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AA 5/6 Minor League Report

There were several rainouts in the AA ranks and not many spectacular performances.  Birmingham’s trio of John Shelby Jr., Gordon Beckham, and Dayan Viciedo combined for 9 RBI to help John Ely earn his fourth win of the season.  Promising … Continue reading

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AA Minor League Report

Justin Smoak’s bat continues to sizzle as he collected three more hits, including his fourth HR, Cleveland Indians SS prospect Carlos Rivero hit his first HR and drove in five runs and teammate Carlos Santana hit his sixth dinger.  James … Continue reading

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4/23 AA Minor League Report

Michael Taylor had a big day at the plate belting two HR, driving in three and scoring three times.  Detroit Tigers shortstop prospect Maxwell Leon, who had zero homeruns last season, blasted his third and drove in six.  Collin DeLome … Continue reading

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4/14 AA Minor League Report

EASTERN LEAGUE Josh Reddick hit his fourth HR and Brandon Snyder blasted his second.  Junichi Tazawa was very good over six innings yesterday surrendering just one run on four hits, but his effort was not as good as Blue Jays … Continue reading

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4/13 AA Report

Eric Sogard’s bat is heating up as he blasted his first HR and reached base five times.  Justin Smoak and Mark Trumbo had solid efforts in their double headers.  Mitch Canham’s bat is rapidly ascending him up the ranks as … Continue reading

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Top 20 Shortstop Prospects for 2009

After working on this crop of shortstops, I came to the realization that this bunch is extremely difficult to figure out.  With the exception of a few players, many of the top 20 (and those on the outer fringes of … Continue reading

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11/17 AFL Report

I had a tough time picking a winner for today’s Player of the Day award.  Tyler Flowers belted his league leading 12th HR and Juan Miranda hit 2 HR and 5 RBI in a losing effort against the powerhouse Mesa … Continue reading

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11/13 AFL Report

Casper Wells hit a HR in his 4th consecutive game, but it wasn’t enough to win Player of the Day.  Colorado Rockies SS prospect Chris Nelson hit two HR and 5 RBI’s while scoring 4 runs.  Nelson has had his … Continue reading

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11/11 AFL Report

The Arizona Fall League is entering the home stretch and performances from many of baseball’s better young prospects have given their respective ball clubs a great deal of insight into the future plans of their organizations.  Today’s top prospect is … Continue reading

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11/3 AFL Report

Surprise wins again and Mesa loses again!  Today’s player of the day was a toss up between a potential repeat performer, Phil Hughes (5 IP 1H 0 ER 8K) and St Louis Cardinals 2008 1st round pick Brett Wallace.  Wallace … Continue reading

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