2008 Eastern League Preview by MiLB.com

MiLB.com posted their 2008 Eastern League Preview.

Eastern League Preview
Harrisburg Senators2007 Results: 55-86 2008 Manager: John StearnsThings to look forward to: Southpaw Ross Detwiler will begin his first full pro season with Harrisburg. The sixth overall pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft has three potential plus pitches, including a lively fastball that reaches the upper 90s. ... Justin Maxwell had the brains for Harvard, but he went to Maryland and pursued a baseball career instead. The athletic center fielder projects as a Mike Cameron-type player with a blend of speed, power and defense. ... Manager John Stearns returns to central Pennsylvania after spending 2007 with Triple-A Columbus. The second overall pick in the 1973 draft and former defensive back at the University of Colorado was the Senators' manager in 2006.

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7. Justin Maxwell, OFHarrisburg Senators (Nationals)
Maxwell made a huge splash in his Major League debut: his first big-league hit was a pinch-hit grand slam against the Florida Marlins. The Nationals' 2007 Minor League Player of the Year will head to Double-A Harrisburg to start his 2008 campaign, which will, believe it or not, mark his Minor League debut above the Class A level -- the Nats called him up straight from Class A Advanced Potomac. The Montgomery County, Md. product is a local boy drafted in the 2005 Draft's fourth round whose preternatural poise should serve him well when he comes up for good. The only player in the Minors to combine for 25 doubles, 25 homers and 25 steals (at Class A Hagerstown and Class A Advanced Potomac), the 24-year-old Maxwell could be back in the Majors at any time.