by George Utter on February 21, 2012
Jedidiah “Jed” Bradley, LHP Milwaukee Brewers
Born: 06/12/1990
Height: 6′ 4″ Weight: 225
After a successful career with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, left-handed pitcher Jed Bradley was taken with the 15th pick in the 2011 draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. The Huntsville, Alabama native signed for $2 million at the signing deadline, making him the top lefty in the Brewers organization. Ironically, the Brewers Double-A affiliate named the “Stars” are located in Hunstville. It’s safe to say that they should draw pretty well, possible as early as 2012, when Bradley pitches there.
Jed Bradley checked in #4 this past fall on our Milwaukee Brewers top 10 prospect list . As 2012 rolled in, he found himself at #206 on our Baseball Instinct 360° list, where we had this to say about him:
206°. Jed Bradley, LHP, Brewers, 6/12/1990 – A lefty out of Georgia Tech, he was the second of Milwaukee’s 2011 first round draft picks. We got a glimpse of him in The Arizona Fall League, but he wasn’t that impressive (1-0, 6.48 ERA , 8 SO, 8.1 IP) probably due to a mild groin injury in the Instructional League. He’ll make his real debut in 2012 with Single-A. The Brewers had no southpaws that thrilled in their farm system so Bradley moves to the top in that category. Jed has good control and throws in the low 90′s. He could move quickly. ETA 2014. [click to continue…]
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by George Utter on January 24, 2012
Welcome back to the 2011 draft “in-season” review. We started the series last fall, but took a break from it to present to you our top 10 lists and, of course, our Baseball Instinct 360° top prospects list for 2012. In this series we’re taking a look at players from the 2011 draft who signed and got into game play in 2011. We’ve separated the High School players from the College players and compiled which players had the best season statistically. This ranking if you will, isn’t based on tools or skill set, nor is it a projection into the career these players may have. It’s purely a spotlight on those players from the past draft that grabbed our eye statistically.
I love these types of articles. I get to get my stat geek on. I’ll take a look at a guy like Adam Eaton, OF Diamondbacks (2010 draft round 19 pick 571), who had a great 2010 debut, got on our radar like these players, we investigated him closer, and he followed up 2010 with a solid 2011 campaign. Or perhaps a kid like Brandon Drury, 3B Braves (2010 draft round 13 pick 404). He didn’t have a statistically impressive debut in the GCL, but in a short-supply class of high school players, coupled with the fact that he’s from my region in the Pacific Northwest, he made the “keep an eye on” list for me. As with Eaton, a fantastic 2011 campaign and now both players are on our top 360 list.
We jump back into things with a look at the First basemen. As with the other articles, there was no short supply of silky sweet statistical goodness from the college players, however, the high-school players were in short supply.
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by Mike Koepp on December 23, 2011
Norichika Aoki, OF Milwaukee Brewers – 青木 宣親
01/05/82, Miyazaki, Japan
Height:5′ 9″, Weight: 170
While the big news this week was The Yu Darvish Sweepstakes going to the Texas Rangers. The Milwaukee Brewers made a move to bolster their outfield in 2012.The Brewers will pay $2.5 million to the Yakult Swallows to negotiate with outfielder Norichika Aoki. Milwaukee has 30 days to settle on a contract with Aoki’s agents. So what does this 29 almost 30-year-old (Birthday January 5) bring to the table? [click to continue…]
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by George Utter on December 20, 2011
Really, this article should be sponsored by Sesame Street. No, not because of the maturity level of this writer. That’s for another discussion. As the past few days in baseball have have unfolded, I find myself drawn back to the letter “R” and my memories of eating graham crackers and drinking out of a sippy cup, glued to those puppets on TV discussing the sounds of the letter of the day. But that was last week – We want to discuss the sounds that the letter “R” is making around baseball Right now! [click to continue…]
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