Posted by Jeremy on October 29, 2009 under Minor League Ball today | 
Yesterday’s games saw Atlanta Braves 1B prospect Freddie Freeman continue his hot streak with three more hits. Oakland A’s prospects Corey Brown and Jemile Weeks had nice outings as Brown rapped three more RBI’s and Weeks doubled twice and drove in two runs. San Diego Padres prospect Lance Zawadzki put a black mark on Aaron Crow’s professional debut by taking him deep, though Crow looked pretty sharp allowing just two runs on three hits in his four innings.
In Mesa, Andrew Cashner logged four no-hit innings, walking two and striking out four for his first win of the season. Boston Red Sox SS/P prospect Casey Kelly had his best day with the bat, doubling, tripling and driving in four runs.
Today’s top prospect is the hands down best player in Arizona this fall, Grant Desme. The A’s slugger remarkably tallied two more HR’s to raise his league leading total to 10. Desme is now just four behind Brandon Wood’s AFL record and his .469 BA and 22 RBI leads the league right now. Desme quietly had a big season for the A’s at Low-A Kane County and High-A Stockton, hitting .288 with 31 HR 89 RBI 40 SB and 98 runs scored. Desme’s biggest culpability right now is his contact issues as he struck out 148 time in 131 games. To date, Desme has fanned 14 times in 12 games, but his eight walks and 23 hits in that span makes his aggressive approach at the plate tolerable, if not encouraging. Desme doesn’t have any first year cards right now, but when they do arrive (‘09 Bowman Draft?) they should command a solid market right out of the gate.
AFL Player of the Day—GRANT DESME
Other Notable AFL Performances:
Mesa Solar Sox 12
- Bryan Petersen—2-5 HR(2) 2 RBI 2R
- Starlin Castro—2-5 RBI 2R
- Hank Conger—2-4 2B R RBI BB
- David Cooper—2-4 RBI R
- Casey Kelly—2-4 2B 3B 4 RBI R BB
- Josh Vitters—2-5 RBI R
- Andrew Cashner—4 IP 0H 2 BB 4K W (1-2)
Scottsdale Scorpions 5
- Brandon Crawford—2-4 HR(1) RBI
- William Susdorf—1-2 HR(2) 2 RBI 2 BB
- Buster Posey—1-3 2R BB
Phoenix Desert Dogs 11
- Grant Desme—3-4 2 HR(1) 4 RBI 4R BB
- Brandon Waring—3-5 3B RBI 2R
- Corey Brown—2-5 3 RBI
- Jemile Weeks—3-3 2 2B 2 RBI R
Peoria Javelinas 6
- Trayvon Robinson—2-5 RBI R
- Casper Wells—1-4 HR(3) 3 RBI
- Justin Sellers—3-4 2B R
- Jordan Danks—1-3 R RBI BB
Peoria Saguaros 9
- Lance Zawadzki—2-4 HR(1) 2 RBI 2R BB
- Jon Gaston—1-5 3B R 2 RBI
- Yonder Alonso—2-4 2R 2 RBI
- Freddie Freeman—3-4 2B R RBI BB
- Brandon Hicks—2-4 3B RBI BB
- Steven Garrison—3 IP 3H 2 BB K W (1-1)
Surprise Rafters 0
- Reese Havens—2-4
- Aaron Crow—4 IP 3H 2 ER BB 2K L (0-1)
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Posted by Jeremy on May 20, 2009 under Minor League Ball today |
Chris Marrero hit a grand slam HR yesterday for Potomac and Padres SS/2B prospect Lance Zawadzki continues to have a huge power season, belting his 10th HR and driving in two runs. Buster Posey drilled a couple of doubles that scored two runs and Myrtle Beach’s OF slugger Cody Johnson hit HR #13, driving in two runs.
Today’s top youngster comes from the Seattle Mariners organization. Italian import Alex Liddi has been very impressive this season and yesterday’s performance may go down as his best yet. Going 3-4, the 20 year old Liddi hit his 11th HR, driving in four runs and scoring five times. Liddi has a ton of raw, projectible athleticism that is now just starting to be tapped into. At 6-4 and 180 lb., Liddi has room to build more muscle and power without compromising much of his above average athleticism. Strike zone judgement continues to be a concern as he has a 10 BB/40 K ratio through his first 37 games. The M’s have several decent prospects at the hot corner, but Liddi’s blend of tools may propel him to the top of the list, even above Jharmidy DeJesus and Mario Martinez. He’s a long way off and has the majority of his at bats in very hitter-friendly conditions, but his bat continues to be one to watch and a late season promotion to AA may give us a much clearer indicator of what to expect from him coming forward.
High-A Player of the Day—ALEX LIDDI
Other Notable Performances
Hitting:
- Mike Moustakas—3-5
- Luis Exposito—2-5 2B 2 RBI R
- Chih-Hsien Chiang—2-4 HR(3) 2 RBI
- Chris Marrero—3-4 GS HR(5) 4 RBI SB(2)
- Trayvon Robinson—1-5 HR(5) RBI
- Buster Posey—2-3 2 2B 2R 2 RBI
- Conor Gillaspie—2-4 2B R RBI
- Brian Bocock—3-4 RBI R
- Matthew Sweeney—3-4 2B 2 RBI R
- Clay Fuller—2-4 RBI 2 BB R
- Jeremy Moore—2-5 2B RBI R
- Alex Liddi—3-4 HR(11) 4 RBI 5R BB
- Carlos Peguero—2-4 HR(6) RBI 2B 4R BB
- Kuo Hui Lo—3-4 HR(5) 4 RBI 2B 3R BB SB(7)
- James McOwen—3-6 2B 3B 2R 2 RBI
- Lance Zawadzki—2-4 HR(10) 2 RBI 2B
- Lars Davis—3-5 2B 2 RBI 2 SB(2)
- Michael Stanton—2-4 2B 2 RBI
- Jovan Rosa—2-4 2 2B 2 RBI
- Starlin Castro—2-4 2R RBI
- Cody Johnson—2-4 HR(13) 2 RBI
- Ardon Chambers—2-3 3B R SB(8)
- Neftali Soto—2-3 2B 2R BB
- Derrick Robinson—2-6 2B R 2 SB(20) BB
Pitching:
- Anthony Carter—7 IP 4H ER 2 BB 9K W (3-3)
- Ron Uviedo—5 IP 3H ER BB 7K w (2-1)
- Tim Collins—2.1 IP H BB 6K
- David Bromberg—6.2 IP 4H Er 3 BB 3K W (3-0)
- Jose Rosario—6 IP H BB 8K W (3-1)
- Eric Berger—5.2 IP 3H 3 BB 5K
- Mike Kirkman—7 IP 3H 2 BB 11K W (4-1)
- Corey Luebke—7 IP 6H ER BB 6K W (4-2)
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