2007 Oakland A's Top 10 Prospects
Compiled by J.P. Schwartz
2007 Season First Quarter Ranking Update 5-28-2007
#1 Travis Buck -- Preseason Rank: 1 (MLB) 35G .255, 6(2B), 4(3B), 5HR, 15RBI, 19BB, 32K
#2 Daric Barton -- Preseason Rank: 2 (AAA) 48G .233, 12(2B), 4HR, 28RBI, 29BB, 27K, 1SB
#3 Kurt Suzuki -- Preseason Rank: 4 (AAA) 45G .276, 8(2B), 3HR, 23RBI, 18BB, 36K
#4 Jeff Baisley -- Preseason Rank: NR (AA) 44G .285, 15(2B), 1(3B), 5HR, 16RBI, 17BB, 37K, 1SB
#5 James Heuser -- Preseason Rank: NR (Low-A) 3-2, 3.04ERA, 56.1IP, 20BB, 59K, .200BAA
#6 Jermaine Mitchell -- Preseason Rank: NR (High-A) 42G .288, 3(2B), 1(3B), 1HR, 10RBI, 22BB, 39K, 4SB
#7 Dallas Braden -- Preseason Rank: NR (MLB) 1-3, 6.41ERA, 19.2IP, 6BB, 15K, .269BAA (AAA) 0-0, 0.75ERA, 12IP, 5BB, 12K, .205BAA (AA) 1-0, 2.25ERA, 12IP, 3BB, 13K, .128BAA
#8 Danny Putnam -- Preseason Rank: NR (MLB) 11G .214, 1HR, 2RBI, 3BB, 11K (AAA) 9G .192, 2(2B), 2RBI, 5BB, 11K (AA) 13G .327, 7(2B), 1(3B), 2HR, 15RBI, 5BB, 4K, 1SB
#9 Cliff Pennington -- Preseason Rank: 10 (High-A) 48G .262, 9(2B), 2(3B), 4HR, 22RBI, 34BB, 32K, 5SB
#10 Jason Windsor -- Preseason Rank: 9 (AAA) 5-3, 5.40ERA, 56.2IP, 25BB, 41K, .302BAA
OFF LIST:
Landon Powell -- Preseason Rank: 5 (AA) 37G .221, 6(2B), 3HR, 13RBI, 22BB, 24K
Matt Sulentic -- Preseason Rank: 6 (Low-A) 39G .153, 4(2B), 8RBI, 9BB, 21K, 1SB
Ben Jukich -- Preseason Rank: 7 (High-A) 2-4, 6.08ERA, 47.1IP, 13BB, 37K, .267BAA
Javier Herrera -- Preseason Rank: 8 (High-A) 40G .258, 10(2B), 6HR, 27RBI, 17BB, 41K, 8SB
Kevin Melillo -- Preseason Rank: 9 (AAA) 48G .278, 16(2B), 3(3B), 6HR, 30RBI, 30BB, 51K, 4SB
Preseason Rankings
NOTE - Each player CANNOT have pitched more than 50 innings, nor had more than 130 ABs in the Majors in a single season
#1. Travis Buck (23) Outfield
Midland (AA) 50 Games .302 4HR 22RBI
Stockton (High-A) 34 Games .349 3HR 26RBI
#2. Daric Barton (21) First Base
Sacramento (AAA) 43 Games .259 2HR 22RBI
AZL Athletics (Rk) 2 Games .200 0HR 2RBI
#3. Jason Windsor (24) Pitcher
Oakland (MLB) 13.2IP 0-1 6.59ERA 6K
Sacramento (AAA) 118IP 13-1 3.81ERA 123K
Midland (AA) 33.1IP 4-1 2.97ERA 35K
#4. Kurt Suzuki (23) Catcher
Midland (AA) 99 Games .285 7HR 55RBI
#5. Landon Powell (25) Catcher
Midland (AA) 12 Games .268 1HR 4RBI
Stockton (High-A) 90 Games .264 15HR 47RBI
#6. Matt Sulentic (19) Outfield
Kane County (Low-A) 30 Games .235 1HR 13RBI
Vancouver (Rk) 38 Games .354 2HR 22RBI
#7. Ben Jukich (24) Pitcher
Kane County (Low-A) 41.2IP 3-2 2.38ERA 40K
Vancouver (Rk) 8.1IP 0-0 3.24ERA 10K
#8. Javier Herrera (21) Outfield
Did Not Play 2006 Due To Tommy John Surgery
#9. Kevin Melillo (24) Second Base
Midland (AA) 136 Games .280 12HR 73RBI
#10. Cliff Pennington (22) Shortstop
Stockton (High-A) 46 Games .203 2HR 21RBI
AZL A's (Rk) 9 Games .464 0HR 6RBI
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