MLB Prospect Watch

40-man Roster Additions

40-man rosters were set this weekend in preperation for the upcoming Rule V draft.  The players listed below are now protected by their organizations and can't be selected.  This is not the complete list, but rather the list of notable prospects.  Teams with no players listed still protected players, just not any notable prospects.

 

Baltimore - Oliver Drake

Boston - Will Middlebrooks, Drake Britton, Che-Hsuan Lin

New York (AL) - D.J. Mitchell, Corban Joseph

Tampa Bay - Alex Colome, WIlking Rodriguez, Steven Vogt

Toronto - Travis d'Arnaud

 

Chicago (AL) - Charlie Leesman

Cleveland - 

Detroit - Casey Crosby

Kansas City - 

Minnesota - Oswaldo Arcia, Carlos Gutierrez, David Bromberg

 

Los Angeles (A) - Fabio Martinez, Jean Segura

Oakland - 

Seattle - Francisco Martinez, Carlos Triunfel, Chih-Hsien Chiang

Texas - Martin Perez, Neil Ramirez

 

Atlanta - J.J. Hoover

Miami - Dan Jennings

New York (N) - Robert Carson, Jeurys Familia, Wilmer Flores, Juan Lagares, Cesar Puello, Reese Havens, Kirk Nieuwenhuis

Philadelphia - Phillippe Aumont, Tyson Gillies, Sebastian Valle

Washington - Tyler Moore, Eury Perez, Derek Norris

 

Chicago (N) - Junior Lake, Josh Vitters, Matt Szczur

Cincinnati - Didi Gregorius, Kyle Lotzkar

Houston - Paul Clemens

Milwaukee - Caleb Gindl, Zealous Wheeler

Pittsburgh - Starling Marte, Rudy Owens

St. Louis - 

 

Arizona - 

Colorado - Christian Friedrich

Los Angeles (N) - Mike Antonini, Chris Withrow

San Diego - Rymer Liriano

San Francisco - Angel Villalona, Charlie Culberson

 

 

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 Potent Potables - Orioles, Havens, Liddi

The Orioles system has been depleted recently thanks to graduations to the majors, but there are still some intriguing names in their system and Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun has an update on how their top ten is performing so far this season.

Reese Havens has yet to play this season while recovering from off-season rib surgery, but Toby Hyde of MetsMinorLeagueBlog.com reports that Havens is at the Mets spring traning facility in Port St. Lucie where he is taking ground balls but has yet to swing a bat.

John Sickles of MinorLeagueBlog.com checks in with updates on some specific prospects, including Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Marc Krauss, Alex Liddi, and Matt Moore.

 

Injury Update - Francisco, Scheppers

• The Cincinnati Reds have placed Juan Francisco on the major league DL with a strained left calf, reports John Fay of the CIncinnati Enquirer.
• The Texas Rangers have placed Tanner Scheppers on the DL with stiffness in his lower back, stemming from the injury that slowed him this spring, reports T.R. Sullivan of MLB.com.

Baseball America has a complete listing of all minor league prospects who were on the DL to start the week, including Trey McNutt (blister), Reese Havens (oblique strain) Drew Cumberland (vertigo).

 

Position Battles - Havens, Montero, Carter, Parker

• Reese Havens has been projected as an offensive second baseman since he was drafted 22nd overall by the Mets in 2008, but it has been his inability to stay healthy that has kept him from progressing through the minors the way many thought he would.  Despite this however, Ray Guilfoyle of MinorLeagueBall.com still thinks that Havens could see some time at second base in the majors this season, largely due to the uncertainty of the Mets current keystone situation. 
• The Yankees have a major decision looming regarding top prospect Jesus Montero, not only regarding his 2011 status but his long-term role as well.  The Yankees believe that Montero is already a better defensive catcher than some starting in the majors right now, according to Josh Norris of The Trentonian.  But others, like TYU, argue that no matter how far his defense has come, leaving him behind the plate provides too much injury risk for a bat of Montero's potential.   
• With Daric Barton entrenched at first base and Hideki Hatsui arriving to be the DH, the only spot in the A's lineup for top hitting prospect Chris Carter will be one of the corner outfield positions that are currently occupied by David DeJesus and Josh Willingham, notes Jane Lee of MLB.com.
• Jarrod Parker, still on the long road back from Tommy John surgery, will likely start the season out in Double-A, but there is an outside chance that with a strong spring, he could grap a spot on the Diamondbacks major league pitching staff, says Paola Boivin of the Arizona Republic.