Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta
The Z-meter is our way of tracking the prospects we like. We keep track of stats for 25 players at a time, compiled from Baseball America, reader votes, and our own irrational sense of whimsy. A couple of the players who made it onto the meter via reader voting ended up starting their seasons in the majors, so Jason Heyward and Jenrry Mejia have the honor of being the first players on our Promotions...
I recently asked readers to help fill in the last few slots on the Z-Meter, and you obliged. I carry 25 minor-leaguers on the meter at any given time, and keep track of their movements throughout the system, until they finally hit the majors. I kept nineteen names from last year, so I needed six more. Here are the results of your ballot-stuffing: 1. 18% Chris Carter, IF/OF, Athletics 2. 16% Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B,...
I recently asked readers to help fill in the last few slots on the Z-Meter, and you obliged. I carry 25 minor-leaguers on the meter at any given time, and keep track of their movements throughout the system, until they finally hit the majors. I kept nineteen names from last year, so I needed six more. Here are the results of your ballot-stuffing: 1. 18% Chris Carter, IF/OF, Athletics 2. 16% Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B,...
Shortly after the minor league season ended, I began to consider the idea of awarding a Bus Leagues Player of the Year. We are not, and never will be, well-versed in the art of baseball prospecting. What we do have, however, is “our trademark irrational sense of whimsy,” as Eric writes at the end of every Z-Meter, and it seemed we ought to be able to use that to use that to give somebody...
Monday afternoon, Chris Carter won the Texas League’s Most Valuable Player Award. It was a well-deserved win, but one could argue that he had already received the best possible reward for his stellar play: a promotion to Triple-A Sacramento, with a September appearance in Oakland not out of the question. So Monday night, he went out there for Sacramento and celebrated in style, crushing three homeruns and driving in seven as the River Cats...
The Texas League announced its postseason All-Stars earlier today: Catcher: Hank Conger, Arkansas Travelers First Base: Chris Carter, Midland RockHounds Second Base: Daniel Descalso, Springfield Cardinals Third Base: Darin Holcomb, Tulsa Drillers Shortstop: Wladimir Sutil, Corpus Christi Hooks Outfield: Craig Gentry, Frisco RoughRiders Outfield: Tyler Henley, Springfield Cardinals Outfield: Drew Locke, Corpus Christi Hooks Designated Hitter: Chad Tracy, Frisco RoughRiders Utility: Adrian Cardenas, Midland RockHounds Right-Handed Pitcher: Jhoulys Chacin, Tulsa Drillers Right-Handed Pitcher: Samuel...
Just for the heck of it, I decided tonight to look at the stats for every league in the minors and see if I could come up with a candidate or two (no more than three) for the Most Valuable Player award. (I’ll try to do the same for pitchers later this week.) Some of these are no-brainers (*cough*Chris CarterTexasLeague*cough*), but most had at least a couple guys that should find themselves in the...
