Mason McLendon Barnett (born November 7, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
Barnett started 2023 with the Quad Cities River Bandits before his promotion to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
[6] On July 30, 2024, Barnett, Will Klein, and Jared Dickey were acquired by the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Lucas Erceg.
Tyler Cole Baum (born January 14, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
[8][9] The team advanced to the final four, but fell in the state qualifying game to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
[17][18][19] Baum signed with Oakland for $900,000 and made his professional debut with the Vermont Lake Monsters of the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League.
John Gowen Cushing (born December 3, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
Cushing attended Edward S. Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas, where he played baseball.
[29] Cushing signed with Oakland and split his first professional season between the Arizona League Athletics and Vermont Lake Monsters, going 3–6 with a 6.00 ERA over 42 innings.
Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (born January 31, 2003) is an American professional baseball shortstop in the Athletics organization.
Kuroda-Grauer grew up in Somerset, New Jersey and attended Franklin High School, where he played baseball and basketball.
[40][41][42] Kuroda-Grauer was named the Big Ten Conference Baseball Player of the Year as a junior after finishing second in the nation with a .428 batting average.
[45] Kuroda-Grauer was promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts of the High-A Midwest League after batting .389 with 13 runs scored in 12 games with Stockton.
Luis Danys Morales (born September 24, 2002) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
[47] He played for Gallos de Sancti Spíritus in Cuban National Series during the 2020–21 season, going 3–3 with a 5.95 ERA in 11 pitching appearances.
[48] While playing on the Cuba national team in the 2020 U-23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico City, Morales defected.
Jackson Scott Perkins (born December 26, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
[57][58] Perkins made his professional debut in 2022 with the Arizona Complex League Athletics and also played for the Stockton Ports, pitching ten innings between the two teams.
After the season, he was selected to play in the Arizona Fall League for the Mesa Solar Sox, with whom he did not allow a run over ten appearances.
Colby Grant Thomas (born January 26, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Athletics organization.
[62] Thomas played in 16 games as a freshman for Mercer in 2020 before the season was cancelled, batting .333 with five home runs and 18 RBIs.
[69][70][71] Thomas made his professional debut in 2023 with the Stockton Ports and was promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts in early July.