OAKLAND — The A’s held an individual workout late Saturday afternoon with North Carolina prep outfielder Austin Beck, considered to be a potential top-10 overall pick in the upcoming Major League Baseball draft.
All of the team’s top baseball officials were watching at the Coliseum as Beck took swings in the batting practice cage, including executive vice president of baseball operations Billy Beane, general manager David Forst, scouting director Eric Kubota and director of player personnel Billy Owens.
The A’s have the No. 6 overall pick in the draft, which begins June 12. Baseball America ranked Beck the No. 9 overall draft prospect for this year’s class, with projections ranging from him going in the top five to down in the bottom of the first round.
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The outfield is an obvious area the A’s would be looking to upgrade given their lack of depth in the farm system, center field in particular, and Beck projects as a center fielder according to scouting reports.
Listed at 6-foot-1, 190 pounds, Beck attends North Davidson High School in Arcadia, N.C.