Elephant Rumblings: FanGraphs Top 100 update, Zack Gelof to IL
Apr 1, 2023 - 2:00 PMFanGraphs’ Eric Longenhagen put out a “beginning of the season” update to his Top 100 list prospects list Friday and four more Oakland Athletics prospects were included. Kyle Muller, Shintaro Fujinami, Esteury Ruiz and Ryan Noda were all added in the update. Muller was Oakland’s Opening Day starter and was assigned a 45 Future Value by Longenhagen. Fujinami will start Saturday’s game, Ruiz was the team’s Opening Day starter and Noda is expected to see plenty of opportunities after coming over from the Dodgers as a Rule 5 pick. That group joins Tyler Soderstrom, Ken Waldichuk and Mason Miller who were previously ranked in the preseason list.
In other prospect related news, infielder Zack Gelof will begin the season on the injured list according to The Athletics’ Melissa Lockard.
Zack Gelof will begin the season on the Las Vegas injured list but is expected to return in a week, I’m told.
— Melissa Lockard (@melissalockard) March 31, 2023
Las Vegas dropped its opener to Reno 13-9, but Cody Thomas hit for the cycle. Tyler Soderstrom and Jordan Diaz finished with two hits each.
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David Forst recently discussed the plan for Shintaro Fujinami.
"I mean the reality is, Shintaro Fujinami may get 3 or 4 starts in and say, ‘Hey, my body feels really good. I don't need a full 6 days of rest like he had in Japan.’”
— A's Cast (@athleticscast24) March 31, 2023
David Forst on Fuji's role with the @Athletics
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Tyler Soderstrom is the next Giambi? Pretty high praise
"Tyler Soderstrom is the next Giambi."
— A's Cast (@athleticscast24) April 1, 2023
Do you AGREE or DISAGREE with Towny’s “out-of-the-box” picks for who will be the @Athletics stat leaders in 2023.
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