 |
| 41 |
AUSTIN
JACKSON |
OF, YANKEES |
| 49: Overall national
ranking as a basketball recruit when he committed to Georgia Tech as a point
guard in 2004. |
Opening
Day
Age: 21 |
ETA: 2010 |
|
|
| 51 |
ROSS
DETWILER |
LHP, NATIONALS |
| 64: Days between his signing and his big league debut, the quickest of any 2007 draftee. |
Opening
Day
Age: 22 |
ETA: 2009 |
|
| 42 |
JEFF
CLEMENT |
C, MARINERS |
| 75: Career high school
homers, a national record; Drew Henson and Micah Owings rank second and third
all-time. |
Opening
Day
Age: 24 |
ETA:
2008 |
|
|
| 52 |
CARLOS
GOMEZ |
OF,
TWINS |
| .718, .750 Career minor
league OPS for Gomez and the player he'll be asked to replace in Minnesota, Torii
Hunter. |
Opening
Day
Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
| 43 |
JOSH
VITTERS |
3B, CUBS |
| 5: Before Vitters, the
number of hitters the Cubs had drafted with a top-three pick: Terry Hughes, Joe
Carter, Shawon Dunston, Corey Patterson, Luis Montanez. |
Opening
Day
Age: 18 |
ETA: 2011 |
|
|
| 53 |
J.R.
TOWLES |
C, ASTROS |
| 5: Tools that have a
chance to be average or better, making him a rarity among catchers. |
Opening
Day
Age: 24 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
| 44 |
JOEY
VOTTO |
1B, REDS |
| .308/.389/.516:
AVG/OBP/SLG the last two years, after the Reds stopped making him take the
first pitch of every at-bat. |
Opening
Day
Age: 24 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
|
| 54 |
CARLOS
CARRASCO |
RHP, PHILLIES |
| 1: Pitchers who have
appeared in the last two Futures Games; Carrasco is the only one. |
Opening
Day
Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 |
|
| 45 |
IAN
KENNEDY |
RHP, YANKEES |
| 4: Times in 25 starts
last year that he surrendered more than two runs. |
Opening
Day
Age: 23 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
|
| 55 |
CHIN-LUNG
HU |
SS, DODGERS |
| 211: Improvement in OPS
from 2006 (.660) to 2007 (.871). |
Opening
Day Age:
24 |
ETA: 2009 |
|
| 46 |
JARROD
PARKER |
RHP, DIAMONDBACKS |
| 0: Pitchers in the 2007
draft who had a more electric fastball than Parker's 93-97 mph heater. |
Opening
Day
Age: 19 |
ETA: 2010 |
|
|
| 56 |
NICK
BLACKBURN |
RHP, TWINS |
| 6: Years it took him to
reach double digits in wins in a season and to make the big leagues. |
Opening
Day
Age: 26 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
| 47 |
GEOVANY
SOTO |
C, CUBS |
| .652: His minor
league-leading slugging percentage in 2007. |
Opening
Day
Age: 25 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
|
| 57 |
DANIEL
CORTES |
RHP, ROYALS |
| 4:
Velocity jump (in mph) he gained after slowing down his delivery last spring;
his curveball also improved. |
Opening
Day
Age: 21 |
ETA: 2010 |
|
| 48 |
DARIC
BARTON |
1B, ATHLETICS |
| .454/.500/.657:
AVG/OBP/SLG in June, when he got his bat going after a 14-month
slump. |
Opening
Day
Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
|
| 58 |
CHRIS
VOLSTAD |
RHP, MARLINS |
| 0: High school pitchers
drafted ahead of Volstad in 2005. |
Opening
Day
Age: 21 |
ETA: 2009 |
|
| 49 |
JAIR
JURRJENS |
RHP, BRAVES |
| 0:
Curacao natives who pitched in the majors before Jurrjens did so last
August. |
Opening
Day
Age: 22 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
|
| 59 |
DESMOND
JENNINGS |
OF, RAYS |
| 6.75: Average pass
receptions per game in the fall of 2005 at Itawamba (Miss.) CC, which led
national junior collegians. |
Opening
Day
Age: 21 |
ETA: 2010 |
|
| 50 |
MATT
ANTONELLI |
2B, PADRES |
| 2: Sports in which he was
Massachusetts state high school player of the year: football and hockey; he was
runner-up in baseball. |
Opening
Day Age:
22 |
ETA: 2008 |
|
|
| 60 |
FAUTINO
DE LOS SANTOS |
RHP, ATHLETICS |
| 0: Career starts in the United States
before he exploded onto the prospect scene in low Class A last year. |
Opening
Day Age:
22 |
ETA:
2009 |
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