Scouting the Birmingham Barons (Brent Morel and a lot more)

FutureSox has the scouting reports and videos.

Here’s a video clip (1:49) of Brent Morel:

Maximum and average pitcher’s velocities in the AFL

Cooper:

Name			Maximum	Average
Sergio Santos		98.8		95.95
Jacob Rasner		93.1		91.59
Matt Long		91.6		90.34
Justin Cassel		91.1		88.27
Kyle Bellamy		88.2		87.01

FutureSox’ AFL Review

FutureSox:

Jordan Danks finished in the top five in hits, walks and OBP and led the league in runs scored (31). Danks plays good center field and the scouts agreed in various reports out of Arizona. He had a great walk rate (20 in 99 AB) and hit .343, but the concern has been contact rate and he did nothing to change that. He struck out in almost 22% of his plate appearances in Arizona, staying in line with his 2009 numbers in Winston-Salem and Birmingham. He doesn’t project to hit for big power so he will need to improve that to be a successful hitter in the Majors. At the same time, a good defensive center fielder that can get on-base will always have a job. …

BTW, the Tribune has some numbers here.

AFL Day 37

No games today. The Championship game is tomorrow (1:35 pm CT on MLB Network & MLB.com).

Let’s look at the final pitching stats for the Sox prospects:

Matt Long: 3.48 ERA and a 0.97 WHIP with 7 Ks and 1 BB in 10.1 IP
Kyle Bellamy: 1.59 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP with 7 Ks and 4 BBs in 5.2 IP
Sergio Santos: 6.14 ERA and a 1.70 WHIP with 20 Ks and 10 BBs in 14.2 IP
Justin Cassel: 7.85 ERA and a 1.91 WHIP with 13 Ks and 10 BBs in 18.1 IP
Jacob Rasner: 9.45 ERA and a 2.85 WHIP with 4 Ks and 6 BBs in 6.2 IP

AFL Day 35 [UPDATE]

Phoenix Desert Dogs vs. Peoria Javelinas: Boxscore, Gameday. Jordan Danks is playing RF. Brent Morel is playing 3B. C.J. Retherford is playing 2B. Justin Cassel is the Starting Pitcher. Weather: 72 degrees, sunny.

UPDATE: Peoria lost 7-6:

Jordan Danks: 3-5, 1 K, 1 SB, .337 AVG
Brent Morel: 3-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .414 AVG
C.J. Retherford: 0-2, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 DP, .242 AVG
Justin Cassel: 3.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 K, 1 BB, 0 HR, 7.85 ERA
Jacob Rasner: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 2 BB, 0 HR, 9.45 ERA
Kyle Bellamy: 2.- IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 0 BB, 0 HR, 1.59 ERA

Today’s game between Peoria and Phoenix was a preview of Saturday’s Championship game, which will air live on MLB Network (1:30 pm CT).

More on Morel here.

AFL Day 31 [UPDATE]

Mesa Solar Sox vs. Peoria Javelinas: Boxscore, Gameday. Jordan Danks is playing CF. Brent Morel is playing 3B. C.J. Retherford is playing DH. Weather: 62 degrees, clear.

UPDATE: Peoria lost 4-2:

Jordan Danks: 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K, .310 AVG
Brent Morel: 1-4, 1 K, .362 AVG
C.J. Retherford: 0-3, .250 AVG
Jacob Rasner: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 K, 1 BB, 0 HR, 13.50 ERA

AFL Day 27 [UPDATE]

Peoria Saguaros vs. Peoria Javelinas: Boxscore, Gameday. Jordan Danks is playing RF. Brent Morel is playing 3B. Weather: 78 degrees, clear.

UPDATE: Javelinas won 9-5:

Jordan Danks: 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K, .329 AVG
Brent Morel: 3-3, 1 RBI, 1 E (1, fielding), .371 AVG
Jacob Rasner: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 2 BB, 0 HR, 18.90 ERA
Kyle Bellamy: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 2 BB, 0 HR, 3.38 ERA

AFL Day 7 [UPDATE]

Peoria Javelinas vs. Mesa Solar Sox: Boxscore, Gameday. Dayan Viciedo is playing 3B. C.J. Retherford is playing DH. Weather: 88 degrees, sunny.

BTW, here’s Jonathan Mayo:

Sergio Santos, White Sox: Like Lo, he’s gone four innings without allowing a run. He has yielded five hits, but hasn’t walked anyone and has struck out four. Plus, it’s a cool story since Santos played in the Fall League a few years back as a shortstop.

And C.J. Retherford is twitting @ CJRetherfordAFL.

UPDATE: Peoria won 8-1:

Dayan Viciedo: 1-5, 2 RBI, 2 K, .333 AVG
C.J. Retherford: 0-2, 1 BB, .364 AVG
Jordan Danks: 1-1, 1 HR, 1 BB, .357 AVG
Jacob Rasner: 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 K, 0 BB, 0 HR, 33.75 ERA

AFL Day 3 [UPDATE]

Peoria Javelinas vs. Peoria Saguaros: Boxscore, Gameday. Dayan Viciedo is playing 3B. Weather: 85 degrees, sunny.

UPDATE: Javelinas won 17-8

Dayan Viciedo: 3-5, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Jacob Rasner: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, o K, o HR, 108.00 ERA

Jordan Danks and Dayan Viciedo highlight 2009′s Sox AFL players

This year’s Sox team are the Peoria Javelinas. The Full Roster is here. Besides Jordan Danks and Dayan Viciedo the other Sox participants are: Justin Cassel, Johnnie Lowe, Henry Mabee, Jacob Rasner, and C.J. Retherford.

No Tyler Flowers or Dan Hudson.

BTW, Lowe and Rasner are featured in this week’s FutureSox ‘Hot and Cold’ column.