Yesterday’s AFL results are littered with four hit performances from the likes of Bryan Petersen, Starlin Castro, Jon Lucroy, and Carlos Rivero, not to mention HR’s by Grant Desme (#3), Brad Emaus, Chris Parmelee, Matt Dominguez, and Russ Mitchell (#3). Today’s top performer is L.A. Dodgers OF prospect Andrew Lambo. The 21 year old blasted his second HR of the fall as part of a three hit day, driving in four runs and scoring three times. The former 2007 4th round pick has had a scalding start to his AFL campaign, hitting .478 with 2 HR 9 RBI and 6 runs scored in his six outings. The Dodgers are by no means extending Ramirez’s contract beyond the 2010 season and will be in hoc for a significant portion of his deferred contract for several seasons beyond ’10. Lambo is not quite ready for a starting OF role with the Dodgers yet, but his start to the AFL season looks like it could catapult him into a significant role in the latter months of next season. Lambo, at his peak, has the same offensive capabilities of current Dodgers RF and first time All-Star Andre Ethier. The market for Lambo’s 2008 Bowman Chrome autos is pretty undervalued right now as many of them can be fetched for $6-8 each and refractors (#/500) for about $10 a pop. Given his upside as future 25-30 HR guy, this seems to be an excellent opportunity to snag a few at single digit prices.
AFL Player of the Day—ANDREW LAMBO
Other AFL Performances
Peoria Javelinas 14
- Lorenzo Cain—2-6 2B R 2 RBI
- Jordan Danks—1-4 2B 2R RBI 2 BB
- Scott Sizemore—1-3 2R 3 BB
- Andrew Lambo—3-6 HR(2) 4 RBI 3R
- Russ Mitchell–1-2 HR(3) 2 RBI BB
- Jon Lucroy—4-4 HR(1) RBI 3R BB
- Zach Braddock—2 IP H 3K
Mesa Solar Sox 10
- Bryan Petersen—4-5 2B 3R
- Starlin Castro—4-5 2R RBI
- Ryan Kalish—3-4 2B 3R 2 RBI BB SB(1)
- Chris Parmelee—1-4 HR(1) 2 RBI
- Matt Dominguez—2-5 2B HR(1) RBI
Peoria Saguaros 11
- Chris Heisey—3-4 2b 2R 3 RBI BB
- Brandon Hicks—2-2 2B 2R 2 BB SB(1)
- Cedric Hunter—2-5 2B R RBI
- Carlos Rivero—4-5 2 2B 2 RBI R
- Jose Vallejo—2-45 2R SB(1)
Phoenix Desert Dogs 8
- Matt Angle—3-5 2B R RBI
- David Espinosa—2-5 R RBI
- Chris Marrero—2-5 2B RBI R
- Grant Desme—2-5 HR(3) 3 RBI
- Brad Emaus—1-5 HR(1) 2 RBI
Scottdale Scorpions 7
- Jose Tabata—3-5 2 3B 2 RBI 2R
- Brandon Crawford—1-3 2B R 2 BB
- William Susdorf—2-3 2R RBI SB(1)
- Hector Gomez—2-4 2B R 2 RBI
Surprise Rafters 3
- Ike Davis—2-4 2 2B R
- Jeff Bianchi—1-4 2B 2 RBI
