The High-A Stockton Ports are not one of the Oakland A's strongest minor league affiliates this year. That's not a bad thing, because instead the best prospects are at higher levels and thus closer to MLB, but it does mean the one local Northern California farm team carries less intrigue than in recent years.
Only six members of the active roster made our preseason Community Prospect List Top 30. Four of them are members of the starting rotation, leaving only two everyday players, and of the six only two of them appear in the top 18 spots on the CPL.