Cutnpaste: - Top 50 OFer, Kaz, Murph, Cory Vaughn, and Frank Robinson



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 Top 50 Prospect OFer: - http://www.deepleagues.com/?p=2185  -

1. Domonic Brown—Phillies

2. Bryce Harper—Nationals
3. Desmond Jennings—Rays
4. Mike Trout—Angels
5. Brett Jackson—Cubs
25. Fernando Martinez—Mets
31. Lucas Duda—Mets
37. Kirk Niewenhuis—Mets


Kaz Matsui:

Kazuo Matsui has returned to Japan and joined the Rakuten Eagles after spending seven seasons in the major leagues. The Eagles said Thursday they reached an agreement with the 35-year-old infielder, who played for the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Houston Astros from 2004-10. The switch-hitting Matsui was waived by the Astros in May and finished the year in the minors - denverpost.  






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 Daniel Murphy:
Aguilas Cibaenas (13-15) 7-1 - Aguilas is the hottest team in the league, pulling themselves out of the basement with a hot streak. Daniel Murphy has ignited the offense with three homeruns and 11 RBIs in his last 10 games. He is now hitting .320 with 6 doubles and four homeruns for the winter, with his 22 RBIs leading the team. Julio Borbon recently arrived to offer some centerfield defense and leadoff help. He’s hitting .250 in three games. Hector Luna is hitting .337, which is tied for the league lead in hitting and leads the team in runs scored with 21. He had a streak where he scored a run in seven straight games during the Aguilas streak where they won 8 of 9. He also has 20 walks to his 15 strikeouts, the walks leading the league. -

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Cory Vaughn:

11-24-10 from: - Mets Geek   - 17. Cory Vaughn. I would call Cory the most controversial prospect on this list. Although I love his power projection and his ability to play a solid right field, there are too many question marks about his contact skills, to feel like he will amount to the lofty expectations many Met fans have given to him. In 09, he nearly had a 2:1 AB to SO ratio playing in the Cape Cod league, a league where he may have seen better pitching than he did last year in the NY Penn League. The thought is his bat cannot catch up to a 90s fastball and a hitch in his swing will limit his ability to hit the breaking ball. Best case scenario is a player in the mold of his dad, Greg Vaughn, one of the 90s most underrated sluggers. Worst case scenario is never making it above double A. He’ll most likely bypass Savannah and play right field for St Lucie.

Frank Robinson:

OF Reds, Orioles, Angels, Indians • (1956-1976) Age: 75 … Hall of Fame: 1982 - An uncompromising player, Robinson's feats on the field have been overshadowed by his first in the dugout. In 1975, Robinson moved from the starting lineup to writing it and became baseball's first black manager. Manager was one of many roles Robinson held in baseball, from All-Star to executive to broadcaster. Where he was his best was at the plate, where he remains one of the best. Robinson's 586 home runs were the fourth-most when he retired, and he ranked in the top 10 in runs scored. Robinson is the only player to win an MVP in both leagues, and in 1966 he claimed the AL's Triple Crown with a .316 average, 49 homers and 122 RBIs. That season Robinson won the second of his two MVPs, and four other times he finished in the top five of MVP voting. During his induction speech in '82, Robinson said he didn't see a current player who combined "both the talent and intensity" he had. Few could. St. Louis Today