Last Thursday (Aug. 6), I went to Stockton to get the scuttlebutt on the A's most talent-laden farm team, the Ports. Unfortunately, top prospects Franklin Barreto and Matt Chapman were in Arizona rehabbing wrist injuries, but I was able to catch Casey Meisner, as well as new catcher Jacob Nottingham and recent-promotee Yairo Munoz.
When the trade deadline whirlwind blew in several new faces, Casey Meisner's was the one seemingly lost in the shuffly, until now. To refresh your memory, he was acquired from the pitching-rich Mets in exchange for Tyler Clippard on July 27. He's barely been discussed much in these digital pages.