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Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Oakland Athletics:

Raúl Alcántara[edit]

Raúl Alcántara
Oakland Athletics – No. 70
Pitcher
Born: (1992-12-04) December 4, 1992 (age 22)
Barahona, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Raúl Alcántara (born December 4, 1992) is a professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He was added to the Athletics 40-man roster on November 20, 2013.[1]

On December 29, 2011 he was traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Oakland Athletics for Andrew Bailey and Ryan Sweeney.[2]

Franklin Barreto[edit]

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Barreto and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.
Franklin Barreto
Oakland Athletics
Shortstop
Born: (1996-02-27) February 27, 1996 (age 19)
Caracas, Venezuela
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Franklin Jose Barreto Rojas (born February 27, 1996) is a Venezuelan professional baseball shortstop in the Oakland Athletics organization. He was considered the number eight prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays organization by MLB prior to his trade to the Athletics.[3]

Barreto signed with the Blue Jays for a $1.45 million bonus on July 2, 2012, as Baseball America's top-ranked international prospect of 2012.[4] He played his first professional season with the Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, and later the Bluefield Blue Jays, batting .276 in 59 total games played and leading the Gulf Coast League in slugging percentage.[3][5] In 2014 he was promoted to the Vancouver Canadians and opened the season with a .313 batting average through 43 games.[6] Barreto played in 73 games for Vancouver in 2014, and batted .311 with 6 home runs, 61 RBI, and 29 stolen bases.[5] On September 24, he was named the MVP for Vancouver in 2014.[7] On October 1, Barreto was named the top prospect in the Northwest League by Baseball America.[8]

On November 28, 2014, he was traded to the Oakland Athletics, along with Kendall Graveman, Sean Nolin, and Brett Lawrie, for Josh Donaldson.[9]

Alden Carrithers[edit]

Alden Carrithers
Oakland Athletics
Third baseman
Born: (1984-11-18) November 18, 1984 (age 30)
San Luis Obispo, California
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Alden Jeffrey-Adam Carrithers (born November 18, 1984 in San Luis Obispo, California USA) is a minor league baseball third baseman currently in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Prior to playing professionally, he attended Oregon Episcopal School (though he played for Beaverton High School, as Oregon Episcopal did not field a baseball team) and then University of California-Santa Barbara, before settling at UCLA. He hit .285 in 44 games as a college freshman at the University of California-Santa Barbara and .342 in 53 games as a sophomore. He was second in the Big West Conference in on-base percentage with a .465 mark in 2006, .002 behind Evan Longoria. He led the conference in walks with 45 and was third in runs scored with 60. A second baseman at the time, he formed a double play combination with Buster Posey for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod League, hitting .268 with 20 runs in 37 games. He transferred to UCLA for his junior year.

He hit .352 in 61 games his first year at UCLA, though he hit only .198 for the Orleans Cardinals in the Cape Cod League. His Cape Cod League double play partner that year was his UCLA teammate, Brandon Crawford. As a senior at UCLA he batted .377 with 51 runs and 47 RBI in 59 games. He was named the team MVP. He and Cord Phelps were the All-Pac-10 second basemen.

He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 15th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft, with the signing scout being Tim McWilliam, and played in their system through 2010. In his first professional year, 2008, he hit .316 with 16 steals in 17 attempts and 28 walks; he also handled 155 chances without an error in 39 games for the GCL Tigers. He led Gulf Coast League second basemen in fielding percentage. He split 2009 between the Oneonta Tigers and the West Michigan Whitecaps, hitting a combined .298 with 10 stolen bases in 50 games.[10] In 2010, he played for the Lakeland Flying Tigers and the Erie SeaWolves, hitting .312 while scoring 70 times, stealing 17 bases in 25 attempts and drawing 78 walks in 119 games. Despite hitting .309 in his three years in the Tigers organization, he was released in March 2011.

The Chicago White Sox signed him for the 2011 campaign, and he hit .276 with 51 walks to 33 strikeouts and 19 stolen bases in 22 attempts for the Birmingham Barons. Chicago released him during the following offseason to make room for signees Osvaldo Martinez and Ray Olmedo. The Atlanta Braves signed him and he played for the 2012 Mississippi Braves, hitting .315 in 74 games. In 2013, he hit a combined .284 with 16 stolen bases in 102 games split between Mississippi and the Triple-A Gwinnett Braves. He was granted free agency by the Braves after the 2013 season and signed with the Athletics.

Matt Chapman[edit]

Matt Chapman
Oakland Athletics
Third baseman
Born: (1993-04-28) April 28, 1993 (age 22)
Victorville, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Matt Chapman (born April 28, 1993) is a baseball third baseman for the Oakland Athletics organization. He was drafted by Oakland in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft out of Cal State Fullerton.[11][12][13]

Ryan Doolittle[edit]

Ryan Doolittle
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher
Born: (1988-03-25) March 25, 1988 (age 27)
Plattsburg, New York
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Ryan Scott Doolittle (born March 25, 1988) is a professional baseball player currently in the Oakland Athletics minor league system.

Prior to playing professionally, he attended Seneca High School in Tabernacle, New Jersey before going to University of North Carolina at Wilmington, with whom he went 0-2 with a 7.32 ERA in 2007. He transferred to Cumberland County College for 2008 and went 4-2 with 59 strikeouts and a 0.67 ERA in 40 innings pitched. The Athletics drafted him in the 26th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft. He was signed by scout Marc Sauer. He began his professional career that season with the AZL Athletics, appearing in 14 games (seven starts) and going 2-3 with a 4.44 ERA. He strained his UCL and missed the 2009 season.[14] In 2010, he pitched for the Vancouver Canadians and Kane County Cougars, going a combined 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 24 relief appearances. He won a Northwest League Pitcher of the Week honor in July.[15] In 40.1 innings, he walked 2 batters and had 37 strikeouts. With the AZL Athletics and Stockton Ports in 2011, Doolittle was 3-2 with a 4.32 ERA in 9 games (3 starts), walking 3 batters and striking out 31 in 25 innings. He earned a California League Pitcher of the Week honor in April.[16] He was 1-3 with 42 strikeouts, 3 walks and a 1.32 ERA in 23 relief appearances (34 innings) for the Burlington Bees and Stockton Ports in 2012. He had Tommy John surgery toward the end of the season.[17] In 2013, he was 1-2 with a 2.12 ERA in 6 games (5 starts) for the AZL Athletics and Stockton Ports. In 17 innings, he allowed 2 walks and struck out 10 batters. Through his first 163 innings of work, he walked only 20 batters.[18] During spring training in 2014, he made one appearance for the Athletics major league squad.[19] He split the 2014 regular season between the Stockton Ports (6 G, 1.80 ERA) and Midland RockHounds (30 G, 3.23 ERA) and went a combined 5-4 with a 2.98 ERA in 36 games. In 57 1/3 innings, he struck out 60 batters and walked 21. Following the campaign, the Athletics assigned him to the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League.[20]

His brother is major league pitcher Sean Doolittle.

Tucker Healy[edit]

Tucker Healy
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher
Born: (1990-06-15) June 15, 1990 (age 25)
Needham, Massachusetts
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Tucker Joseph Healy (born June 15, 1990) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Healy played college baseball at Ithaca College from 2009 to 2012.[21] He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 23rd round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft.[22] He signed with the Athletics and made his professional debut that season with the Vermont Lake Monsters.[23] In 2013 he played for the Beloit Snappers and Stockton Ports. In 2014 he pitched for Stockton, the Double-A Midland RockHounds and Triple-A Sacramento River Cats.[24]

Casey Meisner[edit]

Casey Meisner
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher
Born: (1995-05-22) May 22, 1995 (age 20)
Cypress, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Casey Edward Meisner (born May 22, 1995) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Meisner attended Cypress Woods High School in Cypress, Texas.[25] He was drafted by the New York Mets in the third round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[26][27] He signed with the Mets and made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Mets. He played 2014 with the Brooklyn Cyclones and started 2015 with the Savannah Sand Gnats.[28]

On July 27, 2015, the Mets traded Meisner to the Oakland Athletics for Tyler Clippard.[29]

Daniel Mengden[edit]

Daniel Mengden
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher
Born: (1993-02-19) February 19, 1993 (age 22)
Houston, Texas
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Daniel Joseph Mengden (born February 19, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Mengden played college baseball at Texas A&M University from 2012 to 2014. During his three years, he appeared in 54 games with 36 starts. He went 15–17 with a 3.21 earned run average (ERA) and 230 strikeouts.

Mengden was drafted by the Houston Astros in the fourth round of the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft.[30][31][32] He made his professional debut with the Gulf Coast Astros and was later promoted to the Tri-City ValleyCats. Mengden started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and was promoted to the Lancaster JetHawks after recording a 1.16 ERA.[33][34] Prior to the 2015 trade deadline, the Astros traded Mengden and Jacob Nottingham to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Kazmir.[35]

Jacob Nottingham[edit]

Jacob Nottingham
Oakland Athletics
Catcher
Born: (1995-04-03) April 3, 1995 (age 20)
Redlands, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Jacob Andrew Nottingham (born April 3, 1995) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Nottingham was drafted by the Houston Astros in the sixth round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft out of Redlands High School in Redlands, California.[36] He made his professional debut that year with the Gulf Coast Astros. In 2014 he played for the Greeneville Astros and he started 2015 with the Quad Cities River Bandits.[37][38] Prior to the 2015 trade deadline, the Astros traded Nottingham and Daniel Mengden to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Kazmir.[35]

Dillon Overton[edit]

Dillon Overton
Oakland Athletics
Pitcher
Born: (1991-08-17) August 17, 1991 (age 24)
Weatherford, Oklahoma
Bats: Left Throws: Left

Dillon Overton (born August 17, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Overton was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 26th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Weatherford High School in Weatherford, Oklahoma. He did not sign with the Red Sox and played college baseball at the University of Oklahoma for the Sooners from 2011 to 2013.[39][40]

Overton was then drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[41][42] After signing, Overton underwent Tommy John Surgery.[43] He returned in 2014 and made his professional debut with the Arizona League Athletics. He would later be promoted to the Vermont Lake Monsters, where he finished the season.[44]

Chad Pinder[edit]

Chad Pinder
Oakland Athletics
Infielder
Born: (1992-04-29) April 29, 1992 (age 23)
Potomac, Virginia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Chad Pinder (born March 29, 1992) is an American professional baseball infielder in the Oakland Athletics organization.

Pinder played college baseball at Virginia Tech for the Hokies from 2011 to 2013.[45][46] He played in 150 games, hitting .322/.389/.509 with 18 home runs.

Pinder was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.[47] He made his professional debut for the Vermont Lake Monsters that year. In 2014, he played in 94 games with the Stockton Ports, hitting 13 home runs.

Rangel Ravelo[edit]

Rangel Ravelo
Rangel Ravelo vs NWA Naturals 001.jpg
Oakland Athletics – No. 8
First baseman
Born: (1992-04-24) April 24, 1992 (age 23)
Hialeah, Florida
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Rangel Ravelo (born April 24, 1992) is an American professional baseball first baseman in the Oakland Athletics' organization.

Ravelo was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the sixth round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft out of Hialeah High School in Hialeah, Florida. He signed with the White Sox and made his professional debut with the Bristol White Sox. In 2011 he played for Bristol and Kannapolis Intimidators and also spent 2012 with Kannapolis.[48] He returned to Kannapolis to start 2013 and was promoted to the Winston-Salem Dash early in the season.[49] Ravelo played 2014 with the Double-A Birmingham Barons. During the season he had a 26-game hitting streak.[50][51] After the season he was named the Barons Player of the Year after hitting .309 with a .859 on-base plus slugging (OPS) and 11 home runs.[52]

After the 2014 season, the White Sox traded Ravelo, Josh Phegley, Marcus Semien, and Chris Bassitt to the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Jeff Samardzija and Michael Ynoa.[53]

Mikey White[edit]

Mikey White
Oakland Athletics
Shortstop
Born: (1993-09-03) September 3, 1993 (age 22)
Hoover, Alabama
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Mikey White (born September 3, 1993) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Oakland Athletics organization.

White was drafted by the New York Mets in the 34th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft out of Spain Park High School in Hoover, Alabama.[54] He did not sign with the Mets and played college baseball at the University of Alabama.[55][56] Over his three years at Alabama, he played in 184 games and hit .308/.403/.448 with 13 home runs and 98 runs batted in (RBI).

White was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2015 MLB Draft.[57] He signed with the Athletics and made his professional debut with the Vermont Lake Monsters.

Full Triple-A to Rookie League rosters[edit]

Triple-A[edit]

Nashville Sounds roster
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Infielders

Outfielders

  •  4 James Harris

Manager

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Double-A[edit]

Midland RockHounds roster
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Pitchers

  • 39 Tim Atherton
  • 19 Andres Avila
  • 20 Ryan Doolittle
  • 40 Omar Duran
  • 45 Seth Frankoff
  • 41 Parker Frazier
  • 43 Kris Hall
  • 23 Tucker Healy
  • 33 Chris Jensen
  • 17 Jonathan Joseph
  • 15 Sean Manaea
  • 11 Brendan McCurry
  • 14 Jake Sanchez
  • 28 Jeff Urlab
  • 28 Bobby Wahl

Catchers

  • 13 Bruce Maxwell
  •  8 Beau Taylor

Infielders

  • 18 Anthony Aliotti
  • 25 Ryon Healy
  • 16 Wade Kirkland
  • 12 Yairo Munoz
  • 21 Matt Olson
  • 10 Chad Pinder
  •  6 Colin Walsh

Outfielders

  •  9 Jaycob Brugman
  •  5 Chad Oberacker
  • 24 J. P. Sportman
  • 26 Josh Whitaker

Manager

Coaches


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Class A-Advanced[edit]

Stockton Ports roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 34 Ben Bracewell
  • 14 Sam Bragg
  • 19 Dylan Covey
  • -- Roldopho Fernandez
  • 22 Kyle Finnegan
  • 28 Chris Lamb
  • 20 Casey Meisner
  •  3 Daniel Mengden
  • 13 Carlos Navas
  • 29 Sam Roberts
  • 21 Joel Seddon
  • 44 Matt Stalcup
  • 16 Jose Torres
  • 17 Lou Trivino
  • 12 Corey Walter

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

  • 23 B.J. Boyd
  • 18 Tyler Marincov
  • 46 Brett Vertigan

Manager

  •  2 Rick Magnante

Coaches


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Class A[edit]

Beloit Snappers roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 31 Michael Fagan
  • 26 Heath Fillmyer
  • 32 Koby Gauna
  • 29 Ryan Gorton
  • 23 Daniel Gossett
  • 25 Brett Graves
  • 16 Rob Huber
  • 22 Kevin Johnson
  • 17 Jonathan Massad
  • 12 Lee Sosa
  • 28 Cody Stull
  •  7 Joey Wagman

Catchers

  • 13 Iolana Akau
  • -- Andy Paz
  • 37 Argenis Raga

Infielders

  •  8 Jose Brizuela
  • -- A.J. Kubala
  • 10 Max Kuhn
  • 35 Sandber Pimentel
  •  5 Tim Proudfoot
  • 15 Gabriel Santana
  •  3 Mikey White

Outfielders

  •  6 Joe Bennie
  • 19 Shawn Duinkerk
  • 18 Justin Higley

Manager

  • 33 Fran Riordan

Coaches


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Short A[edit]

Vermont Lake Monsters roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 25 Derek Beasley
  • 29 Heath Bowers
  • 11 Bowdien Derby
  • 27 Dustin Driver
  • 10 Kevin Duchene
  • 37 Angel Duno
  • 40 Kevin Ferreras
  • 23 Dawrin Frias
  • 33 Kyle Friedrichs
  • 22 John Gorman
  • 32 Chris Kohler
  •  9 Cody Kurz
  • 16 Jared Lyons
  • 28 Evan Manarino
  • 36 Corey Miller
  • 19 James Naile
  • 21 Tyler Painton
  • 44 Andrew Tomasovich

Catchers

  • 20 Nick Collins
  • 41 Jordan Devencenzi
  •  5 Tom Gavitt
  • 24 Seong-min Kim

Infielders

  • -- Shane Boras ‡
  •  8 Seth Brown
  •  4 Ryan Howell
  • 18 Chris Iriart
  •  6 Trace Loehr
  •  2 Jesus Lopez
  • 12 Richie Martin

Outfielders

  •  7 Skye Bolt
  • 14 Steve Pallares
  • 13 Brett Siddall

Manager

  • 26 Aaron Nieckula

Coaches


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Rookie[edit]

Arizona League Athletics roster
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Pitchers

  • 41 Yordy Alejo
  • 80 Xavier Altamirano
  • 60 Ivan Andueza
  • 36 Marc Berube
  • 39 Boomer Biegalski
  • 48 Argenis Blanco
  • 58 Brendan Butler
  • 28 Dakota Chalmers
  • 47 Dustin Hurlbutt
  • 51 Branden Kelliher
  • 50 Jorge Martinez
  • -- Junior Mendez
  • -- Michael Murray
  • 59 Emerson Nelo
  • -- Michael Nolan ‡
  • 29 Phillip Ortiz
  • -- Dillon Overton
  • 38 Armando Ruiz
  • 54 Jordan Schwartz
  • 61 Victor Veliz
  • 45 Tyler Willman
  • -- Jesus Zambrano

Catchers

  • 44 Miguel Guzman
  • 11 Robert Mullen
  • 22 Brett Sunde

Infielders

  • 19 Shane Conlon
  • 14 Edwin Diaz
  • -- Trent Gilbert
  •  3 Carlos Hiciano
  • 13 Eric Marinez
  • 15 Miguel Mercedes
  •  2 Jean Carlo Rodriguez

Outfielders

  • 18 Luis Barrera
  • 25 Mike Martin
  • 12 Robert Martinez
  • 10 James Terrell

Manager

  • 64 Ruben Escalera

Coaches

  • 65 Juan Dilone (hitting)
  • 16 Gabriel Ortiz (coach)
  • 46 Gabriel Ozuna (pitching)

60-day disabled list

  • -- Michael Murray

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Foreign Rookie[edit]

Dominican Summer League Athletics roster
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Pitchers

  • 40 Ruber Aquino
  • 51 Alexander Calderon
  • 36 Wandisson Charles
  • 33 Frederick De La Cruz
  • 59 Reynaldo Hoyos
  • 28 Jhenderson Hurtado
  •  2 Wilfredo Magallanes
  • 35 David Montilla
  • 30 Jose Mora
  • -- Jose Morban
  • 41 Eliel Ramirez
  • 54 Santiago Rodriguez
  • 39 Jean Ruiz
  • 37 Enmanuel Sullivan
  • 38 Oscar Tovar
  • 52 Jose Trejo
  • 26 Alejandro Vargas
  • 12 Gerardo Vilchez

Catchers

  • 29 Jorge Gordon
  • 17 Luis Hernandez
  • 32 Jesus Monserratt
  •  4 Jose Rivas

Infielders

  • 31 Javier Agelvis
  •  3 Martin De Los Santos
  • 19 Javier Godard
  • 10 Jesus Lage
  • 13 Andys Silva

Outfielders

  • -- Tomy Arias
  •  5 Yhoelnys Gonzalez
  • 15 Erick Mordock
  •  7 Gean Rigby
  • -- Jhonny Rodriguez

Manager

Coaches

  • -- David Brito (pitching)
  • -- Radhame Perez (hitting)


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