Gary Brown, OF San Francisco Giants
9/28/1988
Height: 6’1″ Weight: 190
Gary Brown was a first round pick in the 2010 MLB Draft as the Giants selected him 24th overall out of Cal State Fullerton. That draft was when we first mentioned Brown on this site; our own Thomas Belmont reviewed the first round of the draft pick-by-pick. Here’s what he said about the Brown pick: [click to continue…]
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Grant Green, OF Oakland Athletics
9/27/1987
Height: 6’3″ Weight: 180
With the recent release of Bennett Miller’s MONEYBALL, it’s only right that we feature a top Oakland A’s prospect. Unfortunately, being at the top of the Oakland farm system isn’t much to brag about right now; it’s become a bit barren. After being drafted with the 13th overall pick in the 2009 MLB Draft, Grant Green was supposed to come in and help restock that system. However, it hasn’t gone that smoothly. This has been a relatively rough year for Green, who was just moved to centerfield from shortstop. But we’ll get to that later.
We had Green at #73 in our Top 100 MLB Prospects list. Here’s what we said: [click to continue…]
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Dayan Viciedo, OF Chicago White Sox
3/10/1989
Height: 5’11″ Weight: 240
I‘m not trying to make it a theme but it seems I’m writing about another Cuban defector. Last time out it was the Rangers’ Leonys Martin, in case you’ve forgotten. Today’s ex-Cuban signed a major league contract with the Chicago White Sox in 2008 for $10 million. He was in our Top List in 2009 and 2010 but for some reason, Viciedo has never made our Top 100 list this season, but that could be remedied for 2012. We did write a little about Viciedo when he made the Futures Game this year: [click to continue…]
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Leonys Martin, OF, Texas Rangers
3/6/1988
Height: 6’1″ Weight: 180
Leonys Martin defected from Cuba and was introduced to capitalism by way of a five-year, $15.5 million contract with the Rangers. Already 23, Martin is of an advanced age for a prospect but he’s also very advanced in his skills. The Rangers let him get his feet wet in Rookie ball before sending him to AA for his first extended taste of American professional baseball. Martin dominated the Texas League to the tune of a 1.007 OPS and .423 wOBA in 112 at-bats before the Rangers moved him up to AAA. Martin did not have as easy of a time with the Pacific Coast League, where he compiled a .630 OPS and .297 wOBA. Still, the Rangers have called him up to Texas to finish out the year. I’ll look at Martin’s bat and glove after the jump. [click to continue…]
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