Poor Expos (ESPN.com). I’m rooting hard for them and the Twins this year. My pipe dream is to have one of those teams win it all and make Bud Selig twitch and squirm as he hands them the trophy. Man, that would be great. What a slap in the face that would be.
Switching gears, here are the lefty-righty splits for prospects at Lake Elsinore in 2001:
Hitters
Vince Faison, OF
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG
vs LHP 61 10 1 1 0 5 21 164 227 213
vs RHP 214 54 10 2 7 19 73 252 313 416
Ben Johnson, OF
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG
vs LHP 108 34 8 1 2 14 27 315 393 463
vs RHP 395 105 27 5 10 40 114 266 333 435
Xavier Nady, 1B
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG
vs LHP 118 36 8 1 9 9 17 305 354 619
vs RHP 406 122 30 0 17 53 92 300 381 500
I’ve compared Faison to Ray Lankford in the past, but right now all he’s doing like Lankford is striking out a ton and getting abused by lefties. He sure looked good at the end of last season and in the Cal League playoffs, though. I’m still holding out hope for both Faison and Lankford.
Pitchers
Eric Cyr, LHP
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG GB FB
vs LHP 63 12 3 0 0 9 32 190 292 238 7 9
vs RHP 306 56 17 0 1 15 99 183 221 248 58 86
Ben Howard, RHP
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG GB FB
vs LHP 169 40 9 3 3 12 49 237 287 379 41 38
vs RHP 207 46 9 2 1 20 58 222 291 285 40 62
Jake Peavy, RHP
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG GB FB
vs LHP 159 29 5 3 1 19 49 182 270 270 35 44
vs RHP 221 47 7 1 5 14 95 213 260 321 30 49
Mark Phillips, LHP
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG GB FB
vs LHP 17 3 1 0 0 2 5 176 263 235 6 3
vs RHP 83 16 4 0 0 12 29 193 295 241 19 21
Dennis Tankersley, RHP
AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO BA OBP SLG GB FB
vs LHP 74 12 3 0 0 4 21 162 205 203 20 19
vs RHP 109 17 3 0 1 8 47 156 214 211 22 21
Cyr’s numbers are just plain goofy. He’s got a good arm and I think he’ll be a solid pitcher in the big leagues, but don’t expect him to hold opponents to a sub-500 OPS again anytime soon.
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