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Rochester Red Wings, Triple-A, International League

Starting Rotation

1. Anthony Swarzak, 23, RHP
   - 92 mph 4-seam, 88 mph 2-seam, great control
2. Philip Humber, 26, RHP
   - 91-94 FB, changeup, splitter, +curve
3. Brian Duensing, 26, LHP     (With Minnesota Twins)
   - blocked but tons of talent,  85-88 mph FB, changeup, curve
4. Jason Jones, 26, RHP
   - throws strikes, 89-92 mph cutting FB, sinker, +slider
5. Kevin Mulvey, 24, RHP
   - control pitcher

Bullpen

• RHP – Bob Keppel, 26  (With Minnesota Twins)
  - great control
• LHP – Reid Santos, 26  
  - 91-92 FB, slider/curve/change, long relief & spot starts
• RHP – Juan Morillo, 25
  - high 90s FB,  poor slider, poor change
• RHP – Anthony Slama, 25
  - moving 92 mph FB, excellent out-pitch and efficiency
• RHP – Armando Gabino, 23
  - walks many, K’s few
• RHP – Tim Lahey, 27
  - recently converted from catcher, 90-92 FB, tons of upside, +slider
• RHP – Rob Delaney, 24
  - sinking 91 mph FB, +slider, excellent control and efficiency
• RHP – Jeff Manship, 24     (With Minnesota Twins)
  - great control, great out-pitch, excellent efficiency, finesse pitcher
• RHP – RA Dickey, 34
  - decent control, knuckleballer
• LHP – Sean Henn, 28     Disabled List
  - poor control, good strikeout-rating
• LHP – Jose Lugo, 25 
  - good out-pitch, poor overall pitcher
  

Infield

• C - Jose Morales, 27, S     (With Minnesota Twins)
  - lets pitches get away, easy to steal on
• C – Drew Butera, 26, R
  - great defensive arm, calls good game, poor offense
• 1B – Brock Peterson, 25, R
  -  solid defense, good power, poor average
• 1B, DH – Justin Huber, 26, R
  - tons of power, patient hitter
• 2B – Alexi Casilla, 24, S      (With Minnesota Twins)
  - incredible speed, contact hitter, great defense
• 2B - Steven Tolleson, 23, R
  - great patience, good speed, good power
• 2B – Matt Tolbert, 27, R
  - little power, great speed
  
• 2B – Alejandro Machado, 27, S Disabled List (Rehab assignment w/ Rock Cats)
  -  great speed, contact hitter, patient hitter
• 3B – Matt Macri, 27, R
  - utility, tons of power
• 3B – Trevor Plouffe, 22, R
  - utility, good power, cotanct and patient hitter
• 3B - Danny Valencia, 24, R
  - excellent power, good contact, poor speed, average defense
• 3B – Brian Buscher, 29, R
  - decent power, poor speed, poor patience
• 3B – Tommy Watkins, 29, R     Disabled List
  -  solid hitter, injury prone, good speed

Outfield

• OF – Dustin Martin, 25, L
  - powerful bat, defense range, many K’s
• CF – Jason Pridie, 25, L
  - blocked from majors, great speed, many K’s
• OF – David Winfree, 23, R
  - no speed, tons of power, becoming more patient

New Britain Rock Cats, Double-A, Eastern League

Starting Rotation

1. Cole DeVries, 24, RHP
   - improved FB, +curve, average changeup
2. Ryan Mullins, 25, LHP
   - great control, poor velocity, future in bullpen
3. Matt Fox, 26, RHP
   - 94 mph FB, four pitches, good control
4. Michael McCardell, 24, RHP     Disabled List
   - good FB, +curve, excellent control
5. Carlos Gutierrez, 22, RHP
   - 95 mph FB, lots of sinking motion, making conversion to starting
6. Deolis Guerra, 20, RHP
   - great changeup, solid FB and curve, changing mechanics so a dip in control is expected

Bullpen

• RHP – Oswaldo Sosa, 23    Disabled List
  - sinker, +movement, regressed
• RHP – Frank Mata, 25
  - needs control and velocity
• RHP - Kyle Waldrop, 23
  - great control, good efficiency
• RHP - Alex Burnett, 21     Disabled List
  - no out pitch = few K’s,  durable workhorse, great control
• RHP - Loek van Mill, 24
  - mid-90s FB, decent slider and change, poor consistency and control
• LHP - Spencer Steedley, 24
  -  poor control, good efficiency and out-pitch

Infield

• C – Wilson Ramos, 21, R   Disabled List
  - hits for average, power hitter, strong defensive catcher
• C - Danny Lehmann, 23, R
  - Ramos’ replacement, excellent defensive catcher, little power, contact hitter
• C - Jeff Christy, 25, R
  - good patience, poor power and speed, great defense
• 1B, DH – Erik Lis, 25, L
  - excellent power, poor defense, probable DH
• 1B – Whitney Robbins, 22, L
  -outstanding patience, good contact and power
• 2B – Brian Dinkelman, 25, L
  - good speed and contact, poor power and patience
• 2B - Steve Singleton, 23, L
  - excellent defense and contact, good power, poor speed
• 2B – Mark Grudzielanek, 39, R
  - good contact hitter, poor speed
• SS – Yancarlos Ortiz, 24, S
  - good speed, bat patience, poor contact, excellent defense
• 3B – Toby Gardenhire, 26, S
  - no speed or patience, solid contact, good defense, utility
• 3B - Luke Hughes, 24, R
  - horrible defense, power hitter, utility

Outfield

• LF – Matt Moses, 24, L
  - poor patience and contact and speed, average power
• LF - Daniel Berg, 24, R     (No longer on roster)
  - average power, good patience, many K’s, little speed
• OF – Juan Portes, 23, R
  - solid hitter, good power and speed, poor patience
• CF – Brandon Roberts, 24, L
  - tons of speed, no power, patient hitter, good contact
• OF – Rene Tosoni, 23, L
  - great speed and patience, good bat, great defensive arm

Fort Myers Miracles, Advance A, Florida State Leauge

Starting Rotation

1. Tyler Robertson, 21, LHP
   - must smooth delivery, low 90s FB, tons of K’s
2. Steven Hirschfeld, 23
   - great control and efficiency, lackks great out-pitch = few K’s
3. David Bromberg, 21, RHP
   - good control and out-pitch
4. Michael Tarsi, 22, LHP
   - lacks control, +FB w/ movement
5. Michael Allen, 22, RHP
   - excellent control and out-pitch, great efficiency

Bullpen

• RHP - Bobby Lanigan, 22
  - low 90s FB, outstanding control, +slider
• RHP – Henny Arias, 24
  - strikeout pitcher, poor control, good efficiency
• RHP – Santos Arias, 22
  - excellent control, good efficiency and out-pitch
• RHP – Blair Erickson, 24
  - closer = excellent out pitch, bad control
• LHP - Joe Testa, 23
  - outstanding out-pitch, decent control
• RHP – Dakota Watts, 21
  - 16th round selection in 2009
• RHP - Matthew Williams, 22
  - good out-pitch, average control

Infield

• C – Jair Fernandez, 22, R
  -  solid offense, good defense
• C - Alexander Soto, R, 22
  - no speed, many K’s, good defense and power
• C - Allan De San Miguel, 21, R
  - poor offense, great defense
• 1B – Rene Leveret, 23, R
  - no speed, solid power, good patience, contact hitter, weight problems
• 1B – Juan Richardson, 22, R
  - great speed and contact, bad patience
• SS – Chris Cates, 24, R
  - zero power, excellent contact hitter, good speed, decent patience, tons of BB
• SS – Estarlin De Los Santos, 22, S 
  - little power, excellent speed, many K’s
• 3B – Nicholas Romero, 21, S
  - great power, poor speed, good patience, very athletic
• 3B – Deibinson Romero, 22, R
  - great defense, strong arm, good power, average patience
• DH – Yangervis Solarte, 22, S     Disabled List
  - contact hitter with little power

Outfield

• OF – Joe Benson, 21, R
  - many K’s, good speed and power
• OF – Evan Bigley, 22, R
  - excellent power, many K’s, average speed
• RF – Mark Dolenc, 24, R
  - great speed, many K’s
• OF – Chris Parmelee, 21, L
  - extreme power, many K’s
• CF – Ben Revere, 21, L
  - extreme speed, very patient, poor power

Beloit Snappers, Single A, Midwest League

Starting Rotation

1. Brad Tippett, 21, RHP
   - excellent control, very solid out-pitch, excellent efficiency
2. Daniel Berlind, 21, RHP
   - poor control and efficiency, great K-rating
3. Daniel Osterbrock, 22, LHP
   - outstanding control, great out-pitch
4. Steven Blevins, 22, RHP
   - decent control and out-pitch
5. Liam Hendricks, 20, RHP
   - good WHIP, undrafted
6. Shooter Hunt, 22, RHP Disabled List (With GCL Twins on rehab assignment)
   - poor control, great efficiency, outstanding out-pitch

Bullpen

• RHP – Brian Kirwan, 22   Disabled List
  - decent control and out-pitch
• RHP – Billy Bullock, 21
  -  good control, decent efficiency
• RHP – Bruce Pugh, 20
  - hard-thrower, lacks control
• RHP – Thomas Wright, 21
  - bad control
• LHP – Blake Martin, 23
  - excellent K-rating, poor control, good efficiency
• LHP – Kyle Carr, 22
  - poor control, great strikeout pitch
• LHP – Winston Marquez, 21
  - undrafted, low HR count
• LHP – Brad Stillings, 21
  - 2009 7th round pick, strikeout pitcher

Infield

• C – Jeff Lanning, R, 22
  - great power and defense
• C – Danny Rams, 20, R
  - poor patience, poor speed
• C – Buddy Munroe, 21, R    (With E-Twins)
  - 2009 draft pick
• 1B – Jon Waltenbury, 21, L
  -  no speed, great power, poor BB:K ratio
• 2B – Drew Thompson, 22, L
  - good speed, average patience, poor power
• 2B – Ramon Santana, 23, R
• – good power and speed, great hitter, many K’s
• SS – James Beresford, 20, L
  - good defense and patience, +bunter
• SS – Paul Kelly, 22, R    Disabled List
  - good defense, injury prone, contact hitter
• 3B – Nathan Hanson, 22, R
  - good power, contact hitter, poor speed, great OBP

Outfield

• OF – Michael Harrington, 23, L
  - gets on base, little power
• OF – Aaron Hicks, 19, S
  - incredible athlete, extremely fast and strong, great patience
• CF – Dominic De La Osa, 23, R
  - excellent power, decent patience
• LF – Ozzie Lewis, 22, R
  - good power, decent speed, many K’s
• OF – Angel Morales, 19, R
  -  great speed, poor BB:K ratio, tons of upside
• OF – Adan Servino, 22, L    Disabled List
  - excellent paitence, decent power