Mariners Minor League Thread V.3

[CamraMaan]

Welcome to the new Mariners Minor League Thread!

These first posts will be updated as needed to keep our primary prospects and their respective information at your fingertips! The list is in order by positions and classes (AAA, AA, etc), with a series of hyperlinks for each player provided. The links are for the commonly used statistical databases, followed by any useful scouting reports, if they are available and brought to my attention (that means if you find a good one not already on here, let me know and I'll add it to the list!). So here are the hyperlinks:

FG = FanGraphs.com - your average statistics for minor leaguers, but the best site for advanced statistics, and updated fairly regularly. Its also the only site of the three main ones linked here that will have articles linked that reference the respective player.

MiLB = MinorLeagueBaseball.com - updated daily with "basic" minor league statistics, showing some splits, last 10 games with current team, and current team designation (who they are playing for).

TBC = TheBaseballCube.com - great for historical stats (even 19th century!), including college and international stats, and also shows various awards, draft position/history, and Baseball America prospect rankings. Some info for basic minor league defensive statistics. No current-season stats though.

SR = Scouting Reports - observational reports on what skills a player has or does not have... pitch repertoires for pitchers, batting/fielding abilities for position players, etc. Subjective, to a degree, to the author of the report. NOTE: I'm going to focus on scouting reports more once I get the initial player list done... only so much time to get this started today. COMING SOON!

John Sickels (Minor League Ball) Seattle Mariners Top 20 Prospects for 2013
Jonathan Mayo's (MLB.com) 2013 Seattle Mariners Top 20 Prospects
Baseball Prospect Nation's Top 15 Mariner Prospects for 2013
Marc Hulet's (Fangraphs) Top 15 M's specs for 2013
Baseball America's Seattle Mariners Top 10 Prospects
Scouting Book's Top Mariners Prospects for 2013
Baseball Prospectus Top 10

And without further ado, here are the players we've learned to love (I've gauged some of them as hot or cold, in my humble opinion; prospects currently in the majors or on the DL have no hot/cold status). And I've added T5/10/15/20 to designate that the player has a Top 5/10/15/20 status on one of our top prospect lists above.

Catchers
Mike Zunino, C (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
John Hicks, C (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Steven Baron, C (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Marcus Littlewood, C (A; DL). FG MiLB TBC
Tyler Marlette, C (A). FG MiLB TBC
Christian Carmichael, C (A-). FG MiLB TBC

First Basemen
Rich Poythress, 1B/DH (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Ji-Man Choi, 1B (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Dennis Raben, 1B/DH (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Daniel Paolini, 1B (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Taylor Ard, 1B (A). FG MiLB TBC

Second Basemen
Stefen Romero, 2B (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Jack Marder, 2B (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Brock Hebert, 2B (A). FG MiLB TBC
Jamodrick McGruder, 2B (A-). FG MiLB TBC

Shortstops
Nick Franklin, SS (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Carlos Triunfel, SS (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Brad Miller, SS (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Christopher Taylor, SS (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Timothy Lopes, SS (A). FG MiLB TBC
Ketel Marte, SS (A). FG MiLB TBC
Joseph DeCarlo, SS (AZL). FG MiLB TBC
Martin (Esteilon) Peguero, SS (PUL). FG MiLB TBC

Third Basemen
Alex Liddi, 3B (AAA/MLB). FG MiLB TBC
Vincent Catricala, 3B (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Francisco Martinez, 3B (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Steven Proscia, 3B (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Ramon Morla, 3B (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Patrick Kivlehan, 3B (A). FG MiLB TBC

Outfielders
Denny Almonte, CF (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Carlos Peguero, LF/RF (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Nate Tenbrink, OF (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Eric Thames, LF/RF (AAA/MLB). FG MiLB TBC
Daniel Carroll, CF/LF (AA). FG MiLB TBC
James Jones, RF (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Leon Landry, CF (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Julio Morban, CF (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Jamal Austin, OF (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Jabari Blash, RF (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Mike McGee, OF (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Gabriel Guerrero, OF (A). FG MiLB TBC
Jabari Henry, OF (A). FG MiLB TBC
Guillermo Pimentel, OF (A). FG MiLB TBC
Dario Pizzano, RF (A). FG MiLB TBC
Alfredo Morales, CF/RF (A-). FG MiLB TBC
Phillips Castillo, OF (PUL). FG MiLB TBC

Notes (players for me to watch on the side): Isaiah Yates, Seon Gi Kim, Luis Gohara, Cory Scammell, Stephen Landazuri, Jandy Sena, Tim Griffin, Timothy Boyce, Brandon Bantz, Rusty Shellhorn, Toby Demello, Gabrial Franca.

[CamraMaan]

Starting Pitchers
Brandon Maurer, SP (MLB/AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Andrew Carraway, SP (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
James (Jimmy) Gillheeny, SP (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Danny Hultzen, SP (AAA; DL). FG MiLB TBC
James Paxton, SP (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Erasmo Ramirez, SP (AAA/MLB; DL). FG MiLB TBC
Anthony Vasquez, SP (AAA; DL). FG MiLB TBC
Roenis Elias, SP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Anthony Fernandez, SP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Chance Ruffin, RP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Taijuan Walker, SP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Trevor Miller, SP (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Jordan Pries, SP (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Jordan Shipers, SP (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Tyler Pike, SP (A). FG MiLB TBC
Dylan Unsworth, SP (A). FG MiLB TBC
Victor Sanchez, SP (A-). FG MiLB TBC
Charles Kaalekahi, SP (APL). FG MiLB TBC (FG has him mixed with "Chadwick" Kaalekahi, with a different BD, but the correct stats)

Relief Pitchers
Logan Bawcom, RP (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Bobby LaFromboise, RP (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Brian Moran, RP (AAA). FG MiLB TBC
Jonathan Arias, RP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Tyler Burgoon, RP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Carson Smith, RP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Forest Snow, SP (AA). FG MiLB TBC
Matt Brazis, RP (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Willy Kesler, RP (A+). FG MiLB TBC (Released?)
Kyle Hunter, RP (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Bobby (Robert) Shore, SP/RP (A+). FG MiLB TBC
Joshua Corrales, RP (A). FG MiLB TBC
David Holman, RP (A). FG MiLB TBC
Brandon Plotz, RP (A-). FG MiLB TBC (Released?)


If you want me to add a player to this list, just post an add request in this thread and I'll make it happen. And if you find a good scouting report that isn't linked on here likewise let me know and I'll add it!

[CamraMaan]

Reserved, just in case... but keep talking!

Go Taijuan on... get it, tie one on...

[CamraMaan]

And just so you know to expect it, I'll be looking out for scouting reports to add to each players hyperlinks...

Also, I have room to add some players, especially pitchers, so feel free to throw names out there that you would like to have added to the list.

[A.Mopp]

good. take a bunch. that way you can keep adding to the awesomeness

[Boozerguy47]

So you have to figure if Triunfel wasn't at SS in AAA that Franklin would be up there... Any chance Nick gets the call before Triunfel?

[A.Mopp]

dumb question. whats the red/blue mean?

[jej]

Red is hot, blue is cold, I believe

[Rain City]

so i went to the rainiers game last night and wanted to give a report: VCat can pick it at 3rd!! Made an incredible double play with the bases loaded!! A shot down the line he was in position caught it and threw a seed to first!! It coulda been a bases clearing double down the line and we got outta the inning!!

Triunfel made a couple nice plays and grinded out some ABs, VCat is still getting used to triple A pitching, theyr'e throwing him curves and he was fouling alot off. Casper looked terrible in CF but he looked great at the plate, had a nice double in the 7th....Trayvon made a base running mistake but played well despite that, hes got big league skills.

Manny was there got a single his first AB than got pulled, think he got called up?! Carp and LIddi are not necessarily shining in LF, maybe Casper should get called up soon, id still like to see him play every day for awhile in our 2 or 6 spot.

[jej]

Damn, franklin is hitting .177 from the right side.

[CamraMaan]

Yeah Mopp, I do a player update close to every Sunday where I look at how each player is doing over the last 10 games, or the last three or four pitching outings... if they're doing really good they get a red tag, bad they get a blue tag, in the middle they stay black.

[A.Mopp]

ahhh got it

[FWBrodie]

Hultzen is LOL. ERA down to 1.44. 5.2 innings 6 k 0 runs. ERA is 0.77 over his last 10 games.

Franklin 4-4 with a bomb. Hitting. 344 now.

[Seattle4Ever]

Hultzen is more polished than Paxton at this point. Much more consistent. He's ready for the callup. Come on...

[Punkindrublic03]

Hultzen will be in Tacoma shortly.

OR

If M's decide to put Felix on DL so he misses a start, Hultzen the spot start straight from AA? That would be so great.