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Minor League HR Leaders

By faketeams

The Florida Marlins signed Dallas MacPherson this past off-season after the Los Angeles Angels released him.  He was a hot sleeper prospect for 3B in NL-Only leagues only to be sent to AAA and watch Jorge Cantu take his place.

So far with Albuquerque in the Pacific Coast League, he has hit 39 HRs to lead all minor leaguers.  He is closely followed by another 4A hitter Nelson Cruz of Texas.  While the HRs totals are gaudy enough to cause fantasy players to grab either player if they are recalled, those fantasy players in deep keeper leagues should be more focused on the younger prospects on the HR leader board.

The most notable ones are 21-year-old Chris Carter of the Oakland A's, 20-year-old Greg Halman of the Seattle Mariners and 18-year-old Mike Stanton of the Florida Marlins.  All three are young enough to be legitimate prospects and offer a combination of skills that bear watching.

Here are the HR leaders in the minor leagues and other "relevent" stats to help you decide who the legit power prospects are.

Rk Player Age Lg Lvl Aff 2B 3B HR BB SO SB BA OBP SLG OPS
1 Dallas McPherson 27 PCL AAA FLA 15 3 39 67 129 13 0.299 0.409 0.687 1.096
2 Nelson Cruz 27 PCL AAA TEX 17 3 37 56 84 24 0.344 0.434 0.71 1.144
3 Mike Hessman 30 INT AAA DET 17 5 32 54 133 3 0.265 0.367 0.594 0.961
4 Brad Eldred 27 INT AAA CHW 21 1 29 23 93 1 0.256 0.32 0.596 0.916
5 Mark Trumbo 22 2Lg 2Lv LAA 30 2 29 26 74 8 0.292 0.335 0.572 0.907
6 Christopher Carter 21 CAL A+ OAK 27 4 29 61 115 4 0.265 0.364 0.567 0.931
7 Michael Stanton 18 SAL A FLA 24 2 28 36 125 4 0.276 0.354 0.576 0.93
8 Kila Kaaihue 24 2Lg 2Lv KCR 11 0 28 81 44 3 0.318 0.461 0.63 1.091
9 Gregory Halman 20 2Lg 2Lv SEA 26 4 26 23 117 27 0.272 0.32 0.55 0.87
10 Ian Gac 22 2Lg 2Lv TEX 19 1 26 45 126 1 0.298 0.384 0.551 0.935
11 Luis Montanez 26 EAS AA BAL 31 5 25 36 63 4 0.33 0.383 0.591 0.974
12 Brandon Wood 23 PCL AAA LAA 17 2 25 29 82 4 0.292 0.358 0.599 0.957
13 Val Pascucci 29 2Lg AAA 2Af 17 0 25 80 110 3 0.276 0.402 0.512 0.914
14 Josh Phelps 30 PCL AAA STL 24 1 25 47 86 2 0.281 0.363 0.543 0.906
15 Ryan Strieby 22 FSL A+ DET 17 5 25 45 96 0 0.269 0.349 0.535 0.884
16 Jonathan Van Every 28 INT AAA BOS 13 3 24 47 141 6 0.267 0.358 0.529 0.887
17 Chris Carter 25 INT AAA BOS 24 2 24 38 77 0 0.303 0.36 0.538 0.898
18 Brian Dopirak 24 FSL A+ TOR 22 1 24 46 98 0 0.295 0.372 0.541 0.913
19 Jeff Bailey 29 INT AAA BOS 24 2 24 59 79 4 0.299 0.408 0.567 0.975

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