Arizona Fall League: Grant Desme On A Power Surge

by Ray Guilfoyle on Oct 29, 2009 9:30 AM EDT in Baseball

Oakland A's outfielder Grant Desme loves his some Arizona fall ball and he hit 2 more home runs on Wednesday. He is leading the AFL in hitting with a .469 AVG with 10 HRs and 22 RBI. He could rocket up prospect lists this winter.

Here's the rest of the performances from Wednesday's action:

Jemile Weeks, 2B, OAK-3-3, RS, 2 2B, 2 RBI

Grant Desme, OF, OAK-3-4, 4 RS, 2 HR, 4 RBI

Brandon Snyder, 1B, BAL-1-4, RS

Trayvon Robinson, OF, LAD-2-5, RS, RBI

Andrew Lambo, OF, LAD-1-4, RS

Jordan Danks, OF, CHW-1-3, RS RBI

Drew Storen, RP, WAS-1 Inn, H, K

Jose Tabata, OF, PIT-1-5, RS

Chase D'Arnaud, C, PHI-1-4, 2B, RBI

Domonic Brown, OF, PHI-0-5, 2 K

Brandon Allen, 1B, ARI-0-3, BB, 3 K

Brandon Crawford, 3B, SFG-2-4, RS, HR, RBI

Buster Posey, C, SFG-1-3, 2 RS, BB

Bryan Peterson, OF, FLA-2-5, 2 RS, HR, 2 RBI, SB

Starlin Castro, SS, CHC-2-5, 2 RS, RBI

Josh Vitters, 3B, CHC-2-5, RS, RBI

Casey Kelly, SS, BOS-2-4, RS, 2B, 3B, 4 RBI

Andrew Cashner, SP, CHC-4 inn, 0 H, 2 BB, 4 K

Chris Heisey, OF, CIN-0-3, RS, BB, SB

Yonder Alonso, 1B, CIN-2-4, 2 RS, 2 RBI

Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL-3-4, RS, RBI, 2B

Brandon Hicks, SS, ATL-2-4, 3B, RBI

Aaron Crow, SP -4 Inn, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 2 K

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ESPN's Jason Grey

Grey wrote an article on Strasburg’s recent outing saying he was dominant, but had this to say as well:

“After his last outing, I mentioned how much trouble Strasburg had out of the stretch (losing too much velocity, no rhythm, not being able to locate) and that I would be watching to see if there were any improvements in that regard in his next outing, and there were. Strasburg was still sitting comfortably at 97 mph out of the stretch, letting it go and not pitching nearly as tentatively or defensively. That was a far cry from the 92-94 mph offerings he delivered with runners on in his second outing.

The one minor issue is that his breaking ball has been more of a chase pitch at this juncture, and he’s finding that professional hitters won’t offer at it outside the zone with the frequency that college hitters did. He does have the command to throw it for strikes, and I expect he will do so when he needs to, so it’s a little bit of nitpicking."

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Oct 29, 2009 10:01 AM EDT reply actions

it appears KLaw won't

be moving Desme up his list:

Grant Desme (Phoenix Memorial Stadium)
So all these HRs I’m hitting in the AZL are no big deal? How worried are you about my K rate? Can I be a productive big league starter?

Klaw
Your inability to make contact is the main reason I am not excited about a ten-game sample of power production.

raygu

by Ray Guilfoyle on Oct 29, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions

Eating Crow

Very happy that Aaron Crow is pitching well. He is a polished product and may be able to help Kansas City as soon as this season. A lot of talk surrounding whether it would benefit the Royals to move Soria; I’m not sure where Crow’s future lies yet, but pretty sure it will be in the rotation so I doubt he’s a fill-in were that to happen.

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by Bryan Everson (The Royalty of Roto) on Oct 29, 2009 6:23 PM EDT reply actions