HOT SHEET
No. 1 TONY SANCHEZ, C PIRATES
Team: low Class A West Virginia (South Atlantic)
Age: 21
Why He's Here:
.500/.520/1.091 (11-for-22), 3 HR, 4 2B, 12 RBIs, 8 R, 2 BB, 3 SO, 1-for-1 SB
The Scoop:
With a series of trades since taking over as Pirates general manager,
Neal Huntington has dramatically retooled the makeup of Pittsburgh's
major league club and its farm system. But despite all the trades,
the franchise-record bonus given to Pedro Alvarez last year and the
seven-figure bonuses given to late-round draft picks like Robbie Grossman
and Zack Von Rosenberg, the Pirates' most intriguing new addition might be
Tony Sanchez.
While Sanchez ranked as the No. 32 prospect going into the 2009 draft,
the Pirates bucked consensus and took him fourth overall. Two months later,
the former Boston College catcher is hitting .358/.465/.613 in 27 games
with West Virginia with five home runs, 15 walks and 20 strikeouts.
For all of the Pirates' new additions, Sanchez is the player who could
make the Pirates look brilliant if he pans out.
No. 2 PEDRO ALVAREZ, 3B PIRATES
Team: Double-A Altoona (Eastern)
Age: 22
Why He's Here:
.481/.548/.593 (13-for-27), 3 2B, 4 RBIs, 5 R, 4 BB, 8 SO, 1-for-1 SB
The Scoop:
One of the problems with analyzing high-profile prospects is that everything
they do gets picked apart. When Alvarez (finally) signed, there were reports
that he was out of shape. Then he supposedly came into spring training
showing more dedication to his conditioning. Then he struck out at a high
clip and didn't get off to a great start with high Class A Lynchburg.
Well, now with nearly one full season under his belt, Alvarez through 43
Double-A games has an OPS pushing 1.000 with a .338/.410/.575 batting line
for Altoona. Sure he'll strike out a fair amount, but Alvarez's combination
of patience and power make him a dangerous hitter.
and NOT-SO HOT SHEET...
Brad Lincoln, rhp, Pirates: Lincoln's low-90s fastball and plus curveball
are back after he missed the 2007 season while recovering from Tommy John
surgery. But he's had a rocky time with Triple-A Indianapolis. Lincoln, 24,
saw his ERA rise to 5.80 this week after allowing seven runs in three innings.
He's a strike-thrower, but Lincoln has just three strikeouts combined in his
last three starts and just 22 punchouts in 40 1/3 Triple-A innings.
Daniel Moskos, lhp, Pirates: Few players have seen their stock plummet the way
Moskos has in just two years. Moskos was the No. 4 overall pick out of Clemson
in 2007, when several scouts preferred him to Maryland lefty Brett Cecil,
who went to the Blue Jays in the supplemental first round. But the reports
lately on Moskos, 22, have not been kind, and the results haven't been pretty
either. Pitching for Double-A Altoona, Moskos has a 4.11 ERA in 116 innings
with more walks (52) than strikeouts (50).
www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-hot-sheet/2009/268713.html
http://tinyurl.com/qv5o49
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