Oakland Athletics minor league players
Below are select minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Oakland Athletics:
Nick Allen
Nicholas Ryan Allen is an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman in the Oakland Athletics organization.Allen attended Francis Parker School in San Diego, California, where he played baseball. During his freshman year, he committed to play college baseball at the University of Southern California. As a junior in 2016, he slashed.469/.570/.816. In 2017, his senior year, Allen hit.297 with two home runs, ten doubles, and 23 stolen bases. For his high school career, he had a fielding percentage of.963. After his senior year, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the third round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. He signed for $2 million.
After signing with Oakland, Allen made his professional debut with the Arizona League Athletics, hitting.254 with one home run and 14 RBIs over 35 games. Allen spent the 2018 season with the Beloit Snappers in which he batted.239 with 34 RBIs and 24 stolen bases in 121 games. In 2019, he began the year with the Stockton Ports with whom he was named a California League All-Star. He was placed on the injured list in late June after suffering a leg injury, and missed the remainder of the season. Over 72 games with Stockton, he slashed.292/.363/.434 with three home runs, 25 RBIs, and 13 stolen bases. He was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox following the season.
Luis Barrera
Luis Rafael Barrera is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder in the Oakland Athletics organization.Barrera signed as an international free agent by the Oakland Athletics in 2012 for a $450,000 signing bonus. He opened the 2019 season back with Midland. He 2013 and 2014 with the Dominican Summer League Athletics, hitting.190/.292/.389/.681 with 4 home runs and 20 RBI in 2013 and.130/.216/.130/.346 with 3 RBI in 2014. He spent 2015 with the Arizona League Athletics, hitting.287/.344/.348/.692 with 0 home runs and 12 RBI. He split the 2016 season between the Vermont Lake Monsters and the Beloit Snappers, combining to hit.310/.361/.428/.789 with 3 home runs and 22 RBI. His 2017 season was split between Beloit and the Stockton Ports, accumulating a.263/.307/.390/.697 batting line with 7 home runs and 38 RBI. He split 2018 between Stockton and the Midland RockHounds, combining to hit.297/.361/.426/.787 with 3 home runs and 64 RBI. He played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League during the 2018 offseason.
The Athletics added him to their 40-man roster after the 2018 season. He spent the 2019 season back with Midland, hitting.321/.356/.513/.869 with 4 home runs and 24 RBI over 54 games. Barrera's season ended in late June after suffering multiple subluxation injuries during the year to his right shoulder. On September 8, the Athletics placed him on the 60-day injured list, in order to clear a roster spot.
Wandisson Charles
Wandisson Charles is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.Charles signed with the Oakland Athletics as an international free agent on March 24, 2015. He spent the 2015 season with the DSL Athletics, going 1–5 with a 4.12 ERA in 39 innings. He spent the 2016 season with the AZL Athletics, going 5–1 with a 7.12 ERA over innings. He spent the 2017 season with the Vermont Lake Monsters, going 2–0 with a 3.43 ERA over 21 innings. He split the 2018 season between Vermont and the Beloit Snappers, going 0–0 with a 4.91 ERA in 11 innings. Charles split the 2019 season between Beloit, Stockton Ports, and the Midland RockHounds, combining to go 4–0 with a 2.89 ERA over 61 innings.
Ian Gardeck
Ian James Gardeck is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Oakland Athletics organization.Gardeck graduated from Crystal Lake South High School in Crystal Lake, Illinois. He began his college baseball career at the University of Dayton, before transferring to Angelina College for his sophomore year. After the 2011 season, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. The Chicago White Sox selected Gardeck in the eighth round, with the 261st overall selection, of the 2011 MLB draft, but Gardeck instead transferred to the University of Alabama to continue his college career. The San Francisco Giants selected him in the 16th round of the 2012 MLB draft, and he signed with the Giants.
After the 2015 season, the Giants added Gardeck to their 40-man roster.
At the 2018 Winter Meetings, the Tampa Bay Rays selected Gardeck from the Giants in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. He was assigned to Double-A Montgomery and placed on the injured list to start the 2019 season. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.
After the 2019 season, Gardeck signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics, receiving a non-roster invitation to spring training.
Hogan Harris
Hogan Anthony Harris is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.Harris attended St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he played baseball and was teammates with Chase Vallot. In 2015, his senior year, he went 6-1 with a 0.67 ERA, earning All-State honors. Undrafted in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he played college baseball.
In 2016, Harris' freshman year at UL Lafayette, he appeared in 16 games in which he went 2-0 with a 3.90 ERA. As a sophomore in 2017, he compiled a 5-2 record with a 2.66 ERA over 13 games, striking out 87 batters over innings. In 2016, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 2017 to play for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox. In 2018, Harris' junior season, he missed the first six weeks of the season due to an oblique injury, but eventually returned and went 5-2 with a 2.62 ERA over 12 games.
Following his junior season, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the third round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and signed. He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Vermont Lake Monsters before being promoted to the Stockton Ports in July. Over 15 games between the two clubs, Harris pitched to a 1-5 record with a 2.80 ERA, striking out 65 batters over innings.
Jonah Heim
Jonah Nathan Heim is an American professional baseball catcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.Heim attended Kenmore East High School in Tonawanda, New York, and Amherst Central High School in Snyder, New York. He signed a letter of intent to attend Michigan State University on a college baseball scholarship to play for the Michigan State Spartans.
The Baltimore Orioles selected Heim in the fourth round, with the 129th overall selection, of the 2013 MLB draft. He signed with Baltimore, receiving a $389,700 signing bonus, rather than enroll at Michigan State. He made his professional debut that season the GCL Orioles and spent all of 2013 there, slashing.185/.275/.247 in 27 games. In 2014, he played for the GCL Orioles and the Aberdeen IronBirds where he batted.196 with one home run and seven RBIs in 46 games, and in 2015, he played for the Delmarva Shorebirds where he compiled a.248 batting average with one home runs and 16 RBIs in 43 games. He began 2016 with the Frederick Keys.
On August 1, 2016, the Orioles traded Heim to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Steve Pearce. Tampa Bay assigned him to the Charlotte Stone Crabs and he finished the season there. In 102 total games between Frederick and Charlotte, he collected a.217 batting average with eight home runs and 33 RBIs. He spent 2017 with both Charlotte and the Bowling Green Hot Rods, slashing.260/.317/.402 with nine home runs, 61 RBIs, and a.718 OPS in 93 games.
Heim was traded to the Oakland Athletics on December 19, 2017, as the player to be named later to complete a trade for Joey Wendle. He spent 2018 with both the Stockton Ports and the Midland RockHounds, batting.258 with eight home runs and sixty RBIs in 119 total games between both teams. He split the 2019 season between Midland and the Las Vegas Aviators, hitting a combined.310/.385/.477/.862 with 9 home runs and 53 RBI. On November 1, 2019, Heim was added to the Athletics 40–man roster.
Brian Howard
Brian Edward Howard is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization.Howard attended St. Louis University High School in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2013, his senior year, he went 8-2 with a 0.60 ERA and 89 strikeouts over seventy innings, earning Metro Catholic Conference Pitcher of the Year honors. Undrafted out of high school in the 2013 Major League Baseball draft, he enrolled at Texas Christian University where he played college baseball for the TCU Horned Frogs.
In 2014, Howard's freshman season at TCU, he pitched to a 2.77 ERA over 13 innings. That summer, he played in the Northwoods League for the Wisconsin Woodchucks. In 2015, as a sophomore at TCU, he pitched 46 innings, compiling a 4-0 record, a 3.52 ERA, and 46 strikeouts. As a junior in 2016, Howard went 10-2 with a 3.19 ERA in 17 starts. After his junior year, he was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 17th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. In 2017, his senior year, he pitched to a 12-3 record with a 3.77 ERA over 19 starts, striking out 113 batters over 105 innings. He earned Big 12 Conference Honorable Mention. Following the season, he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the eighth round of the 2017 Major League Baseball draft, and signed.
After signing with Oakland, Howard made his professional debut with the Vermont Lake Monsters. Over innings, he compiled a 2-1 record and a 1.15 ERA. Howard began the 2018 season with the Stockton Ports, with whom he was named a California League All-Star, before being promoted to the Midland RockHounds in June. Over 24 games between the two clubs, he pitched to an 11-7 record and a 2.91 ERA, striking out 140 batters over innings. In 2019, he began the year with Midland, earning Texas League All-Star honors. In July, he was promoted to the Las Vegas Aviators. Over 27 starts between the two clubs, Howard pitched to an 8-9 record with a 4.30 ERA, striking out 134 over innings.
Daulton Jefferies
Daulton Compton Jefferies is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He played college baseball for the California Golden Bears. He was drafted by the Miami Marlins out of high school in the 39th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft but did not sign, instead deciding to attend school at the University of California, Berkeley. After his junior year he was drafted by the Oakland Athletics with the 37th overall pick of the 2016 MLB Draft.Jefferies attended Buhach Colony High School in Atwater, California where he both pitched and played shortstop. As a junior in high school, Jefferies was named Central California Conference MVP after going 8–0 with a 1.26 earned run average and putting up a.366/.480/.505 slash line. Daulton's senior season was equally as impressive as he went 10-2 with a 0.92 ERA and a school record 142 strikeouts, again taking home the Central California Conference MVP. Jefferies had initially verbally committed to play baseball for Stanford University during the summer of his junior year of high school, but the offer fell through and Jefferies was forced to find another school, eventually deciding on the University of California, Berkeley.
As a freshman for the California Golden Bears in 2014, Jefferies started 15 games, finishing the year 2–8 with a 3.45 ERA and 58 strikeouts in a team-high innings. Jefferies' sophomore season saw both his record and earned run average improve, as he appeared in 14 games, starting 13, and went 6–5 with a 2.92 ERA, enough to warrant a First Team All-Pac-12 selection. The summer after his sophomore season, Jefferies was a member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, and played collegiate summer baseball with the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
Jefferies was drafted by the Oakland Athletics with the 37th overall pick of the 2016 MLB Draft. He spent his first professional season with the AZL Athletics where he posted a 2.38 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 11.1 innings pitched. He pitched in only two games for the Stockton Ports in 2017 before undergoing Tommy John surgery, thus ending his season. He appeared in one game in the AZL in 2018 as he continued to rehab his way back to full health. Jefferies split the 2019 season between Stockton and the Midland RockHounds, going a combined 2–2 with a 3.41 ERA over 79 innings.
Jefferies was added to the Athletics 40–man roster following the 2019 season.
Jefferies has a four pitch repertoire. His fastball has a bit of sink and sits in the low-to-mid 90s, but can top out around 96 mph. His primary off-speed pitch is his changeup which he throws in the mid-80s with good sink and fade. He also has a decent slider and a good three-quarters curveball.
Jefferies is the nephew of former MLB pitcher Blas Minor, and his older brother Jake pitched in the minor leagues for both the Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays organizations.
James Naile
Naile attended Charleston High School in Charleston, Missouri and played college baseball at Parkland College and the University of Alabama-Birmingham. In 2013, he underwent Tommy John Surgery and missed the 2014 season. He returned from the injury in 2015 and was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 20th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.
Naile made his professional debut with the Arizona League Athletics and was later promoted to the Vermont Lake Monsters. In 25.1 total relief innings pitched between the two teams, he was 3-0 with a 1.78 ERA. In 2016, he pitched for the Beloit Snappers, Stockton Ports, Midland RockHounds and Nashville Sounds, compiling a combined 9-11 record and 3.39 ERA in 28 games. After the season, he won a Minor League Gold Glove Award. In 2017, he pitched for the Arizona League Athletics, Stockton and Midland, going 2-3 with a 3.30 ERA in 18 games. Naile spent 2018 with Nashville and also pitched in two games for Midland. In 26 starts between the two teams, went 8-10 with a 4.54 ERA. He returned to Midland to begin 2019.
Tyler Ramirez
Tyler Christopher Ramirez is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Oakland Athletics organization.Ramirez attended the Cape Henry Collegiate School in Virginia Beach, Virginia and played college baseball at the University of North Carolina. In 2015, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the seventh round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft.
Ramirez spent his first professional season in 2016 with the Arizona League Athletics and Vermont Lake Monsters, compiling a combined.230 batting average with two home runs and 23 RBIs in 56 games. In 2017, he played for the Stockton Ports and Midland RockHounds, slashing.304/.398/.431 with 11 home runs and 63 RBIs in 134 games. After the season, he played in the Arizona Fall League. Ramirez spent 2018 with Midland, batting.287 with ten home runs and 79 RBIs in 134 games. He began 2019 with the Las Vegas Aviators, but was reassigned to Midland in early June. Over 117 games between the two teams, he slashed.225/.347/.346 with eight home runs and sixty RBIs.
Buddy Reed
Michael Elliott Reed is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Oakland Athletics organization.Reed attended St. George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island. He played baseball, hockey and soccer. Reed was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 13th round of the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft, but did not sign and attended the University of Florida where he played college baseball for the Florida Gators.
As a freshman at Florida in 2014, Reed started 51 of 60 games, hitting.244 over 172 at-bats. After a 1-14 start his sophomore year in 2015, he started wearing glasses on the field. That year he started 69 of 70 games and hit.305/.367/.433 with four home runs, 47 runs batted in and 18 stolen bases. After the season, he played for the United States collegiate national team during the summer. In 2015, he batted.305 with four home runs and 47 RBIs. As a junior in 2016, he batted.262 with four home runs, 32 RBIs and 24 stolen bases.
After his junior year, Reed was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the second round of the 2016 MLB draft. He signed and was assigned to the Tri-City Dust Devils, where he spent all of his first professional season, batting.254 with 13 RBIs and 15 stolen bases in 51 games. In 2017, he played for the Fort Wayne TinCaps where he posted a.234 batting average with six home runs and 35 RBIs in 88 games, and in 2018, he played with both the Lake Elsinore Storm and the San Antonio Missions, slashing.271/.319/.435 with 13 home runs, 62 RBIs, and 51 stolen bases in 122 games between both teams. He spent 2019 with the Amarillo Sod Poodles, hitting.228 with 14 home runs, fifty RBIs, and 23 stolen bases over 121 games.
On December 12, 2019, Reed was traded to the Oakland Athletics as the player to be named later in the Jurickson Profar trade.
Mikey White
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. He did not sign with the Mets and played college baseball at the University of Alabama. 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. In 2014, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and was named a league all-star.
White was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the second round of the 2015 MLB Draft. He signed with the Athletics and made his professional debut with the Vermont Lake Monsters, and he was later promoted to the Beloit Snappers; he posted a combined.253 batting average with three home runs and 28 RBIs in 64 games between both clubs. He spent 2016 with the Stockton Ports where he batted.247 with six home runs and 50 RBIs in 124 games. In 2017, he returned to Stockton, and posted a.261 average with 17 home runs and 73 RBIs in 115 games. He spent 2018 with the Midland RockHounds, batting.218 with six home runs and 29 RBIs in 64 games. He missed the last three months of the season due to injury. He returned to Midland to begin 2019.
White's father is a former Navy SEAL, actor, and bodyguard.
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