Series Preview 5/1-5/3 Harrisburg vs. Reading

Harrisburg (2-15) enters this series 13 games out of first in the EL South. Reading comes to town with a 12-5 record and is in 2nd place in the EL South.

Catcher, Carlos Ruiz is on MLB rehab assignment for the Reading Phillies.

Harrisburg received utility player, Freddie Bynum, from Triple-A Syracuse. I’m guessing he will see most of his playing time at SS. Hopefully he can add a spark to help jumpstart the team.

PROBABLE STARTERS:
5/1/09 Luis Atilano (R) vs. Reading, Antonio Bastardo (L)
5/2/09 Adrian Alaniz (R) vs. Reading, Tyson Brummett (R)
5/3/09 Justin Jones (L) vs. Reading, Joe Savery (L)

Weather Forecast:


Rosters:
Harrisburg / Reading

Top Prospects:
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

Reading Top Prospects:
OF: Michael Taylor 6(BA) / B(JS)
LHP: Antonio Bastardo 11(BA) / C+(JS)
RHP: Vance Worley 16 (BA) / C+(JS)
RHP: Edgar Garcia 19 (BA) / C(JS)
LHP: Joe Savery 20(BA)
OF: Quintin Berry 25(BA) / C (JS)
RHP: Pat Overholt 26 (BA)
LHP: Sergio Escalona 27(BA) / C (JS)
RHP: Michael Stutes C+(JS)
2B: Brad Harman C(JS)

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: Adrian Alaniz, Adam Carr, Justin Jones, Josh Wilkie, and Zech Zinicola.

Hitting prospects to watch: OF: Edgardo Baez and C: Jhonatan Solano.