Talking Top Prospects with A's Asst GM Billy Owens

I had the chance to talk with A’s assistant general manager Billy Owens a week ago about some of the A’s top prospects for my Athletics Farm site. My primary focus was on the players who appeared on my site’s preseason Top 10 Prospect List, but I also took the opportunity to ask him about this season’s hottest young pitching prospect, Daniel Mengden. When I spoke with Owens, Matt Olson and Chad Pinder were still struggling, but it should be noted that in the week since we spoke, from last Sunday through this Saturday, Olson has hit .