Joshua Kuroda-Grauer was originally signed by A's scout Ron Vaughn…Graduated from Franklin High School in Somerset, N.J…Attended Rutgers, where he hit .343 with 16 home runs, 115 RBI, 40 stolen bases and a .920 OPS in 162 games over three seasons…Earned Big Ten Player of the Year honors in 2024 and was a First Team All-America Selection by Perfect Game, ABCA/Rawlings and the College Baseball Foundation.
2025
Played for both High-A Lansing and Double-A Midland in his first full professional season and combined to hit .296 with 30 doubles, a triple, two home runs, 47 RBI and a .732 OPS in 121 games...Was 27-for-33 (81.8%) in stolen base attempts...Struck out just 49 times for an average of 11.20 plate appearances per strikeout…That was the sixth-best mark among Minor Leaguers with 400 or more plate appearances...Led the A's farm system in hits (147), ranked second in doubles and tied for fourth in stolen bases…Ranked second among full season A's Minor Leaguers in batting and seventh in on-base percentage (.359)...Finished fifth in the Midwest League in batting (.293)...Hit .297 (102-for-343) with a .732 OPS against right-handed pitchers and .292 (45-for-154) with a .732 OPS against left-handers...Batted .330 with runners on base and .313 at night...Combined for a .332 batting average in 61 games in his home ballparks…Hit .259 with both of his home runs in 60 road games...Batted .295 with two strikes and is now a .304 career hitter in that situation...Started 103 games at shortstop, 10 at second base, seven at third base and one at designated hitter…All 79 of his defensive starts at Lansing came at short…Committed 14 errors as a shortstop for a .968 fielding percentage…Made one at third base (.963) and none in 38 chances at second base...Made starts at every spot in the order except fourth and ninth…Had 68 starts hitting leadoff...Reached base safely in 107 of 121 games and never went back-to-back games without reaching base...Began the season at Lansing and went 4-for-12 (.333) over his first three games before he was placed on the injured list April 7 with a strained left hamstring…Was reinstated on April 19 and went 5-for-24 (.208) over his first six games following his return…Had his first of four two-steal games on April 24 against Fort Wayne…Hit .353 over a 26-game stretch from May 28 to June 27…Reached base safely a career-high-tying five times on May 31 against Beloit (two singles, three walks)…Reached base safely in a career-high 22 consecutive games from June 12 to July 8…Hit .313 with a .390 on-base percentage over that span…Had a career-high nine-game hitting streak from June 19-29 (17-for-41, .415)…Was a perfect 4-for-4 with a double and a hit by pitch on June 25 against Dayton…It was his first of three four-hit games (July 19 vs. West Michigan, July 25 at Lake County) and he now has four in his career…Matched his career high with five times on base (third time)…Batted .321 in 24 games in June…Went 0-for-9 over a three-game stretch from July 8-11…It was the only time in his career he went hitless in more than two straight games…Was hitting .293 in 80 games with Lansing when he was moved up to Midland on July 28…Was tied for fourth in the MWL in hits (98), tied for fifth in doubles (21) and tied for sixth in batting at the time of his promotion…Went on to bat .301 in his Double-A debut with the RockHounds…Tied for fourth in the Texas League in hits from July 28 through the end of the season (49), tied for ninth in doubles (nine) and ranked 10th in batting…Had a streak of 43 consecutive plate appearances without a strikeout from Aug. 13-27…Had a 21-game reaching-base streak from Aug. 15 to Sept. 9 and batted .367 with a .433 on-base percentage over that stretch…Hit .263 in August, which was his lowest single-month mark of 2025…Slugged his first professional home run on Sept. 9 at Amarillo, snapping a career-opening 142-game homerless streak…His second home run came three days later against the Sod Poodles, when he drove in a career-high four runs…Both of the home runs gave the RockHounds the lead…Hit .365 with a .431 on-base percentage and 1.008 OPS in 12 regular season games in September...Then went 6-for-22 (.273) with a double, triple and two walks in five postseason games with Midland…Played for Mesa in the Arizona Fall League following the season and hit .345 with a .415 on-base percentage and .898 OPS in 18 games…Was 7-for-7 in stolen base attempts…Tied for fifth in the AFL in doubles (six).
2024
Played for three different teams in the A's farm system in his professional debut after signing on July 24…Batted a combined .324 with two doubles, eight RBI and a .763 OPS in 28 games with Single-A Stockton, High-A Lansing and Triple-A Las Vegas…Added 12 walks and was hit by a pitch six times to fuel a .421 on-base percentage…Had more walks than strikeouts (nine)…Hit .325 with seven of his eight RBI, 11 of his 12 walks and a .757 OPS against right-handed pitchers…Batted .321 with both of his extra base hits (two doubles) and a .780 OPS against left-handers...Had a .383 batting average with runners on base, .279 with the bases empty…However, hit .294 with runners in scoring position…Batted .357 with two strikes…Started 24 games at shortstop, two at designated hitter and one at second base…Made three errors as a shortstop for a .968 fielding percentage…Made his most starts batting leadoff, where he hit .381 with a .466 on-base percentage in 14 games…Began his career at Stockton and reached base safely in each of his first 17 games, which included five games with Lansing…Batted .348 with a .451 on-base percentage during the streak…Went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in his debut on Aug. 10 against Lake Elsinore…The runs scored were a career high…Had his first career four-hit game Aug. 17 at San Jose…Added a walk that day and reached base a career-high five times…Stole two bases for the first time in his career on Aug. 23 at Fresno…Was hitting .389 in 12 games with the Ports when he was promoted to Lansing on Aug. 26…Batted .286 in 12 games with the Lugnuts…Was transferred to Las Vegas on Sept. 17 and went 2-for-12 (.167) in four games with the Aviators.
