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 October 21, 2009 under Minor League Ball today |
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
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Posted by Jeremy on October 14, 2009 under Minor League Ball today |
This is the first of a six part series that will examine the rosters of each Arizona Fall League team. The Arizona Fall League is annually renown for showcasing the elite talent of each major league organization and often serves as a spring board for talented youngsters to carve out opportunities with their big league clubs in the following MLB season. For the savvy prospect investor, the AFL offers a prolonged look at the development of key prospects during the baseball offseason and shapes the buying and selling strategies to be employed throughout the ensuing season.
Our first look is at the Mesa Solar Sox which boasts talents from the Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins, Chicago Cubs, L.A. Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, and Florida Marlins. Enjoy!
| Outfielders |
| 27 |
Greg Burns |
OF |
L |
L |
6′ 2″ |
185 |
11-07-1986 |
Active |
No |
FLA |
| 35 |
Ryan Kalish |
OF |
L |
L |
6′ 1″ |
205 |
03-28-1988 |
Active |
No |
BOS |
| 2 |
Bryan Petersen |
OF |
L |
R |
6′ 0″ |
200 |
04-09-1986 |
Active |
No |
FLA |
| 28 |
Mike Stanton |
OF |
R |
R |
6′ 5″ |
240 |
11-08-1989 |
Active |
No |
FLA |
| 11 |
Rene Tosoni |
OF |
L |
R |
6′ 0″ |
195 |
07-02-1986 |
Active |
No |
MIN |
Top 5 Players to Watch:
1.) Michael Stanton
- It was a tale of two seasons for the king-sized Florida Marlins slugger who split time between High-A Jupiter and AA Jacksonville this season. With Jupiter, Stanton hit .294 with 12 HR 39 RBI and a solid 28 BB/45 K ratio in 50 games. His promotion to Jacksonville, however, exploited some still raw strike zone judgement (31 BB/99 K in 79 games) that plagued him throught 2008. As a resut, Stanton mustered a .231 BA against Southern League hurlers, though his 16 HR and 53 RBI were demonstrative indicators of the power to come. The market for Stanton’s various ‘08 RC autos is still quite active but the costs have diminshed by about 25% since his hot spring numbers. His cheapest autos can be found in the 2008 Razor series (#/1199) for a shade under $10 each. His more popular autos in the Bowman Chrome Drat set command $30-35 each.
AFL Outlook:
- Stanton has drawn rave reviews from members within the Marlins organization for his work ethic and cerebral approach to the game. His struggles with the strike zone are issues stemming strictly from a lack of experience and an expedient ascent through the system. Like other power hitters, he will always rack up high K totals, but I think that he will find a way to be more selective at the plate which should raise his BB totals as well as his batting average in future years. If his AFL season is a successful one, Stanton should figure heavily in the Marlins’ plans at some point in 2010.
2.) Josh Vitters
- The top prospect of the Chicago Cubs played like one in his first full professional season, hitting .316 with 15 HR 46 RBI and 42 runs scored in his 70 games at Low-A Peoria. That performance earned him a promotion to the Cubs’ High-A affiliate Dayton where his numbers dropped considerably (.238 3 HR 22 RBI in 50 games). Like Stanton, plate discipline was the main culprit of Vitters’ struggles as he earned just 12 walks in 458 AB.
AFL Outlook:
- Vitters is at least a year to year and a half away from making his major league debut, so this AFL experience is really just an opportunity for Josh to show the Cubs’ brass where he is development-wise. Current Cubbies 3B Aramis Ramirez is under contract through next season and has a $14.6 million player option that he can utilize for 2011. This should give Vitters just enough time to develop into a player that can effectively replace Ramirez’s production once he hits the free agent market. Vitters has autographed cards in various 2007 and 2008 products that all seem to fall in the $10-20 range. For someone who has promise to be the face of the Cubs franchise within the next two to three seasons, his cards seem like rock solid investments.
3.) Casey Kelly
- Is he a pitcher or an infielder? Judging by last year’s numbers, his arm seems to be ahead of his bat. Propelled by a 6-1 record and 1.12 ERA, the 19 year old Sarasota native rocketed his way to High-A Salem and continued to post excellent numbers (3.09 ERA 7 BB/29 K in 35 IP). Kelly, as per the Red Sox plans, stopped pitching in the second half of the season and played at SS, where his bat (.222 3 HR 16 RBI 16 BB/49 K) failed to muster the same heat has his electric right arm.
AFL Outlook:
- On a roster drunk with top tier shortstops (Starlin Castro, Jose Iglesias), it seems that Kelly’s initial AFL experience will be limited and a primary source of extra offseason work against elite talent. My gut tells me that Kelly will eventually develop as a pitcher, forgoing the offensive side of his game. There are several other fine SS (Iglesias, Yamiaco Navarro, Argenis Diaz, Oscar Tejeda) within the system.
4.) Starlin Castro
- The 19 year old Chicago Cubs farmhand had an excellent debut season shooting up to AA Tennessee, hitting .299 with 3 HR 49 RBI and 28 SB over two levels. The youngest participant in the Arizona Fall League, Castro has shown sound strike zone discipline (29 BB/53 K) and the ability to hit for future power (32 XBH).
AFL Outlook:
- Castro’s AFL performance could go a long way towards determining just where the Cubs will start him for the 2010 season. My hunch is that he will go back to AA Tennessee with the intent of earning a promotion to AAA Iowa within the first couple of months. Current Cubbies SS, Ryan Theriot, had another solid season with both the glove and the bat, which could mean that Castro’s first MLB action may be at 2B instead of SS. That could happen at the tail end of the 2010 season. Castro’s first year cards have just been issued in the 2009 Bowman Chrome set. The base chrome cards are currently trading at $1.25-2.00 each and his refractors can be found for $4-5 per card. Vitters may be the face of the franchise, but Castro should be playing next to him and hitting in front of him for several future seasons.
5.) Ryan Kalish
- Kalish bounced back after a ho-hum 2008 season to put up big numbers at his High-A and AA stops this year, hitting .279 with 18 HR 77 RBI 21 SB and 84 runs scored. The increase of his power output did not come at the expense of his plate disciline, which at a rate of 68 BB/107 K in 141 games, is still quite acceptable.
AFL Outlook:
- After being outsted by the L.A. Angels in a three game sweep, the Red Sox have some glaring offseason questions to answer. Current LF Jason Bay is an unrestricted free agent and J.D. Drew is a prolonged stint on the DL (35 or more days) away from allowing the Red Sox the ability to opt out of the rest of his contract. Josh Reddick, who received a couple of brief stints with the Sox this year, is at the front of the list of potential replacements, but Kalish may offer a more comprehensive skill set than Reddick has. Long term, both are quite talented enough to flank Jacoby Ellsbury as a formidable Fenway trifecta for seasons to come. The current eBay market for Kalish’s various 2008 first year autos between $8-12, which seems like a bargain considering the future potential that Kalish posesses.
Others to watch:
- Luis Exposito–Red Sox top catching prospect highly successful @ AA (.337 3 HR 12 RBI in 23 games)
- Ryan Mount—Disappointing ‘09 season but now top 2B with departure of Sean Rodriguez
- Hank Conger–1st fully healthy season at AA rendered good results (.295 11 HR 68 RBI 55 BB/68 K)
- Andrew Cashner—Cubs ‘08 1st rounder w/ power arm showed he can start (24 starts 2.60 ERA)
- Rene Tosoni—Twins OF w/ solid all around skill set may be playing for a change of scenery
- Chris Parmelee—’06 1st rounder developing plate discipline and light tower power (16 HR 27 2B)
- Jose Iglesias—Cuban FA SS with dynamic glove and emerging offensive potential for Red Sox
- Matt Dominguez–A disappointing 2009 season may be due more to being rushed than overall talent
- David Cooper–Unlike Dominguez, his extremely good ‘08 may be the aberration
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Posted by Jeremy on August 5, 2009 under Minor League Ball today |
Cincinatti Reds 3B prospect Juan Francisco hit his 20th HR yesterday, driving in two and scoring twice. Francisco has as much power potential as anyone in the Reds’ farm system and has made big strides this season to cut back on his strikeouts. Last year, Francisco hit 23 HR and drove in 92 runs while earning a 19 BB/123 K ratio in 127 games. This season, Francisco has kept his power numbers up and has cut back his K rate to 88 in 100 games. He’s only walked 19 times, but the progress at a higher level is worthy of note. The market for Francisco’s first year cards was hot at the end of last season as several collectors anticipated him to become one of the top sluggers in the minor leagues this season. However, a slow start and mitigable increases in his numbers has caused several prospectors to divert their funds elsewhere. His 2008 autos in Donruss Threads (#/999) and his Donruss Elite Extra autos #/1495 can be had at $4-7 each-roughly 1/3 their values in late 2008.
Pedro Alvarez continues to be a beast at the AA level as he socked his 8th HR at Altoona and 22nd on the season. He added two doubles and two RBI during a three hit day and raised his post-promotion average to .307. The Pirates made more big trades at the deadline that will go a long way in overhauling a once maligned farm system. With each trade, new opportunities sprout up for aspiring youngsters to make their mark in a major league uniform. Alvarez will get his shot this season. I mused in my Brian Matusz article about the market effect that would occur in his cards after his debut. Matusz, like Alvarez, has an exclusive deal with Razor Entertainment Group which effectively limits the exposure of his cards on the eBay market.
Matusz had a fine and victorious debut surrendering one run on six hits over five innings, walking three and striking out five Detroit Tigers. In the hours following his performance, the prices of his ‘08 Razor autos have jumped about 30-40%. It is nice to see that the cards are considered viable investments on the open market, but the rise in price is on par with what other larger brands would experience in similar situations. In other words, the fact that Razor has exclusive deals with several ‘08 draftees does not, at this time, seem to have a pronounced inflationary effect on the values of their cards.
Today’s top prospect doesn’t have a major brand card issued as of yet, but that may change soon. Chicago White Sox RHP prospect Dan Hudson was dominant once agains yesterday, scattering three hits over six scoreless innings, striking out seven. The dominant performance raised the former Old Dominion hurler to 7-0 since his promotion to Birmingham and gave him his 12th victory of the ‘09 season. Hudson was ranked the 24th best prospect in the White Sox farm system by Baseball America but he’s pitched as well as anyone, including departed prospects Aaron Poreda and Dexter Carter. Hudson has been virtually unhittable at each of the three levels he’s thrown at this season as hitters are batting a combined .191 against him. Just as impressive is his sterling 25 BB/142 K ratio in his 123 innings of work. Hudson has a workhorse frame (6-4 220 lb.) and features a 92-94 MPH fastball that saws off right handers and fades away from lefties. His slider and changeup are a bit behind, but each offers good downward movement that keeps him from getting hit hard. The vacancy left by Poreda and Carter elevates Hudson to the upper ranks of Chicago’s young arms. Hudson will likely finish the year at AA and should be a prime candidate to pitch in the Arizona Fall League. Keep your eyes peeled for his first year cards and snag them early as he might not gain as much post-release notoriety as he deserves. Secondary sites like Sportsbuy.com and Beckett.com should provide excellent values for his non-autographed releases.
AA Player of the Day—DAN HUDSON
Other Notable Performances
Hitting:
- Matt Spencer—2-4 HR(15) RBI 2B
- Darin Holcomb—2-5 HR(10) RBI 2R BB
- Mike McKenry—2-5 2B
- Ryan Harvey—3-5 HR(16) 5 RBI 2B
- Cole Garner—3-4 2B 2R RBI
- Cedric Hunter—3-5 2B RBI
- Ezequiel Carrerra—3-5 3B 2R 3 RBI SB(19)
- Andrew Lambo—1-3 2B 2 RBI
- Scott Cousins—1-2 R HRI(10) RBI 2 BB
- Juan Francisco—3-5 HR(20) 2 RBI 2B 2R BB
- Todd Frazier—2-5 R RBI
- Starlin Castro—2-4 R 2 RBI BB
- Jose Lobaton—2-3 HR(4) 3 RBI 2B
- Jason Heyward—2-3 (.422 BA at AA)
- Gorkys Hernandez—2-4 2R RBI 2 BB
- Pedro Alvarez—3-6 HR(22) 2 RBI 2 2B 2R
- Brian Friday—3-4 2 2B 2 RBI R BB
- Ryan Kalish—1-4 HR(11) RBI BB
- Jorge Jimenez—3-4 HR(12) RBI 2BB BB
- Ruben Tejada—3-4 R RBI
- Miguel Abreu—3-5 2 2B R 3 RBI
- Cale Iorg—1-4 HR(11) RBI
- Michael Bertram—2-3 HR(12) 4 RBI BB
- Brett Pill—2-5 Hr(13) 2 RBI
- Brandon Crawford—2-5 HR(10) RBI
- Carlos Santana—1-3 RBI 2 BB
Pitching:
- Dan Hudson—6 IP 3H 7K W (12-5)
- Chaz Roe—9 IP 6H 2 ER 3 BB 3K W(5-2)
- Aneury Rodriguez—6.2 IP 6H ER BB 6K W (7-10)
- Travis Banwart—7 IP 3H 2K W (7-5)
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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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