The Oakland A’s acquired an impressive haul of prospects last summer in exchange for their impending free agents, just as they had in their similarly last-place 2015 campaign. The first of that group, Jharel Cotton, has already cracked our Community Prospect List. Here’s the current list, including their winning margins (the difference between their % of the vote, and the % of the runner-up):
- Franklin Barreto, SS (+67%)
- Matt Chapman, 3B (+26%)
- A.J. Puk, LHP (+38%)
- Jharel Cotton, RHP (+60%)
Cotton was one of three pitchers who came over in a blockbuster deal with the Dodgers, but he was not supposed to be the first of that trio to make this list.