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Friday, February 16, 2007
top prospects: a's
athletics. (angels)
1. Travis Buck, of
2. Daric Barton, 1b
3. Kurt Suzuki, c
4. Matt Sulentic, of
5. Jermaine Mitchell, of
6. Javier Herrera, of
7. Jason Windsor, rhp
8. Marcus McBeth, rhp
9. Justin Sellers, ss
10. Trevor Cahill, rhp
buck, barton, and suzuki looked good last year, when prospectors were not too high on their system.
Career Batting Statistics for Travis Buck:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Arizona St NCAA 19 NCA 241 46 28 4 16 .160 .884 .094 .326
2004 Arizona St NCAA 20 NCA 228 52 34 9 17 .186 .851 .134 .373
2005 Arizona St NCAA 21 NCA 289 34 35 6 27 .105 .879 .130 .382
2005 Vancouver Nwes 21 Oak A- 36 5 8 2 1 .122 .778 .107 .361
2005 Kane Cty Midw 21 Oak A 124 19 19 1 13 .133 .847 .133 .341
2006 Stockton Cali 22 Oak A+ 131 14 18 3 20 .097 .863 .204 .349
2006 Midland Tex 22 Oak AA 212 25 39 4 23 .105 .816 .156 .302
he still looks good this year. lots of power, lots of average. contact + power = average. actually it's more of a multiplicative thing, but you get the idea. patience is decent, too. it's time for this guy to start appearing on top 50 lists.
Career Batting Statistics for Daric Barton:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Johns City App 18 Stl Rk 173 39 48 4 10 .184 .723 .112 .294
2004 Peoria Midw 19 Stl A 316 77 44 13 23 .196 .861 .132 .313
2005 Stockton Cali 20 Oak A+ 296 65 49 8 18 .180 .834 .105 .318
2005 Midland Tex 20 Oak AA 214 35 30 5 21 .141 .860 .141 .316
2006 Az As Ariz 21 Oak Rk 5 0 0 0 1 .000 1.00 .200 .200
2006 Sacramento PCL 21 Oak AAA 148 32 26 2 10 .178 .824 .098 .259
daric barton had an injury last year, but he's still got it. patience is outstanding. contact is very good. power is very good. complete hitter. winning hitter.
Career Batting Statistics for Kurt Suzuki:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 CS Fullert NCAA 18 NCA 51 14 6 1 1 .215 .882 .044 .392
2003 CS Fullert NCAA 19 NCA 145 25 11 2 10 .147 .924 .090 .350
2004 CS Fullert NCAA 20 NCA 261 60 25 16 21 .187 .904 .157 .413
2004 Vancouver Nwes 20 Oak A- 178 30 26 3 13 .144 .854 .105 .297
2005 Stockton Cali 21 Oak A+ 446 75 61 12 31 .144 .863 .112 .277
2006 Midland Tex 22 Oak AA 377 67 50 7 27 .151 .867 .104 .285
kurt suzuki has incredible patience, incredible contact, and decent power. he's gonna be a major-league player.
Career Batting Statistics for Matthew Sulentic:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2006 Vancouver Nwes 18 Oak A- 145 14 30 2 11 .088 .793 .113 .354
2006 Kane Cty Midw 18 Oak A 99 14 19 1 5 .124 .808 .075 .235
matthew sulentic played a-ball at age 18 and survived. he's gonna make it.
Career Batting Statistics for Jermaine Mitchell:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2006 UNCGrnsbr NCAA 21 NCA 234 44 43 5 18 .158 .816 .120 .397
2006 Vancouver Nwes 21 Oak A- 138 25 27 3 9 .153 .804 .108 .362
jermaine mitchell has great patience, good speed, he's left-handed, and he plays centerfield. making contact and hitting for power will be the question, but the odds are good.
Career Batting Statistics for Javier Herrera:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2003 Az As Ariz 18 Oak Rk 61 9 19 2 4 .129 .689 .143 .230
2004 Vancouver Nwes 19 Oak A- 265 28 59 12 19 .096 .777 .150 .331
2005 Kane Cty Midw 20 Oak A 363 59 110 13 20 .140 .697 .130 .275
2005 Sacramento PCL 20 Oak AAA 12 3 1 1 1 .200 .917 .182 .417
i disagree with most experts on javier herrera. i think making contact will be a challenge for him. i think he's got a lot of work to do.
Career Pitching Statistics for Jason Windsor:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
1998 CS Fullert NCAA 16 NCA 95.1 76 7 22 75 .057 .793 .024 1.98
2004 CS Fullert NCAA 22 NCA 162.2 100 7 24 148 .039 .748 .016 1.72
2004 Vancouver Nwes 22 Oak A- 5.0 4 0 0 5 .000 .737 .000 0.00
2004 Kane Cty Midw 22 Oak A 13.0 11 0 5 13 .091 .740 .000 2.77
2005 Stockton Cali 23 Oak A+ 55.1 52 5 8 64 .035 .706 .032 3.58
2005 Midland Tex 23 Oak AA 56.2 69 5 23 39 .088 .837 .025 5.72
2006 Midland Tex 24 Oak AA 33.1 27 2 10 35 .073 .724 .022 2.97
2006 Sacramento PCL 24 Oak AAA 118.0 128 7 32 123 .062 .745 .019 3.81
2006 Oakland MLB 24 Oak MLB 13.2 21 2 5 6 .075 .903 .036 6.59
jason windsor pitched in triple-a with good control and good strikeouts. he's got a major-league future.
Career Pitching Statistics for Marcus McBeth:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2005 Az As Ariz 25 Oak Rk 10.0 5 1 5 13 .125 .629 .045 0.90
2005 Kane Cty Midw 25 Oak A 19.2 20 2 13 21 .141 .734 .034 5.03
2005 Stockton Cali 25 Oak A+ 2.2 1 0 2 3 .182 .667 .000 0.00
2006 Stockton Cali 26 Oak A+ 8.2 1 0 2 14 .069 .481 .000 0.00
2006 Midland Tex 26 Oak AA 54.1 43 4 20 65 .088 .684 .028 2.48
2006 Sacramento PCL 26 Oak AAA 7.1 7 3 6 7 .171 .759 .136 11.05
this is cool. marcus mcbeth was an outfielder, and he sucked. now he's a pitcher, and he's good. he had a lot of strikeouts in double-a with not very much experience.
Career Batting Statistics for Justin Sellers:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2005 Vancouver Nwes 19 Oak A- 176 27 24 0 9 .133 .864 .059 .274
2006 Kane Cty Midw 20 Oak A 416 69 65 5 23 .142 .844 .080 .241
it seems clear that the a's are the team that most knows what they're doing. justin sellers has excellent strike-zone skills. what else is new for an a's prospect. he's gonna make it. possibly just as a backup, but i think there's more here.
Career Pitching Statistics for Trevor Cahill:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2006 Az As Ariz 18 Oak Rk 9.0 2 0 7 11 .194 .621 .000 3.00
there's nothing to talk about here. wait till next year.
instead of the last two, kevin goldstein has kevin melillo and henry rodriguez. ever since i said i liked goldstein's lists better, i've been liking baseball america's lists better.
Career Batting Statistics for Kevin Melillo:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl AAB W K HR 23 WAL CON POW AVG
2002 S Carolina NCAA 20 NCA 157 27 20 3 12 .147 .873 .109 .280
2003 S Carolina NCAA 21 NCA 231 42 54 12 16 .154 .766 .158 .317
2004 S Carolina NCAA 22 NCA 180 15 38 9 8 .077 .789 .120 .307
2004 Vancouver Nwes 22 Oak A- 95 14 16 2 13 .128 .832 .190 .340
2005 Kane Cty Midw 23 Oak A 285 56 40 8 21 .164 .860 .118 .286
2005 Stockton Cali 23 Oak A+ 91 13 18 9 8 .125 .802 .233 .400
2005 Midland Tex 23 Oak AA 133 14 23 7 10 .095 .827 .155 .282
2006 Midland Tex 24 Oak AA 506 72 98 12 34 .125 .806 .113 .280
kevin melillo improved his patience last year, which i consider significant. defensive concerns make it hard to project him into a useful role.
Career Pitching Statistics for Henry Alberto Rodriguez:
Year Team Lg. Age Org Lvl IP H HR BB SO WAL CON HRP ERA
2006 Az As Ariz 0 Oak Rk 43.2 46 1 50 59 .220 .667 .008 7.42
henry alberto rodriguez. jesus. that's a lot of strikeouts, but that's a lot of walks.
so you see here the thing is the a's are good. what was i saying earlier? i said the a's are the team that most knows what they're doing. i'll explain. maybe they don't have the best scouts. that's the twins or the dodgers or something. but they have good scouts. and they're incredible at finding value once everyone has passed on. and their instruction is the best. these kids learn to play baseball. no one else has the kind of patient, correct approach to the plate across the board. the strike-first, correct approach to hitters. you don't need a lot of money to succeed. you just need some money.
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