Friday, April 10, 2009

Rosters Analyzed by Baseball Amercia

Baseball America has “analyzed the rosters of every full-season minor league team, with an eye on which players’ assignments surprised and who is missing from the rosters. Click the team name for the team’s roster.”

Below is the information on the Nationals affiliates:
TRIPLE-A SYRACUSE: RHP Jordan Zimmermann earned the No. 5 starting job for the Nationals, but fans in the team’s new Triple-A outpost in Syracuse will get to see him until Washington needs a fifth starter on April 19.
DOUBLE-A HARRISBURG: LHP Cory VanAllen and RHP Zech Zinicola return to try to master the Eastern League, while LHP Ross Detwiler gets his first crack. SS Ian Desmond is also back, but reports of his strong spring suggest he might not be there for long.
HIGH CLASS A POTOMAC: The P-Nats could have an elite power-hitting duo in OF Michael Burgess and 1B Chris Marrero, who returns to the Carolina League for the third year in a row. He was starting to master the league last summer before breaking his fibula and tearing ankle ligaments in June. The top two college products from the 2008 draft—SS Danny Espinosa and LHP Will Atwood—jump short-season Vermont to Potomac.
LOW CLASS A HAGERSTOWN: LHP Jack McGeary has put his Stanford education on hold to focus on baseball full-time, instead of joining the organization after spring classes ended. His catcher will be Derek Norris, an advanced offensive player looking to improve behind the plate.
EXTENDED SPRING/NOTABLE INJURIES: Three of Washington’s top prospects—C Adrian Nieto and OFs Destin Hood and J.P Ramirez—were 2008 high school draftees, and the Nationals chose not to push any of them to start their first full season.

BA is also tracking the Nationals affiliates scores, rosters and stats here: http://www.baseballamerica.com/statistics/affiliations/

Baseball America's Complete Roster Analysis of every minor league affiliate:
NL East: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3095
NL Central: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3088
NL West: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3099

AL East: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3090
AL Central: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3086
AL West: http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=3093





1 comment:

Anonymous said...

GREAT information and website links, Will...thanks!

Jane