The Z-meter tracks the story arcs of 25 top prospects (or players we just like) on their way to the bigs. It is named after current Washington Nationals star Ryan Zimmerman, who made the transition from anchoring the University of Virginia to starring in MLB in one year. Promoted: Jordan Zimmermann: Syracuse Chiefs (AAA) to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Louisville Bats’
23 Jun
Vote for Your AAA All-Stars!
Do you attend a lot of triple-A games? Can you keep track of the players as they yo-yo from the majors to the Bus Leagues? Do you just like putting dots inside of circles? Then this is for you: Vote for the Triple-A All Star Team Because of all of the call-ups, AAA doesn’t figure [...]
27 May
I’m Happy…No, I’m Sad…No, I’m Happy…No, I’m –
In two weeks, I was planning to make the two hour trip down to Pawtucket, Rhode Island, to see the Red Sox take on the Louisville Bats. Though I’m a Red Sox fan and would welcome the chance to see youngsters like Clay Buchholz and Justin Masterson for a far more reasonable price than a [...]
23 May
Jay Bruce is The Deal
The internet is a fickle place. As of this posting, our request for a new nickname for superstud Jay Bruce has been our most popular entry to date, snagging over 3,000 views. Of those, the post garnered 42 comments (at least eight of those came from me or OMDQ) and about 12 proposed nicknames. We [...]
18 Apr
Spotlight on AAA Ball – 4/17/2008
The International League is celebrating 125 years of baseball this season. The 2008 class of the IL Hall of Fame will be the first to receive a statuette called “Curtain Call”, meant to honor the contributions made by HOF-worthy players. I think it’s kind of cool – like the baseball version of an Oscar. [MiLB.com] [...]
4 Mar
Is Jay Bruce Gonna Go Bats To Start The Season?
Last fall, Eric and I spent some time on here talking up Jay Bruce, the 20-year-old Cincinnati Reds prospect who lit up three minor league levels in 2007 (26 homeruns, 89 runs batted in, .319 batting average, .962 OPS, 46 doubles in 133 games). In the early stages of spring training this year, Bruce seemed to [...]
8 Oct
Jay Bruce on Video
OMDQ and I have been talking a lot about Jay Bruce recently, because he has been anointed as the best Bus Leaguer around by a couple of influential publications. I thought I’d hit YouTube and find the Zapruder film on the guy before he blows up in Cincy next year. First, here he is a [...]
2 Oct
From Minor to Major
On my other blog I have been tracking rookie hitters all season long, and I finally got a chance to do my statistical analysis. Since most of these guys spent at least part of this season in the minors, it’s fair game. NAME TEAM G AB R HITS 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO [...]
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