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MLB Pipeline's Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances from the previous seven days. Any Minor Leaguer currently on an organization Top 30 Prospects list in our Prospect Rankings is eligible. The Royals have had high hopes for Nick Pratto since they spent the 14th overall pick in
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Photo by Rob Leiter/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Triple-A Las Vegas Aviators got their 2021 season started a couple days later than the rest of the farm system, but they’re now in full swing. So far, Las Vegas Ballpark has been the hitter’s paradise we remember from 2019. The Aviators have played five games, winning three of them, and the total run differential was 33-31 against them, more than six runs per team per game. One of the contests ended with an 11-10 margin. So far, two top outfield prospects have stood out amid the lineup, getting off to exactly the hot starts we hoped to s...
They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but it just did in the Oakland A’s organization. The A’s announced Wednesday that they’ve re-acquired Skye Bolt from the San Francisco Giants. The outfielder began the year with Oakland but was designated for assignment in early April and then claimed off waivers by San Francisco. However, the Giants DFA’d him again a few weeks later, and now he’s back where he started and will report to Triple-A Las Vegas. The official transaction is a trade in exchange for cash considerations. Bolt still needs a 40-man roster spot, so a corresponding mov...
One of the all-time success stories in Oakland A’s history is Brandon Moss. He came to town as a minor league free agent, a busted former top prospect looking for another chance to make good. He found it here, and broke out into a quality slugger who hit 30 homers in 2013 and made the All-Star team the next summer. And then, in the traditional rite of passage for Oakland’s best, he was traded away as his salary rose. Moss was a boss, on and off the field, and we all loved him. He’s one of the faces of the Island of Misfit Toys, and he was recognized nationally as a legit star.