OAKLAND -- The A's wrapped up the 2015 Draft feeling the same way they always do: optimistic.
But there was an added sense of excitement in the Draft room this time.
"As we always say at the end of the Draft, we're really happy with it," said A's scouting director Eric Kubota. "But I really, truly believe that we got players we kind of didn't expect to be in play on."
Exhibit A: third-round pick Dakota Chalmers, a hard-throwing right-hander and one of just five high school selections among the A's 40 total picks.
Another: center fielder Skye Bolt, an outfielder out of North Carolina.