MLB Prospect Watch

Prospect Action - 10/20/11

Arizona Fall League

• The Desert Dogs won a 10-9 barnburner, thanks to a 3-for-4 day at the plate for Blue Jays OF Anthony Gose.  Brewers 2B Scooter Gennett collected three more hits in the loss, but was outdone by Padres 3B Jedd Goryko, who went 5-for-5.  Brewers P Cody Scarpetta got the start for the Javelinas, but gave up seven earned runs and failed to record an out.
• Pirates P Gerrit Cole notched his first AFL win, throwing three scoreless innings for the Solar Sox, notes David Heck of MLB.com.
• Saguaros pitching walked seven batters in the game, leading to their 7-2 loss, despite three hits from Royals OF Wil Myers.

Mexican Pacific League

• Yankees P Pat Venditte threw a scoreless inning for a second straight day, helping his Aguilad de Mexicali defeat Angels SS Andrew Romine, who went 0-for-4 on the day.

 

 

Arizona Fall League Rosters Announced

The rosters for the 2011 Arizona Fall League season were announced yesterday, and as usual, the rosters included a plethora of big name prospects.  Below are the prospects you need to know, broken down by team:

Mesa Solar Sox

Cubs - Trey McNutt, Chris Carpenter

Orioles - Chorye Spoone, Joe Mahoney, Xavier Avery

Twins - Aaron Hicks

Pirates - Robbie Grossman

 

Peoria Javelinas

Padres - Jedd Gyorko, James Darnell

Brewers - Jed Bradley, Cody Scarpetta, Kentrail Davis, Logan Schafer

Cardinals - Oscar Taveras

Mariners - Danny Hultzen, Nick Franklin, Chih-Hsien Chiang

Mets - Reese Havens, Jefry Marte

 

Phoenix Desert Dogs

Indians - T.J. McFarland

Reds - Brad Boxberger, Yasmani Grandal

Blue Jays - Adeiny Hechavarria, Anthony Gose

A's - Michael Choice, Grant Green

Yankees - Corban Joseph, David Phelps

 

Salt River Rafters

Dodgers - Jake Lemmerman

Diamondbacks - Eric Smith, Ryan Wheeler

Tigers - Casey Crosby

Astros - Jay Austin

Rockies - Nolan Arenado, Tim Wheeler

 

Scottsdale Scorpions

Angels - Mike Trout, Hank Conger

Phillies - Tyson Gillies, B.J. Rosenberg

Red Sox - Brock Huntzinger, Will Middlebrooks

Nationals - Sammy Solis, Derek Norris, Bryce Harper

Giants - Brandon Crawford

 

Surprise Saguaros

Royals - Nathan Adcock, Wil Myers, Jeremy Jeffress, Christian Colon

Braves - Erik Cordier, Sean Gilmartin, J.J Hoover, Christian Bethancourt, Phil Gosslein, Todd Cunningham

Rangers - Neil Ramirez, Michael Olt

Rays - Tim Beckham

Marlins - Kyle Skipworth, Dan Jennings, Matt Dominguez

 

 

 

Prospect Hot Sheet - 8/6

Baseball America has their latest Hot Sheet out, and this week's version has a number of players form the lower levels of the minor leagues.  This week's list includes:

• Yonder Alonso
• Oswaldo Arcia
• Dellin Betances
• Bobby Borchering
• Pat Corbin
• Matt Davidson
• Joe Gardner
• Kyle Gibson
• Jason Kipnis
• Brandon Laird
• Zach Lutz
• Carlos Matias
• Mike Minor
• WIl Myers
• Cesar Puello
• Josh Reddick
• Rubby de la Rosa
• Cody Scarpetta
• Julio Teheran
• Joe Wieland

The negative part of the list this week includes Tony Thomas, Bryce Brentz, Eric Arnett, and Neftali Soto.

Prospect Hot Sheet - 7/8

After a one-week hiatus, Baseball America returned to producing its weekly hot sheet on Friday with prospect-laden edition to take us into the major league all-star break.

• Yonder Alonso
• J.P. Arencibia
• Engel Beltre
• Dellin Betances
• Peter Bourjos
• Kyle Drabek
• Christian Friedrich
• Paul Goldschmidt
• Greg Halman
• J.J. Hoover
• Eric Hosmer
• John Lamb
• Will Middlebrooks
• Shelby Miller
• Mike Moustakas
• Kirk Nieuwenhuis
• Michael Pineda
• Dennis Raben
• Cody Scarpetta
• Blake Smith

Bringing up the rear on the not-so-positive end of the list are Jordan Lyles, Jay Austin, Josh Vitters and Casey Crosby.

Notable Prospect Performances - 7/9

• Christian Friedrich struck out 12 batters as the Rockies' top pitching prospect celebrated his 23rd birthday.
• Giants' pitching prospect Eric Surkamp did two better, fanning 14 batters in his latest California League start.
• Nationals' OF Michael Burgess was 4-for-5 with a home run and a double.
• Cody Scarpetta struck out 11 batters over 7 scoreless innings, dropping the Brewers' prospect's ERA to 3.94 on the season.
• Devin Mesoraco continued his hot hitting this season with a 3-for-4 performance that left him just a single short of the cycle.
• Phillippe Aumont gave up 4 runs in his first start since his demotion to High-A ball, but only two of them were earned, and he struck out 13 batters.