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Top 20 A's Position Players

After the trades, the offensive side was left aside, and then we see a very good list of pitching prospects, and a very meh list of position players prospects.

C Derek Norris was the best offensive player we traded for, but he is a Napoli style of offensive catcher, with low AVG, but projecting very decent power and SLG numbers. OF Collin Cowgill seems to be a gap filler in our OF but it doesn't projects to be better than a good 4th OF in the majors.

Now, there is no reason for desparation. Bailey is still on the trading block, with a very favorable market for closers so he could net us some high ceiling, low A prospects, and we have 5 draft picks on the first 2 rounds of the 2012 draft, plus the very good posibility to have a very high draft pick on 2013, so there are still several sources to get the offensive help the farm needs.

In the meantime, I made the list of our top 20 position players prospects. Let's talk about who should be higher, lower, out or in the list.

Player Assignment AVG RBI HR AB H
1 OF Michael Choice Rockhounds 0,298 93 33 514 153
2 OF Grant Green Rivercats 0,291 66 8 553 161
3 DH Chris Carter Athletics 0,269 88 25 391 105
4 C Derek Norris Rivercats 0,210 46 20 334 70
5 SS Yordy Cabrera Ports 0,228 47 6 364 83
6 CF Aaron Shipman Bees 0,254 19 0 201 51
7 OF Vicmal de la Cruz AZL 0,318 28 1 192 61
8 OF Michael Taylor Athletics 0,266 65 17 379 101
9 3B Renato Nuñez AZL 0,268 28 5 194 52
10 C Max Stassi Ports 0,231 19 2 121 28
11 3B Stephen Parker Rivercats 0,281 76 10 541 152
12 2B Chih Fang Pan Bees 0,336 22 1 143 48
13 OF Collin Cowgill Athletics 0,333 79 14 487 162
14 3B B. A. Vollmuth Lake Monsters 0,268 8 1 41 11
15 INF Adrian Cardenas Athletics 0,310 58 6 523 162
16 1B Josh Whitaker Ports 0,322 73 18 419 135
17 C Josh Donaldson Rivercats 0,265 79 19 475 126
18 OF Bobby Crocker Bees 0,296 19 3 206 61
19 C Ryan Ortiz Rockhounds 0,277 35 6 249 69
20 C Beau Taylor Bees 0,275 18 0 171 47