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Sorry, but no.
Cahill and Anderson are #2/#3 pitchers in the majors...not a true ace there.  The rest of those pitchers are meatballs...mediocre at best.  I'd rather have Ryan Rowland Smith or Doug Fister than any of those remaining three.
As for the line-up:
Kurt Suzuki is good for his position, granted
Chris Carter does have big time power potential...he's the best prospect in Oakland's system
Jemile Weeks is no better than (say) Asdrubal Cabrera...that's his UPside.  He has neither 50 SB speed (hell...he doesn't even have 25 SB speed), nor massive power, nor a spectacular plate discipline (he's solid, but not amazing here)...he compares favorably to guys like Mark McLemore
Cliff Pennington has a career minor league line of .263/.362/.350 and has never stolen more than 31 bases in any season.
Brett Wallace has done solidly in the minors but has a career K/BB high enough to make me think he's got a lot of growing to do before he's a threat to break out at the big league level.  His power is no more advanced than Jose Lopez.
Rajai Davis had a fluke year this year but has never been able to hold down a regular job until now.  He's carrying a 29/70 BB/K and absolutely ZERO power...he'll be lucky to bat .260 in full time play and with his lack of walks, he's no longer a lead-off hitter if he hits .260.
Travis BUck is now going into his age 26 season and has gotten worse in the major skill metrics in each season since his arrival at the big league level.  Some of it is bad luck on balls in play, but this guy is no better than Ryan Langerhans.
Sorry...but you're just not even remotely close to accurate with your picture of Oakland's system, IMO