And for some good news from Florida

by Roberto on Sep 12, 2011 10:01 AM EDT

I'm sure Charlie will do a recap on the Bradenton season shortly, but a quick look at their season impressed me no end. We've already heard about Cabrera winning the batting title, but there's more. A batting champ can have an "empty" average, but Cabrera's wasn't. If you look at the wOBA rankings Santos was 4th, Grossman was 5th, Cabrera was 6th, and Gonzalez was 12th. Gonzalez had 36 doubles, Grossman had 34, Cabrera had 25, and Santos had 22. These would seem to promise real power down the road. And of course there's Jarek Cunningham, who hit 15 home runs in 310 at bats.

But for me the real news was pitching. In addition to solid performances by Lorin and Baker, the graduates were very impressive: Irwin, Inman, Welker, Cox, and McPherson. Of course McPherson was the most impressive, moving from A+ to AA and turning in a very strong performance at both levels.

All the news from Florida wasn't bad.

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Good positive Post Roberto

Well done.

by pineapplepete on Sep 12, 2011 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

nice post..age for some guys a concern

while i agree that the Bradenton team was just awesome even after losing Aaron baker, I do have some caution concerning older and college drafted players like Santos ,Lorin, Inman, Welker, Baker and others. Grossman, Cunningham, Gonzalez, and Cabrera are right on point , but i also see that Bradenton is kind of known as a more favorable hitters park around the league. Santos to me is very underrated and looks to be like a Josh Harrison type player. Pitchers like Lorin , Irwin, Welker , Baker and Inman were a little old and experienced for A+ ball so a full season of AA should give us a better indication. I like Lorin going forward as a possible backend starter and think Irwin might sneak into that conversation as well. All in all, a very fun team to watch develop!

by patient pirate on Sep 12, 2011 6:55 PM EDT reply actions

Hitters park

WTM had an article at P2 about this. Its a hitters park compared to the rest of the FSL, but that’s really all we know. I wouldn’t write off the hitters because of the park, they hit in the worst hitters league in all of the majors.

by Wizard of Woz on Sep 14, 2011 3:55 PM EDT up reply actions