With no minor league season in 2020, teams around the league have used portions of their 60-man player pools to bring some top prospects to their alternate training camps. Even for youngsters with no chance of reaching MLB this year, this serves as an opportunity to continue their development while working with the pro coaches.
The Oakland A’s are no exception to this trend, inviting most of their Top 20 prospect list to participate from all levels of the minors, including a couple teenagers who have never played a professional game. Using our Community Prospect List rankings (and subbing out the departed Jorge Mateo for the newcomer Tyler Soderstrom), here are the top 19 names in the system — all of them are in the player pool except the ones in bold.