DG is rounding out his reader top 30, with Mitch Boggs and Jaime Garcia looking to lock up the 9 and 10 spots. I know I’ve struggled as to where I rank Garcia given the fact he won’t have anything to offer the club next season, but with the success rate of Tommy John surgery, he will eventually be back, and possibly even better than ever.
- Brett Wallace doubled and struck out three times in 5 AB.
- Playing 2B, Tyler Greene went 2-for-4 with a walk.
- Arnoldi Cruz and James Rapoport both went 0-for-4.
- Bryan Anderson struck out in both of his at bats, but got on base twice via the walk and a hit by pitch. He also nabbed a runner trying to steal 2B.
- Amaury Marti went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Someone needs to make him angry.
- Luke Gregerson with another scoreless inning. No hits, a couple of walks, no K’s over 1.1. 10.1 innings with a 8 K’s and nearly a 3-to-1 ground out to fly out ratio.
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Erik,
I agree about Garcia. I still have him number three on my list. He could, indeed, be better when he comes back and he is the only left handed pitcher in the system that could be even considered for the twenty best prospects list. (Need more info on Sam Freeman).
I initially thought the “Readers” were overrating David Freese but the more I look at his career numbers the more I think I may have paid too much attention to the fact that he’s a couple years older for the levels he’s played at. He has raked offensively everywhere he’s played. If he is truly a plus defender as has been stated we might want to make sure he gets a chance with us rather than throwing him in on a trade.
Agreed, Easy. I think Freese is a little overlooked by some, although I’m not sure I can put him ahead of Jones. He’s a lock for my top 10 and I think Freese could be a Mike Lowell-lite. Granted, he’ll strike out more than Lowell and will probably never have a .324 batting average year, but could be an above average 3B that gives you .270/.325/.465.
Hey Erik, I haven’t seen it posted on this site but a guy named David Pratt has put up some pretty high quality videos from the AFL.
http://www.vimeo.com/2180231
Wow. those are tremendous. I have some more watching to do.