updated...only one of our minor league teams is still playing. Low class A Kane County leads their opening best of 3 series 1 games to 0 going into tonight.
updated...only one of our minor league teams is still playing. Low class A Kane County leads their opening best of 3 series 1 games to 0 going into tonight.
I updated the Cougars team thread...they play West Michigan for the Midwest League Championship starting tomorrow. They are 4 - 1 so far (winning series 2 - 1 and 2 - 0).
9/12 vs. West Michigan 6:30 PM
9/13 vs. West Michigan 6:30 PM
9/14 @ West Michigan 7:00 PM
9/15 @ West Michigan 7:00 PM
9/16 @ West Michigan 7:00 PM
I updated the minor league forum with a thread for the Arizona Fall League, which has a 32 game schedule. There are 6 A's prospects playing for the Phoenix Desert Dogs.
AFL is over. The Desert Dogs won the championship. I may update the minor league forum with winter ball stats at some point.
What would you like to see in the minor league forum this year? Any ideas about mixing it up or is the current setup good?
In the past I've made a thread for each of the minor league teams. Each team thread has links to the team site, the standings, and a weekly update (give or take a day or two) of the games. I'm just trying to see how we can improve it.
I think it's great and I'm sorry I don't contribute much but I don't have a lot of time to follow the minor league teams. Hopefully that will change this year.
We need some more A's fans.
no need to apologize...I'm just as much to blame as anyone else here...we need more fans and I wish more would come...that I could recruit some. There aren't many in RI I'll think of some stuff...
Either way it's all good. I was looking at the thread topics on the A's site the other day and was like WTF? It tends to get pretty political over there as well. I love this forum.
on AN or the MLB board on the A's site? Real politics? Weird...we could do that I suppose
by "Fremont" I hope you mean "Providence"
Hey fellas. Admittedly I have not read this thread entirely. But I was wondering what is up with Barton. I haven't heard much about him for over a year now. He was supposed to be a very disciplined hitter with some power, wasn't he? So where is he now?
ADH is correct in that he is in camp this spring. He will start the year at AAA as he was hurt a lot of last season with a fractured elbow during a collision while running the bases. The only knock on him is that he hasn't shown a lot of power. He gets on base at a high rate and hits for a good average, but he hasn't shown the home run power yet. He also doesn't really have a true position. He was a catcher, but they have him at 1B now IIRC. There was also talk of putting him the OF. He may also end up being a DH. Here are his minor league statistics:
The bottom line is that his OPS is .890 for all the minors so far, but it went down in the short time at AAA...he's needs to demonstrate that he can do it for a longer period at AAA.Code:Year Age Org. Level Pos G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO HBP IBB SH SF DP AVG OBP SLG OPS 2003 18 Stl Rk c-dh 54 170 29 50 10 0 4 29 0 3 37 48 2 0 0 3 2 .294 .420 .424 .844 2004 19 Stl A c-dh 90 313 63 98 23 0 13 77 4 4 69 44 8 9 0 3 7 .313 .445 .511 .956 2005 20 Oak A+ 1b-dh 79 292 60 93 16 2 8 52 0 1 62 49 3 0 0 4 6 .318 .438 .469 .907 20 Oak AA 1b 56 212 38 67 20 1 5 37 1 1 35 30 0 1 0 2 5 .316 .410 .491 .901 2006 21 Oak Rk 1b 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 21 Oak AAA 1b 43 147 25 38 6 4 2 22 1 0 32 26 0 0 0 1 4 .259 .389 .395 .784 Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s) 324 1139 216 347 76 7 32 219 6 9 235 197 13 10 0 13 24 .305 .425 .468 .890
As usual nice work Prov. I'll be paying particular attention to this guy during the spring.