Jose Betances, who signed for $300K on Sunday, made his debut yesterday and allowed a run on a balk, hit 2 batters, and walked 1 in the 6th inning of the Orange team's game against a combined Brewers/Indians team. He can play immediately because he was eligible to sign last year.
Francisco Villegas has made 2 appearances apiece with Greeneville and the GCL, and here are his numbers: 3-0, 1 save, 0.61 ERA, 14.2 IP, 6 H, ER, 15 K, 0.41 WHIP, .122 opponent average
Jake Rogers just homered for Buies Creek. It's a 2-run homer and his 12th of the season (6 with Buies Creek, 6 with Quad Cities).
Seems like we produce IFA's outta no where. Trade Guzman and Abreu for McCann? No problem, next man up!
Jairo Solis is headed to the US. He's a RHP from Venezuela who signed for $450,000 last July 2. Here's what he did for the DSL Orange team prior to his promotion to the GCL: 6 appearances (4 starts), 1-1, 2.73 ERA, 26.1 IP, 20 H (2 HR allowed), 12 R (8 ER), 8 BB, 28 K, 1.06 WHIP, .220 opponent average
My midseason Top 30 prospects... (This list only includes players who have spent all of 2017 in the minors. Players who signed on July 2 this year, like Heitor Tokar, are also excluded.) 1. Kyle Tucker 2. Forrest Whitley 3. Franklin Perez 4. Yordan Alvarez 5. J.B. Bukauskas 6. Hector Perez 7. Rogelio Armenteros 8. J.D. Davis 9. Jake Rogers 10. Jorge Alcala 11. Freudis Nova 12. Jason Martin 13. Brett Adcock 14. Yoanys Quiala 15. Colin Moran 16. Gilberto Celestino 17. Framber Valdez 18. Garrett Stubbs 19. A.J. Reed 20. Cionel Perez 21. Jon Kemmer 22. Myles Straw 23. Daz Cameron 24. Tony Kemp 25. Kyle Smith 26. Abraham Toro 27. Patrick Sandoval 28. Nick Hernandez 29. Jairo Solis 30. Cristian Javier Next 10, in no particular order Carmen Benedetti Elian Rodriguez Marcos Almonte Enoli Paredes (would've been in the top 30 had he been healthy) Deury Carrasco Angel Macuare César Rosado Francisco Villegas Teoscar Hernandez (probably #31; not doing terribly, just a pedestrian year) Andrew Thome (UDFA from North Dakota in 2015, groundball machine who was just promoted to Fresno) Jonathan Arauz
Fisher plates 2 with an oppo double to the gap. eta: hardest hit ball of the game so far, 108.7 off the bat.
One of the guys in the booth described Tucker as a "younger, skinnier Cody Bellinger". Then he got jammed a bit and hit a fly out to the warning track in RCF.
Tucker and Fisher out, Alvarez in. Alvarez walks on 5 pitches in his first PA, shows some decent wheels going 1st to 3rd on a single, and gets stranded. I know he's young, but he's smaller than I expected. Speaking of, damn Kyle Tucker is thin. "Wirey" would be a better way of putting it I guess.
Nice list. Nit picking here, but Fisher should be excluded as well since he played at the ML level this year, correct?
Alvarez ropes a single to CF off LHP AJ Puk to plate a run in the 9th, advanced to 2B on an error by the CF, and scores on a single. 7-6 US final.
