The
Bel Air Princes are the class of, well, Class A! They own an 82-36 record which translates to a pretty nifty .695 winning percentage, and they lead the division by 7.5 games over the second place Huntsville Sabercats. You might think that this powerhouse of a Single-A affiliate would belong to one of the rebuilding teams, someone who loses a lot games each year and stock piles the draft picks? Think again, because the parent team is none other than ...
... the Seattle Sasquatch, currently at 75-43 in the RCL.
Joe McLernon, SP, is 11-4 with a 1.09 WHIP having fanned 143 in 158 innings. Second in the rotation is
Juan 'Million Dollar' Vasquez who is 13-4 with a 1.21 WHIP. Opponents are hitting .216 against the Million Dollar Man.
Carl O'Quinn follows with a .78 WHIP and 1.75 ERA with
Ed Dean at 11-7 with a 1.25 WHIP.
On offense, 20 year old
Tom Stephens leads the team with 10 homers and 51 RBI's. He's projected to have major power once he reaches the big leagues, should that event take place. The first-base/second-base man needs to work on making better contact and taking more walks witnessed by his 28/70 ratio.
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Gerald Lund |
Gerald Lund has been an effective table setter for the Princes as he gets on base at a .380 clip and has stolen 15 bases. He's been caught 10 times so clearly he's in need of some tutoring in the art of stealing 2nd base. Sounds like a novel, doesn't it?
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Jeremy
Sweetapple |
Jeremy Sweetapple isn't really that great, yet, but he's got a heckuva name for a sweet-fielding infielder. He's often slotted in the #2 hole and gets on base about one third of the time and has swiped six of seven bases. He has a +7.1 fielding efficiency rating and can play both of the keystone positions without a problem. In fact, he's a gold glove waiting to happen at 1B but with the lack of power the Seattle franchise will most likely keep him up the middle stealing hits when he's not making them.
Jarrod Parrish is the final Prince we look at today as he bats at the top of the order and flashes gold glove caliber leather in LF and CF and can play RF when called upon. Fleet afoot, he is very highly rated as a baserunner, stealer, bunter, SF bunter, and has decent pop to the fences having gone deep six times this year.
So, the Sasquatch franchise can sleep well at night knowing that the all important lowest level of their organization is performing at the highest level of efficiency.
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