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

 

 

Potent Potables - Middlebrooks, Cole

• Red Sox 3B Will Middlebrooks will miss the remainder of the AFL with a sprained thumb, reports Ian Browne of MLB.com.
• Carson Cistulli of FanGraphs.com takes an interesting look at the small sample size of stats from the AFL.
• Tim Williams of PiratesProspects.com has a piece on Gerrit Cole, and the comparisons some scouts watching the Pirates top prospect in Arizona are making to Stephen Strasburg.
• The Blue Jays and Reds have each signed a 16-year-old Venezuelan player.

 

 

Injury Update - Grandal, Galvis, Middlebrooks

• Yasmani Grandal was supposed to be getting the full-time catching duties in Arizona for the Phoenix Desert Dogs, but a thumb injury has limited the Reds catching prospect to just twelve at-bats, reports John Fay of the Cincinnati Enquirer.
• Phillies SS prospect Freddy Galvis missed more than a week of play in the Venezuelan Winter League with a wrist injury, according to Matt Breen of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
• Red Sox 3B Will Middlebrooks left an AFL game early on Monday with an apparent hand injury, says Jonathan Jaffe of SoxProspects.com.

 

 

Prospect Action - 10/10/11

• The Peoria Javelinas put together a 16-hit attack that featured six players getting multiple hits, including a pair of Padres -  OF Jaff Decker who knocked three, and 3B Jedd Gyorko who had two hits and a home run.
• The Salt River Rafters fared even better, scoring 13 runs on 21 hits, including four hits by Rockies 1B Ben Paulsen and a grand slam by fellow Rockies prospect Tim Wheeler.  Royals OF Wil Myers and Marlins C Kyle Skipworth homered in the loss, while Rangers 3B Mike Olt hit two.
• Red Sox P Brock Huntzinger gave up three earned runs in as many innings, but would be all the Solar Sox would get, as they fell 4-3 to the Scorpions.  Giants SS Brandon Crawford knocked three hits in the victory, while Will Middlebrooks drove in two runs.

 

 

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