Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6’2”, 195 lbs
Acquired: NDFA (7/2/07)
Born: 4/1/91 (La Romana, DR)
Why Ranked Here: Puello was impressive in his professional debut as a 17-year old in the GCL, showing a nice swing that produced line drives to the big part of the park. He’s strong across his upper body and has solid batspeed, but wasn’t [...]

Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6’3”, 220 lbs
Acquired: 14th Rd ‘07
Born: 1/23/89 (Hattiesburg, MS)
Why Ranked Here: Carson shares many of the attributes of pitchers ranked below him on this list: really good size and a good fastball with average or better MLB velocity, sitting in the low 90s, from the left side. Carson differentiates himself in part [...]

Friday, The Hospital for Special Surgery will present a seminar on Treatment, Rehabilitation and Performance Enhancement of the Baseball Player. (Click on the link for more information.)

The main event will be a talk from Mets Medical Director Dr. David Altcheck on the “Management of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury in Throwers.”  Dr. Altcheck’s talk on Tommy [...]

Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 5’11”, 165 lbs
Acquired: NDFA (7/11/06)
Born: 9/1/89 (Veraguas, Panama)
Why Ranked Here: Tejada survived the entire 2008 season playing nearly every day in the Florida State League at the tender age of 18. Tejada did not turn 19 until the final weekend of the season, so time is certainly on his side. Tejada has very [...]

The Savannah Sand Gnats have announced that for the first times since 1999, the team will broadcast all 140 games on the radio in 2009.   Gnats games will be carried by Star 1400 and online at www.star1400.com.  In 2008, the Gnats broadcast home games on the internet.
Mike Passanissi, who has been with the team for [...]

Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6’0”, 200 lbs
Acquired: 5th Rd 2008 (Coastal Carolina)
Born: 3/24/86 (Conway, SC)
Why Ranked Here: Doyle hit .300 in his pro debut while learning the mechanics and nuances of professional catching. At the plate, Doyle’s approach is disciplined and contact oriented, as he drew nearly as many walks as strikeouts. His line drive swing does [...]

Bats/Throws: L/L
Height/Weight: 6’3”, 170 lbs
Acquired: NDFA (5/12/04)
Born: 9/25/86 (Valencia, VZ)
Why Ranked Here: Calero earns this ranking on three factors: lefthandedness, a plus LHP fastball (low 90s) and good size at 6’3”. In A-ball with Savannah, his K/BB ratio was a shade under four, indicating both good raw stuff and lots of strikes.
2008: [...]

Bats/Throws: R/R
Height/Weight: 6’5”, 190
Acquired: 9th Rd 2008, Le Moyne College
Born: 11/13/86 (Troy, NY)
Why Ranked Here: Beaulac had a nice debut split largely between Kingsport and Savannah, complemented by equally strong scouting reports. Scouts praised both his arm strength, seeing an average to better MLB fastball, and a power breaking ball.
2008: Beaulac set a new [...]

Bats/Throws: L/R
Height/Weight: 6’3”, 210 lbs
Acquired: 3rd Rd 2008 (Azusa Pacific)
Born: 8/7/87 (Ripon, CA)
Why Ranked Here: Nieuwenhuis has a big league frame with length and some room to fill out. He has big league tools, notably the speed, range and instincts to play center and the arm to play right. He has big league taste, listing [...]

Bats/Throws: R/L
Height/Weight: 6’0”, 190 lbs
Acquired: 18th Rd ’07 (Georgia College & State U.)
Born: 8/6/85
Why Ranked Here: Antonini graduated from both full-season A-ball leagues in his first full professional season, and that success from a left-hander counts for something. His fastball is fringe-average from the left side, sitting at 88-89 when I saw him in July. [...]