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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