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Prospectus Status - May 28th

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Its been almost a month since the last Prospectus Status, and since it is an off day for the big club, I thought it would be a nice time to check up on how our prospects are doing right about now.

With Draft Day coming up quickly on June 9th, we will probably have a new Mid-Season Prospect List project after the draft. Because its mid season, we will not do it as we did in the off season, 1 at a time, but more likely in large groups, perhaps 10 at a time, averaging the results.

Pitcher of the Month for May:

[SC] [FG] Vin Mazzaro, RHP

2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
SAC (oak) AAA 10 2-2 2.38 56.2 42 17 44 0 1.04

Mazzaro has been awesome in May, with a 1.65 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and holding batters to a .149 batting average. Mazzaro could be called up soon, perhaps in the double header against Texas. But, there is also just as likely a chance that the A's keep him there all year, as he would have to be added to the 40 man roster, and as we have seen a number of the A's top pitching prospects struggle in the majors with out enough experience at AAA (ie; Cahill and Anderson).

Hitter for the Month of May:

[SC] [FG] Corey Brown, CF

2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
MID (oak) AA 29 .339 .426 .616 5 25 3 21 12

Brown hit .337/.415/.675 in the month of may after coming back from injury. I would not be supprised if Brown got promoted to Sacramento soon, along with Adrian Cardenas, who could very well get promoted back to Sacramento after his demotion, as Cardenas as also continued to tear up Midland.

Onto the list.

  1. [SC] [FG] Trevor Cahill, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    OAK MLB 10 2-5 4.45 54.2 58 24 24 0 1.50
  2. [SC] [FG] Brett Anderson, LHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    OAK MLB 8 2-4 4.98 43.1 49 13 24 0 1.43
  3. [SC] [FG] Chris Carter, 3B/1B
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    MID (oak) AA 45 .276 .381 .464 5 35 5 38 17
  4. [SC] [FG] Aaron Cunningham, CF
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    OAK MLB 5 .077 .077 .154 0 1 0 1 1
    SAC (oak) AAA 12 .286 .340 .551 2 9 3 10 7
  5. [SC] [FG] Gio Gonzalez, LHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    OAK MLB 2 0-0 7.27 8.2 11 7 7 0 2.08
    SAC (oak) AAA 7 1-1 4.70 30.2 29 21 33 0 1.63
  6. [SC] [FG] Adrian Cardenas, SS/2B
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    SAC (oak) AAA 18 .177 .254 .258 0 11 1 8 5
    MID (oak) AA 24 .402 .487 .619 2 26 2 24 11
  7. [SC] [FG] Sean Doolittle, 1B/RF
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    SAC (oak) AAA 28 .267 .364 .448 4 14 0 17 5
  8. [SC] [FG] James Simmons, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    SAC (oak) AAA 9 2-2 5.32 44 52 21 31 0 1.66
  9. [SC] [FG] Vin Mazzaro, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    SAC (oak) AAA 10 2-2 2.38 56.2 42 17 44 0 1.04
  10. [SC] [FG] Josh Donaldson, C
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    MID (oak) AA 41 .278 .398 .457 4 33 2 32 13
  11. [SC] [FG] Michel Ynoa, RHP
  12. [SC] [FG] Jemile Weeks, 2B
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    STO (oak) A+ 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 0 1 0
  13. [SC] [FG] Henry Rodriguez, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    STO (oak) A+ 3 0-0 0.00 5 3 1 11 0 0.80
  14. [SC] [FG] Rashun Dixon, CF
  15. [SC] [FG] Fautino De Los Santos, RHP
  16. [SC] [FG] Arnold Leon, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    MID (oak) AA 12 1-1 4.35 20.2 23 11 17 1 1.65
  17. [SC] [FG] Josh Outman, LHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    OAK MLB 9 2-0 2.90 40.1 32 18 31 0 1.24
  18. [SC] [FG] Corey Brown, CF
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    MID (oak) AA 29 .339 .426 .616 5 25 3 21 12
  19. [SC] [FG] Brett Hunter, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    KAN (oak) A 8 0-0 6.52 29 23 33 26 0 1.93
  20. [SC] [FG] Sam Demel, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    MID (oak) AA 18 0-2 0.98 18.1 13 6 17 7 1.04
  21. [SC] [FG] Andrew Carignan, RHP
  22. [SC] [FG] Tyson Ross, RHP 
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    STO (oak) A+ 8 0-2 3.86 30.1 32 14 22 0 1.52
  23. [SC] [FG] Nino Leyja, SS
  24. [SC] [FG] Matt Sulentic, OF
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    MID (oak) AA 30 .283 .341 .442 3 13 11 19 5
  25. [SC] [FG] Craig Italiano, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    STO (oak) A+ 9 3-5 6.05 41.2 45 25 41 0 1.68
  26. [SC] [FG] Gregorio Petit, SS
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    OAK MLB 7 .250 .250 .300 0 1 0 2 1
    SAC (oak) AAA 35 .277 .315 .358 1 9 0 14 8
  27. [SC] [FG] Jason Christian, SS 
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    KAN (oak) A 43 .253 .326 .373 3 31 13 26 5
  28. [SC] [FG] Andrew Bailey, RHP 
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    OAK MLB 21 3-0 2.12 29.2 15 12 37 2 0.91
  29. [SC] [FG] Jared Lansford, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    SAC (oak) AAA 8 0-1 9.00 11 13 12 1 0 2.27
  30. [SC] [FG] Carlos Hernandez, LHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    MID (oak) AA 1 1-0 3.60 5 7 2 3 0 1.80
    STO (oak) A+ 8 2-4 5.31 40.2 42 18 32 0 1.48
  31. [SC] [FG] Dusty Coleman, SS
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    KAN (oak) A 45 .287 .374 .551 7 32 6 29 17
  32. [SC] [FG] Cliff Pennington, SS
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    SAC (oak) AAA 42 .273 .360 .329 0 11 16 20 6
  33. [SC] [FG] Petey Paramore, C 
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    KAN (oak) A 25 .263 .404 .342 1 16 1 11 3
  34. [SC] [FG] Matt Spencer, OF/1B
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    MID (oak) AA 10 .244 .256 .366 0 7 0 7 3
    STO (oak) A+ 30 .274 .338 .573 10 29 3 20 5
  35. [SC] [FG] Javier Herrera, OF (Released)
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    MID (oak) AA 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
  36. [SC] [FG] Landon Powell, C
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    OAK MLB 12 .211 .295 .395 1 11 0 4 4
  37. [SC] [FG] Travis Banwart, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    MID (oak) AA 9 5-1 2.47 51 49 12 28 0 1.20
  38. [SC] [FG] Jeff Baisley, 3B
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    SAC (oak) AAA 39 .209 .298 .306 1 10 0 16 10
  39. [SC] [FG] Robin Rosario, OF
  40. [SC] [FG] Grant Desme, OF
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    KAN (oak) A 45 .274 .330 .463 6 18 15 36 11
  41. [SC] [FG] Joel Galarraga, C
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    SAC (oak) AAA 13 .357 .449 .476 0 6 0 9 3
  42. [SC] [FG] Jermaine Mitchell, OF
    2009 Stats G Bavg OBP SLG HR RBI SB R 2B
    STO (oak) A+ 43 .247 .356 .329 1 12 6 24 5
  43. [SC] [FG] Daniel Thomas, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    STO (oak) A+ 5 0-1 13.50 3.1 7 3 6 1 3.00
  44. [SC] [FG] Scott Mitchinson, RHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    STO (oak) A+ 4 0-1 4.74 19 23 6 16 0 1.53
  45. [SC] [FG] Ronny Morla, RHP
  46. [SC] [FG] Anthony Capra, LHP
    2009 Stats G W-L ERA IP H BB K SV WHIP
    KAN (oak) A 8 0-3 4.57 41.1 39 18 45 0 1.38
  47. [SC] [FG] Tyreace House, OF
  48. [SC] [FG] Brad Kilby, LHP <

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    Wow! My post was so awesome, it broke AN!

    Don't believe in yourself.
    Believe in Me who believes in You.

    by Zonis on May 28, 2009 3:26 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

    It did!

    I canna rec what I canna see, Cap’n! It just wonn work!

    "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains"--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies

    by Leopold Bloom on May 28, 2009 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Nevermind!

    And it’s BLUE!

    I like what you’ve done with the place, Zonis.

    "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains"--Pride and Prejudice And Zombies

    by Leopold Bloom on May 28, 2009 4:03 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I agree.

    It looks interesting.

    "And you just don't get it, you keep it copacetic..."

    by Blicks on May 28, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Do only replies work?

    It’s getting to the point where I get nearly as excited for the Midland boxscore as the A’s’.

    Cardenas, Brown, Carter, Donaldson, Spencer, Sulentic. When was the last time the A’s had 6 actual hitting prospects on the same team? Of course, by the end of the year, most could join Cunningham, Doolittle and Barton or Weeks could join those still in AA.

    By the end of the year what will happen to the AAAAs? They could have a whole lineup of them:
    Patterson 2b
    Petit SS
    Baisley 1b
    Putnam LF
    Carson DH
    Munson C
    Wimberly CF
    Pennington 3b
    Denorfia RF

    "Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

    by vignette17 on May 29, 2009 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    This thread is weird

    "Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

    by vignette17 on May 29, 2009 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    my goodness!

    Mazzaro and Corey Brown look like two pretty damned good ball players. These other guys on the A’s better start stepping it up or they will be looking for work soon. nice post Zonis.

    Zeigler to Geren…."A-Rod? He’s my bitch." -alox

    by mrod on May 28, 2009 10:30 PM PDT reply actions   0 recs

    Looking at all those posts gave me this reaction...

    "A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox

    by Gallagher's Watermelons on May 28, 2009 11:25 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    The crappy hitting stats, I mean.

    Not you guys’ posts…LOL

    "A’s baseball….It’s almost better than a stick in the eye." ~ alox

    by Gallagher's Watermelons on May 28, 2009 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Both Brown and Coleman

    Seem better and better to me every time I see their respective numbers.

    by MrMoneyBaller on May 29, 2009 12:29 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    and people wonder why I put them so high on the vote during the off season...

    Don't believe in yourself.
    Believe in Me who believes in You.

    by Zonis on May 29, 2009 12:30 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I didn't

    I was arguing that both of them deserved to be higher than they went

    by DeJay on Jun 1, 2009 4:32 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Great post

    Who do you think we should draft next week?

    a ground rule double followed by three unproductive outs, sounds like my sex life - dayzd toe

    by adragon on May 29, 2009 12:31 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

    Grant Green Grant Green Grant Green Grant Green

    I have a feeling the A’s will take one of the pitchers who falls but I definitely prefer Green (please please please fall) or Matt Davidson (a bit of a reach but a 3b with a ton of power). Most importantly, I really hope the A’s choose who they think is BPA.

    "Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

    by vignette17 on May 29, 2009 2:05 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Do you worry about Green's ability to stay at SS?

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor on FK

    by designatedforassignment on May 29, 2009 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Of course

    A number of questions have come up about Green: lack of power, defense. I think it’s a case of draftitus. He was pressing too much at the beginning of the year. He was the consensus #2 pick at the start of the year and was called a Tulowitski-Longoria hybrid. If he didn’t have some questions he wouldn’t be available at 13.

    I think he’s worth taking the risk on.

    "Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

    by vignette17 on May 29, 2009 3:24 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Thats fair,

    Ive read that he will not hit well enough to be an above average player at third base and with the plethora of seemingly impact arms and possibly Wheeler available for the A’s pick, Im not sure Green would be the best option. That being said I certainly wouldn’t be disappointed with a Green pick if he falls that far.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor on FK

    by designatedforassignment on May 29, 2009 3:45 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Someone will fall into the A's lap at 13

    Whether it’s Grant Green, Alex White, Tyler Matzek (looking more and more doubtful), or even Tanner Scheppers remains to be seen. But I think you just wait to see how the first 12 picks shake out and then take the BPA. This draft is wide open after Strasburg and Ackley.

    by CapgrasDelusion on May 30, 2009 9:33 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I really do hope they choose the best player available

    instead of the standard cheapo route.

    Don't believe in yourself.
    Believe in Me who believes in You.

    by Zonis on May 30, 2009 12:19 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Before last year I would argue this point

    The Weeks pick kinda changes that. Sure, the A’s didn’t take Porcello, but a bunch of teams didn’t. Since 2002-2003 the A’s have gone around slot, which is better than the Matt Bush route. Combine that with no supplemental picks and no second rounder and Ynoa, Leon, Rosario, Hunter, etc I wouldn’t be surprised for the A’s to go over slot.

    If the A’s got Green and Sano, I would be one happy camper. On another note, there’s a rumor that the A’s might take Tate. That pick would certainly be interesting if nothing else.

    "Loyal? I'm the most loyal player money can buy." - Don Sutton

    by vignette17 on May 30, 2009 2:14 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I wouldn't even argue the Weeks pick

    Weeks has the potential to turn into an above average 2b or CF both of which are +2.5 runs in positional value and 1b which is -12.5 runs. So essentially if you believe that Wallace can’t stick at third, which was and still is a very common belief, then you have to believe that Wallace is going to be more than 15 runs more valuable with the bat than Weeks will be (assuming both are average fielders at either CF or 2b for Weeks and 1b for Wallace). Im not sure if I believe that, enough that I am not going to question the pick was or wasn’t BPA.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor on FK

    by designatedforassignment on May 30, 2009 3:28 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    I still want to kill Texas for stealing Smoak from us.

    Don't believe in yourself.
    Believe in Me who believes in You.

    by Zonis on May 30, 2009 4:27 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Hahaha thats fair.

    So your draft strategy is really BPNA (Best Player Not Available)?

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor on FK

    by designatedforassignment on May 30, 2009 4:31 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Defensively I think the chances are fair to good.

    The chance that he becomes a league average hitter are fair. He could be a metal bat phenomena but I think he will wind up producing.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor on FK

    by designatedforassignment on May 31, 2009 1:25 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    To each his own.

    I’ll admit that I’ve never been much of a fan of Weeks and I would absolutely take Wallace over him both now and at the time of the draft. Although I’ll freely admit my bias against Weeks probably stems from the first scouting report I read about him which basically stated that he was like his brother but worse (and of course, Rickie Weeks isn’t that good).

    One minor quibble though. What makes you think his chances of being an above average defensive 2B are “fair to good” when most reports had him pegged as possibly not being able to even stick at 2B?

    by Tripp on May 31, 2009 2:50 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    Thats fair.

    From what I have read he seems to have different tools than his brother. Im not sure what I would have done with the pick Ethan Martain and Aaron Hicks along with Walace and Weeks would have been in consideration for my pick at the time. I had not seen any of them or read anything more than Minorleagueball and sometimes PG crosschecker and BA when their stuff is free.

    He has the tools to be league average 2bman and the tools to be a league average CFer. I think hell be able to make at least one work.

    In play, run(s)! Talk dirty to me gamecast, talk dirty. - Nevermoor on FK

    by designatedforassignment on May 31, 2009 10:07 AM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

    nice post

    I wonder who we’d consider our top 5 prospects now that Anderson and Cahill have graduated.

    maybe something like this?
    1. Cardenas
    2. Carter
    3. Mazzaro
    4. Cunningham
    5. Doolittle or Brown?

    by dbeach13 on May 29, 2009 10:03 AM PDT reply actions   0 recs

    My top 6 would be

    Cardenas
    Carter
    Mazzaro
    Doolittle
    Brown
    Cunningham

    by DSamonek on May 29, 2009 12:43 PM PDT up reply actions   0 recs

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