Oakland A's Top 102 Prospects: Offseason

Having suffered losses of prized assets such as Addidon Russell and Billy McKinney coupled with a draft boding lackluster position and zero additional compensation or competitive balance acquisitions, not to mention minimal incoming farmhands arriving via trades with the Athletics endorsing a competitive approach at the Major League level, Oakland's organizational status is most certainly not that of a high profile farm system at the moment having to presently bank upon short season depth blossoming forth and underrated gems defying expectations to retain their footing amidst the Stockton contingent of Robertson, Olson and Nuñez spearheading the organization's farm products. Hoping to contend and therefore possess a premiere developmental contingent, the Athletics optimistically would require another half decade to see the organization rocket upwards to the present standing of Chicago and Houston while still weilding the potential to breach into the upper echelon of organizational prospect stock during the upcoming couple campaigns with extremely high ceiling prospects such as Justin Higley, Carlos Hiciano, Tyler Willman, Yairo Muñoz, Heath Fillmyer, Jordan Schwartz, and Jose Torres dotting the system and boasting some outstanding potentiality. However, with the afforementioned bunch showcasing zero names with prior California League experience, the A's would be overjoyed to have a lone individual amongst the class achieve a portion of their prescribed ceiling. There's still optimism to be uncovered amongst the green and gold cast though with Matt Chapman, Daniel Robertson, Matt Olson, and Dillon Overton showcasing profiles nearly assured of major league opportunities plus Michael Ynoa, Dylan Covey, Renato Nuñez, Bobby Wahl, Dustin Driver, Chad Pinder, and Raul Alcantara additionally flashing plus attributes that could purchase them a major league payday and starting position within the foreseeable future. With the current cluster of Stockton talent now seemingly having been prepared to graduate towards the upper reaches of the MiLB ladder, Oakland must search elsewhere for their next batch of lesser level tools to dream off of with an upcoming Midwest League rotation potentially providing that as the Athletics shall ignite extremist competition between Daniel Gossett, Corey Walter, Chris Kohler, Dillon Overton, Dustin Driver, Brett Graves, Cody Stull, Jesus Zambrano, and Jordan Schwartz as likely candidates through spring that could potentially sweep through the organization as a unit as well. Benefitting graciously from Matt Chapman anchoring Midland as a prominent catylst through their postseason stretch three months plucked from amateur competition alongside breakthrough campaigns from the trio of Renato Nuñez, Daniel Robertson and Matt Olson as 20 year olds plopped in California, Oakland's system has demonstated resilience in the wake of tremendous casualties and present an intriguing gaggle of prospects to form the bedrock of their hopeful rise upwards towards one of the more respected farms within the realm of baseball once again. 

Listed below are the ~140 individuals that ought to be notable within the organization prior to the 2015 campaign as thirteen separate installments shall follow this post with an individual profile of each prospect. While officially closing at 102, the differentials were extraordinally marginal towards the bottom of the listing and thus any one of the prospects within that portion could skyrocket with a successful stint or mechanical tweak. Prospects whose 27th birthday has already occured or falls prior to MiLB opening day (April 9th, 2015) were deemed ineligible: 

1. Matt Chapman

2. Daniel Robertson

3. Raul Alcantara

4. Matt Olson

5. Dustin Driver

6. Renato Nuñez

7. Michael Ynoa

8. Bobby Wahl

9. Dillon Overton

10. Dylan Covey

11. Chad Pinder

12. Yairo Muñoz

13. Seth Streich

14. Max Muncy

15. Chris Kohler

16. Heath Fillmyer

17. Justin Higley

18. Bruce Maxwell

19. Branden Kelliher

20. Arnold Leon

21. Jordan Schwartz

22. Kyle Finnegan

23. Brett Graves

24. Boogie Powell

25. Daniel Gossett

26. Jaycob Brugman

27. Seong-Min Kim

28. Argenis Blanco

29. Jesus Lopez

30. Ryon Healy

31. Jesus Zambrano

32. Bobby Crocker

33. Trace Loehr

34. Carlos Hiciano

35. Drew Granier

36. Jose Torres

37. Tucker Healy

38. Tyler Willman

39. Austin House

40. Sam Bragg

41. Sandber Pimentel

42. Edwin Diaz

43. Tyler Marincov

44. Aaron Shipman

45. Kris Hall

46. Angel Duno

47. Brendan McCurry

48. Max Kuhn

49. Santiago Chavez

50. Robert Martinez

51. Lana Akau

52. Dakota Freese

53. Sean Murphy

54. Chris Jensen

55. Shawn Duinkerk

56. Jose Brizuela

57. Corey Walter

58. Tanner Peters

59. Miles Head

60. Jose Rivas

61. Rodolfo Peñalo

62. Branden Cogswell

63. Beau Taylor

64. Mike Fagan

65. Louie Trivino

66. Blake Hassebrock

67. Vicmal De La Cruz 

68. Josh Whitaker

69. Jake Sanchez

70. Seth Frankoff

71. Chris Lamb

72. Tyler Hollstegge

73. Ryan Dull

74. JP Sportman

75. Derek DeYoung

76. Carlos Navas

77. Lee Sosa

78. Argenis Raga

79. Junior Mendez

80. Cody Kurz

81. Koby Gauna

82. Luis Barrera

83. Philly Ortiz

84. Trent Gilbert

85. Matt Stalcup

86. David Montilla

87. Michael Soto

88. Ivan Andueza

89. Rob Huber

90. Joe Bennie

91. Eric Mariñez

92. Kevin Johnson

923 Brett Vertigan

94. Melvin Mercedes

95. Derek Beasley

96. Ryan Mathews

97. Nick Rickles

98. Cody Stull

99. Robert Mullen

100. Miggy Mercedes

101. Dominique Vattuone

102. Emerson Nelo

Honorable Mentions: 

Jean Carlo Rodriguez

Jesus Rivas

Hunter Adkins

Trevor Bayless

Blake McMullen

Jerad Grundy

Joe Michaud

Jonathan Massad

Jorge Gordon

Dawson Brown

Victor Veliz

Reynaldo Hoyos

Corey Miller

Chih Fang-Pan

Kyle Wheeler

Andy Paz

Sam Roberts

Bennie Bracewell

Gabe Santana

Travis Pitcher

Chad Oberacker

AJ Kubala

Ruber Aquino

Jhonny Rodriguez

Juan Mendoza

Oscar Tovar

Jean Carlos Ruiz Torres

Jorge Martinez

Ryan Huck

Tyler Painton

AJ Burke

Wade Kirkland

Phil Pohl

Ryan Gorton

Luis Baez

Javier Agelvis

Barry Hernandez

Gean Rigby

Kevin Ferreras

Alejandro Vargas