
Oakland drafted Bowdien "Bubba" Derby in the sixth round of the 2015 Draft. Our Community Prospect List put him fifth in the organization. He'll be getting his first test in Double-A this year. However, his bat should carry him even if he has to move to first base. 66 overall ( Baseball Prospectus) to just missing the club's Top 10 ( Baseball America). There is some concern that Nottingham's plate skills are far behind, which has caused his organizational prospect ranking to vary from as high as 3rd with the A's and No.


An impressive Low-A performance in the Midwest League earned him a midseason promotion to the High-A Lancaster JetHawks. Nottingham, turning 21 in April, was the Astros' sixth round choice in 2013. The A's acquired catcher Jacob Nottingham with right-handed pitcher Daniel Mengden in the trade that sent Scott Kazmir to the Houston Astros last July. Susan Slusser notes, however, that "Crisp will DH a lot and play some OF, Canha will bounce between OF and 1B again." The A's have reportedly been trying to salary dump Billy Butler, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports. Crisp is healthy now, but the A's probably are not relying on him to stay that way.
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Davis rates as an average left fielder ( "He'll never be a plus defender, but with those marks once can hardly call him a liability in the outfield," says Brew Crew Ball.)ĭavis heads into a weird left field mix that currently has Coco Crisp, Sam Fuld, and Mark Canha available at that positions. The right-handed batting Davis owns a career batting line of. His call up in 2013 was late enough to avoid Davis reaching Super Two status this year, and he is earning the minimum salary. Khris Davisĭavis, who turned 28 in December, will be entering his fourth season in the major leagues and is under team control through the 2019 season. To open a space on the 40-man roster, the A's have designated left-handed pitcher Sean Nolin for assignment. The Oakland Athletics have acquired left fielder Khris Davis from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for catching prospect Jacob Nottingham and right-handed pitching prospect Bowdien "Bubba" Derby.
