The whole thing isn't worth reading for someone without a lot of free time or perveted interest in Oregon high school sports. BUt here is the key tidbit:

"Beau Day, Centennial: American Legion Triple A baseball teams usually consist of players aged 16 to 19. But Day is 14 and hasn't yet played a day of high school ball. Still, Day made a statement with Centennial's top Legion team this summer. The catcher, who will be a freshman, hit .321 during the regular season on a team that reached the state tournament. "His maturity is way beyond his years," said Brent Child, who coaches Centennial's high school and Legion teams."

I hope Billy is reading this and putting him on the target board. :)

Oakland A's
Barry Zito (27 GS), Danny Haren (27), Joe Blanton (25), Kirk Saarloos (20), Rich Harden (19), Others (6 GS).

 Zito

Strengths: At this point, just about everything. Not only have the Athletics' starters held enemy batsmen to a league-best .240 batting average and .306 OBP but Oakland also boasts the only AL starting staff that has held opposing hitters to a sub-.400 slugging percentage (.380). If those numbers hold for the rest of the season, they would be truly remarkable. The Athletics' rotation is impressively balanced, featuring both hard throwers and finesse pitchers with a veteran southpaw as the anchor. The staff's home/road performance is not skewed much in favor of the Mausoleum, either, showing only a 0.11 ERA differential.

Weaknesses: The only real problem with the Oakland rotation is the starters' inability to keep runners from stealing, which could be fatal in closely fought games. Larcenous baserunners have swiped 62 bases off the A's batteries this year, with only 14 caught stealing, though the guys behind the green masks must bear a lot of the responsibility.

On the intangible side of things, there is also a relative lack of experience. In the postseason, patient veteran lineups frequently can dismember young starters like Haren, Harden or Blanton. Of course, lineups full of disciplined power hitters frequently dismantle veteran starting pitchers -- but announcers and pundits are very fond of paying obeisance to "veteran leadership" and prone to expectorating I-told-you-so's like late summer showers when inexperienced young hurlers get lit up in October.