2013 PORTS IN A’S CAMP

Posted on March 4, 2014 by | Comments Off on 2013 PORTS IN A’S CAMP

StocktonThe  Oakland  A’s have two players in camp this spring that played in Stockton last season. One is obviously uber-prospect Addison Russell, while the other is C Bruce Maxwell. The Ports have a story up on their page about these two.

Russell is all over the hot-prospects lists and he dazzled at Stockton last year after making the jump from three 2012 stops at Rookie, Short Season and loA ball. The 6′ 0″, 190-lb Florida native got off for 17 homers and 60 RBI’s while posting a line of .275/.377/.508. Russell improved dramatically in the second half of the Cal League season and got into three games at AAA Sacramento.

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ASTROS #5 PROSPECT MCCULLERS INTERVIEW ON MiLB.COM

Posted on March 1, 2014 by | Comments Off on ASTROS #5 PROSPECT MCCULLERS INTERVIEW ON MiLB.COM

AstrosThe Houston Astros, while suffering through some bad years at the major league level, have loaded up their minor league system recently and are seeing results all over the map. Keith Law of ESPN.com put the Astros’ farm system at the top of the MLB heap in his rankings at the end of January.

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MiLB.COM’S X-FACTORS: CAL LEAGUE IS HIGH OCTANE

Posted on February 14, 2014 by | Comments Off on MiLB.COM’S X-FACTORS: CAL LEAGUE IS HIGH OCTANE

Cal LeagueCal League fans know this well, but MiLB.com’s Ashley Marshall quantified the park factors for the Advanced A-ball parks (Carolina League, Cal League, Florida State League) and, guess what…? The ball flies out in California.

The three Advanced A-level leagues play quite differently, with the Florida State League seeing the least offense in all of full-season minor league ball in the States. The Carolina League comes in right in the middle of that pack. But the California League….oh yeah.

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ASTROS SYSTEM RICH IN PROSPECTS

Posted on February 1, 2014 by | Comments Off on ASTROS SYSTEM RICH IN PROSPECTS

AstrosThe Houston Astros have famously switched to full-on rebuild mode, after languishing in the shadow of a 2005 World Series appearance. A star-studded team lost to the Chicago White Sox that year, and the club held on to some big names in the next few years, trying to get back to the Fall Classic, but ultimately a huge move was made.  Continue reading →

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