AA Lineup

[The Duke]

Here is my projected AA lineup, which will be pretty thin until some of the High A guys get called up which should be around the all star break.

1. Jose Castro, SS (Acquired in a trade last year, hit pretty well, little guy with decent contact skills)
2. Sean Henry, CF (Decent outfield D, a little offensive potential, but probably an organizational type player already)
3. Shaun Cumberland, RF (Has some pop in his bat, but needs to improve contact)
4. Craig Tatum, C (Lit up the Arizona fall league last year, has good power, and is improving his OBP tendencies slightly, except for maybe Castro really the only prospect in the AA lineup, and part of that is because he is a decent catcher defensively)
5. Tonys Gutierez, 1B (Pretty much by default)
6. Michael DeJesus, 2B (mostly glove)
7. Caonabo Cosme, LF (He has a funny name)
8. Eric Eymann, 3B (I originally had him on the bench until it looked like Dorn and Griffen were both gong to start in AAA)

Tatum is the only one with a bona fide shot to start any time soon, and that isn't saying much when you are talking about being in AA already. Tatum could open 2009 as the Reds starting catcher. There are a few pitchers worth watching in AA, namely:

Daryll Thompson
Alex Smit
Ben Jukich

Odds are that at least one decent RP prospect will emerge here as well.

[GMBurchfield]

Isnt Rafeal Gonzalez in double A? BJ Szymanski also? or did we cut ties with him.

Didnt we get Henry and Castro for Conine? I still like that deal because we got 2 prospect who mind or might not develop.

[redvol]

Mar 26, 2008 5:59:45 GMT -5 The Duke said:

Here is my projected AA lineup, which will be pretty thin until some of the High A guys get called up which should be around the all star break.

1. Jose Castro, SS (Acquired in a trade last year, hit pretty well, little guy with decent contact skills)
2. Sean Henry, CF (Decent outfield D, a little offensive potential, but probably an organizational type player already)
3. Shaun Cumberland, RF (Has some pop in his bat, but needs to improve contact)
4. Craig Tatum, C (Lit up the Arizona fall league last year, has good power, and is improving his OBP tendencies slightly, except for maybe Castro really the only prospect in the AA lineup, and part of that is because he is a decent catcher defensively)
5. Tonys Gutierez, 1B (Pretty much by default)
6. Michael DeJesus, 2B (mostly glove)
7. Caonabo Cosme, LF (He has a funny name)
8. Eric Eymann, 3B (I originally had him on the bench until it looked like Dorn and Griffen were both gong to start in AAA)

Tatum is the only one with a bona fide shot to start any time soon, and that isn't saying much when you are talking about being in AA already. Tatum could open 2009 as the Reds starting catcher. There are a few pitchers worth watching in AA, namely:

Daryll Thompson
Alex Smit
Ben Jukich

Odds are that at least one decent RP prospect will emerge here as well.

Thanks for posting Duke! It does seem pretty light compared to the AAA and high A projected lineups. Since Bruce practically jumped over AA, Chattanooga hasn't been seeing much of the high ceiling guys since Homer left.

Surely we can do better than Caonabo Cosme in left - it seems like he's been in Chattanooga for 3 years. Selfishly, I hope Dorn, Griffen and Rosales start in AA so I get to see them a few times before they climb the ladder.

[The Duke]

AA is really bare, and they are going to get jacked up the first part of the year until some of the high A guys move up.

[zipcurve]

Look for Sam LeCure to perform well this season

[The Duke]

Lecure might make the AAA rotation, but it wouldn't suprise me if he started in AA and moved up to the Bats around the all-star break or after the first injury.