Today, we continue through the American League West teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series, as we move onto the Athletics. As a strongly projected team, there aren’t many obvious holes. Outside of a couple of question marks on offense, their starting pitching staff looks pretty strong with no real pitchers at risk. Of course, any of their top prospects slated to make the rotation could stink up the joint, but the prospects behind them on the depth chart have no better chance to outperform.

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Today, we continue through the American League West teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series, as we move onto the Astros. Naturally, the team with the best record in baseball in 2019 doesn’t have many players truly at risk of losing their starting jobs based on performance. Note that for this article, let’s ignore the cheating scandal and potential effects on performance.

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Today, we move on to the American League West teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series by starting things off with the Angels. This is a pretty strong roster, with few clear opportunities for prospects, absent an injury to the incumbent. Because of the late season, if it happens, their injured starting pitchers are going to end up missing no time, giving them excellent depth and no real need to dip into their weak prospect pool (I am including Patrick Sandoval as part of their SP depth and not in their prospect pool).

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Today, we round out the American League Central teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series by finishing up with the White Sox.

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Today, we continue with the American League Central teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series, as I move along to the Twins. The Twins have an awesome offense, with every starter projecting for at least a 1.9 WAR. That means few obvious prospect replacement opportunities. So rather than go position by position for the at risk folk, let’s just discuss a couple of the top options.

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Today, we continue with the American League Central teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series, as I move along to the Tigers. This is not a good offense, and by projected WAR, I could have listed every single position (I generally only consider players projected below 2.0 WAR as “at risk”, and no one on the team exceeds 1.7). But some hitters were just signed as free agents, so I doubt their jobs are at risk, unless they significantly underperform their already meh projections.

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Today, we continue with the American League Central teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series, as I move along to the Royals.

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Today, we begin the American League Central teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series as I start the division with the Indians. Overall, the Indians have a fairly solid offense, with the majority of its problems coming from its patchwork outfield. Though there are health questions at the front end of the starting rotation, the back end is at risk.

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Today, we complete the American League East teams in our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series as I finish the division with the Yankees.

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Today, our 2020 Prospect Opportunities series moves on to the Red Sox. Naturally, a strong team means fewer at risk players.

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