The Oakland A’s have one of the best offenses in MLB, ranking fifth in wRC+ and eighth in runs-per-game even before dropping another eight-spot against Toronto on Wednesday. They have eight different players with wRC+ marks of 110 or more, which is almost an entire lineup’s worth of plus hitters. And yet, there’s still a prospect making enough noise in Triple-A to be worth talking about.
The A’s picked up outfielder Ramon Laureano in a quiet minor league trade last winter. He was coming off a down year and getting squeezed out of the Astros’ stacked 40-man roster, and Oakland picked him up for a low-level pitching prospect.