10/29 & 10/30 HWL Report

Posted by Jeremy on October 31, 2008 under Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment

That’s right!  Here’s a double dip of Hawaiian Winter League action.  Good performances from top prospects are in abundance!

 

10/29:

 

 North Shore Honu  7

• Matt McBride—2-5 2R RBI R
• Jason Castro—2-4 2B R 2 RBI BB
• Lars Davis—1-3 2R 2B BB
• Dustin Realini—1-3 2B RBI BB
• Yasutaka Hattori—5 IP 5H ER 3BB 3K (W)

 

 

 West Oahu Cane Fires  3

• Mark Hallberg—3-5 2B R (.353 BA)
• Ty Henson—2-4 2B 3B R (10 doubles)
• Greg Burns—1-5 HR(1) RBI

 

 

 

 Waikiki Beach Boys  9

• Buster Posey—4-6 3 RBI R
• Yonder Alonso—2-5 2B R RBI
• Todd Frazier—1-4 3B RBI (.310 3 HR 21 RBI)
• Johan Limonta—2-4 2R BB
• Mitsuo Yoshikawa—6 IP 4H 9K (W) (2-1 1.82 ERA 28 K/24.2 IP)

 

 

 Honolulu Sharks  0

• Todd Cruz—2-4 2B
• Brad Emaus—1-4 2B
• Michael Taylor—1-3
• Tyler Herron—4 IP 5H 3K

 

 

 

10/30:

 

 North Shore Honu  6

• Kyle Martin—2-3 HR(5) 3 RBI (17 RBI)
• Chris Carter—1-2 2B R BB
• Matt McBride—1-3 R SB(1)
• Corey Brown—1-3 R

 

 

 West Oahu Cane Fires  4

• Ty Henson—1-3 3B 3 RBI
• James Skelton—1-4 2B R
• Mark Hallberg—1-3 R BB

 

 

 

 Waikiki Beach Boys  5

• Yonder Alonso—3-5 2B RBI (.292 3 HR 14 RBI)
• Roger Kieschnick—1-4 2B RBI (.271 3 HR 19 RBI)
• Damon Sublett—2-4 HR(2) 2 RBI 2R (.310 13 RBI)
• Buster Posey—2-5 R RBI (.500 14 RBI)
• Andrew Brackman—6 IP 4H ER BB 7K (W)

 

 

 Honolulu Sharks  2

• Dominic Brown—2-4 2B (.405 BA)
• Brad Emaus—2-3 BB (.347 2 HR 10 RBI)
• Satoshi Nagai—6 IP 7H 2 ER 11K (3-1 1.80 ERA 5 BB/35K in 30 IP)

8/26 High-A Minor League Report

Posted by Jeremy on August 28, 2008 under Minor League Ball today, Uncategorized | Be the First to Comment

Here’s a nice compilation of prospect performances from the California, Carolina, and Florida State leagues…

Jon Still

• 1-5 HR(22) RBI—Slumping lately (5-32 2 HR 6 RBI last 10 games)

 

Jason Place

• 1-4 HR(17) RBI—.246 17 HR 58 RBI 144 K’s

 

Yamaico Navarro

• 3-5 HR(11) 3 RBI 2B—.429 11 R 18 H last 10 games

 

Chris Carter

• 1-4 HR(37) RBI—Latest player to reach 100 RBI mark

 

Eric Campbell

• 2-3 HR( 18 ) 3 RBI—.252 18 HR 64 RBI 47BB/53K

 

Jason Heyward

• 0-6 K—Tough debut at Myrtle Beach in double header (no worries about him long term)

 

Scott Diamond

• 7 IP 5H BB K (W)—15-3 2.89 ERA 123K/153IP

 

Brandon Erbe

• 7 IP 2H BB 9K (W)—Back to back super outings following two bad outings

 

Brandon Snyder

• 3-5 2 2B 2R RBI—.417 15 H 7 R last 10 games

 

Michael Burgess

• 1-2 HR(24) 2 RBI BB—.278 4 HR 12 RBI 8 R last 10 games

 

Tyler Herron

• 7 OP 2H 2BB 6K—7-7 4.17 ERA 102K/138IP

 

Michael Taylor

• 2-5 HR( 18 ) RBI—.316 3 HR 8 RBI 7 R last 10 games

 

Sean West

• 7 IP 3H 8K (W)—4-2 1.81 ERA 51K/55IP

 

Christian Garcia

• 7 IP 7H ER 2BB 10K—4-2 2.90 ERA 60K/50IP in 10 games at Tampa

 

BUY/SELL Analysis

Yamaico Navarro was almost not included on Baseball America’s Top 30 Boston Red Sox prospects list.  The Red Sox have a treasure trove of highly talented SS prospects like Jed Lowrie, Oscar Tejeda, Will Middlebrooks, and Argenis Diaz.  Of all of them, though, Navarro is having the best offensive season.  Only 5-11 and 170 lb., Navarro has surprsing pop and great bat speed.  Navarro has caught fire in the month of August, hitting .417 with 40 hits 21 runs 2 HR and 15 RBI at Lancaster.  Navarro doesn’t always play with maximum effort and his plate discipline is inconsistent at times.  Navarro is one of the 2008 Bowman Chrome debutants and his regular chrome cards comand a price of 75 cents to $1.00 each.

Market Advice: The Red Sox have found something special in Jed Lowrie.  Fortunately for Navarro, he already has experience of playing 3B and his range, hands, and arm strength would make him a good one.  Right now, Navarro is making a strong case for future consideration by the Red Sox, but with Middlebrooks’ recent move to 3B, Navarro may find himself to be trade bait to another team.  Regardless of where he plays, the price of his cards are a great BUY right now considering the season he is having as a future Fenway fielder.