It's the hitters this week, but first we get to quickly savour a 3-0
night for the farm affiliates, featuring a 9th inning comeback and 13th
inning walk-off homer by Chip Cannon for the Fisher Cats and shutouts
in both halves of a Fort Myers-Dunedin doubleheader.
Thursday boxscores and highlights
Syracuse, scheduled day off
Binghamton 4 @ New Hampshire 5, 13 inn. - MatO's BB radio call, Yates 5IP, 0 ER, 4Ks, Santos 8TB, Cannon WO HR
Fort Myers 0 @ Dunedin 4, 1st game - Savickas CG, 7IP, 3H, 1W, 3K, Patton 2 2B
Fort Myers 0 @ Dunedin 3, 2nd game - Tressler SP, 4IP, 5H, 1W, 2K, Harang 2IP, 0H, 0W, 3K, Butler 2-3, HR
Lansing @ Cedar Rapids, ppd. rain
Hitting prospects on the farm
Our post-season top 30 prospect list will again be used as a guide. We have skipped Adam Lind and Ryan Roberts due to their arrival in the Show. We have included Russ Adams, Ray Olmedo, Sergio Santos, Aaron Mathews and Jacob Butler out of interest. All statistics complete through games of Wednesday.
|
Player |
Age |
Level |
BB |
POS |
PA |
AVG. |
OBP |
SLUG |
W |
K |
Comments |
|
T. Snider |
19 |
Lo-A |
2 |
RF |
62 |
.328 |
.354 |
.621 |
4 |
8 |
Nice. |
|
C. Thigpen |
24 |
AAA |
3 |
C |
43 |
.244 |
.295 |
.439 |
2 |
6 |
No runners nailed yet |
|
R. Patterson |
23 |
AA |
10 |
LF |
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
injured |
|
C. Cannon |
25 |
AA |
15 |
1B |
59 |
.137 |
.267 |
.294 |
8 |
28 |
See below |
|
R. Klosterman |
24 |
AA |
16 |
SS-2B |
53 |
.152 |
.304 |
.196 |
7 |
9 |
|
|
A. Hatch |
23 |
Hi-A |
20 |
3B |
69 |
.250 |
.300 |
.422 |
5 |
11 |
played 2B last night |
|
D. Majewski |
25 |
AA |
21 |
CF |
62 |
.170 |
.290 |
.283 |
9 |
13 |
|
|
R. Diaz |
23 |
AA |
22 |
C |
34 |
.303 |
.306 |
.455 |
1 |
3 |
WYSIWYG. |
|
J. Metropoulos |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y. Chavez |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Likely in Auburn-2007 |
|
S. Santos |
23 |
AA |
|
SS |
52 |
.294 |
.352 |
.688 |
4 |
8 |
Power! Watch W/K. |
|
A. Mathews |
24 |
AA |
|
CF-LF |
55 |
.367 |
.446 |
.551 |
6 |
6 |
Prototype leadoff |
|
J. Butler |
24 |
Hi-A |
|
LF |
72 |
.295 |
.419 |
.508 |
11 |
7 |
Promotion? |
| R. Adams |
26 |
AAA |
2B |
68 |
.220 |
.333 |
.288 |
9 |
5 |
Bad luck? |
|
| R. Olmedo |
25 |
AAA |
SS |
68 |
.238 |
.294 |
.238 |
5 |
9 |
The decision to send Chip Cannon back to double A, after his MVP performance in the Arizona Fall League, might very well be playing a role in his abysmal start to 2007. He turned 25 in November, 2006, and the decision might reasonably have affected his confidence.
Overall, there have been a number of pleasant surprises so far. It is still a weak system, at least in terms of bats, but not as poor as some have made it out to be.
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