Series Preview Harrisburg vs. Akron 4/20-4/22

Harrisburg (2-7) hopes to get on track with a very good Akron (8-2) team coming to town. Their roster is comprised of a handful of highly touted prospects (Santana, Weglars, Mills, Rivero and Rondon) and a bunch of mid-level prospect.

Sorry for the delay in posting this. I had it ready on Friday and thought I had scheduled it to automatically post yesterday but I didn't.

PROBABLE STARTERS:
4/20/09 Rained Out rescheduled as a doubleheader on July 5th.
4/21/09 Rained Out scheduled for doubleheader on 4/22 starting at 10:30 AM
4/22/09 TBD

Weather Forecast:


Top Prospects:
Prospect wise, nothing has changed since these teams faced-off last week. Below are both Baseball America (BA) and John Sickels (JS) list of prospects for each team. If necessary, I will also offer notes on players to watch. For more information on John’s grading system visit here

Akron Top Prospects:
C: Carlos Santana 1(BA) / B+(JS)
OF: Nick Weglars 3(BA) / B-(JS)
1B: Beau Mills 5(BA) / B(JS)
SS: Carlos Rivero 11(BA) / B-(JS)
RHP: Hector Rondon 13(BA) / B(JS)
RHP: Josh Tomlin 28(BA) / C(JS)
LHP: Chuck Lofgren C(JS)
RHP: Neil Wagner C(JS)
RHP: Steven Wright C(JS)
3B: Jared Goedert C(JS)
OF: John Drennen C(JS)
Other prospects of note: RHP Carlton Smith

Senators Top Prospects:
LHP: Ross Detwiler 2(BA) / B-(JS)
OF: Leonard Davis 16(BA) / C(JS)
1B: Bill Rhinehart 17(BA)
SS: Ian Desmond 19(BA) / C(JS)
RHP: Luis Atilano 27(BA)
LHP: Cory Van Allen 28(BA)
OF: Marvin Lowrance C+(JS)
OF: Mike Daniel C(JS)
LHP: Yunior Novoa C(JS)

Other pitching prospects to watch: Adam Carr, Justin Jones, Josh Wilkie, and Zech Zinicola.
Hitting prospects to watch: OF: Edgardo Baez and C: Jhonatan Solano.