Once again using Baseball America’s preseason top 30 prospects as our starting point, here’s a quick look at the system:

Hitters

                  Lvl   AB   BA  OBP  SLG BB SO
#1 Barfield,Jo    AAA  108 .250 .303 .370  9 31
#2 Guzman,Fr                 injured
#3 Kottaras,Ge      A+  90 .322 .402 .444 12 21
#6 Bush,Ma          A  110 .227 .267 .327  6 19
#10 McAnulty,Pa    AA   99 .303 .397 .364 15 23
#11 Knott,Jo      AAA  102 .225 .359 .441 19 26
#12 Bozied,Ta                injured
#13 Quintero,Hu   AAA   89 .281 .333 .517  6 12 (Hou)
#14 Killian,Bi      extended spring training
#16 Johnson,Be    AAA  101 .218 .319 .317 14 29
#18 Jones,Da                injured
#21 Furmaniak,J.  AAA  106 .217 .291 .264  9 35
#23 Ramirez,Yo      A   85 .200 .231 .329  4 19
#26 Johnson,Mi      A+  92 .315 .398 .685 16 32
#27 Cruz,Lu        AA   99 .162 .215 .172  5 23

Triple-A Portland

The power is starting to come for Josh Barfield, but he’s still not controlling the strike zone real well. Jon Knott is back on track after a very slow start; of his 23 hits this year, 14 are for extra bases. Ben Johnson is walking and striking out plenty, but not much else. J.J. Furmaniak has been in a horrendous slump over the past couple weeks, with just 5 hits in his last 43 at-bats.

Double-A Mobile

Paul McAnulty has cooled considerably since last we checked; his numbers remind you of anyone – Sean Burroughs, maybe? Luis Cruz is just having a miserable season; the lone bright spot is only 4 errors in 29 games.

Class-A Lake Elsinore

Khalil Greene finishes his rehab from a broken right finger with 6 hits in 12 at-bats. George Kottaras appears to be having little trouble with Cal League pitching. Believe it or not, Michael Johnson’s slugging percentage has dropped nearly a hundred points over the past couple weeks.

Class-A Ft. Wayne

Matt Bush remains last year’s #1 pick in the draft. Yordanny Ramirez, not so much.

Pitchers

                  Lvl    IP   ERA BB SO   BA
#4 Chick,Tr        AA  26.1  7.52 12 27 .276
#5 Stauffer,Ti    AAA  38.2  2.33  8 31 .238
#7 Germano,Ju     AAA  29.0  5.28  9 27 .289
#8 Thompson,Se      A+ 33.1  2.16 13 45 .210
#9 Baker,Br       AAA  12.2  4.97 12 13 .171
#15 Wells,Ja        A+ 31.1  5.46  5 20 .279
#17 Oxspring,Ch   AAA  29.2  4.55  4 25 .229
#19 Jimenez,Fa      A  25.0  2.88 13 11 .155
#20 Tucker,Ru      AA  12.1  4.38  9 13 .220
#22 Villatoro,Wi    A+ 15.2  2.87  8 19 .185
#24 Mateo,Na       AA  16.1  3.86  7  8 .277
#25 Bukvich,Ry    MLB   4.0 11.25  6  4 .167 (Tex)
#28 Martinez,Ja     A+ 26.1  6.15 10 25 .264
#29 Thayer,Da      AA  13.2  5.93  9 13 .327
#30 Williams,Ra   MLB   4.1 12.46  4  2 .350

Triple-A Portland

Tim Stauffer has been brilliant; his last start was a shutout and he’s likely headed to San Diego to replace Tim Redding, who suffered a “rotator-cuff strain” in Sunday afternoon’s loss to the Cardinals. Justin Germano is settling down after a rough start to the season; strikeout numbers are surprisingly high for him. Brad Baker remains tough to hit when he can find the plate; he’s basically having Scott Linebrink‘s season so far. Chris Oxspring’s numbers, aside from ERA, all look very good. Randy Williams is up with the big club, replacing Woody Williams on the Padres roster and assuming long relief duties.

Double-A Mobile

Travis Chick has not responded well to skipping past High-A; the strikeouts are there, but not much else is. Rusty Tucker continues to work his way back from 2003 Tommy John surgery.

Class-A Lake Elsinore

Sean Thompson continues to pitch well and rack up insane strikeout totals; it will be interesting to see how well his success translates to higher levels once he’s deemed ready. After a promising start, Jared Wells has tailed off a bit. Willmer Villatoro has been very solid, and Ducksnorts fave Javier Martinez continues to work his way back from 2004 shoulder surgery.

Class-A Ft. Wayne

Fabian Jimenez has come back to earth after getting off to a very hot start; he’s still not allowing many hits, but he’s striking out fewer than four batters per 9 innings.