Trevor Rosenthal makes his second start in Memphis. In Johnson City, Silfredo Garcia takes on the league leading offense as Johnson City chases Elizabethton in the standings.
Memphis @ Fresno, 9:05pm – Trevor Rosenthal
Springfield @ Sacramento, 7:05pm – Richard Castillo
Palm Beach vs. St. Lucie, 6:35pm – Todd McInnis
Quad Cities vs. Beloit, 7:00pm – Brad Watson
Batavia vs. State College, 7:05pm – Tyler Melling
Johnson City vs. Elizabethon, 7:00pm – Silfredo Garcia
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Springfield is actually playing in San Antonio
BA just released its minor league “best tools” survey. Lots of Cards named, esp. in the Texas League, thanks to the confluence of our best prospects playing in an 8-team league.
OT, as you’d expect, is named best hitter and most exciting player in the TL.
To my surprise, BA has Audry Perez as best defensive C.
Less surprising: Wong as best defensive 2B; Curtis best strike-zone judgment; Rosenthal best SP; C. Martinez best FB.
In the FSL, BA has Mike O’Neill with the best strike-zone judgment, Maness with best control, and Starlin Rodriguez as best defensive 2B.
In the MWL, they have “Nick Martin” with best strike-zone judgment. I don’t know if they meant Nick Martini (.360 OBP), or someone else entirely. No idea why why they didn’t pick Colin Walsh, whose .423 OBP leads the league by 28 points. I know he’s hurt, but the surveys were taken weeks ago.
Thanks for the BA report Lou. Good reading.
this is amusing. Kevin Goldstein really, really loves Oscar Tavares
http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=17952
He’s like Ichiro already. Just one word, Oscar. If he starts 2013 in AAA and an outfielder goes to the DL early in the season, JMo will need a backbone of steel to stand up against the calls to promote Oscar even though it would grant him Super 2 status. Fan expectations may be another reason the organization has not promoted Oscar to AAA already. Interesting story line.
Depends on who the OF is.
I think if it Jay, you could do fine with Chambers. But if its a power producer like Holliday or Beltran…
Also depends on Matt Adams.
I think you will also be fine with crig at at corner OF and Matt Adams at first.