December 13, 2012

Minor League Update

The 2005-12 Arizona Fall League All-Stars

by Jason Martinez

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As I looked through the box scores and realized that there was no prospects worth writing about once again, I thought I should at least let you all know that there was a Ben Broussard sighting in the Mexican League. Who's he, you ask? If you were following the three-team trade between the Diamondbacks, Indians, and Reds closely on Twitter, you may have seen his name pop up in a few wise cracks over the course of the evening. That's because it was Broussard, a left-handed hitting first baseman with 87 homers in 705 career big league games, who was traded to the Mariners for Shin-Soo Choo back in July 2006. Now that the Indians have turned Choo's last year of team control into six years of top pitching prospect Trevor Bauer, they should be applauded since it's very likely they win both deals involving Choo. 

For my latest trick, I'll be putting together a 25-man roster of Arizona Fall League stars from the past eight seasons. And here it is ...

Starting Lineup
1 2B Eric Young, Jr., COL (2008): .430 BA, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 12 BB, 14 K, 20 SB
2 RF Sam Fuld, CHC (2007): .402 BA, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 17 BB, 15 K, 10 SB
3 1B Chip Cannon, TOR (2006): .352 BA, 11 HR, 29 RBI, 21 BB, 33 K
4 SS Brandon Wood, LAA (2005): .307 BA, 14 HR, 32 RBI, 9 BB, 31 K
5 DH Mike Olt, TEX (2011): .349 BA, 13 HR, 43 RBI, 15 BB, 36 K
6 3B Jedd Gyorko, SD (2011): .437 BA, 5 HR, 22 RBI, 10 BB, 15 K
7 C Tyler Flowers, ATL (2008): .387 BA, 12 HR, 23 RBI, 10 BB, 22 K
8 CF Grant Desme, OAK (2009): .315 BA, 11 HR, 27 RBI, 16 BB, 34 K
9 LF Nate Roberts, MIN (2012): .446 BA, 3 HR, 15 RBI, 12 BB, 7 K, 6 SB

Bench
C Michael McKenry, COL (2008): .369 BA, 9 HR, 25 RBI, 6 BB, 22 K 
2B/OF Eric Patterson, CHC (2006): .345 BA, HR, 13 RBI, 12 BB, 16 K, 15 SB
IF Kevin Frandsen, SF (2006): .388 BA, 4 HR, 19 RBI, 12 BB, 4 K, 8 SB
OF Colin Curtis, NYY (2009): .397 BA, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 11 BB, 14 K, 3 SB

Starting Rotation
1 RHP Tommy Hanson, ATL (2008): 0.63 ERA, 28.2 IP, 10 H, 7 BB, 49 K
2 LHP Danny Hultzen, SEA (2011): 1.40 ERA, 19.1 IP, 16 H, 5 BB, 18 K
3 LHP Marc Rzepczynski, TOR (2010): 1.16 ERA, 31 IP, 24 H, 9 BB, 27 K
4 RHP Nick Blackburn, MIN (2007): 1.64 ERA, 22 IP, 13 H, 2 BB, 20 K
5 LHP Robert Erlin, SD (2012): 2.28 ERA, 23.2 IP, 18 H, 6 BB, 31 K

Bullpen
CL RHP Kevin Quackenbush, SD (2012): 2.45 ERA, 11 IP, 4 H, 3 BB, 16 K, 6 Sv
SU RHP Andrew Carignan, OAK (2008): 1.50 ERA, 12 IP, 9 H, 4 BB, 18 K, 6 Sv
SU RHP Brian Anderson, SF (2007): 0.00 ERA, 12.1 IP, 8 H, BB, 9 K, 4 Sv
MID RHP Kevin Munson, ARI (2011): 1.32 ERA, 13.2 IP, 9 H, 3 BB, 16 K, 3 Sv
MID LHP Mitch Stetter, MIL (2007): 0.00 ERA, 12.2 IP, 8 H, 3 BB, 20 K
MID RHP Justin De Fratus, PHI (2010): 0.00 ERA, 7 IP, 3 H, 3 BB, 11 K
LR RHP T.J. Beam, NYY (2005): 1.53 ERA, 17.2 IP, 16 H, 2 BB, 20 K