Welcome to our new feature for 2025, and beyond, a team-by-team ranking of the top 20 prospects in each organization. As with our preseason rankings, these are done on a consensus basis from our Prospect Team. Each player ranked comes with a brief player profile and outlook on their future. 

Next up in our consensus team rankings is the Athletics. When taking a look at their system, it is filled with hitters that have swing and miss issues, but also high upside. They also have more pitchers than one would think, highlighted by an international flare.

1. Nick Kurtz, 22, 1B, MLB

Kurtz blitzed through the minor leagues, needing only 33 games after being drafted 4th overall to force the hand of the Athletics to bring him up to the MLB. He did so with his impressive combination of discipline and power, cranking 12 HRs in those 33 games while carrying an >10% BB% at each stop. While he has not blown the doors off the MLB, he adjusted after a rough start and still has managed an overall 101 wRC+ with 5 HRs in his first 116 PAs. 

While his power and discipline has been as advertised, his contact skills have deteriorated slightly (82.5% contact rate in 2024 → 70% contact rate in 2025). The other limitation on his profile, that has already been self-evident in his short professional career, is his propensity to get injured. Last year he only played 12 games due to a hamstring injury, and this year had another trip to the IL due to a left hip flexor strain that he is just now returning from. He is a big body at 6’5” 240lbs, which might be contributing to the durability issues that have been prevalent to this point.

Outlook:

While the slip in contact rate may limit his upside, it has not yet slipped to concerningly low levels (although 70% is my lower limit before I get concerned). If he can rediscover the contact skills that he exhibited last year and during college, then he has a serious chance at rivaling fellow draft-mate Jac Caglianone for top 1B in baseball. Even without this return, he should provide a lot of value as a high-OBP masher, especially while playing in Sutter Health Park. I expect him to be a staple among the top 1Bs in dynasty for many years to come.

(Joe Juliette)

2. Colby Thomas, 24,OF, AAA 

Colby Thomas was a third round pick in 2022 out of Mercer College where he posted a .325/.451/.734 slash line his injury-shortened final year.  He has delivered on the promise of power without sacrificing high contact rates. In his first year as a professional, he hit 18 home runs over two levels, and followed that up with 31 home runs last year between Double-A and Triple-A before adding two more for Team USA in the Premier 12 Tournament. He’s off to a hot start this year in Triple-A and as of this writing has hit 16 home runs.

The concern has been the hit tool, but he’s developed a compact swing that’s resulted in an 86% contact rate on pitches in the zone. He does still have a tendency to chase pitches out of the zone but his 33% chase rate is lower than last year’s 36% rate.  There’s a way to go, but at least that’s moving in the right direction. 

Outlook:

It’s very likely that he’ll make his major league debut sometime this year, possibly after the deadline depending who the Athletics move. Within two years he’ll be a regular corner outfielder providing 30+ home runs with an OBP that won’t damage your fantasy team’s ratios. 

(Drew Klein)

3. Luis Morales, 22, SP, AAA

Luis Morales signed with the Athletics in the 2023 J15 International Signing Period, out of Antilla, Cuba. He was an older signing and started pitching the same year in the DSL as a 20-year-old. He would be a rare prospect there, as he only pitched 11 innings and struck out 27.5% of the batters he faced, before being promoted stateside to Rookie-ball. In addition to the DSL, he would pitch at the Rookie, Single-A, and High-A levels in the same season. He ended the year with a 29.4% strikeout rate, an 8.3% walk rate, and a 47.2% groundball rate over 44 innings. In 2024, he pitched the entire year at High-A, reaching nearly 90 innings, but with a little worse strikeout and walk rates.

This year Morales started at Double-A and saw his strikeout and walk rates improve to near 30% and 9% respectively. He had a FIP of 2.94, which has been his best mark since pitching in the DSL. It was good enough for him to receive a promotion to Triple-A and the daunting task of playing in the PCL. He’s kept his batting average against to below .200 and his strikeout and walk rates near his career average. The ERA and FIP are a little bloated, but that is to be expected for where he is pitching.

Outlook:

Morales has a big pitch arsenal, six pitches, but uses mostly four of them, fastball, cutter, slider, and sinker. He’s really the definition of a power pitcher, only using his changeup and curveball less than 8% each. With everything being hard, he still has more than a 20% whiff rate on three of his main pitches and five of the six in total. He could be in line for a late season callup to the majors if he keeps pitching at the skill level he currently is. He just needs more experience against the Triple-A level, but appears to be mastering it as well as one can master the PCL. If he doesn’t get the call this year, he should be battling for a rotation spot in 2026. 

(Brian Labude)

4. Gage Jump, 22, LHP, AA

Gage Jump is in his first professional season after being drafted 73rd overall in the 2024 MLB draft by the Athletics. He did not pitch in a minor league game until this season, where he stared at High-A. The 6-foot, 200-pound lefty made easy work of the level in only six games. He threw 31 innings, had a 2.32 ERA, struck out 37.2% of hitters, and only walked 4.1% of them. His FIP was a tantalizing 1.69 and batters only mustered a .184 batting average against him. Getting the bump up to Double-A hasn’t even been much of a challenge either, as his numbers have been similar with 29.1 IP, a 0.92 ERA, to go with a 31.3% strikeout rate, and 7.1% walk rate. His FIP is at 2.44 and hitters have a batting average against him now of .194.  

Outlook:

Jump has been very good this season at throwing strikes and has three very usable plus pitches. His pitch mix includes an upper 90s fastball that works well up in the zone, a sharp breaking slider, and a curveball with a big drop. Those pitches have propelled him up levels and skyrocketed him up rankings, already pushing into the top 100 overall. He can make a move toward the major league team, if he continues pitching as he has, with four of five starts at Double-A being quality ones of at least six innings pitched in each. He has big strikeout and bat missing stuff, so it is a profile that many dream on. The biggest negative is his smaller stature, but it hasn’t been an issue up to this point of the season. Look for him to make his major league debut in 2026, if not before. 

(Daniel Labude)

5. Henry Bolte, 21, OF, AA

Henry Bolte has one of the most fitting last names a player such as himself could have. He’s got lightning fast legs that gives him one of his elite tools, his speed and ability to steal bases. He stole 32 bases in 2023 at Single-A, 46 in 2024 at High-A and Double-A, and already has 23 this season back at Double-A. He has some big pop in his bat as well, 35 home runs in two and a half seasons. The real knock on him has been his problem with strikeouts and swing and miss concerns. He’s had over a 30% strikeout rate at every level he has played at and a contact rate below 64.5%. That is until this season, he has begun to make improvements in both of those areas, bringing his strikeout rate down to 27.5% and increasing his contact rate up to 66.7%. Despite his warts, he has never hit below .250 at any level above Rookie-ball. 

Outlook:

Bolte is flying under the radar it seems with regards to his prospect value. He is a legitimate power/speed threat who is not afraid to take a walk and run wild on the bases (13.9% walk rate in 2025). He looks to have sacrificed some of his power for contact this season, but if he can keep his improved contact and add back the power, he will be an elite level prospect. Right now it’s too early to put him in the upper echelon tiers, but he has the potential for sure. He should receive a callup to Triple-A this summer and then he’s only a call away from the bigs. 

Henry Bolte is the JTR30 Most Overlooked Prospect for this organization. 

(Brian Labude)

6. Tommy White, 22, 3B, A+

Tommy White had a stellar college career and is translating that into early success at High-A in his first full season with the Athletics. He was drafted in the second round of the MLB draft and saw 25 games at Single-A in 2024. For someone who dominated with the bat in college while hitting 75 home runs across three seasons, he did not fare well in his short sample debut. He hit .224/.303/.298, with just two home runs, and two doubles. It was a far cry from the 1.039 OPS he demonstrated in his last season at LSU. Fortunately for the Athletics, that bat has returned at High-A. He is hitting .311/.389/.553, upping his OPS to .942, and already launching seven home runs with 11 doubles over 34 games this season. Like his college days, the on-base machine who rarely strikes out has returned. His strikeout rate this season is just 9.4% and he is walking more than that at 10.1%. 

Outlook:

When everything is going right and in sync for White, he is one of the better hitters from this past major league draft. He has an elite hit tool and makes great decisions on when to swing. His 147 wRC+ at High-A this season is more in line with the type of hitter he is and should be going forward. His contact rate has exploded back up to 86% overall, not just in-zone, but on all pitches. If he can continue with the elite approach, plate skills, hit tool, and above average power, White is looking at a promotion up to Double-A shortly and could push for a major league promotion by the end of the year. He has the potential to be a 20+ HR hitter with on-base rates pushing toward .375 in the major leagues. 

(Daniel Labude)

7. Gunnar Hoglund, 25, RHP, MLB

Gunnar Hoglund was drafted in 2021 by the Toronto Blue Jays and subsequently traded to the Athletics in 2022 as part of the deal for Matt Chapman. It was a long slow haul up the minor league ladder for him in his push to the major leagues. In 2024, he started to figure things out at Double-A and began looking like the first round pick he was. He pitched 104.2 innings there and had a fantastic 2.84 ERA, to go with a 6.5% walk rate. He was not showing a penchant for striking out batters though, only 23.4%. He was roughed up a bit in a 26 inning, small sample at Triple-A that year. He would repeat the level to begin 2025 and look much better. Again he posted an ERA under three, at 2.43. He also was striking more hitters out with his strikeout rate increasing from Double-A up to 26.1%. From there, he would get the call to the big leagues and get into six games and 32 innings before an injury shelved him for the time being. In those six games he had a 6.40 ERA, a 6.70 FIP, only struck out 16.5% of hitters, and was a very flyball heavy pitcher. 

Outlook: 

Hoglund hasn’t had a good deal of success so far and that may continue to be the norm. He is a contact pitcher with good command, but he doesn’t miss bats frequently and it will cause issues for him in the major leagues. He should have a good amount of leeway as a starting pitcher for the Athletics, so he does carry some value in very deep leagues. He will continue to need to work on limiting hard contact and find a way to miss more bats. His arrow currently isn’t pointing up value wise though. 

(Daniel Labude)

8. Shotaro Morii, 18, INF/SP, Rookie

Shotaro Morii was signed by the Athletics in the 2025 J15 International Signing Period as an amateur out of Japan. The deal gave him the highest bonus for such a player, $1.5 million. The upside is huge with him, he is being developed as a two-way player a la Shohei Ohtani. He debuted this year at Rookie-ball in the ACL. It appears they are going to approach his development in a similar manner as Cincinnati is with Sheng-En Lin. He will play the field and hit this season and then possibly start pitching in the off-season for fall instructs or next year. Currently,he is doing quite well with his plate discipline, 21.4% walk rate and a 28.6% strikeout rate. He only has three extra-base hits on way to a .241 average. 

Outlook:

Morii possesses a lot of pop in his bat, as he showed it off in the Spring Breakout game this year with a ground out at 110.1 mph. He will be 18-years-old for the entirety of this season and just needs to get accustomed to American baseball and the way pitchers throw here (higher velocity). Look for a potential breakout with the bat in 2026, but his real value will probably not start ballooning until 2027, if the Athletics stick to letting him come up as a true two-player.

(Brian Labude)

9. Max Muncy, 22, INF, MLB

Max Muncy was drafted out of high school in California during the first round of the 2021 MLB draft. He has been working his way through the minors since then, playing at two levels in each full season until he reached Triple-A in 2024. He showed great skills at making contact, with rates hovering around 70% or better at each stop. He displayed more power in the lower minors, but it has tailed off some the higher he progressed. He made his major league debut this season and it has not gone well for him. He has a slash line of .206/.230/.371, with a 3% walk rate, and a 31% strikeout rate. His struggles are being driven by a poor 64.1% contact rate. 

Outlook:

Muncy is going to have to adjust on the fly at the major league level, or head back to Triple-A and get back to making solid contact with the ball. The lowest walk rate he has had in the minors was 7.8% this season at Triple-A. He’s not necessarily chasing more than he has in the past, which suggests it’s just about making better choices at which pitches to swing at and getting good contact when he does. He has a decent upside as an average major league player, but the floor looks to be a backup or utility bat if he can’t correct things. 

(Brian Labude)

10. Wei-En Lin, 19, SP, A

Wei-En Lin is in his first professional season, after signing with the Athletics as an amateur free agent out of Taiwan. He took the minor leagues by storm with the first three games of his career. In two of those three games he didn’t give up a hit, walk, or run. In those three games, he went 12 innings, only giving up six hits and one run, while striking out 24. He’s had some ups and downs since, but a 33.3% strikeout rate and an absurd 2.7% walk rate.

Outlook: 

Being in Single-A, Lin has a lot of development still ahead of him, but has seen excellent results this far. His pitch arsenal is among the best for his level and age. He boasts a fastball that sits mostly 92 or 93 mph, but has gotten up to the mid-90s on occasion. It can average 19 inches of induced vertical break, which will put it in a plus or better category. To complement his fastball, he possesses a slider, curve, changeup, and splitter. He is around the zone a ton and can get touched up with hits as a result. Learning to pitch just off the plate will keep hitters from always expecting strikes from him and improve his 16.4% swinging strike rate. Look for a potential late season promotion to High-A for him as he will slowly work his way through the minor leagues, being only 19-years-old. 

(Brian Labude)

11. Junior Perez, 23, OF, AA

Junior Perez is in his eighth minor league season, having played in the DSL in 2018 as a 16-year-old. He is currently repeating Double-A and is showing much improved power, having already hit more home runs (10) than he did there in 2024 in about half of the games. He’s always had poor slash lines with the exception of slugging and that is not any different this season. He’s had a 30% strikeout rate or greater at all but one stop he’s made in the minors (the one being at Rookie-ball in 2019). 

Outlook:

Perez is not someone to plant your flag on. Even if he can power his way to Triple-A and then use bolstered numbers from the PCL to get a callup to the majors, he will have too large of an issue with strikeouts to make himself much more than a depth piece for the Athletics. He has to make some major changes to his profile to even get there, let alone stay in any meaningful capacity. 

(Brian Labude)

12. Tzu-Chen Sha, 21, SP, A

The statistics you need to know are that in Single-A this year, Tzu-Chen Sha has a 33% K-rate, 5% BB-rate and 49% ground ball rate. The story you need to know is that he threw 3 perfect innings, striking out six during a combined no-hitter on April 6. 

Outlook:

He’s thrown over 70 pitches in three of his appearances this year and all signs point to the Athletics preparing him as a starter. If he can maintain his control and keep missing bats as he moves up through the system, he could be a sneaky SP4 or SP3 option. 

(Drew Klein)

13. Denzel Clarke, 25, CF, MLB

Clarke’s largest wart is his tendency to hit the ball into the ground. A 68.2% ground-ball rate that he showed in Triple-A this season is prohibitive to major success at the MLB level. That being said, Clarke has historically run more palatable ground-ball rates in the past. We all know the glove is gonna keep him on the field, I mean COME ON. Here is another sentence dedicated to that catch, wow… just wow. Aside from the glove, Clarke is tooled up. He impacts the ball hard (115.2 MPH Max EV), is going to steal bases, and has borderline, but acceptable, contact skills (72.1% at AAA this season). 

Outlook:

I actually like Clarke quite a bit. He will always be a better real-life player because the glove is that good, but I actually think he has a decent likelihood to be a useful player for fantasy given the surrounding tools. The low-end comp is someone like Michael A. Taylor, who himself put up a few 15+/15+ seasons. If Clarke is able to get some lift back into his swing, I see 15+/25+ (10/25 if you want to be conservative) as an actually reasonable expectation, especially in Sacramento over the next couple of years. Most of all, I am excited to watch him and PCA battle on a nightly basis over the next 5 years for the most impressive CF highlights.

(Joe Juliette)

14. Kade Morris, 22, SP, AAA

Kade Morris is a strike thrower, he comes in at the 83rd percentile in strike rate and 90th percentile walk rate (5.4%). He has made it up to Triple-A in 2025, but he is not someone that appears near ready for the major leagues. Currently, he has a 12% strikeout rate and just doesn’t provide enough upside or production for the Athletics to call him up. 

Outlook:

He has a six pitch mix, but is predominantly a sinker/slider pitcher (>74%). His future is as a relief pitcher if he can’t replicate his 1.026 WHIP and 2.79 ERA from Double-A before his promotion. He obviously won’t come close to those numbers while pitching in the PCL, but he gave up 10 runs in his first two starts at Triple-A this season. Not possessing swing and miss stuff will hinder his upside and starter potential, possibly even his relief pitcher potential. 

(Brian Labude)

15. Rodney Green Jr., 22, OF, A+

Green Jr. is the prototypical dual threat athlete that has hit tool concerns. He has six home runs and nine stolen bases in 32 games at High-A this season. It has come with a large amount of strikeouts (32.9%), and sub par contact (.162 batting average). 

Outlook:

Green Jr. has true potential with his swing speed, raw power, and speed on the bases, but he has to make more contact. He likely remains at High-A for the foreseeable future until the hit tool can take a leap up to an average skill set for him. He could be a change or two from locking in at the plate, so he is definitely a prospect to monitor for the rest of the season. 

(Daniel Labude)

16. Donny Troconis, 19, SP, A

Donny Troconis was signed by the Athletics during the J15 International Signing Period. He started pitching in the Dominican Summer League the same year, but did not have much success as a 17-year-old. He ended the season there pitching 44 innings, a strikeout rate of 23.5%, a walk rate of 8%, and an ERA of 4.09. He pitched 41 innings the following year at Rookie-ball, with an elevated 6.80 ERA and similar strikeout and walk rates. In 2025, he would be at the Single-A level and has been a much better pitcher despite seeing his strikeout rate drop to 19.9%. His walk rates are still near his career levels, at 8.7%. What makes him grab your attention is his 1.24 ERA and 0.809 WHIP. 

Outlook:

Troconis is very much a project, but one with a ton of upside. He is very poised on the mound and not afraid of pitching to contact. He likes to use a cutter and fastball to set up his big breaking pitch that resembles a slurve. Right now his development is about strengthening his arm to go deeper into games. Once he gets to a stronger position, he will have to work on developing his pitches and pitch mix to hopefully miss some more bats. Right now he is at a 7.5% SwStr%, which puts him in the 2nd percentile among full season leagues. 

(Brian Labude)

17. Daniel Susac, 24, C, AAA

Daniel Susac, a former first round pick out of Arizona in 2022 has had a steady progression through the Athletics’ system and started this year in Triple-A. He’s hitting .293/.374/.530 with 10 home runs and an acceptable K-rate of 25.7%. In the last month, he’s hit .316 with 7 home runs.  He’s playing exclusively at catcher, with some “rest days” at DH, which is a stong indicator that he’ll stay there, either with the Athletics or a new organization if they move him.

Outlook:

Susac is not currently on the 40-man roster, or it’s likely he would have been the call-up when Langeliers strained his oblique. The Athletics will be sellers, and if Langeliers or Soderstrom is moved, look for Susac to get the call. We’re not looking at a future all-star, but he’ll be a regular catcher who will get on base and provide a little pop, providing value to 20 or 30 league teams. 

(Drew Klein)

18. Steven Echavarria, 19, SP, A+

Steven Echavarria is a promising young starting pitcher that is flying way under the radar right now. He is only 19-years-old and has been pitching the entire 2025 season at High-A, which is a great age for the level. He’s only really had two bad games this season and has already thrown two quality starts. He’s at a 17.2% strikeout rate and a 8.7% swinging strike rate for the year. He’s pitching more to contact at High-A than he did last year at Single-A (20.9% and 12.2% respectively). 

Outlook:

Echavarria has a good amount of upside if he can increase his ability to miss bats more. Without the swing and miss stuff, he will be a long relief pitcher type that struggles in games where he doesn’t have his best stuff. 

(Brian Labude)

19. Darell Hernaiz, 23, 3B/SS, AAA

Darell Hernaiz is ten at-bats away from graduating off of prospect lists, but it’s anybody’s guess when those will come. There’s some potential due to his bat speed and excellent contact rates in Triple-A, but he didn’t fare well at all during his call-up last year. He’s rebounded well this year, hitting .282 with a .384 OBP (more walks than strikeouts), but the lack of power will limit options.  

Outlook:

There are not any indications that the power will develop and so Hernaiz is likely projecting to be a utility infielder without much value for fantasy. 

(Drew Klein)

20. Dylan Fien, 19, C, A

Dylan Fien was drafted in the seventh round by the Athletics in the 2024 MLB Draft. He is a switch hitter with very good size, standing 6-foot-3 and 210-pounds. The 19-year-old has a lot of projection right now, but he still possesses a very smooth swing and a big power bat in the future could be a possibility. In 2025, he started out in Rookie-ball and made the jump to Single-A after only nine games. Those games saw him hit .321/.441/.393. He had a 17.3% walk rate and a 20.6% strikeout rate, showing good plate discipline. 

Outlook:

Fien will continue getting used to Single-A, while developing as a catcher. He is highly athletic, so defensively a move around the diamond may be possible if the catcher position or bat pushes the need for a change. The potential down the line is that of an athletic switch hitting catcher with good on base skills to go with big power. The ceiling is something similar to Thayron Liranzo with a better hit tool. 

(Daniel Labude)