De Vries among Athletics’ Non-Roster Invitees to Spring Training

The Athletics announced 31 non-roster invitees to Spring Training for the 2026 season, including top prospect, shortstop Leo De Vries.

BY ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

Jan 29, 2026, 7:23 AM Updated: 7:24 am

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The Athletics announced 31 non-roster invitees to Spring Training for the 2026 season. The list includes 18 players who were in the A’s organization at the end of the 2025 campaign and 13 free agents who signed minor league deals following the season.

Heading the group of non-roster invitees are the three Athletics in MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospect List released last week: infielder Leo De Vries (No. 4), left-handed pitcher Jamie Arnold (No. 41) and left-handed pitcher Gage Jump (No. 57).

De Vries was acquired from San Diego in the Mason Miller deal at the 2025 trading deadline and made his Double-A debut at Midland last year at the age of 19.

After being acquired by the A’s in the Padres’ blockbuster trade for Mason Miller, Leo De Vries finished the year with a bang at Double-A at age 18.

The electric prospect with a tremendous ceiling is No. 4 on the new Top 100: https://t.co/E71LOyW7cB pic.twitter.com/davwQTcPYK

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) January 24, 2026

Athletics Non-Roster Invitees to 2026 Spring Training

He batted a combined .255 with 28 doubles, eight triples, 15 home runs, 74 RBI, 11 stolen bases and an .806 OPS in 118 games with Midland in addition to the Padres and A’s Single-A affiliates at Fort Wayne and Lansing. Arnold was the A’s first round selection and 11th pick overall in the 2025 First-Year Player Draft.

He did not pitch professionally last year after going 21-10 with a save and a 3.61 ERA in 58 games, including 41 starts, in three seasons with Florida State. Jump was drafted in 2024 and was named A’s Organizational Pitcher of the Year after compiling a 9-7 record, 3.28 ERA and .598 opponents OPS in 26 games, including 24 starts, with Lansing and Midland.

Other A’s draft picks coming to Major League Spring Training in 2026 include outfielder Henry Bolte (2nd round, 2022), outfielder Clark Elliott (competitive balance B, 2022), infielder Joshua Kuroda-Grauer (3rd round, 2024), outfielder Ryan Lasko (2nd round, 2023), catcher Shane McGuire (9th round, 2021), and infielder Tommy White (2nd round, 2024).

Bolte hit .284 and stole 44 bases between Midland and Triple-A Las Vegas to earn A’s Organizational Hitter of the Year honors, Elliot hit .251 with a .395 on-base percentage with Lansing and Midland, Kuroda-Grauer led the A’s farm system with 147 hits, Lasko had nine outfield assists in 89 games with three different teams, McGuire combined for a .268 average and .392 on-base percentage with Midland and Las Vegas, and White batted .275 in 93 games with Lansing and Midland.

Fourteen of the non-roster invitees have Major League experience, including right-handed pitchers Nick Anderson and Wander Suero, and infielder Joey Meneses.

Anderson has pitched for Miami (2019), Tampa Bay (2020-21), Atlanta (2023), Kansas City (2024) and Colorado (2025) in a five-year career and is 14-7 with 10 saves and a 3.43 ERA in 177 relief appearances. Suero is 15-14 with a save and a 4.96 ERA in 196 relief appearances with Washington (2018-21), the Dodgers (2023), Houston (2024) and Atlanta (2025). Meneses hit .274 with 29 home runs and 165 RBI in 286 games with Washington from 2022-24.

Other players with big league experience include left-handed pitchers Ben Bowden and Matt Krook, both of whom were non-roster invitees with the A’s last year, as well as right-handed pitcher Geoff Hartlieb, right-handed pitcher Nick Hernandez, right-handed pitcher Brooks Kriske, right-handed pitcher Joel Kuhnel, catcher Bryan Lavastida, outfielder Cade Marlowe, catcher Brian Serven, infielder Michael Stefanic, and catcher Chad Wallach.

The remaining invitees include infielder Euribiel Angeles, right-handed pitcher JJ Goss, right-handed pitcher Kenya Huggins, left-handed pitcher Wei-En Lin, right-handed pitcher Kade Morris, left-handed pitcher Domingo Robles, right-handed pitcher Gustavo Rodriguez, and right-handed pitcher Yunior Tur. Angeles was acquired in the Sean Manaea trade, Huggins in the Miguel Andujar deal, Lin was signed out of Taiwan at the age of 18 and Morris was acquired for Paul Blackburn.