{"id":346737,"date":"2025-12-15T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/346737\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:54:07","slug":"2026-athletics-top-10-mlb-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/346737\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Athletics Top 10 MLB Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, we\u2019re unveiling the 10 best prospects in the Athletics system entering 2026.<\/p>\n

The top of the Athletics system is headlined by Leo De Vries<\/a>, a shortstop with one of the highest ceilings of any prospect in baseball thanks to his two-way impact and all-star potential.<\/p>\n

Baseball America\u2019s Mark Chiarelli is hosting a chat at 2 p.m. ET<\/a> to discuss De Vries and the overall state of the A\u2019s farm system.<\/p>\n

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See the 10 best prospects in the A\u2019s system, including brand new scouting reports for every player.<\/p>\n

More Prospect Coverage<\/p>\n

Below, you can find our projected A\u2019s lineup for 2029, as well as a rundown of prospects with the best scouting tools in the system.<\/p>\n

Projected 2029 A\u2019s Lineup<\/p>\n

Catcher: Shea Langeliers<\/a> (31)
First Base: Nick Kurtz<\/a> (26)
Second Base: Max Muncy<\/a> (26)
Third Base: Jacob Wilson<\/a> (27)
Shortstop: Leo De Vries<\/a> (22)
Left Field: Tyler Soderstrom<\/a> (27)
Center Field: Denzel Clarke<\/a> (28)
Right Field: Lawrence Butler<\/a> (28)
Designated Hitter: Brent Rooker<\/a> (34)<\/p>\n

No. 1 Starter: Jamie Arnold<\/a> (25)
No. 2 Starter: Gage Jump<\/a> (26)
No. 3 Starter: Luis Morales <\/a>(26)
No. 4 Starter: Wei-En Lin<\/a> (23)
No. 5 Starter: Braden Nett<\/a> (26)
Closer: Jack Perkins<\/a> (29)<\/p>\n

Listed below are the prospects with the best tools within the organization. To go directly to the Athletics\u2019 Top 10, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A\u2019s Best Tools<\/p>\n

Best Hitter: Joshua Kuroda-Grauer<\/a>
Best Power Hitter: Junior Perez<\/a>
Best Strike-Zone Discipline: Brennan Milone<\/a>
Fastest Baserunner: Henry Bolte<\/a>
Best Athlete: Henry Bolte<\/a>
Best Fastball: Gage Jump<\/a>
Best Curveball: Braden Nett<\/a>
Best Slider: Jefferson Jean<\/a>
Best Changeup: Kyle Robinson<\/a>
Best Control: Wei-En Lin<\/a>
Best Defensive Catcher: Daniel Susac<\/a>
Best Defensive Infielder: Drew Swift<\/a>
Best Infield Arm: Leo De Vries<\/a>
Best Defensive Outfielder: Junior Perez<\/a>
Best Outfield Arm: Ryan Lasko<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"]]> Today, we\u2019re unveiling the 10 best prospects in the Athletics system entering 2026. The top of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-346737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}