A's Non-Roster Invitees for 2024
The Oakland A's announced their 22 non-roster invitees on Wednesday, covering a slew of players from top draft picks to recent minor league signings and trade acquisitions.
At the top of the list is this year's number one selection (sixth overall) Jacob Wilson, who had a solid pro debut in 2023. Wilson is currently listed as the A's top prospect on MLB Pipeline. They will also be bringing in 2022's first round selection (19th overall), Daniel Susac. He had a season himself in 2023, spending most of the year with High-A Lansing, but getting into 13 games with Double-A Midland. He hit .301 with a .365 OBP and eight home runs in 112 total games.
Max Muncy, 2021's first-round selection (25th), will also be in camp after hitting .302 with a .387 OBP in 51 games in Double-A Midland.
Easton Lucas, who was acquired for Shintaro Fujinami, and Billy Sullivan, who came over in the Cristian Pache deal, will be in camp with the A's after rough seasons in the A's system. Lucas made a brief stop in Oakland, tossing 6 2/3 innings and collecting an 8.10 ERA, and he also held a 5.63 ERA in Las Vegas across 16 innings. Sullivan held a 5.34 ERA with a 1.762 WHIP in 57 1/3 innings in Las Vegas.
Rounding out the list of internal invites are INF Cooper Bowman (.261, 8 HR, 40 RBI, 38 SB with the ACL A’s and Midland), RHP Stevie Emanuels (2-0, 2.04 ERA in 24 relief appearances with the ACL A’s, Lansing and Midland), INF Brett Harris (.279, 9 HR, 62 RBI, .807 OPS with Midland and Las Vegas), C Kyle McCann (.270, 17 HR, 57 RBI, .825 OPS with Las Vegas), RHP Jack Perkins (4-3, 4.10 ERA in 22 games, 20 starts, with Lansing and Midland), C Yohel Pozo (.306 with 18 HR, 81 RBI, .861 OPS with Las Vegas), OF Max Schuemann (.276, 10 HR, 51 RBI, 23 SB, .832 OPS with Midland and Las Vegas) and RHP Shohei Tomioka (2-1, 3.90 ERA in 37 relief appearances with Midland and Las Vegas).
There will be another three players that are off-season additions but also have a little big-league experience. First among them is RP Vinny Nittoli, who has appeared in the Majors each of the last three seasons, albeit it with three different teams. In those three years, he has combined to throw 6 2/3 innings in MLB and holds a 4.05 career ERA. He held a 4.64 ERA in Triple-A last season with the Cubs and Mets.
Daz Cameron, an outfielder and son of former MLB player Mike Cameron, is entering his age 27 season and is a career .201 hitter with a .266 OBP across three seasons with the Detroit Tigers in which he totaled 244 plate appearances. Last season in the minors with Baltimore, Cameron batted .268 with a .346 OBP and hit 16 home runs in Triple-A.
The final invitee with big league time is UT Hoy Jun Park, who has played all around the diamond, but in 2023 he spent the majority of his time in right field in the Braves system and hit .262 with a .385 OBP.
Rounding out the list are INF Armando Alvarez (.313, 18 HR, 58 RBI, .952 OPS with ACL Giants and Triple-A Sacramento), RHP Tyler Ferguson (5-2, 5.49 ERA in 51 games with Triple-A Reno), INF Drew Lugbauer (.261, 25 HR, 73 RBI, .898 OPS with Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett), LHP Jack O’Loughlin (6-10, 3.99 ERA in 27 games, 25 starts, with High-A West Michigan and Triple-A Toledo), LHP Domingo Robles (9-9, 3.91 ERA in 26 games, 24 starts with Double-A Mississippi and Triple-A Gwinnett) and OF Jeisson Rosario (.218, 10 HR, 47 RBI with Double-A Somerset).
Pitchers and catchers report to Mesa on Wed., Feb. 14, and the first full squad workout is scheduled for Mon., Feb. 19.