Oakland Athletics invite 18 non-roster players to big league camp

The Oakland A’s announced their non-roster invitee list for 2019 big league spring training on Thursday. The group includes 11 pitchers, three catchers, three infielders and one outfielder.

The A’s last two first-round picks, Kyler Murray and A.J. Puk, are on the list, as is top catching prospect Sean Murphy and infield prospect Sheldon Neuse. Below is the full list. For an in-depth look at the A’s non-roster list, please visit my article on The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/785274/2019/01/24/kyler-murray-may-grab-the-headlines-but-jesus-luzardo-and-sean-murphy-are-two-to-watch-from-the-as-non-roster-list/

Pitchers (11)

• RHP Jake Buchanan
• LHP Kyle Crockett
• RHP Parker Dunshee
• RHP Kyle Finnegan
• LHP Dean Kiekhefer
• LHP Kyle Lobstein
• LHP Jesus Luzardo
• LHP A.J. Puk
• RHP Miguel Romero
• RHP Norge Ruiz
• RHP Brian Schlitter

Catchers (3)

• Jonah Heim
• Sean Murphy
• Beau Taylor

Infielders (3)

• Eric Campbell
• Corban Joseph
• Sheldon Neuse

Outfielder (1)

• Kyler Murray