Series Preview vs. Erie Sea Wolves

Erie Sea Wolves, the Southern Division leader with a 4-0 record, come to town tonight for 3 games.

The Sea Wolves hottest hitter is Jeff Frazier who was 9-for-13 with one homer and a team-leading six RBIs in four games.

Weather for this series (as of Monday morning)Weather Underground
Mon & Tues. overcast and cloudy highs in the 50’s
Wednesday, there is a chance of rain high near 60.

Scheduled Starting Pitchers:
Monday, April 7 vs. Erie 6:05pm RH Marco Estrada vs. LH Danny Christensen
Tuesday, April 8 vs. Erie 6:05pm RH Ismael Ramirez vs. RH Josh Rainwater
Wednesday, April 9 vs. Erie 12:05pm RH Bobby Brownlie vs. LH Jon Connolly

Top Prospects for Erie:

According to John Sickles (John Sickles Grading System)
Danny Worth, SS, Grade B-
Diek Scram, OF, Grade C+
Brett Jensen, RHP, Grade C
Will Rhymes C
Danny Zell C

According to Baseball America (BA)
Danny Worth (8)
Wilkin Rameriz (14)
Freddy Guzman (15)
Best Baserunner: Freddy Guzman
Best Defensive Catcher: Dusty Ryan
Best Defensive Infielder: Danny Worth
Best Infield Arm: Kody Kirkland

My List of Players to watch
This is something new I decided to start after I had several people asking me about what prospects I liked on Akron’s team. When preparing to photograph a team I review the roster using John Sickles (JS) and Baseball America’s (BA) prospect rankings and I take that a step further and note the players I want to photograph. Basically it’s for various reasons age, recent hot streak, or simply because I think they have major league potential. Here is my list of players to watch on Erie (this is in addition to the players listed by BA and JS).

LHP - Lucas French
RHP – Josh Rainwater
3B – Maxwell Leon
OF - Jeff Frazier

Top Prospects for Harrisburg
(these have not changed from opening day)

OF - Justin Maxwell – BA (8) – JS (B)
SS – Ian Desmond – BA (14) – JS (C+)
P – Shairon Martis – BA (18) – JS (C+)
OF – Mike Daniel – BA (23)
OF – Roger Bernadina – BA (29)
1B – Andrew LeFave