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Minor League Level Review (AAA): Taveras Activated, Bogaerts and Ventura Arrive

Jason Hunt takes a look at the action from the two AAA leagues in the past two weeks, including top prospects Yordano Ventura, Bryce Brentz, Oscar Taveras, Xander Bogaerts and others in this weekend's Minor League Level Review.

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Every other Sunday, I will be taking a quick look at some of the top prospects at the AAA level, including their stats for for the season, and if anything stands out about the performance. The season stats may not always tell us the whole story, but there are usually also some updates on how they are doing these things as opposed to just the numbers themselves. All statistics are courtesy of Fangraphs.com and are through the games of Friday, 6/14/13.

Player

AB

R

HR

RBI

BB

K

SB

CS

AVG

OBP

SLG

Anthony Gose (OF-TOR)

182

39

2

15

25

56

6

7

0.225

0.330

0.313

Billy Hamilton (OF-CIN)

262

43

3

21

24

53

40

7

0.248

0.310

0.336

Bryce Brentz (OF-BOS)

237

29

13

48

15

58

1

0

0.274

0.323

0.502

Carlos Sanchez (IF-CHW)

223

27

0

18

18

39

9

5

0.233

0.293

0.287

Chris Owings (SS-ARI)

299

54

5

36

8

57

11

4

0.348

0.367

0.458

Dustin Ackley (2B-SEA)

68

12

2

11

15

10

0

0

0.412

0.524

0.574

Gary Brown (OF-SF)

271

49

6

28

16

65

8

5

0.225

0.288

0.373

Grant Green (2B-OAK)

268

45

7

40

20

52

4

1

0.299

0.355

0.451

Hunter Morris (1B-MIL)

210

27

13

33

23

49

2

0

0.243

0.325

0.490

Jackie Bradley Jr. (OF-BOS)

96

16

2

10

14

22

3

3

0.333

0.429

0.521

Jonathan Schoop (2B-BAL)

127

12

3

18

9

25

1

2

0.268

0.331

0.386

Jonathan Villar (SS-HOU)

242

31

5

31

20

65

24

6

0.277

0.333

0.421

Kolten Wong (2B-STL)

246

38

5

22

14

35

9

1

0.313

0.347

0.467

Matt Davidson (3B-ARI)

249

30

9

40

22

74

1

0

0.309

0.363

0.510

Michael Choice (OF-OAK)

242

47

10

47

36

56

1

2

0.289

0.388

0.450

Mike Olt (3B-TEX)

115

13

4

12

16

45

0

0

0.183

0.280

0.339

Mike Zunino (C-SEA)

185

34

11

43

14

59

0

0

0.238

0.303

0.503

Nick Castellanos (OF-DET)

270

49

10

38

34

48

2

1

0.300

0.375

0.493

Oscar Taveras (OF-STL)

144

22

4

22

8

20

5

1

0.313

0.351

0.465

Oswaldo Arcia (OF-MIN)

88

17

6

17

16

30

2

1

0.284

0.396

0.534

Stefen Romero (OF-SEA)

179

23

5

34

13

42

5

2

0.302

0.357

0.464

Tony Sanchez (C-PIT)

167

24

8

31

20

42

0

0

0.299

0.390

0.551

Wil Myers (OF-TAM)

247

42

13

55

29

70

7

1

0.275

0.349

0.498

Wilmer Flores (2B-NYM)

252

38

6

49

15

30

0

3

0.310

0.350

0.484

Player

IP

H

R

ER

HR

BB

K

ERA

WHIP

Alex Colome (TAM)

68

58

28

22

5

28

69

2.91

1.26

Allen Webster (BOS)

51.1

29

17

17

6

22

56

2.98

0.99

Andy Oliver (PIT)

72.2

53

33

25

3

63

81

3.1

1.6

Carlos Martinez (STL)

17.1

17

3

3

0

5

17

1.56

1.27

Chris Archer (TAM)

50

50

26

22

6

23

52

3.96

1.46

Danny Hultzen (SEA)

22.2

17

9

7

1

6

25

2.78

1.01

Drew Pomeranz (COL)

72

75

38

38

6

30

82

4.75

1.46

Gerrit Cole (PIT)

68

44

23

22

4

28

47

2.91

1.06

Jake Odorizzi (TAM)

55.1

48

25

24

9

20

60

3.9

1.23

James Paxton (SEA)

60

75

46

38

5

29

60

5.7

1.73

Jarred Cosart (HOU)

63.2

47

25

23

2

38

68

3.25

1.34

Jose Alvarez (DET)

81

67

30

25

7

16

84

2.78

1.02

Kyle Gibson (MIN)

79.2

67

28

28

3

26

69

3.16

1.17

Mark Montgomery (NYY)

30

29

12

10

3

20

36

3

1.63

Martin Perez (TEX)

30

26

8

7

1

7

27

2.1

1.1

Michael Wacha (STL)

52.2

35

13

12

5

15

34

2.05

0.95

Robbie Erlin (SD)

50.1

54

26

21

5

18

45

3.75

1.43

Sean Gilmartin (ATL)

66.2

79

43

40

7

27

45

5.4

1.59

Sonny Gray (OAK)

76.1

71

26

21

3

26

77

2.48

1.27

Trevor Bauer (CLE)

58.2

50

28

25

8

32

61

3.84

1.4

Tyler Skaggs (ARI)

56.2

61

36

31

3

19

61

4.92

1.41

Tyler Thornburg (MIL)

63

79

49

44

7

24

70

6.29

1.63

Yordano Ventura (KC)

9.2

9

6

6

1

6

11

5.59

1.55

Zack Wheeler (NYM)

68.2

61

35

30

9

27

73

3.93

1.28

  • Yordano Ventura was promoted to AAA Omaha back on the 3rd, and so far the 9 innings he has thrown have been a bit of a mixed bag. It's a very small sample size, so let's see how it looks in another two weeks.
  • The Pirates called up Gerrit Cole, who went out and threw 6 1/3 innings against the Giants en route to his first major league win. He'll start again today against the Dodgers, and honestly I think he's up to stay.
  • The Orioles sent Kevin Gausman back to AAA after struggling through his last few starts in the Majors. He'll be back up at some point, but it may not be until later in the season.
  • Tony Cingrani is getting very familiar with the flight from Louisville to Cincinnati, as he was called up for a start on the 11th, and then sent back right after. It will drive fantasy owners nuts, but this is probably how he's going to be used for the short term as the Reds' rotation continues to pitch well.
  • With the return of Jake Westbrook from the disabled list, the Cardinals' sent Michael Wacha back to AAA Memphis.
  • Zack Wheeler is expected to be called up for a start on Tuesday, and Craig Goldstein has the info you need to know about Wheeler going forward (including GIFs!)