1. Alex Gordon KC 2. Brandon Jones Atl 3. Anthony Swarzak Min 4. Brandon Magee Tor 5. Brad Snyder Cle 6. Yuslan Herrera Pit 7. Joaquin Arias Tx 8. Tyler Clippard Nya 9. Scott Lewis Cle 10. Steve Hammond Mil
Draft Eligible College Players Corey Brown OSU Brad Emaus Tulane Josh Horton UNC David Kopp Clemson
1. Matt Sulentic Oak 2. Eric Campbell Atl 3. Tony Abreu LAD 4. Young-Il Jung LAA 5. Yunel Escobar Atl 6. Jon Jay StL 7. Kevin Mulvey NYn 8. Josh Outman Phi 9. Matt Gamel Mil 10. Chris Davis Tx
Draft Eligible College PLayers Andrew Brackman NCSt Brad Meyers Loyala MM
1. Andrew McCutchen - Pit 2. Ryan Braun - Mil 3. Jay Bruce - Cin 4. Andrew Miller - Det 5. Travis - Snider - Tor 6. Colton Wilems - Was 7. Chris Parmelee - Min 8. Chris Marerro - Was 9. John Drennan - Cle 10. Elijah Dukes - TB
Draft Eligible College: Pedro Alvarez - Vandy Aaron Shafer - Wichita St Matt Mangini - Oklahoma St
Draft Eligible HS: Rick Porcello Matt Harvey Jason Heyward Matt Dominguez Jack McGeary Michael Main Kentrail Davis
(1) Brandon Wood (SS) Sickles: A BA: #1 for ANA (2) Tim Lincecum (SP) Sickles: A- BA: #1 for SF (3) Chris Young (CF) Sickles: A- BA: #2 for ARZ (4) Eric Hurley (SP) Sickles: A- BA: #1 for TEX (after Danks trade) (5) Adam Miller (SP) Sickles: A- BA: #1 for CLE (6) Billy Rowlell ("3b") Sickels B+ BA: #1 for BAL (7) Mike Pelfrey (SP) Sickles: A- BA: #1 for NYM (8) Luke Hochevar (SP) Sickles: A- BA: #2 for KC (9) Hunter Pence (OF) Sickles: A- BA: #1 for HOU (10) Max Scherzer (SP) Sickles: B+ Unsigned
1 David Price Vanderbilt 2 Brad Lincoln Pittsburgh 3 Erik Aybar LA Angels 4 Trevor Crowe Cleveland 5 Tyler Colvin Chicago Cubs 6 Neil Walker Pittsburgh 7 Ricky Romero Toronto 8 Javier Herrera Oakland 9 Gorkys Hernandez Detroit 10 Alex White North Carolina
Traded this off season: Lincecum Sfo #1, Ellsbury Bos #1, Fields Cha #1, C Young Arz #2
Graduated to majors: Cain, Papelbon, Ethier, Sowers
A decent list that was top notch before trades and promotions
1 Andy Laroche LA Dodgers 2 Travis Buck Oakland 3 Lars Anderson Boston 4 Daniel Bard Boston 5 Jeff Samardzija Chicago Cubs 6 Greg Reynolds Colorado 7 Kory Casto Washington 8 Joe Savery Rice 9 Michael Bourn Philadelphia 10 Kyle McCullough Chicago White Sox
graduated to majors: C Hamels, J Lestor, M Murton, C Quentin, An Reyes, A Sanchez
What the heck, I might as well get in on this nonsense too. I'll go ahead and separate my draft eligibles from the rest of the list, mostly as an excuse to list more players.
Draft eligibles 1) Matt Wieters (Georgia Tech) 2) Josh Vitters (HS) 3) Justin Jackson (HS) 4) Ross Detwiler (Missouri State) 5) Neil Ramirez (HS) 6) James Simmons (UC Riverside)
It's a nice group, but certainly could have been better if not for a few mistakes. I should also mention that the Surprise roster includes 9 other rookies and 5 2nd year players. On the other hand, it only includes 5 players from last year's championship team and 2 of those were retained on Cs. When we tear it down, we really tear it down...
Okay midseason update time. For the Ft Worth minor leagues it has been a mixture of success and failure. Players expected to shine (Sulentic and Campbell) have failed; and unexpected surprises (Davis, Carter, Outman).
Ft Worth Bulldoggers
1. Matt Sulentic Oak failed to hit in A ball and got demoted to short season 2. Eric Campbell Atl has had a horrible season hitting .212 at halfway point 3. Tony Abreu LAD promoted to majors and hit well, but no walks 4. Young-Il Jung LAA been on DL all year 5. Yunel Escobar Atl promoted to majors and hit well as utility man 6. Jon Jay StL hitting .279 with .773 ops in 3 stops 7. Kevin Mulvey NYn 3.40 era at double A 8. Josh Outman Phi 2.52 era in pitcher friendly FSL 9. Matt Gamel Mil after slow start got hot, hitting .307 with .839 ops in FSL 10. Chris Davis Tx crushing ball .314avg, .951 ops at A ball, K's a lot
Draft Eligible College PLayers Andrew Brackman NCSt 1st rd pick of yankees, not yet signed Brad Meyers Loyala MM 5th rd pick Washington, signed
Honerable mention- Chris Carter, ChiSox, .299 avg, .946 ops, class A ball
Midseason update for Houston. They graduated the number 1 prospect, but the rest of the system has been a mixed bag of results.
Houston Texans
1. Alex Gordon KC starting 3b for KC, slow start, much better lately 2. Brandon Jones Atl .292 avg, .860 ops at double A, continues to progress 3. Anthony Swarzak Min returned from long discpline suspension, inconsistent 4. Brandon Magee Tor 3.92 era in FSL 5. Brad Snyder Cle disappointing return to AAA, .256avg, .791 ops 6. Yuslan Herrera Pit disappointing start, a little better lately, 5.11 era at AA 7. Joaquin Arias Tx been hurt most of year 8. Tyler Clippard Nya put up good numbers at AAA, struggled in 6 ML starts 9. Scott Lewis Cle 3.92 era at AA 10. Steve Hammond Mil 5.36 era at AA
Draft Eligible College Players Corey Brown OSU 1st rd supplemental pick OAK signed Brad Emaus Tulane 11th rd pick Tor signed Josh Horton UNC 2nd rd pick OAK signed David Kopp Clemson 2nd rd pick StL. signed
honorable mentions- Jamie D'Antona .324 avg and .921 ops at AAA and Dallas Trahern 3.46 era at AA.
