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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

WATCH LIST UPDATE
It's been two weeks since I last did this, so here we go again. Each's player's stats as of last time (April 19) are also presented.

Erick Aybar
SS, AA Arkansas

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 82 24 6 1 0 2 8 293 341 390
Then 43 10 3 1 0 3 2 233 292 349
You see he's picked up the average, but the power is not there at all. He somehow lost a walk, which means I probably had a typo last time.

Alberto Callaspo
2B, AA Arkansas

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 97 30 3 0 1 10 6 309 370 371
Then 45 16 1 0 0 3 2 356 388 378
The walks are a nice addition, even though the batting average has come down to Earth. He's stroked a few more doubles in the last couple of weeks. As this is his second year at AA, continued improvement would be welcome.

Nick Gorneault
OF, AAA Salt Lake

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 73 23 6 1 1 7 16 315 370 466
Then 39 11 4 0 0 4 9 282 349 385
That's more like it, as Gorneault rediscovers his power, raising his isolated power to .151. Still, this is a guy that has to hit .300 to be of much worth.

Howie Kendrick
2B, A Rancho Cucamonga

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 111 46 7 2 8 7 19 414 459 730
Then 58 23 2 1 4 1 10 397 407 672
Um, I'm not going to complain about that.

Baltasar Lopez
1B, A Rancho Cucamonga

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 37 5 0 0 0 2 10 135 175 135
Then 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- ---
After having served the first two weeks of the season on a drug suspension, Baltasar is getting blown away right now.

Warner Madrigal
OF, A Cedar Rapids

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 77 17 2 0 4 1 24 221 231 403
Then 33 6 1 0 1 0 11 182 182 303
He's getting worked, and is working his way toward non-prospect status. But he has improved in the last two weeks, so don't give up yet.

Jeff Mathis
C, AAA Salt Lake

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 51 19 7 1 2 5 11 373 421 667
Then 27 11 6 1 2 5 6 407 500 926
The strong start continues, though his power and walks went away in the last couple of weeks. Still, he wasn't going to hit .400 forever; he aint' Howie Kendrick.

Mike Napoli
C/1B, AA Arkansas

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 70 20 8 0 1 20 21 286 452 443
Then 32 9 5 0 1 9 11 281 442 531
Can you believe all those walks? A little less power and he'd fit right in in the A's organization.

Sean Rodriguez
SS, A Cedar Rapids

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 86 19 4 1 1 11 14 221 316 326
Then 36 9 1 0 1 5 6 250 341 361
The hits aren't falling, and the walks won't be enough to make Brandon Wood hear footsteps if that continues.

Andrew Toussaint
2B, A Cedar Rapids

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 37 12 4 0 0 5 11 324 409 432
Then 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- ---
How would you feel if that start still kept you pretty much last on the organizational depth chart?

NEW ADDITION!
Reggie Willits
OF, AA Arkansas

He's been unexceptional but decent up until this year, but so far in 2005:
When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 99 38 9 3 0 12 12 384 451 535
He's also stolen 10 bases in 12 attempts; he has a good sense of the strike zone and is getting some doubles, as well. Keep your eyes open.

Brandon Wood
SS, A Rancho Cucamonga

When?  AB   H   2B   3B   HR   BB   SO   AVG  OBP  SLG
Now 106 35 5 2 10 7 27 330 368 698
Then 51 15 0 0 5 6 12 294 368 588
Someone's enjoying the Cal League. I love the new power, but I hate the strikeout-to-walk ratio. But this is easily the best Wood has played, hitters' league or no.

Steve Andrade
RP, AA New Hampshire (Blue Jays org)

When?   W   L   SV   G  GS    IP    H   HR   SO   BB   ERA
Now 0 1 0 6 0 7.7 2 0 11 2 1.17
Then 0 0 0 3 0 4.7 0 0 7 1 0.00
FREE STEVE ANDRADE!

Daniel Davidson
SP, AA Arkansas

When?   W   L   SV   G  GS    IP    H   HR   SO   BB   ERA
Now 3 1 0 5 5 25.3 37 2 18 7 3.91
Then 2 0 0 2 2 11.7 14 0 8 1 2.31
Some rockiness, but overall not bad.

Abel Moreno
Has not played.

Ervin Santana
SP, AA Arkansas

When?   W   L   SV   G  GS    IP    H   HR   SO   BB   ERA
Now 5 0 0 5 5 30.0 26 1 20 13 2.10
Then 2 0 0 2 2 13.0 8 0 5 5 0.69
The strikeouts and walks are improving, and though he's given up a few more runs, it's still well within the margin of good. Does a point come where Santana moves to AAA? He's young and you don't want to rush him, but if his ERA's still below 2.50 in a month, you have to wonder what more the Texas League will hold for him. But we get ahead of ourselves ...

Steve Shell
SP, AA Arkansas

When?   W   L   SV   G  GS    IP    H   HR   SO   BB   ERA
Now 1 2 0 5 5 27.7 29 4 21 10 4.88
Then 0 1 0 3 3 13.7 17 2 8 8 6.59
His last two starts, as you see, have been pretty good, as in 14 IP he's struck out 13 and only walked 2, while only allowing 12 hits and lowering his ERA by nearly two runs.

Von Stertzbach
RP, AA Arkansas

When?  W   L   SV   G  GS    IP    H   HR   SO   BB   ERA
Now 1 0 5 12 0 12.0 13 2 9 7 4.50
Then 1 0 3 6 0 7.3 8 1 4 3 4.91
He's allowed 5 unearned runs, as well. He doesn't seem to have done so much better in the last two weeks than in the two weeks before that.

Bob Zimmerman
RP, A Rancho Cucamonga

When?  W   L   SV   G  GS    IP    H   HR   SO   BB   ERA
Now 1 3 3 11 0 10.7 14 1 11 5 6.75
Then 1 2 1 5 0 4.7 8 1 8 3 11.57
Ah, relievers' ERA are fun in the beginning of the season! His last six innings are rather unremarkable.

ALSO: John Sickels breaks down some of our middle infield guys at Future Angels.

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