Breyson Guedez is forcing his way up the Athletics’ prospect list, and he’s doing it the old-fashioned way: by hitting everything.
The 18-year-old international signee, who got a $1.5 million bonus when the 2025 class opened, was already viewed as a high-upside bet by the A’s. The concern came with the package. As a teenager in Venezuela, Guedez chased nearly everything, a habit that sharpened his elite bat-to-ball feel while leaving some questions about how he’d handle pro pitching and whether enough extra-base power would come with it.
So far, the bat has answered loud and clear.
After a strong 53-game run in the Dominican Summer League last year, when he hit .359 with 46 RBIs and skipped the Rookie-level Arizona Complex League, Guedez has carried that momentum into his first stateside season with Single-A Stockton. MLB Pipeline’s latest Top 30 update ahead of the Trade Deadline pushed him all the way up to No. 8 in the system.
The start wasn’t smooth. Guedez had multihit games in four of his first five contests, but he still hit only .250 with a .624 OPS in April and May, and his strikeout rate climbed to an uncharacteristic 28 percent.
Since June, though, he’s been on fire. He’s batting .370 with eight games of three or more hits, ranking third in the California League in average since June 2 and fourth in RBIs with 35.
Entering play Friday, he had driven in at least one run in 11 of his previous 17 games.
The power remains the next step, and the body suggests there’s room for it. Guedez is listed at 170 pounds, and the A’s believe more strength could still come. His athletic background only adds to that thought; his mom was a sprinter, another hint that his game may keep expanding as he moves through the organization.
The club has already seen enough to take him seriously. Guedez played in six Cactus League games this spring and went 4-for-9, highlighted by a homer off veteran Padres starter Michael King that went 450 feet and came off the bat at 110.4 mph.
That day, Athletics manager Mark Kotsay called Guedez an “ impressive young talent ”, and the organization has been tracking him closely ever since. Ed Sprague, the club’s director of player development, had him on breakout-watch entering spring training.
"He has the bat and power, an accurate and strong arm and he gets good jumps and reads," said Sprague in March. "He's more of a corner [outfield] guy but he just has a knack at the plate. There are some Rafael Devers comps."
Guedez has logged time at all three outfield spots for Stockton, though most of his starts have come in left field. That shift away from center only raises the pressure on the bat, but that’s the tool that keeps carrying him anyway. Through his first 83 games, his 30.8 percent line-drive rate ranks second among qualified hitters in the Athletics’ system and leads the California League in 2026.
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