Prospect Notes

I want to talk about a few prospects of note in my prospect notes.
Let's start in Springfield, just a hop skip and jump from the bigs (literally and figuratively)

Fernando Salas-an ERA of 1.86 and a K/BB of 6:1. His 48 K's have come in 29 innings. In those 29 innings, he has allowed just 16 hits. I am salivating over what might become the filthiest 7-8-9 in the big leagues in 2 years. I am talking about Motte-Salas-Perez.

Shane Robinson-A 369 average is great whether your name is Shane Robinson or Albert Pujols (or Ryan Ludwick for that matter). He already has 8 more RBI than a year ago and his walks and strikeouts line up fairly equally (he does neither very often). I like to see the 10 SB. He probably has a 4th/5th OF ceiling, but that's ok---you need 5 OF on a big league roster.

Pete Kozma-The former 1st rounder is starting to show us why he was that. He is hitting 286 with a 370 OBP. Those are reasonable for a guy that is projected to be a plus defender. Of his 48 hits, 13 have gone for extra bases. That also seems fairly reasonable.

David Freese-He is a 3rd baseman that came over in the Edmonds deal. The 272 average is fine for a power guy. He isn't a great home run guy (he's got 5), but 17 of his 44 hits have gone for extra bases. He has only 12 times to 43 strike outs. I would love to see that improve. 1 plus---he skipped AA (A to AAA is a big jump). 1 minus--He is already 25. Of course, Chase Utley didn't come up until 26 or so. Maybe Freese could project as a poor man's Jeff Kent?