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Top Prospect Alert Archive 12-13-06 / 12-21-06
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12-21-06
Prospect of the Day
Eric Campbell

Since being drafted by the Atlanta Braves out of an Indiana high school back in 2004, Eric Campbell has done nothing but hit. The second round pick is beginning to establish himself as potential future star. Campbell, a third baseman, had an insane 2005 season batting .313 with 18 homeruns, 26 doubles, and 64 rbi's in just 66 games at Rookie League Danville. He followed up with another great year in 2006 at Low-A Rome. Campbell batted .296 with 22 homeruns, 77 rbi's, and 18 stolen bases in 116 games. Expect Campbell, who turned 22 in August, to begin 2007 at High-A Myrtle Beach, and likely debut at Double-A Mississippi before season's end.

12-21-06
Chicago Man Steals Identities Of 90 Current & Former Major League Baseball Players
--MSNBC.com

12-21-06
David Wright To Appear On Cover Of MLB 07 The Show Video Game
--Gamezone.com

12-21-06
Guam National Team Does Not Pay $1,000 Deposit To Play In Upcoming Pacific Games In Samoa
--GuamPDN.com

12-21-06
Lawyer For Braves Prospect Steven Evarts Says His Client Was At Home When Car Was Smashed With Baseball Bat
--TampaBayLive.com

12-21-06
Phillies Manager Charlie Manuel To Speak At Eastern Mennonite University
--EMU.edu

12-21-06
Greg Gross Shares His Hitting Philosophy
--ReadingEagle.com

12-21-06
Former Tampa Bay Devil Rays First Baseman Steve Cox To Coach JUCO Ball In California
--FresnoBee.com

12-21-06
Former Baltimore Orioles Catcher Chris Hoiles To Manage New Atlantic League Team
--YDR.com

12-21-06
Interview With Roger Towne Screenwriter Of "The Natural"
--TheSTLCardinals.com

12-21-06
Mike Schmidt Sounds Off On Hall Of Fame Voting
--SI.com

12-21-06
Washington Senators Infielder Cecil Travis Dies At Age 93
--NYTimes.com

12-21-06
Boston Herald Offering Japanese Webpages So Fans In Japan Can Follow Daisuke Matsuzaka Next Season
--BostonHerald.com

12-21-06
Former Minnesota Twins Player Randy Bush Named Chicago Cubs Assistant General Manager
--RhinelanderDailyNews.com

12-20-06
Prospect of the Day
Jordan Brown

The Cleveland Indians seem to have picked up a 2005 draft fourth round gem in the person of Jordan Brown. A three year letter winner at Arizona, Brown is beginning to make his mark on professional baseball. The 23 year old outfielder took home Carolina League MVP honors while leading Kinston into the playoffs in 2006. On the season Brown batted .290 with 15 homeruns and 87 rbi's in 125 games for the K-Tribe. One of the nice things about Brown in addition to his developing power, is his plate discipline. He has struck out just 66 times while picking up 54 walks in 548 pro at-bats. Look for Brown to begin 2007 at Double-A Akron and likely have the chance to earn a late promotion to Triple-A Buffalo with a solid season.

12-20-06
Atlanta Braves First Round Pick Steven Evarts Arrested After Being Charged With Using A Baseball Bat To Destroy Part Of A Car
--TampaBayLive.com

12-20-06
Piece Of Old Washington Park Ballpark Used By Brooklyn Dodgers In 1910's Still Remains Today
--ColumbiaJournalist.org

12-20-06
Interview With Cardinals World Series MVP David Eckstein
--SI.com

12-20-06
Daisuke Matsuzaka Back Home In Japan
--ConcordMonitor.com

12-20-06
Tiger Stadium Fixtures To Go Up For Auction Next Year
--Freep.com

12-20-06
Rod Carew & Other Baseball Figures Hold Kids Clinic In Compton
--BlackAthlete.net

12-20-06
Florida Company Makes Money Off Game Used Jerseys
--AmericanChronicle.com

12-20-06
Bud Black Talks About His New Role As San Diego Padres Manager
--Padres.com

12-20-06
Pete Rose Wants Mark McGwire In Cooperstown
--FoxSports.com

12-20-06
Darryl Strawberry Speaks Out On A-Rod & The Yankees
--Newsday.com

12-19-06
Prospect of the Day
Joaquin Arias

Joaquin Arias was the player to be named later in the Alex Rodriguez for Alfonso Soriano blockbuster between the New York Yankees & Texas Rangers back in 2004. Soriano of course is long gone, but Arias is poised to make his mark in Arlington. Since joining the Rangers organization, the Dominican native has been putting together a solid minor league career. Arias had an insane spring training in 2005 going 8 for 9 in big league camp. He then batted .315 with 5 homeruns, 56 rbi's and 20 stolen bases for Double-A Frisco that same year. He followed with in 2006 by batting .268 with 4 homeruns, 49 rbi's and 26 stolen bases at Triple-A Oklahoma City. While he's not a traditional power guy, Arias just turned 22 and still has the ability to develop into a 10 to 15 homerun per year player. He's a fairly solid gap hitter, and has never struck out more than 65 times in a season. The Rangers rewarded Arias with a call up to the majors last year and he responded by collecting six hits including a triple in 11 big league at-bats. Look for Arias to have a chance to make the Rangers lineup out of spring training and either way he should spend a fairly large portion of the year in Texas.

12-19-06
Top Prospect Alert Interview:
Ned Yost IV - Milwaukee Brewers

12-19-06
We have adjusted our Seattle Mariners & Washington Nationals Top 10 Prospect Lists To Reflect The Trade Of Emiliano Fruto To Washington

12-19-06
Fullerton Flyers Of Golden Baseball League Offer MVP Peanut Williams & "Leon" From The Budweiser Commercials To Philadelphia 76ers In Exchange For Allen Iverson
--LATimes.com

12-19-06
Arizona State Women's Basketball Game Played Arizona Diamondbacks Stadium Gets Rained Out In Second Half
--TheTandD.com

12-19-06
Former Yankees Pitching Prospect Jason Arnold Talks About Retiring At Age 27
--FloridaToday.com

12-19-06
White Sox Throw Holiday Party For Kids In Need
--ChicagoWhiteSox.com

12-19-06
Interview With Baseball Steroid Expert Dr. Norman Fost
--TheSTLCardinals.com

12-19-06
People From All Walks Of Life Become Players In Isreal's New Professional League
--Sun-Sentinal.com

12-19-06
Atlanta Braves Pitcher Peter Moylan Named Australia's Baseball Player Of The Year
--TownsvilleBulletin.com

12-19-06
Cleveland Indians Bullpen Coach Ruben Felix Gives Back To El Paso Hometown
--ElPasoTimes.com

12-19-06
1959 World Series MVP Larry Sherry Dies At Age 71
--MercuryNews.com

12-19-06
Tommy John Set To Manage Bridgeport Bluefish Atlantic League Team
--ConnPost.com

12-18-06
Prospect of the Day
Cody Ehlers

Cody Ehlers will turn 25 a couple of weeks in to the 2007 season, putting himself on the fringe of prospect consideration. However it's pretty hard to ignore the offensive output that Ehlers had in 2006 at High-A Tampa. The Oklahoma native was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 11th round out of the University of Missouri. During his senior year with the Tigers, Ehlers batted .364 and blasted 18 homeruns. After struggling in his first two professional seasons, Ehlers went off last year. He batted .298 with 18 homeruns and a Florida State League leading 106 rbi's. Ehlers also led the league with 38 doubles and finished fifth with 64 walks on the year. Expect the left handed hitting first baseman to begin 2007 with Double-A Trenton and have the chance to play his way into being part of the Yankees midseason trade talks should he post another solid campaign.

12-18-06
Japanese Don't Mind Losing To Major League Baseball
--CSMonitor.com

12-18-06
Organization Makes Travel Baseball Teams For Special Needs Players
--MurphreesboroPost.com

12-18-06
Atlanta Braves Outfielder Matt Diaz Talks About His First Full Season In The Majors
--TheLedger.com

12-18-06
Billy Sample's Son Ian Stars At Wideout For University Hawaii Football Team
--HonoluluAdvertiser.com

12-18-06
Florida High School Baseball Coach Making His Team Champions In Their Community
--OrlandoSentinal.com

12-18-06
Late Negro & Major Leaguer Willard Brown To Be Inducted Into Louisiana Sports Hall Of Fame
--ShreveportTimes.com

12-18-06
Proposed Plan For Minor League Stadium In Lee's Summit Missouri Failes
--BizJournals.com

12-18-06
David Wright & Yankees Coach Kevin Long Host Long Island Clinics
--StamfordAdvocate.com

12-17-06
Prospect of the Day
Matt Gamel

Matt Gamel was a fourth round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers back in 2005. Not quite as highly regarded as fellow third base draftee Ryan Braun, Gamel has still put up some nice numbers as a pro. Playing much of the season as a 20 year old, Gamel spent all of 2006 at Low-A West Virginia. In 129 games, Gamel batted .288 with 17 homeruns and 88 rbi's. He also improved his plate discipline striking out just 81 times in 493 at-bats while drawing 52 walks during the season. Expect Gamel to begin and spend much of 2007 at High-A Brevard County.

12-17-06
Blue Jays Rookie Adam Lind Has His High School Jersey Retired
--TheHeraldBulletin.com

12-17-06
Family Medical Center In Bronx Makes 100 Foot Long Yankees Mural Honoring 17 Pinstripers
--NYTimes.com

12-17-06
Writer Making Push To Get Curt Flood Into Cooperstown
--NCMOnline.com

12-17-06
San Diego Padres To Have As Many As 11 Of First 100 Picks In Upcoming June Draft
--SignOnSanDiego.com

12-17-06
Boston Red Sox Add New Voices To Radio Booth
--BostonHerlad.com

12-17-06
Jack McKeon Gets Hip Replacement Surgery
--FLAMarlins.com

12-16-06
Prospect of the Day
Amalio Diaz

After spending all of 2005 as a reliever on the Los Angeles Angels rookie league team, Amalio Diaz was converted to a starter in 2006 and was among the most travelled pitchers in the minors. Diaz made stops in four different cities, playing on four different teams over the course of 14 starts this past year. The Venezuela native, who just turned 20, combined to go 5-4 with a 3.78 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 78.2 innings between the Arizona League Angels, rookie league Orem Owls, Low-A Cedar Rapids, and High-A Rancho Cucamonga. Diaz began the year in the California League with his best numbers, going 3-0 with 1.52 ERA in four starts. Look for Diaz to begin 2007 back at Rancho Cucamonga and get the opportunity to showcase his skills as one of the younger, but more experienced pitchers in High-A.

12-16-06
New Immigration Law To Allow Teams To Bring Unlimited Number Of Foreign Players To U.S.
--MetroNews.ca

12-16-06
Former Baltimore Orioles Employee Convicted Of Stealing Promotional Items & Selling Them On Ebay Forced To Pay $5,000 In Restitution To Team
--WJLA.com

12-16-06
New Devil Rays Infielder Akinori Iwamura Ready To Play In United States
--TBO.com

12-16-06
Rule V Draft Pick Ryan Goleski Is Damaged Goods
--BaseballAmerica.com

12-16-06
Brett Barberie's Ex-Wife Jillian Barberie Expecting Child With New Husband Actor Greg Reynolds
--Zap2It.com

12-16-06
Former All-Star Cory Snyder Talks About His New Managerial Career
--Indians.com

12-16-06
Pittsburgh Pirates Hope To Make PNC Park Educational Center For Local School Children
--PittsburghLive.com

12-16-06
New York Teens Steal Yankees Autograph Memorabilia During Home Break In
--TheJournalNews.com

12-16-06
1942 All-Star Game Program
--Ebay.com

12-15-06
Prospect of the Day
Brandon Wood

One of baseball's best power hitting prospects, Brandon Wood continued to impress in his first taste of Double-A baseball in 2006. The Los Angeles Angels drafted Wood out of an Arizona high school with the 23rd overall pick back in the 2003 June draft. After combining to hit just 16 homeruns in his first two seasons as a pro, Wood exploded for a California League 43 homeruns in 2005. He followed that up this past season with a productive year in the Texas League batting .276 with 25 homeruns, 42 doubles, and 83 rbi's while stealing 19 bases in 118 games for Arkansas. Expect Wood, who turns 22 in March, to begin 2007 at Triple-A Salt Lake, and likely bring his future All-Star stick with him to Anaheim by seasons end.

12-15-06
Kansas City Royals Prospect Alex Gordon Hopes To Follow In Darin Erstad's Footsteps & Bring Rookie Of The Year Trophy Home To Nebraska
--JournalStar.com

12-15-06
MLB Action Places Bobby Livingston On Cincinnati Reds Roster After He Had Been Claimed By Tampa Bay & Traded To Philadelphia After Being Released By Seattle Earlier This Week
--CincinnatiReds.com

12-15-06
Group Led By Cal Ripken May Eventually Own Baltimore Orioles Franchise
--FoxSports.com

12-15-06
Story On Baseball's First Designated Hitter Ron Blomberg
--AntonNews.com

12-15-06
Former Big Leaguers Rally To Help 1971 Second Overall Draft Pick John Franklin Who Now Suffers From Schizophrenia
--ConnectionNewspapers.com

12-15-06
Justin Morneau Gets No First Place Votes For Athlete Of The Year In Canada
--BurnabyNewsLeader.com

12-15-06
Jerry Narron To Speak At UNC Wilmington Baseball Kickoff Dinner
--WilmingtonStar.com

12-15-06
Manny Acta Talks About His New Role As Washington Nationals Manager
--FloridaToday.com

12-15-06
Boston Red Sox Pitcher Lenny DiNardo Visits First Graders In Florida
--HighSpringsHerald.com

12-15-06
Friends & Family Remember Former Washington Senators Outfielder Eddie Oravetz
--SPTimes.com

12-15-06
San Francisco Giants Free Agent Signees Happy To Have Barry Bonds On Board
--SacBee.com

12-15-06
Connecticut Baseball Dinner Sells Out With Double Tickets Sold From Last Year To See Chris Carpenter, Adam Lind & Others
--UnionLeader.com

12-15-06
Upper Deck Baseball Card With Cut Autographs Of Lou Gehrig & Jimmie Foxx Selling For Thousands
--Ebay.com

12-14-06
Prospect of the Day
Andy Sonnanstine

While they may have one of the worst teams in the majors, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays farm system is nothing short of loaded. Andy Sonnanstine is another in a long line of pitching prospects that hope to soon call Tampa home. Originally signed by the D-Rays as a 13th round pick in 2004 out of Kent State, Sonnanstine has breezed through the system. He has a solid 2005 campaign going a combined 14-5 with a 2.99 ERA and 178 strikeouts in 180.2 innings between Low-A Southwest Michigan and High-A Visalia. In 2006 the 23 year old was even better at Double-A Montgomery. Sonnanstine went 15-8 with a 2.67 ERA and 153 strikeouts in 185.2 innings. He held Southern League hitters to a .224 batting average on the year. Expect the 6'3" southpaw to begin 2007 at Triple-A Durham, but Sonnanstine should have a slight chance of making the big league club out of spring training. Either way expect to see Sonnanstine in a Devil Rays uniform before the end of this coming season.

12-14-06
We have updated out Boston Red Sox Top 10 Prospects List & Our Top 100 Baseball Prospects To Reflect The Signing Of Daisuke Matsuzaka

12-14-06
New Book On Mickey Mantle Scheduled For Release In March Claimes New York Yankee Slugger Had Affair With Marilyn Monroe While She Was Married To
Joe DiMaggio
--TheBookStandard.com

12-14-06
Speaking Of Books John Rocker Is Writing One
--DeadSpin.com

12-14-06
Former Oakland A's Player Troy Neel Owes $526,164 In Back Child Support Payments
--HoustonIST.com

12-14-06
Lou Piniella Psyched To Manage Once Again
--SPTimes.com

12-14-06
MLB Gives $80,000 To Hurricane Katrina Relief
--WLOX.com

12-14-06
Cincinnati Reds Director Of Player Development Johnny Almaraz Resigns
--Enquirer.com

12-14-06
Interview With Major League Baseball Hall Of Fame President Dale Petroskey
--TheSTLCardinals.com

12-14-06
Mariners Shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt Allegedly Smuggled Into United States
--SeattlePI.com

12-14-06
Rocco Baldelli To Give Clinic At Fairfield University
--CSTV.com

12-14-06
New Jersey Community To Remember Lary Doby On What Would Have Been His 83rd Birthday
--NorthJersey.com

12-14-06
Freddy Garcia Happy To Be Pitching In Philadelphia
--MCall.com

12-14-06
Longtime Casper Rockies Manager P.J. Carey Takes Job With Los Angeles Dodgers
--CasperStarTribune.net

12-14-06
Get Your Very Own "Got Matsuzaka" T-Shirt
--Ebay.com

12-13-06
Prospect of the Day
George Kontos

Despite having a career ERA over 5.00 in his three years at Northwestern, George Kontos was selected by the New York Yankees in the fifth round of the 2006 June draft. The 21 year old's junior season for the Wildcats did not go quite according to plan. Kontos went 3-10 with a 5.29 ERA and 88 strikeouts in 95.1 innings as a junior. Since turning pro, the 6'3" right hander, has put up the best numbers of his baseball career. Kontos was one of the hottest pitchers in the New York-Penn League this past summer posting a 7-3 record with a 2.64 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 78.1 innings at Staten Island. He allowed just three homeruns, and opposing batters hit just .225 against him. Look Kontos to begin 2007 at Low-A Charleston and have a chance to make it up to High-A Tampa should he have early season success.

12-13-06
We have updated our Colorado Rockies & Houston Astros Top 10 Prospects Lists To Reflect The Trade Of Jason Hirsh To Colorado

12-13-06
Top Prospect Alert Interview:
Tony Harper - Los Angeles Dodgers
--TopProspectAlert.com Original Content

12-13-06
Colorado Rockies 2006 Draft Pick Bryan Jaeger Paralyzed After Falling In October
--ShreveportTimes.com

12-13-06
Boston Red Sox Outfielder Gabe Kapler Retires To Stay With Organization As Manager Of Single-A Team In Greenville South Carolina
--SouthCoastToday.com

12-13-06
MLB The Show 2007 Video Game Announced
--GameInfoWire.com

12-13-06
Glove Used By Bill Wambsganss To Turn Unassisted Triple Play In 1920 World Series To Go Up For Auction
--MercuryNews.com

12-13-06
Interview With Roger Clemens
--FutureHalos.com

12-13-06
Former St. Louis Cardinal Tom Herr To Manage Hagerstown Suns
--LancasterOnline.com

12-13-06
Former Big Leaguer Lenny Dykstra Making Tons Of Money Day Trading Stocks
--CNN.com

12-13-06
Former Pittsburgh Pirates Manager Lloyd McClendon Inducted Into Little League Baseball Hall Of Excellence
--HOFMag.com

12-13-06
New York Yankees Manager Joe Torre Launches His New Virtual Baseball Academy
--FortWayne.com

12-13-06
1999 New York Yankees World Series Ring
--Ebay.com

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