# Athletics minor league players

Below are selected minor league players and the rosters of the minor league affiliates of the Athletics Major League Baseball team:

## Players
### Euribiel Angeles

Euribiel Angeles (born May 11, 2002) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder in the Athletics organization.
Angeles signed with the San Diego Padres as an international free agent in 2018. He made his professional debut in 2019 with the Dominican Summer League Padres. In 2021 he played for the Lake Elsinore Storm and Fort Wayne TinCaps.
On April 3, 2022, Angeles, along with Adrián Martínez, was traded to the Oakland Athletics for Sean Manaea.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### Mason Barnett

Mason McLendon Barnett (born November 7, 2000) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
Barnett attended Cartersville High School in Cartersville, Georgia and played college baseball at Auburn University. In 2021, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League. He was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft. He signed with the Royals and spent his first professional season with the Arizona Complex League Royals and Columbia Fireflies.
Barnett started 2023 with the Quad Cities River Bandits before his promotion to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals.
On July 30, 2024, Barnett, Will Klein, and Jared Dickey were acquired by the Oakland Athletics in exchange for Lucas Erceg.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### Tyler Baum

Tyler Cole Baum (born January 14, 1998) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
Baum attended West Orange High School in Winter Garden, Florida. Going into the 2016 playoffs, he held a 7–0 record and a 2.07 ERA with 70 strikeouts. The team advanced to the final four, but fell in the state qualifying game to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Baum went unselected in the 2016 Major League Baseball draft, and he enrolled at the University of North Carolina where he played college baseball. In 2017, Baum's freshman season, he started 15 games and pitched 63 innings in which he went 7–0 with a 2.57 ERA. That summer, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League, where he was named a league all-star and posted a 5–1 record on the mound. As a sophomore in 2018, he made 18 appearances (12 starts), going 4–1 with a 4.57 ERA. He returned to play for Harwich after the season. In 2019, he appeared in 17 games (making 16 starts), pitching to a 7–3 record and a 3.87 ERA. After the season, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the second round (66th overall) of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.
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. Over 11 starts, he went 0–3 with a 4.70 ERA, striking out 34 batters over 30+2⁄3 innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but was added to Oakland's 60-man player pool and spent the summer training at their alternate site. Baum missed the beginning of the 2021 season and did not make his season debut until mid-August with the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League Athletics with whom he gave up 17 earned runs and twenty walks over 12+2⁄3 innings. He was assigned to the Stockton Ports of the Single-A California League to open the 2022 season, but was reassigned to the Arizona Complex League. He continued to struggle with control, going 1–1 with a 17.00 ERA, 47 walks, and 32 strikeouts over 27 innings between both teams. Baum split the 2023 season between the Lansing Lugnuts of the High-A Midwest League and the Midland RockHounds of the Double-A Texas League, appearing in 39 games and going 2-2 with a 3.54 ERA, 62 strikeouts, and 25 walks over 48+1⁄3 innings.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

### Jack Cushing

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. After graduating in 2015, he played four years of college baseball at Georgetown University. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the 22nd round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.
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. He did not play a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season. He opened the 2021 season with the Stockton Ports and was promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts and Midland RockHounds during the season. Over 21 games (19 starts) between the three teams, Cushing went 7–7 with a 3.22 ERA and 111 strikeouts over 111+2⁄3 innings. He began the 2022 season with Midland and was promoted to the Las Vegas Aviators in mid-June. After struggling to a 14.14 ERA over 21 innings with the Aviators, he was demoted back to Midland in mid-July. Over 19 starts with Midland, he went 11–3 with a 3.67 ERA and 95 strikeouts over 110+1⁄3 innings. Cushing spent the majority of the 2023 season with Midland, but also appeared in three games for Las Vegas. Over 31 games (21 starts) between both teams, he went 8-6 with a 5.36 ERA and 130 strikeouts over 124+1⁄3 innings.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Georgetown Hoyas bio

### Joshua Kuroda-Grauer

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. He was named the Courier News Player of the Year as a senior.
Kuroda-Grauer played college baseball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights for three seasons. He was named third-team All-Big Ten Conference as a freshman after slashing .299/.365/.416 with 5 home runs and 39 RBIs. Kuroda-Grauer batted .298 during his sophomore season. He played collegiate summer baseball for the Bourne Braves of the Cape Cod Baseball League in 2022 and 2023 and was named the Playoff MVP for the 2023 season. 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.
Kuroda-Grauer was selected in the third round of the 2024 MLB draft by the Oakland Athletics. He was assigned to the Stockton Ports of the Single-A California League to begin his professional career. 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.
* Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Rutgers Scarlet Knights bio

### Luis Morales

Luis Danys Morales (born September 24, 2002) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
Morales was born in Cuba. 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. While playing on the Cuba national team in the 2020 U-23 Baseball World Cup in Mexico City, Morales defected. He was ruled an international free agent by Major League Baseball for the 2023 MLB international signing period.
Morales was signed by the Oakland Athletics on January 16, 2023.
* Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

### Jack Perkins

Jackson Scott Perkins (born December 26, 1999) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Athletics organization.
Perkins attended Kokomo High School in Kokomo, Indiana, where he played baseball. He was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 39th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead honored his commitment to play college baseball at the University of Louisville for the Louisville Cardinals baseball team.
Perkins made his collegiate debut with Louisville in 2019 as a freshman. He pitched a total of 32+1⁄3 innings for the year, going 3-0 with a 4.18 ERA and 37 strikeouts. He underwent elbow surgery after the season, and did not make an appearance in 2020 while recovering. He returned to pitch in 2021, pitching 16 innings and compiling a 7.31 ERA. After the season, he transferred to Indiana University. He started 15 games for Indiana in 2022 and went 3-4 with a 5.10 ERA and 91 strikeouts over 83 innings. After the season, he was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the fifth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.
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. To open the 2023 season, he was assigned to the Lansing Lugnuts before being promoted to the Midland RockHounds. Over 22 games (twenty starts) between the two teams, Perkins went 4-3 with a 4.10 ERA and 93 strikeouts over 107+2⁄3 innings. 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.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Louisville Cardinals bio
* Indiana Hoosiers bio

### Colby Thomas

Colby Grant Thomas (born January 26, 2001) is an American professional baseball outfielder in the Athletics organization.
Thomas attended Valdosta High School in Valdosta, Georgia, where he played baseball. As a senior in 2019, he hit .416 with 13 home runs, 45 RBIs, and 17 stolen bases. Thomas was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 37th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign and instead enrolled at Mercer University to play college baseball.
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. He hit .247 with ten home runs and 37 RBIs over 53 games as a sophomore in 2021. Thomas then played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Bourne Braves where he batted .228 with four home runs over 29 games. As a junior in 2022, he hit .325 with 17 home runs and 45 RBIs over 42 games before a shoulder injury ended his season. He committed to transfer to the University of Florida following the season's end. He was selected by the Oakland Athletics in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft and signed.
Thomas made his professional debut in 2023 with the Stockton Ports and was promoted to the Lansing Lugnuts in early July. Over 126 games, Thomas slashed .286/.351/.493 with 18 home runs, 82 RBIs, 39 doubles, and 25 stolen bases. He was assigned to the Midland RockHounds to open the 2024 season. In mid-June, he was promoted to the Las Vegas Aviators.
* Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
* Mercer bio