Wasn’t planning to write today but found myself with a little extra time on my hands. Before we get into the Padres top 20 prospects for 2003 (I’m planning to publish 11-20 this Wednesday, with 1-10 the following week), here are some guys who missed the cut but who bear watching, listed in alphabetical order. Stats are from 2002. Ages are as of July 1, 2003.

Jason Bay, OF, 24
Lvl    AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A+/AA 449 .283 .376 .470 62 99 39

Kevin Beavers, LHSP, 23
Lvl   IP  H BB SO  ERA
R+/A- 85 94 18 65 3.13

Doc Brooks, OF, 23
Lvl  AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A   237 .232 .319 .316 22 54  5

Bernie Castro, 2B, 23
Lvl  AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
AA  419 .260 .345 .305 52 67 53

Blair DeHart, RHSP, 25
Lvl     IP  H BB SO  ERA
A/A+/AA 85 89 14 91 3.18

Pedro de los Santos, OF, 19
Lvl      AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A-/A/A+ 351 .262 .325 .339 33 64 69

Omar Falcon, C, 20
Lvl    AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB  SO SB
R+/A+ 190 .221 .361 .426 38 104  1

Alex Fernandez, OF, 22
Lvl     AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
AA/AAA 489 .292 .308 .401 13 81 27

Jon Huber, RHSP, 21
Lvl  IP   H BB SO  ERA
A   146 168 59 86 5.12

Kennard Jones, OF, 21
Lvl   AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A-/A 138 .290 .395 .333 21 33 15

Tom Lipari, LHSP, 24
Lvl    IP  H BB SO ERA
A-/A 64.1 54 17 79 2.38

Mewelde Moore, OF, 20
Lvl AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
R+  76 .197 .291 .316  8 34  6

Marcus Nettles, OF, 23
Lvl  AB   BA  OBP  SLG  BB  SO SB
A+  485 .254 .386 .299 101 132 58

Kevin Nulton, IF, 20
Lvl  AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A-  153 .235 .302 .288 15 28  5

David Pauley, RHSP, 20
Lvl IP  H BB SO  ERA
A-  80 81 18 62 2.81

Gabe Ribas, RHRP, 23
Lvl   IP  H BB SO ERA
A-  50.1 36  5 66 1.97 

Greg Sain, 1B/3B, 23
Lvl  AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A   387 .245 .323 .421 35 77  2

Luke Steidlmayer, RHP, 22
Lvl   IP  H BB SO  ERA
A-  70.1 58 20 80 3.07

Nick Trzeniak, C, 22
Lvl  AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO SB
A   409 .237 .293 .364 27 97 10

Jason Wiedmeyer, LHSP, 24
Lvl IP  H BB SO  ERA
A+  76 81 29 57 4.74

Mike Wodnicki, RHSP, 23
Lvl    IP   H BB  SO  ERA
A   154.2 144 37 131 3.49

Nobuaki Yoshida, LHSP, 21
Lvl    IP   H BB SO  ERA
A   156.2 156 37 75 3.39

Jones, Pauley, and Steidlmayer probably are the most likely to crack next year’s top 20. Bay, DeHart, and Fernandez are the most likely to help the big club this season (and none of them is terribly likely). Moore is the most likely to be out of baseball soon (he’s a star running back at Tulane; he’ll play in the NFL).

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Decided to add those, too. They’re at the bottom of each installment beginning this month. Now you can link back to an individual day’s entry. Maybe someday I’ll retrofit the old pages, most likely on an as-needed basis.

Enjoy…