With the Minor League season kicking off, here's where the A’s Top 30 Prospects are projected to start:

1. Leo De Vries (MLB No. 4), SS -- Midland (Double-A)
2. Jamie Arnold (MLB No. 39), LHP -- Midland (Double-A)
3. Gage Jump (MLB No. 55), LHP -- Las

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MESA, Ariz. -- For almost the Athletics' entire history, ace left-handers have driven their greatest successes.

Hall of Famers Eddie Plank and Rube Waddell delivered the franchise's first pennant in 1904, and Plank helped win four American League titles and three World Series championships from 1910-14. Arguably the best southpaw of

MESA, Ariz. -- While conducting a Zoom call with reporters last year after signing his first professional contract out of Japan with the Athletics, Shotaro Morii, accompanied by an interpreter, vowed to improve his English to the point where he can do future interviews on his own.

On Sunday, Morii showed

Before the top prospects in the Athletics' organization head out from Spring Training in Arizona to begin the regular season at their respective levels, they’ll participate in Spring Breakout, a series of exhibition games featuring the top prospects in each Major League club’s farm system. Here is everything to know

MESA, Ariz. – Considering his status as one of baseball’s truly elite prospects, it was set up to be nearly impossible for Leo De Vries to live up to the hype as he entered his first big league camp with the Athletics.

Not only did De Vries, MLB’s No.

MESA, Ariz. -- If there’s one thing the Athletics are fully confident about ahead of the 2026 season, it’s that their lineup is capable of slugging with the best of them.

A glimpse of that offensive firepower was on full display in Friday’s 13-9 Cactus League loss to the

MESA, Ariz. – It might be the first time Leo De Vries slugged a home run rocking the kelly green and gold, but it certainly won't be the last. These are just Cactus League games after all, and De Vries throttled not one but two homers in an <a href="https://www.mlb.com/gameday/dodgers-vs-athletics/2026/03/08/831812/final/box"

LAS VEGAS -- Like several Athletics players on the trip for this weekend’s two-game exhibition series against the Angels, Gage Jump is expected to be a key figure on the team that opens up its new ballpark in construction down the road on the Las Vegas Strip for a 2028

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It’s rare that a young player who projects as a potential superstar becomes available to acquire, but that’s exactly what happened when the Athletics landed one of baseball’s elite prospects in Leo De Vries as part of the haul from the Padres at the 2025 Trade Deadline in exchange for

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PEORIA, Ariz. -- During his daily pregame chat with media on Monday morning, Athletics manager Mark Kotsay paused mid-session when he spotted Leo De Vries as he was walking out to the field at Hohokam Stadium to warm up and yelled out to the 19-year-old shortstop in Spanish.

“Leo! Listo para

MESA, Ariz. -- First came Gage Jump’s moxie, then came his premium stuff.

After impressing Athletics manager Mark Kotsay with his ability to limit the damage in a bases-loaded jam during his Cactus League debut last Monday against the Giants, Jump -- MLB Pipeline’s No. 57 overall prospect --

MESA, Ariz. – Athletics manager Mark Kotsay is generally careful not to overly praise or hyperbolize young prospects in Spring Training, especially ones who are still developing and have yet to reach the big leagues.

Asked about Henry Bolte before Sunday’s 12-4 win over the Reds at Hohokam Stadium,

MESA, Ariz. -- Over the first week of Spring Training games, Leo De Vries managed to fly somewhat under the radar, at least as much as a player universally regarded as one of the best prospects in baseball can.

That’s about to change.

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Friday’s Cactus League matchup against the Royals carried a bit more weight than the average Spring Training game for the Athletics.

Making the road trip to Surprise Stadium was Jamie Arnold, the A’s top pitching prospect and MLB’s No. 41 overall prospect

MESA, Ariz. -- As soon as Nick Kurtz stepped onto the practice field with the Athletics last year for his first big league Spring Training, he was so advanced as a hitter that the sense around camp was that it would not be long until he debuted in the Majors.

One

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MESA, Ariz. -- The buzz surrounding Gage Jump is palpable.

Upon taking the mound on the second day of Athletics Spring Training for his first bullpen of camp, the energy on the backfields of Hohokam Stadium was different. Suddenly, all eyes were locked in on Jump. Among the spectators: A’s manager