Kevin Reese, Jason Middlebrook, Sean Burroughs

by Geoff Young on Jun 23, 2001

  • Another USD guy is on the move. Last night at dinner I ran into the brother of Kevin Reese, the Padres’ 27th-round pick last year. Hitting .306/.389/.508 at Ft. Wayne of the Midwest League, the 23-year-old Reese is expected to be promoted to Lake Elsinore shortly. He’s a tad old to be considered a big-time prospect, and it may take him a while to make it to the bigs and stick like fellow Torero Brady Clark, but Reese has talent. Good luck, Kevin!
  • Cal State Fullerton fireplug/second baseman David Bacani signed his first pro contract with the Mets. The 22nd-round pick will start his career at Kingston in the Appalachian League.
  • Closer to home, no word yet on Matt Harrington or Taggert Bozied.
  • Anyone notice Jason Middlebrook is finally starting to put it together? Between Double-A Mobile and Triple-A Portland, he’s got a 1.29 ERA in 70 IP, with a nifty 63-to-15 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Opponents are hitting just .185 against him. He’s 26 years old and, thanks to injuries and poor command, this is the first time he’s shown anything as a pro. But he’s always had filthy stuff. Middlebrook could be a serious sleeper.
  • <drool="on">His power hasn’t arrived yet, but I still believe Sean Burroughs is going to end up hitting like Chipper Jones. At age 20, he’s batting .349/.416/.482 in Triple-A. He’s also knocked three homers, one more than during last year’s .291/.383/.401 Double-A campaign, which was viewed by some as a disappointment. Just remember that if he’d gone to college, he would’ve been drafted as a junior last week and probably assigned to a short-season Class-A league. He’s two full years younger than Xavier Nady and providing similar production two levels higher.</drool>

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