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Oakland Athletics 2018 minor league awards

By Benjamin Chase

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 03: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Lou Trivinno #62 of the Oakland Athletics in action against the New York Yankees in the American League Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium on October 3, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Athletics 7-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 03: (NEW YORK DAILIES OUT) Lou Trivinno #62 of the Oakland Athletics in action against the New York Yankees in the American League Wild Card Game at Yankee Stadium on October 3, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. The Yankees defeated the Athletics 7-2. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /
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OAKLAND, CA – SEPTEMBER 08: Ramon Laurreano #22 of the Oakland Athletics catches a ball hit by Adrian Beltre #29 of the Texas Rangers in the third inning at Oakland Alameda Coliseum on September 8, 2018 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

The Oakland Athletics were one of the biggest surprises in the 2018 season. After making the playoffs and winning 97 games, could their farm system help them be even stronger in 2019?

As part of our continuing coverage at Call to the Pen of the minor leagues, we will be covering each organization’s top players for 2018. The coverage will go in reverse order of record. Today, we will look at the Oakland Athletics.

We are going to review the system’s leaders for each organization statistically, then choose one hitter and one pitcher to honor for every team. This will be primarily based on statistical performance, though some “age relative to level” could come into play, so a very impressive season from a 28-year-old in AA will rank below a nearly as impressive season from a 20-year-old at the same level.

After we review each organization’s hitter and pitcher of the year, we will close out October with Call To The Pen’s Minor League team of the year. That will lead into November starting our team top 10 prospect lists. In other words, there will be plenty of minor league content on the way at CTTP, so keep coming back for more each day this offseason!!

Oakland Athletics minor leagues

The Oakland Athletics had an amazing 2018 season. They were expected to finish last in their division as one of the worst teams in the American League, and they ended up winning 97 games and participating in the Wild Card game.

The A’s have built up a tremendous farm system over the last few years, but they interestingly did not dig deep into that system in their 2018 season. With a few key free agents in positions of system strength, that could mean leaning on that system for 2019.

Before we offer up awards on the season, let’s take a look at the system’s statistical leaders:

Organization Leaders (min. 150 PA, 50 IP)

BA: Dustin Fowler .341
OBP: Nick Martini .406
SLG: Ramon Laureano .524
OPS: Ramon Laureano .905
R: Eli White 81
H: Eli White 154
2B: Seth Brown 38
3B: Jorge Mateo 16
HR: Anthony Garcia 25
RBI: Anthony Garcia 91
SB: Givaine Basilia 26
TB: Anthony Garcia 230

W: Parker Dunshee 13
G: Angel Duno 48
GS: James Naile 26
IP: Matt Milburn 152 1/3
SV: Angel Duno, Seth Martinez 15
K: Parker Dunshee 163
ERA: Yorlenis Noa 1.04
WHIP: Livan Sanchez 0.80
K/9: Sam Sheehan 14.0
K/BB: Matt Milburn 6.94

Let’s look at the award winners…

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