Thursday, March 1, 2007

2007 Manatees minor System

In the MDBL, a Teams Minor system is it's bread and butter.

Going into 2007 Manatees have the following in their Minors:

Roster for the Melbourne Beach Manatees (MAN)
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*PITCHING*

Anderson, Brett ARN man p
Ascanio, Jose ATN man p
Astacio, EzequielHON man p
Atilano, Luis ATN man p
Daigle, Casey ARN man p
Feierabend, RyanSEA man p
Garcia, AndersonBAA man p
Gothreaux, JaredHON man p
Hampton, Mike ATN man p
Hanrahan, Joel LAN man p
Harrison, Matt ATN man p
Jones, Beau ATN man p
Manuel, Robert CIN man p

*CATCHERS*

Avlas, Phil ARN man c
Mathis, Jeff LAA man c
Thigpen, Curtis TOA man c
Yarbrough, BrandonSTN man c

*FIRST BASE*
Craig, Matt CHN man 1b
Dopirak, Brian CHN man 1b
Huber, Justin KCA man 1b
Tejeda, Juan NYN man 1b

*THIRD BASE*
Harris, Brendan CIN man 3b
Pope, Van ATN man 3b
Tiffee, Terry MNA man 3b

*OUTFIELD
Einertson, MitchHON man of
Gerut, Jody PIN man of
Hill, Jamar NYN man of
Linden, Todd SFN man of
Perez, Fernando TBA man of
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The Minors have some recovering from Injurys (Hampton, Gerut)
and some simply not given a full shot by their RL Clubs (Linden, Harris)

The Manatees in last few drafts concentrated on Catching and at a Point had quite a stable of Catchers... Garrett Gentry, Justin Huber, Jeff Mathis, Brian McCann, Yadir Molinia.

McCann made it to the Big's, Molinia was traded, huber in RL has been shifted to 1B, Gentry allowed RL issues mess his once high prospects.. Mathis failed in a short try in 2006 however will get another shot in 2007 in RL.

Manatess also added a few lesser catching prospects who however do have some upside value and might surprise.

Most Recent drafts added some fresh Pitching prospects, One,Feierabend
showed promis in his look-see in 2006 and could well be in RL Seattles rotation in 2007.

Hampton is expected to be recovered and back in majors in 2007 RL,
Hanrahan is going to need to show he has the stuff soon or his prospects will fade away.. Matt Harrison is looking good and could be in Majors sometime in 2007. Brett Anderson could be in there in 2008.

Manatees have sorely needed decent pitching, If a few make it in RL 2008
then the 2008 Manatees could have a pretty solid pitching corps to go with their Young Hitters.

Other Prospects: Huber May get a shot if 1B opens up,
he definite will get a shot at B or Catcher id he gets traded elsewhere, he can hit, he simply has had bad luck to been blocked.

Van Pope is hoped to be a future manatee 3B

Nothing too Thrilling in the Manatees Outfield prospects, Gerut if recovers from injury could return to Majors.

Linden if given a full time shot could still possiable be a 25 hr hitter,
his best prospect would be a deal sending him away from RL Giants and their "veteranminded" outfield..

Overall Nothing too outstanding in Manatees minors, they had McCann
and Fielder make the majors so less star potential remains.

Manatees Opening 2007

Likely Opening day lineup for Manatees:

Opening Day Lineup:
Player POS AB R 2B 3B HR RBI SB BA OBP SLG
Byrnes OF 562 82 37 3 26 79 25 .267 .313 .482
Punto 3B 459 73 21 7 1 45 17 .290 .352 .373
Payton OF 557 78 32 3 10 59 8 .296 .325 .418
McCann CA 442 61 34 0 24 93 2 .333 .388 .572
Overbay 1B 581 82 46 1 22 92 5 .312 .372 .508
Fielder DH 569 82 35 1 28 81 7 .271 .347 .483
Wilson OF 501 58 25 2 17 72 12 .263 .307 .423
Belliard 2B 544 63 30 1 13 67 2 .272 .322 .403
Clayton SS 454 49 30 1 2 40 14 .258 .307 .341


1-.267 26 hr 25 SB
2-.290 .352 OBP 17 SB
3-.296 10 Hr
4-.333 24 Hr, hits LH/RH well
5-.312 22 Hr 46 Doubles, Will Rest vs Tough LHP but not other LHP
6-.271 28 HR 35 Doubles
7-.263 17 HR
8-.272 30 Doubles and 13 Hr
9-.258 30 Doubles.

Manatees Opening Rotation:

Pitcher ERA IP HA BB SO
Batistia 4.58 206 231 84 110
Benson 4.82 183 199 58 88
Hensley 3.71 187 174 76 122
Trachsel 4.97 165 185 78 79
Fogg 5.49 172 206 60 93
Seo 5.33 157 197 56 88

Top Bullpeners:
Pitcher ERA IP HA BB SO
Villarreal 3.61 92 93 27 55
Betancourt 3.81 57 52 11 48
Riske 3.89 44 40 17 28