Going into spring training it appears as if 29-year old righty swinging Rajai Davis will be the starting LF at the start of the 2010 season for the A’s. Davis played in 125 games for the A’s last season in which he was 119 of 390 (.305 avg, .784 OPS) with 65 runs scored, 3 homers, 48 RBIs and 41 stolen bases. Davis got most of his playing time in CF last season so he should have no problem handling LF for the A’s in 2010.

26-year old lefty swinging Travis Buck is currently in the Dog House for the A’s but he still has a lot of talent. Buck played in 36 games for the A’s last season and he was 23 of 105 (.219 avg, .620 OPS) with 11 runs scored, 3 homers and 10 RBIs. Buck has a career batting average of .257 with a .771 OPS in 156 games in the majors so expect him to hit better than he did in 2010 if he plays for the A’s at some point in 2010. Buck played in 5 error-free games in LF last season for the A’s.

24-year old righty swinging Michael Taylor is the LF of the future for the A’s and that could come at some point in the 2010 season. Taylor played in 116 games in AA+AAA ball last season in which he was 137 of 428 (.320 avg, .944 OPS) with 74 runs scored, 20 homers, 84 RBIs and 21 stolen bases. I really think that Taylor will be up with the A’s after the All-Star Break in 2010 and he will do well.

PROJECTED GRADE FOR THE LF IN 2010: B-