Around the Minors: Opening Day
By Marc Hulet
The young stars of tomorrow are back. A few days after the Major League Baseball season got underway, the Minor League Baseball season was back in full swing as each team's top prospects took to the field. Let's have a look at how some of the top prospects began their seasons.
Arizona Diamondbacks
Daniel Schlereth: 1.0 IP, walk, strikeout, save
Atlanta Braves
Tommy Hanson: 4.1 IP, three hits, zero runs, two walks, 10 strikeouts
Jason Heyward: 1 for 4, strikeout
Baltimore Orioles
Matt Wieters: 0 for 3
Boston Red Sox
Lars Anderson: 1 for 4
Chicago Cubs
Josh Vitters: 0 for 3, run
Chicago White Sox
Gordon Beckham: 4 for 6, double, three runs, RBI
Dayan Viciedo: 1 for 5, RBI, three strikeouts
Cincinnati Reds
Yonder Alonso: 1 for 3, homer, three runs, two walks, strikeout
Cleveland Indians
Carlos Santana: 0 for 3, walk, two strikeouts
Matt LaPorta: 3 for 5, two doubles, homer, two RBI, three runs
Florida Marlins
Michael Stanton: 0 for 4, two strikeouts
Logan Morrison: 2 for 4, triple, homer, two runs, three RBI, walk, strikeout
Houston Astros
Jason Castro: 1 for 5, double, strikeout
Kansas City Royals
Eric Hosmer: 1 for 4, RBI, strikeout, caught stealing
Mike Moustakas: 0 for 4, walk, strikeout
Los Angeles Dodgers
Andrew Lambo: 2 for 6, strikeout
Milwaukee Brewers
Mat Gamel: 2 for 4, double, homer, two RBI, walk, strikeout
Brett Lawrie: 0 for 4, run
Minnesota Twins
Ben Revere: 0 for 4, strikeout
New York Mets
Wilmer Flores: 0 for 3, RBI, two strikeouts
New York Yankees
Jesus Montero: 0 for 4, walk, strikeout
Oakland Athletics
Adrian Cardenas: 0 for 4, three strikeouts
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pedro Alvarez: 3 for 4, double, home run, 4 RBI
St. Louis Cardinals
Brett Wallace 4 for 5, four runs, two homers, six RBI
San Diego Padres
Kyle Blanks 0 for 5, strikeout
San Francisco Giants
Buster Posey 0 for 5, RBI, strikeout
Seattle Mariners
Greg Halman 0 for 4, two strikeouts
Tampa Bay Rays
Tim Beckham 2 for 5, homer, three RBI
Texas Rangers
Justin Smoak 2 for 5
Toronto Blue Jays
J.P. Arencibia 2 for 5, double, two RBI
Washington Nationals
Jordan Zimmermann 5.1 IP, 4 hits, three runs, walk, four strikeouts
What prospects are you most excited about this season?
Comments
As a ChiSox fan, I'm curious to see how long Gordon Beckham stays down in the minors, especially if Getz struggles and Ramirez's free swinging ways come back to bite him this year.
Posted by: Matt Mitchell at April 10, 2009 8:06 AM
How about Arrieta and Matusz? Not too shabby, I'd say.
Posted by: Chris at April 10, 2009 10:29 AM
I am a big Arrieta fan too.
Posted by: Marc at April 10, 2009 11:57 AM
Brett Wallace is a monster. Best prospect in baseball!!!!
Posted by: Jeff Chihlm at April 10, 2009 12:57 PM
If you can't get excited about Brett Wallace, you just can't get excited about anything. He's going to be a monster.
Posted by: Michael at April 13, 2009 7:27 AM