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Monday, March 27, 2006
top prospects: athletics
oakland has had a productive farm system in recent years, but it's pretty barren at the moment. the top guy is good, though.
1. Daric Barton, 1b
2. Javier Herrera, of
3. Cliff Pennington, ss
4. Travis Buck, of
5. Kevin Melillo, 2b
6. Santiago Casilla, rhp
7. Craig Italiano, rhp
8. Shane Komine, rhp
9. Vince Mazzaro, rhp
10. Kurt Suzuki, c
the major-league team is stocked with good young players, so they don't really have any needs.
Career Batting Statistics for Daric Barton:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Johnson City App 18 Stl Rk 175 39 48 4 10 .182 .726 .110 .291
2004 Peoria Midw 19 Stl A 316 77 44 13 23 .196 .861 .132 .313
2005 Stockton Cali 20 Oak A 296 65 49 8 18 .180 .834 .105 .318
2005 Midland Tex 20 Oak AA 214 35 30 5 21 .141 .860 .141 .316
i said the top guy was good, and he is. daric barton makes great contact, with good power and great patience. he destroyed double-a at the age of 20, which is young for that level. he's gonna be a good one.
Career Batting Statistics for Javier Herrera:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Azl Athletic Ariz 18 Oak Rk 61 9 19 2 4 .129 .689 .143 .230
2004 Vancouver Nwes 19 Oak As 259 27 56 11 19 .094 .784 .148 .331
2005 Kane County Midw 20 Oak A- 363 59 110 13 20 .140 .697 .130 .275
2005 Sacramento PCL 20 Oak AAA 12 3 1 1 1 .200 .917 .182 .417
javier herrera has serious contact issues. the midwest league is not that difficult to hit in, and he struck out 110 times in 363 at-bats. he's got some patience, but he needs to improve a lot to project as a major-leaguer.
Career Batting Statistics for Cliff Pennington:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Texas AM U. NCAA 19 0 NCA 243 22 27 2 16 .083 .889 .083 .340
2004 Texas AM U. NCAA 20 0 NCA 260 33 18 5 11 .113 .931 .066 .339
2005 Texas AM U. NCAA 21 0 NCA 216 38 25 7 17 .150 .884 .126 .363
2005 Kane County Midw 21 Oak A 291 41 47 3 15 .123 .838 .074 .276
pennington did well enough in the midwest league. if he can develop power, he could be something special.
Career Batting Statistics for Travis Buck:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Arizona Stat NCAA 19 0 NCA 241 46 28 4 16 .160 .884 .094 .326
2004 Arizona Stat NCAA 20 0 NCA 228 52 34 9 17 .186 .851 .134 .373
2005 Arizona Stat NCAA 21 0 NCA 289 34 35 6 27 .105 .879 .130 .382
2005 Vancouver Nwes 21 Oak A 36 5 8 2 1 .122 .778 .107 .361
2005 Kane County Midw 21 Oak A 124 19 19 1 13 .133 .847 .133 .341
travis buck was also effective at kane county. he has solid skills in every area. it looks like the thinness of the oakland farm system will be temporary.
Career Batting Statistics for Kevin Melillo:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 U. of South NCAA 20 0 NCA 157 27 20 3 12 .147 .873 .109 .280
2003 U. of South NCAA 21 0 NCA 231 42 54 12 16 .154 .766 .158 .317
2004 U. of South NCAA 22 0 NCA 180 15 38 9 8 .077 .789 .120 .307
2004 Vancouver Nwes 22 Oak A 95 14 16 2 13 .128 .832 .190 .340
2005 Kane County Midw 23 Oak A 285 56 40 8 21 .164 .860 .118 .286
2005 Stockton Cali 23 Oak A 91 13 18 9 8 .125 .802 .233 .400
2005 Midland Tex 23 Oak AA 133 14 23 7 10 .095 .827 .155 .282
melillo had contact issues in college, but was able to work out of that in the pros. he's still got work to do though. and he's a little on the old side. he'll probably be a backup at the major-league level.
Career Pitching Statistics for Jairo Garcia:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2000 Dominican At Dsl 17 Oak Rk 47.0 33 2 29 56 .143 .678 .017 3.26
2002 Azl Athletic Ariz 19 Oak Rk 59.0 56 5 17 66 .068 .717 .030 2.44
2002 Vancouver Nwes 19 Oak As 12.1 15 1 7 16 .119 .692 .028 7.30
2003 Kane County Midw 20 Oak A- 42.1 40 0 19 28 .102 .832 .000 2.55
2004 Kane County Midw 21 Oak A- 30.0 16 0 6 49 .054 .538 .000 0.30
2004 Midland Tex 21 Oak AA 18.0 10 0 15 32 .190 .500 .000 1.50
2004 Sacramento PCL 21 Oak AAA 13.2 10 1 9 21 .150 .588 .033 3.95
2004 Oakland Athl AL 21 Oak MLB 5.2 5 3 9 5 .290 .773 .176 12.71
2005 Midland Tex 22 Oak AA 16.2 9 1 9 30 .132 .492 .034 1.08
2005 Sacramento PCL 22 Oak AAA 48.1 45 6 20 73 .095 .616 .051 4.47
2005 Oakland Athl AL 22 Oak MLB 3.0 2 0 1 1 .083 .909 .000 3.00
santiago casilla used to be jairo garcia. jairo garcia was young. santiago casilla is not. but he does have some ridiculous contact percentages. he'll probably be effective in the majors.
Career Pitching Statistics for Shane Komine:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
1999 U. of Nebras NCAA 18 0 NCA 78.0 84 6 37 79 .104 .752 .025 3.58
2000 U. of Nebras NCAA 19 0 NCA 124.0 90 6 31 159 .063 .656 .020 2.25
2001 U. of Nebras NCAA 20 0 NCA 131.0 129 8 36 157 .065 .699 .022 3.37
2002 U. of Nebras NCAA 21 0 NCA 96.0 62 6 30 115 .079 .671 .026 2.34
2002 Visalia Cali 21 Oak A 25.2 23 2 20 22 .167 .780 .026 5.96
2003 Kane County Midw 22 Oak A 54.1 45 1 9 50 .041 .760 .006 1.82
2003 Midland Tex 22 Oak AA 103.1 108 6 30 75 .067 .821 .017 3.75
2004 Midland Tex 23 Oak AA 94.1 103 10 28 65 .068 .832 .031 4.77
2005 Azl Athletic Ariz 24 Oak Rk 8.1 10 0 7 11 .167 .686 .000 9.72
2005 Stockton Cali 24 Oak A 8.2 10 0 3 11 .077 .694 .000 4.15
2005 Midland Tex 24 Oak AA 31.1 27 5 7 33 .055 .727 .057 3.16
we have no data on craig italiano, so we can't talk about him. shane komine, on the other hand, had a good run in the texas league last year. but he's getting old, and he doesn't have much of a track record. his college numbers look good.
Career Batting Statistics for Kurt Suzuki:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 California S NCAA 18 0 NCA 51 14 6 1 1 .215 .882 .044 .392
2003 California S NCAA 19 0 NCA 145 25 11 2 10 .147 .924 .090 .350
2004 California S NCAA 20 0 NCA 261 60 25 16 21 .187 .904 .157 .413
2004 Vancouver Nwes 20 Oak A 173 28 25 3 13 .139 .855 .108 .294
2005 Stockton Cali 21 Oak A 446 75 61 12 31 .144 .863 .112 .277
we also don't have data on vince mazzaro. i think these guys are recent draftees who haven't played yet. we'll see how they do as their careers wind on.
kurt suzuki actually looks pretty good. really really good, actually. he raked last year at stockton. more walks than strikeouts is always a good sign. and he had some power. his college numbers are retarded. and he's a catcher.
you know, i get the suspicion that oakland's farm system isn't as thin as they say it is. maybe after i finish my top 50, i'll take a deeper look.
Comments:
J,
You have the wrong Javier Herrera listed-that one plays in the Cleveland system. The Oakland one has some big-time power.
Yes some of the players listed were just drafted last year.
Rob
You have the wrong Javier Herrera listed-that one plays in the Cleveland system. The Oakland one has some big-time power.
Yes some of the players listed were just drafted last year.
Rob
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3/28/2006
dude, i think santiago casilla or whatever is the old jairo garcia. so you should have data on him under his old name (although he's older than he was supposed to be.
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