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Every other Wednesday through the end of the minor league season, I will be taking a look at some of the top prospects at the Low-A and Rookie levels and seeing how they have performed so far. We're starting to see enough game data from the short season leagues to at least get a somewhat more useful picture of how these players could perform. All statistics are for the player at this level, and are current through Monday's games, courtesy of MILB.com
Pitchers
Player |
Team |
League |
W |
ERA |
IP |
H |
BB |
K |
Steven Mata |
NYM |
Appy |
1 |
1.96 |
23 |
14 |
14 |
26 |
Daniel Norris |
TOR |
Appy |
1 |
4.87 |
20.1 |
17 |
9 |
22 |
Archie Bradley |
ARI |
Midwest |
8 |
3.65 |
98.2 |
54 |
63 |
96 |
A.J. Cole |
OAK |
Midwest |
4 |
2.11 |
59.2 |
50 |
11 |
68 |
Noah Syndergaard |
TOR |
Midwest |
7 |
2.72 |
72.2 |
39 |
20 |
90 |
Adys Portillo |
SD |
Midwest |
6 |
1.87 |
91.2 |
54 |
45 |
81 |
Luis Heredia |
PIT |
NYPL |
2 |
1.85 |
34 |
28 |
7 |
19 |
Victor Sanchez |
SEA |
NWL |
5 |
3.70 |
48.2 |
40 |
19 |
37 |
Henry Owens |
BOS |
Sally |
9 |
5.30 |
74.2 |
73 |
33 |
107 |
Charlie Lowell |
MIA |
Sally |
5 |
3.66 |
91 |
65 |
46 |
106 |
- Charlie Lowell is a name moving up on prospect radars, as he has posted an excellent season thus far in Low-A. John Sickels of Minor League Ball wrote about him briefly last week, so I'll defer to him on Lowell.
- Adys Portillo was promoted to AA in the last two weeks, after finishing up with some very interesting numbers in Low-A. The walks are a bit concerning to me, but I really want to see what he can do in AA.
- A.J. Cole was demoted back to Low-A earlier in the season, and it appears he has rebounded nicely to form. I think he ends up staying in Low-A for the rest of the season, and the A's try him again at High-A to start 2013.
- Not mentioned above, but Kyle Zimmer, the Royals' 1st round pick this year, has been promoted from the Arizona League to the Midwest League.
- Also of note: Lucas Giolito was assigned to the Nationals' GCL rookie level affiliate.
Read more about some of the hitting prospects after the jump...
Hitters
Player |
Team |
League |
G |
R |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
AVG |
OBP |
SLG |
Bubba Starling |
KC |
Appy |
19 |
15 |
4 |
15 |
3 |
.267 |
.389 |
.507 |
Courtney Hawkins |
CHW |
Appy |
29 |
20 |
3 |
13 |
5 |
.274 |
.320 |
.434 |
Addison Russell |
OAK |
AZL |
20 |
26 |
4 |
22 |
8 |
.443 |
.532 |
.747 |
Joey Gallo |
TEX |
AZL |
26 |
33 |
12 |
30 |
4 |
.337 |
.483 |
.854 |
Albert Almora |
CHC |
AZL |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.333 |
.333 |
1.333 |
Jorge Soler |
CHC |
AZL |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
.167 |
.167 |
.417 |
Carlos Correa |
HOU |
GCL |
23 |
12 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
.196 |
.237 |
.337 |
Miguel Sano |
MIN |
MWL |
95 |
55 |
20 |
69 |
6 |
.240 |
.358 |
.491 |
Jorge Bonifacio |
KCR |
MWL |
91 |
53 |
10 |
56 |
5 |
.296 |
.354 |
.461 |
Luigi Rodriguez |
CLE |
MWL |
87 |
61 |
9 |
42 |
19 |
.276 |
.345 |
.419 |
Chris Bostick |
OAK |
NYPL |
31 |
24 |
3 |
14 |
9 |
.298 |
.376 |
.444 |
Mike Zunino |
SEA |
NWL |
10 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
.378 |
.465 |
.784 |
David Dahl |
COL |
PIO |
30 |
22 |
3 |
23 |
7 |
.353 |
.409 |
.563 |
Adalberto Mondesi |
KC |
PIO |
21 |
16 |
4 |
16 |
0 |
.299 |
.371 |
.391 |
Alen Hanson |
PIT |
Sally |
96 |
82 |
15 |
50 |
27 |
.319 |
.383 |
.552 |
Rougned Odor |
TEX |
Sally |
77 |
50 |
8 |
38 |
13 |
.282 |
.338 |
.449 |
Javier Baez |
CHC |
MWL |
47 |
31 |
10 |
24 |
19 |
.326 |
.380 |
.594 |
- Baez just continues to rake in the Midwest League, now up to 10 home runs on the season. I don't foresee a promotion to High-A this year, but he seems likely to start there in 2013.
- Mike Zunino has been crushing everything in the Northwest League, and I'm wondering if the team could send him to High-A to finish the season.
- Joey Gallo has been destroying AZL pitching to the tune of 12 home runs, but the reports seem to indicate that he could have contact issues very soon. Someone worth watching though based on the power potential.
- Two of the Cubs' top prospects both made their debuts in the AZL in the last week, as both Albert Almora and Jorge Soler hit home runs this week.