Athletics' Jameson Hannah: Opens at High-A

Hannah will open the year with High-A Stockton, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com reports.

This is a pretty aggressive assignment for a player who only faced short-season pitching after getting drafted with the 50th overall pick in last year's draft. That said, Hannah is already 21 and would be old for Low-A, and this will allow him to bypass the less-than-ideal April weather of the Midwest League.