meets the eye in his 6’0” 180 lb frame. In 50 Triple-A games this year, he slashed .277/.374/.491 with eight home runs and four stolen bases. Zack Gelof is listed at second base with Gio Urshela at third, but it makes more sense to me for the club to play Muncy and Gelof at second and third or vice versa.

 

7. 3B Tommy White | 22 | A | 2026

A right-handed power bat at 6’1” 228 lbs, White hit 24 home runs and collected 105 RBIs as a sophomore on LSU’s national title team then popped another 24 as a junior before going 40th overall and signing with Oakland for $3 million. He didn’t hit well in 24 Low-A games, but that was the end of a long draft season, and while I have some concerns about his overall athleticism, White has put huge outcomes on paper against high-end pitching and should be able to hit the ground running against lower-minors arms in 2025.

 

8. RHP Jack Perkins | 25 | AA | 2025

With functional control of three plus pitches, Perkins can wake up any lineup. His fastball plays well up in the zone in the mid 90’s and sets up his tumbling combination of curveball and changeup. At 6’1” 220 lbs, he might be kind of maxed out physically, but three plus pitches alongside a 90 mile-and-hour cutter gives him enough weapons to cook up some big league breakfasts.

 

9. RHP Mason Barnett | 24 | AA | 2025

Barnett was excellent after coming over from Kansas City in the Lucas Erceg deal, covering 41.1 innings in just seven starts and posting a 2.61 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 23.4 percent strikeout-minus-walk rate. It’s a fairly standard four-pitch look from a 6-foot righty, but his mix of fastball, slider, curveball, and changeup presents him a variety of paths in each at bat, and with a baseline like his, any little jumps in velocity or command could have a cascading impact.

 

10. OF Colby Thomas | 24 | AAA | 2025

Like a lot of prospects in this system, Thomas brings his fair share of power, speed and strikeouts. A right-handed hitter at 5’10” 190 lbs, he slashed .272/.344/.559 in 73 Triple-A games despite a 30.3 percent strikeout rate, but he’ll have to bring that down to get his shot in an org chart that’s getting kind of crowded. 

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Ryan
Ryan
19 days ago

Any thoughts on Pedro Pineda? Worth keeping in a 24 team Dynasty League with 12 Minors slots per team?

RATManfred
RATManfred
27 days ago

What are your thoughts on how Sac-town will play for fantasy? Is this a PCL hitter type situation?

citizen5
citizen5
27 days ago

Did they just sign Ohtani Jr.? Please, please, please!

brand new Intl signing today.
https://www.mlb.com/news/shotaro-morii-signs-with-a-s

J.R.
J.R.
27 days ago

Is it wrong I want Max Muncy and Max Muncy on same roster before the latter retires?

J.R.
J.R.
27 days ago

Good write up. Learned some new names. As look like a team that with a couple moves could compete if they worked out. Lot of OF talent in majors and minors.

Chhh
Chhh
28 days ago

Am I the only one who thinks there’s a fair bit of upside in this sytem?

MJ888
MJ888
Reply to  The Itch
27 days ago

Kurtz is highly rated by some, but I don’t think he gets enough prospect love! He looks like the next Freddie Freeman to me.