Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sean Rodriguez Gets the Call

Sean Rodriguez (2B) has been recalled from AAA Salt Lake to take the place of Howie Kendrick who was demoted. Rodriguez was drafted in the 3rd round in the 2003 draft by the Angels out of high school in Miami. So far this season Rodriguez is tearing up the hitter friendly PCL by hititng .273 with 21 HRs, 60 RBIs, 68:20 K:BB ratio and has added 6 SBs to go along with his power. In 2008, Rodriguez had a solid year hitting .306 with 21 HR, 52 RBIs and posted a monster 1.042 OPS. I love Rodriguez's skills and I highly reccomend that you own him if you have a deep bench or a Minor League Sysyem, but why in the hell isn't Brandon Wood playing 3B and Figgins at 2B? I am positive that Brandon Wood got caught sleeping with the Skipper's wife and that is why they refuse to play him. In 2008, Wood had 31 HRs and this season he is hitting .302 with 15 HRs, 40 RBIs, 39 Ks and has an OPS of .991. In typical Mike Scioscia form, Maicer Izturis has been getting PT at 2B showing that Scioscia is loyal to a fault to his veteran players.

Around the Minors:
Madison Bumgarner- 7-2, 2.01 ERA, 55 Ks in 58.1 IP
Buster Posey- .324 with 10 HRs, 37 Ks, 34 BB and 5 SBs
Austin Jackson- .348 with 1 HR, 27 RBIs and 12 SBs
Josh Vitters- .320 with 13 HRs, 39 RBIs and 3 SBs
Cameron Maybin- .284 with 1 HR, 17 Ks and 3 SBs
Matt LaPorta- .317 with 8 HR, 25 RBIs and a .938 OPS
Neftali Feliz- 3-4 with a 3.83 ERA and 45Ks in 49.1 IP
Brian Matusz- 4-2 wit ha 2.16 ERA and 75 Ks in only 66.2 IP

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