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

 

 

Prospect Action - Harper, Turner, Delgado

• Bryce Harper knocked two more base hits, as the Nationals prospect extended his hit streak to 13 games, notes Danny Wild of MiLB.com.
• Mike Trout homered again, says Andrew Pentis of MiLB.com.
• Red Sox OF prospect Bryce Brentz homered, extending his hitting streak to 21 games, reports Ashley Marshall of MiLB.com.
• Casey Kelly gave up just one run over six innings of work, notes Josh Jackson of MiLB.com, as the Padres prospect lowered his ERA to 3.43 on the season
• Jacob Turner finally got his first Double-A win on Monday, as the Tigers top prospect surrendered just an unearned run in 6 2/3 innings of work, reports Robert Emrich of MiLB.com.
• In other prospect action...
  • Paul Goldschmidt hit his 12th home run of the season and A.J. Pollock went 3-for-5 with a double for the Diamondbacks Double-A affiliate in Mobile.
  • Tigers 3B prospect Nick Castellanos went 3-for-4 with a triple.
  • Phillies C prospect Sebastian Valle homered and doubled in a three-hit day at the plate.
  • Braves P prospect Randall Delgado gave up three earned runs over seven innings, including a home run by Mariners prospect Johermyn Chavez, but struck out ten batters in the process.

 

Prospect Potent Potables - Padres, Mets, Valle, Kipins

• The Padres rebuilt a depleted farm system by raiding the Red Sox system in exchange for Adrian Gonzalez, and John Maffei of Baseball America takes another look at Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, and Reymond Fuentes.
• Wilmer Flores is the most exciting position prospect in the Mets farm system, and Matthew Cerrone of MetsBlog.com discusses his future and the potential return he could bring the Mets back in a trade.  In another post, Cerrone discusses the upcoming decision of picking a 5th starter for next season, and Dillon Gee's chances at the spot.
• Most of the Phillies talent is far from reaching the majors, but that allows Mike Newman of Scouting the Sally to take a closer look at players like catching prospect Sebastian Valle and provide us with a full scouting report.
• The Indians are confident that Jason Kipnis is ready to hit at the major league level, but its the improvement with his glove that has put the second base prospect and former outfielder squarely on the team's 2011 radar, says Jordam Bastain of MLB.com.
• The Cubs may also be looking to a few prospects to fill out their roster this spring, one of whom may be RHP Chris Carpenter, says Carrie Muskat of MLB.com.

 

 

Mexican and Venezuelan Leagues Begin Today

In addition to the Arizona Fall League beginning league play today, the Mexican and Venezuelan Leagues both begin action today in their respective nations.  While both leagues feature players of all ages and affiliations, the Mexican League typically has more retired major leaguers and veteran players while the Venezuelan League is typically more prospect-laden.  As usual, you can follow all of the fall and winter league action here at MLB Prospect Watch.

Here are some of the notable prospects who will see time in the international winter leagues this off-season:

Mexican League

• Caneros de los Mochis - Sebastian Valle (PHI)

 

Venezuelan League

• Augilas de Zulia
  • Austin Bibens-Dirkx (CHC)
  • Harold Garcia (PHI)
• Bravos de Margarita
  • Cesar Hernandez (PHI)
  • Joe Mahoney (BAL)
• Cardenales de Lara
  • Mauricio Robles (SEA)
  • Alex Liddi (SEA)
• Caribes de Anzoategui
  • Gorkys Hernandez (PIT)
• Leones de Caracas
  • Carlos Carrasco (CLE)
  • Nick Weglarz (CLE)
• Navegartes del Magallanes
  • Deolis Guerra (MIN)
  • Jesus Montero (NYY)
  • Freddy Galvis (PHI)
  • Mark Trumbo (LAA)
  • Johermyn Chavez (SEA)
• Tiburones de La Guaira
  • Ehire Adrianza (SF)
• Tigres de Aragua
  • Wilson Ramos (WAS)

 

Prospect Potent Potables - Viciedo, Mets, Cortes

• The White Sox have a log jam at 3B entering next season, with 2 years left on veteran Mark Teahen's deal, highly-regarded Cuban prospect Dayan Viciedo, and Brent Morel, but according to Scott Merkin of MLB.com, manager Ozzie Guillen is impressed by Morel and think Viciedo needs more time in the minors.  Morel is the best defensive option of the three and has hit better than expected since being promoted to Chicago, so if the team decides to go a different direction than Teahen, Morel may be the skipper's first choice.
• The Rays are going to continue to use Desmond Jennings as a situational pinch-runner, despite getting picked off in a crucial situation on Friday, says Bill Chastain of MLB.com.  If they feel like they can afford the roster spot, Jennings could be a valuable weapon during the playoffs, along the same lines as how the Angels used Chone Figgins during the 2002 playoffs.
• Michael Baron of MetsBlog.com has updates on Dillon Gee and Lucas Dada in regards to their potential roles with the Mets next season.
• The Orioles are high on Joe Mahoney thanks to a monster season, notes Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun, but Jim Callis of Baseball America is less impressed.
• The Phillies Sally League affiliate in Lakewood took home the championship behind the bat of Sebastian Valle and the pitching of Jonathan Pettibone, reports Josh Jackson of MLB.com.
• The Mariners brought Justin Smoak back to the majors after the Pacific Coast League playoffs were over, and they promoted Dan Cortes with him, says Geoff Baker of The Seattle Times.
• Giants top draft pick Gary Brown was in San Francisco with the big league club over the weekend, not playing, but learning from his future teammates, says Cash Kruth of MLB.com.
• The A's are going to continue to let Chris Carter get his at-bats for now, no matter what his hit-less streak climbs to, according to Jane Lee of MLB.com.