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A’s call up top prospects Nunez, Olson
- Updated: September 12, 2016
KANSAS CITY — With Triple-A Nashville’s season coming to a halt Sunday evening, the A’s added two more prospects to their Major League roster ahead of Monday’s series opener in Kansas City, bringing aboard corner infielders Renato Nunez and Matt Olson.
Like several other young players already residing on the A’s roster, including Ryon Healy and Bruce Maxwell, 22-year-olds Olson and Nunez — both homegrown players — are considered significant pieces of the A’s future.
“These are two of our better prospects,” A’s manager Bob Melvin said, who anticipated them to arrive from Nashville before game time Monday.
Olson, a first-round pick by the A’s in the 2012 Draft, hit .235 with 17 home runs, 34 doubles and 60 RBIs for Nashville this season, adding 71 walks for a .335 on-base percentage. Nunez has power potential, too: the right-handed batter, signed by the A’s as a …
