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AA Hitter Stats Through 8/18/08

Written by Jason Revelia, RotoExperts.com Staff Writer

If you're asking yourself why you need to know about or read up on the minor leagues, then there is a good chance you missed out on guys like Ryan Braun and Fausto Carmona last year, which probably cost you a title. The Minor League Review will focus on most of the top talent in the minor leagues and what they have done over the past week. This is great to let you see how the studs everyone else already knows about are doing...but we are going to take it even a step further and dig a little deeper in our "Diamond in the Rough" section. Here you will also see guys that may not be on everyone's Top Prospect List, but should be. We will look at players that are hot and cold, those that you should know about and those you need to know about and why. I know a lot of guys in ten or twelve team leagues with shallow benches that don't worry about minor league players. That is why guys like you and me will always kick their ass in Fantasy Baseball. So let's go take a look at the building blocks of future Fantasy Championship Teams.

Diamond in the Rough

7/24/2008

New Hamshire Fisher Cats

C J.P. Arencibia 22, (R), New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto Blue Jays)

There is nothing better in fantasy baseball than having catcher on your team that is a fantasy stud, not a fantasy dud. You know what I'm talking about; having a catcher that actually helps your team. One you can pencil in your lineup week after week, without the need to check waivers each week to see who is hot. I believe this is going to be one of those guys you can set and forget.

J.P. Arencibia is the 2007 21st overall draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays. "How can he be a 'Diamond it the Rough' when he was drafted so high?" you ask. The answer is pretty simple. I call a guy a "Diamond in the Rough" when I see he has a chance to be a special fantasy player and I don't hear or read much about him. I also play in some very deep keeper leagues with minor league slots, so I take into account whether or not he is on a roster. Almost all of the guys I write about are not rostered at that time. Now, that we have that settled, back to the fantasy prospect.

J.P. Arencibia played three years at the University of Tennessee, I must be growing as a person I'm not even holding that against him. In 2005 he won the SEC Freshman of the Year Award. He made the SEC All-Conference team as a sophomore and second-team All-SEC as a junior. He finished his college career with a .333 BA, .413 OBP, and a .552 SLG.

Arencibia was on the USA college national team twice and in his first year tied Matt LaPorta and Shane Robinson for the RBI lead with 12. In his second stint he led the team with 9 HR and was second with 37 RBI.

There is no doubt that this kid can hit for power and he has done just that in his first full season. He is hitting for a nice .310 BA with 27 2B, 21 HR, and 83 RBI in between advance-A and double-A. Those are very nice numbers for a catcher. One thing that is a little worrisome for his future is the lack of walks; 11 BB in 365 single-A ABs and zero in 117 double-A ABs. With the power he has I am willing to look past that flaw for now. If it starts to hurt his average as he goes up then I will get concerned.

Arencibia has a good shot to get called up this year. Toronto's catching situation is not getting any younger; Greg Zaun and Rod Barajas, enough said? If not this year. I can say without a doubt, with a good spring, 2009 should be his year.

2007 NYP (21)
.254 BA 228 AB 31 R 58 H 17 2B 1 3B 3 HR 25 RBI 14 BB 56 SO 0 SB 0 CS .309 OBP.377 SLG .686 OPS

2008 A+ and AA (22)

.310 BA 365 AB 50 R 113 H 27 2B 0 3B 21 HR 83 RBI 11 BB 73 SO 0 SB 0 CS .329 OBP.556 SLG .885 OPS

Graduates of the Double-A Minor League Review

Chris Davis 1B TEX, Jesus Guzman 2B OAK, Jeff Corsaletti OF BOS, John Jaso C TB, Roger Bernadina OF WAS, Max Ramirez C TEX, Dan Murphy 3B NYM, Trevor Crowe OF CLE, Luke Hughes 3B MIN, and Travis Snider OF TOR.

All of the hitters below are in AA and are sorted by age youngest to oldest. They are not ranked in any order according to talent or skill level. Stats are through 8/18/08

DOUBLE-A FANTASY PROSPECTS
Player	POS	TM	AGE	LVL	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
Fernando Martinez	OF	NYM	19.9	AA	.280	73	300	43	84	15	3	7	33	126	20	65	5	1	.328	.420	.748

Elvis Andrus	SS	TEX	20.0	AA	.287	104	418	69	120	15	2	4	56	151	33	83	48	15	.343	.361	.705

Jose Tabata	OF	PIT	20.0	AA	.359	9	39	7	14	1	1	1	5	20	2	7	3	0	.390	.513	.903
				AA	.248	79	294	40	73	9	0	3	36	91	26	49	10	2	.320	.310	.630

Adrian Cardenas	2B	OAK	20.9	AA	.310	12	42	3	13	1	0	0	4	14	5	3	0	1	.383	.333	.716
				A+	.299	83	335	55	100	12	6	5	33	139	29	56	17	0	.354	.415	.769

Lars Anderson	1B	BOS	20.9	AA	.356	28	90	22	32	9	0	5	23	56	18	29	0	0	.459	.622	1.081
				A+	.317	77	306	58	97	19	1	13	50	157	46	64	0	0	.408	.513	.921

Gerardo Parra	OF	ARI	21.3	AA	.252	61	222	27	56	5	6	3	24	82	20	29	14	6	.321	.369	.691
				A+	.301	50	196	26	59	8	4	2	19	81	23	31	12	4	.381	.413	.794

Ivan De Jesus	SS	LAD	21.3	AA	.315	117	422	77	133	21	2	5	53	173	68	75	14	2	.411	.410	.821

Cameron Maybin	OF	FLA	21.4	AA	.275	98	363	64	100	13	7	13	43	166	52	114	19	7	.368	.457	.825

Austin Jackson	OF	NYY	21.6	AA	.289	124	498	72	144	33	5	9	66	214	55	107	17	5	.360	.430	.789
Starting to heat up.
Sean Doolittle	1B	OAK	21.8	AA	.253	38	150	19	38	12	0	4	24	62	11	37	0	1	.302	.413	.716
				A+	.305	86	334	64	102	25	3	18	61	187	46	99	7	3	.385	.560	.945
Diamond in the Rough
Kyle Blanks	1B	SD	22.0	AA	.310	118	435	64	135	19	5	15	85	209	47	77	4	4	.391	.480	.872

Jordan Schafer	OF	ATL	22.0	AA	.269	71	260	38	70	17	4	9	46	122	41	78	9	5	.371	.469	.840

Pablo Sandoval	C	SF	22.0	AA	.337	44	175	29	59	13	0	8	37	96	8	20	0	1	.364	.549	.913
				A+	.359	68	273	61	98	25	2	12	59	163	23	39	2	1	.412	.597	1.009
				MLB	.417	3	12	0	5	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	.385	.417	.801
Has been called up.
Mike Carp	1B	NYM	22.2	AA	.295	121	437	63	129	24	1	17	69	206	68	81	1	2	.393	.471	.864
Diamond in the Rough
Lou Marson	C	PHI	22.2	AA	.319	92	317	55	101	18	0	5	46	134	65	69	3	3	.434	.423	.857

Angel Salome	C	MIL	22.2	AA	.367	89	335	60	123	29	2	11	80	189	28	53	3	2	.418	.564	.982

Matt Wieters	C	BAL	22.3	AA	.352	49	162	31	57	12	1	9	43	98	32	23	0	0	.452	.605	1.057
				A+	.345	69	229	48	79	8	0	15	40	132	44	47	1	2	.448	.576	1.024
The #1 Fantasy Prospect in my book. I guess he needs a bigger test.
Dexter Fowler	OF	COL	22.4	AA	.337	101	395	86	133	27	8	9	61	203	61	82	20	7	.430	.514	.944
Rockies are going to need to make room for him sooner or later.
Nick Evans	1B	NYM	22.6	AA	.311	75	296	52	92	18	7	14	53	166	26	64	2	1	.365	.561	.926
				MLB	.260	30	73	10	19	8	0	0	5	27	4	18	0	0	.291	.370	.661
Has been called up.
Player	POS	TM	AGE	LVL	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS

J.P. Arencibia	C	TOR	22.5	AA	.296	55	216	30	64	12	0	13	37	115	3	45	0	0	.305	.532	.837
				A+	.314	57	239	37	75	22	0	12	59	133	11	43	0	0	.344	.556	.900

Ian Desmond	SS	WAS	22.9	AA	.251	80	275	35	69	12	0	9	38	108	28	70	12	7	.324	.393	.716

Greg Golson	OF	PHI	22.9	AA	.284	96	387	58	110	16	4	12	55	170	28	123	22	4	.330	.439	.769

Brandon Hicks	SS	ATL	23.0	AA	.241	16	54	9	13	3	1	1	7	21	7	17	0	0	.333	.389	.722
				A+	.231	85	321	62	74	23	2	17	52	152	40	117	12	2	.326	.474	.800

Christopher Nelson	SS	COL	23.0	AA	.237	60	232	29	55	16	1	3	34	82	28	54	6	0	.318	.353	.672
				A+	.167	8	30	2	5	1	0	1	5	9	2	8	0	2	.219	.300	.519

Chris Valaika	SS	CIN	22.8	AA	.298	88	349	53	104	19	1	9	45	152	22	70	6	3	.343	.436	.779
				A+	.363	32	135	20	49	9	0	7	31	79	7	28	2	0	.393	.585	.978

Mat Gamel	3B	MIL	23.1	AA	.333	122	489	94	163	35	7	19	94	269	53	104	6	7	.399	.550	.949

Chris Coghlan	2B	FLA	23.2	AA	.304	119	444	77	135	31	5	7	67	197	58	60	29	10	.395	.444	.839

Eric Young, Jr.	2B	COL	23.3	AA	.295	92	346	65	102	21	4	3	28	140	54	73	41	16	.399	.405	.804

Chad Huffman	OF	SD	23.3	AA	.287	105	387	59	111	26	1	9	57	166	58	75	1	0	.384	.429	.813

Colin Curtis	OF	NYY	23.6	AA	.249	120	453	63	113	20	3	7	61	160	53	80	6	3	.328	.353	.681

Matt LaPorta	OF	CLE	23.6	AA	.293	113	420	65	123	30	1	9	58	182	62	79	1	1	.388	.433	.821

Lucas May	C	LAD	23.8	AA	.233	99	361	50	84	24	1	12	50	146	30	102	6	1	.299	.404	.703

Scott Campbell	2B	TOR	23.9	AA	.324	100	370	66	120	20	2	9	46	171	60	55	2	6	.419	.462	.882

Wes Hodges	3B	CLE	24.0	AA	.281	121	456	60	128	22	3	13	87	195	51	99	3	1	.351	.428	.779

Jason Donald	SS	PHI	24.0	AA	.308	86	338	53	104	18	4	14	54	172	41	78	10	2	.388	.509	.897

Player	POS	TM	AGE	LVL	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS

Mike Daniel	OF	WAS	24.0	AA	.261	122	449	57	117	11	2	14	54	174	50	113	17	10	.339	.388	.726

Daniel Carte	OF	COL	24.3	AA	.268	109	411	51	110	16	0	10	58	156	22	112	4	8	.313	.380	.693

Josh Raynor	OF	FLA	24.6	AA	.316	113	411	93	130	26	6	11	42	201	53	107	45	9	.399	.489	.888

Justin Maxwell	OF	WAS	24.8	AA	.233	43	146	35	34	6	3	7	28	67	31	28	13	4	.367	.459	.826
7-Day Disabled List
Steven Tolleson	2B	MIN	24.8	AA	.321	80	299	50	96	26	1	8	47	148	38	61	12	6	.399	.495	.894

Corey Wimberly	2B	COL	24.8	AA	.288	101	365	63	105	15	2	0	23	124	37	43	58	13	.364	.340	.704

Player	POS	TM	AGE	LVL	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS

Jason Revelia is addicted to minor league baseball and doesn't understand why everyone isn't. This isn't for baseball prospects- it's strictly fantasy prospects. If you don't see a player listed here you would like to keep tabs on this season- let him know who and why at revelia@rotoexperts.com.

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