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2008 Brewers farm system

Nashville Sounds · Huntsville Stars · Brevard County Manatees · West Virginia Power · AZL Brewers · Helena Brewers

Top 100 prospects

#23Matt LaPorta 1B · also played for Akron Aeros
#72Manny Parra P · spent the year in Milwaukee

Baseball America preseason Top 100.

Nashville Sounds

Triple-A · Pacific Coast League

59-81 (.421) · 4th in division

Hitters

Player	Pos	Age	G	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Abraham O. Nunez	2B	32	33	123	0	5	.210	.306	.229
Adam Heether	3B	26	124	471	11	11	.272	.383	.446
Brad Nelson	1B	25	132	553	18	13	.286	.380	.480
Brendan Katin	RF	25	106	344	19	7	.271	.314	.542
Callix Crabbe	2B	25	69	254	1	9	.270	.386	.358
Carlos Corporán	C	24	26	92	3	1	.230	.244	.425
Chris Woodward	SS	32	71	263	3	3	.291	.341	.410
Eric Munson	1B	30	27	102	1	0	.165	.294	.259
Hernan Iribarren	LF	24	99	397	0	19	.277	.329	.341
J.R. Hopf	C	25	20	61	2	0	.340	.475	.489
Jay Gibbons	DH	31	29	115	5	0	.312	.348	.541
Joe Dillon	3B	32	46	206	5	1	.263	.374	.409
Laynce Nix	OF	27	103	420	23	5	.284	.348	.539
Lorenzo Cain	OF	22	6	22	0	0	.158	.273	.158
Mat Gamel	3B	22	5	23	1	0	.238	.304	.381
Mel Stocker	OF	27	64	163	0	18	.276	.338	.324
Mike Cameron	OF	35	4	18	1	0	.200	.333	.400
Ozzie Chavez	SS	24	87	277	3	5	.223	.272	.307
Russell Branyan	3B	32	45	179	12	4	.359	.453	.693
Steve Sollmann	1B	26	31	95	2	4	.210	.298	.321
Tony Gwynn Jr.	CF	25	93	412	2	20	.275	.328	.331
Vinny Rottino	C	28	118	478	7	9	.260	.313	.392

Pitchers

Player	Age	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	BB
Adam Heether	26	3	0	1.2	16.20	3.00	0	2
Ben Howard	29	31	2	59.0	4.73	1.49	41	22
Chris Narveson	26	28	22	136.0	5.43	1.45	125	57
Dave Bush	28	1	1	6.0	1.50	0.83	7	2
David Riske	31	1	1	1.0	0.00	0.00	3	0
Derrick Turnbow	30	18	6	18.0	10.50	3.22	28	41
Erasmo Ramirez	32	42	0	54.2	3.46	1.26	48	11
Eric Gagne	32	2	2	1.2	10.80	1.80	3	1
Jason Shiell	31	21	0	25.2	7.71	1.99	27	14
Jeff Weaver	31	9	9	55.0	6.22	1.53	37	20
Joe Bateman	28	23	0	33.2	1.60	0.92	37	9
Lindsay Gulin	31	26	23	137.1	3.54	1.34	120	73
Luis Pena	25	52	0	49.1	6.93	2.05	49	47
Mark DiFelice	31	13	12	64.1	3.22	0.90	65	8
Melqui Torres	31	7	0	9.0	5.00	1.33	8	6
Mitch Stetter	27	28	0	29.0	2.48	0.97	30	7
Nic Ungs	28	8	7	33.2	7.49	1.54	27	10
Randy Choate	32	26	2	39.0	5.08	1.59	31	20
Richie Gardner	26	30	17	120.0	5.18	1.71	84	65
Sam Narron	26	20	18	120.0	4.80	1.48	58	40
Steve Bray	27	25	1	39.1	6.41	1.53	38	21
Steve Hammond	26	4	4	17.0	7.41	1.71	20	5
Tim Dillard	24	37	0	63.1	1.99	1.34	55	28
Troy Cate	27	11	4	28.1	4.76	1.24	17	10
Yovani Gallardo	22	3	3	15.2	5.17	1.60	18	5
Zach Jackson	25	22	6	57.1	7.85	1.73	34	18

Huntsville Stars

Double-A · Southern League

73-67 (.521) · 2nd in division

Hitters

Player	Pos	Age	G	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Alcides Escobar	SS	21	131	597	8	34	.328	.363	.434
Anderson De La Rosa	C	23	2	9	0	0	.250	.333	.250
Angel Salome	C	22	98	412	13	3	.360	.415	.559
Brent Krause	OF	26	3	8	0	0	.375	.375	.500
Carlos Corporán	C	24	34	136	3	1	.265	.362	.416
Chris Errecart	1B	23	104	411	15	1	.247	.324	.439
Cole Gillespie	LF	24	131	550	14	17	.281	.386	.472
Freddy Parejo	RF	23	103	364	2	13	.275	.304	.347
Guilder Rodriguez	2B	24	72	205	0	12	.246	.321	.257
J.R. Hopf	C	25	16	52	0	0	.170	.235	.213
Jay Gibbons	OF	31	5	15	0	0	.273	.400	.273
Lorenzo Cain	CF	22	40	172	4	6	.277	.363	.486
Martín Maldonado	C	21	31	106	2	0	.194	.225	.276
Mat Gamel	3B	22	127	572	19	6	.329	.395	.537
Matt LaPorta	RF	23	84	366	20	2	.288	.402	.576
Michael Brantley	CF	21	106	479	4	28	.319	.395	.398
Michael Garciaparra	1B	25	44	111	3	2	.340	.370	.485
Mike Bell	2B	23	124	486	10	1	.245	.289	.390
Ozzie Chavez	SS	24	7	22	1	0	.350	.409	.600
Ryan Crew	OF	24	38	71	0	0	.197	.300	.246
Yohannis Perez	IF	25	5	10	0	0	.000	.200	.000

Pitchers

Player	Age	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	BB
Alex Periard	21	8	8	38.0	5.68	1.53	20	16
Ben Howard	29	4	0	6.2	6.75	1.80	2	4
Ben Stanczyk	25	6	0	9.2	10.24	2.07	4	7
Brae Wright	24	27	27	170.2	3.59	1.31	120	60
David Johnson	25	40	1	62.1	3.32	1.30	72	27
David Welch	25	26	26	147.2	3.90	1.33	95	51
Derek Miller	26	16	16	73.1	4.66	1.66	42	38
Donovan Hand	22	16	12	81.1	5.09	1.56	41	26
E.J. Shanks	26	14	0	20.0	6.75	1.95	10	15
Jason Shiell	31	18	0	27.2	3.58	1.70	22	18
Jeremy Jeffress	20	4	4	14.2	5.52	1.91	13	11
Joe Bateman	28	26	0	43.2	2.47	1.21	39	13
Joshua Wahpepah	23	3	0	4.2	9.64	2.79	7	3
Juan Sandoval	27	45	0	48.0	3.38	1.42	36	27
Melqui Torres	31	3	0	3.2	2.45	1.36	3	3
Mike Jones	25	18	12	57.2	6.09	1.72	32	45
Nic Ungs	28	7	7	46.0	1.96	1.00	24	10
Omar Aguilar	23	28	0	38.0	3.08	1.26	42	22
Patrick Ryan	25	39	0	64.1	2.52	1.41	38	29
Robert Hinton	23	30	0	53.2	5.37	1.47	57	30
Rusty Tucker	27	6	0	8.1	3.24	1.20	9	5
Sam Narron	26	8	8	52.0	2.77	1.08	20	12
Steve Bray	27	21	0	35.2	4.29	1.32	34	7
Steve Hammond	26	15	15	88.2	3.45	1.24	78	33
Troy Cate	27	4	4	26.2	2.36	1.09	14	7

Brevard County Manatees

High-A · Florida State League

66-72 (.478) · 4th in division

Hitters

Player	Pos	Age	G	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Anderson De La Rosa	C	23	24	81	2	0	.230	.253	.351
Andy Bouchie	C	22	73	272	4	0	.197	.271	.272
Brent Brewer	SS	20	76	308	2	15	.251	.316	.349
Charlie Fermaint	LF	22	122	503	6	27	.212	.277	.305
Chuckie Caufield	RF	24	119	491	4	10	.235	.305	.308
Darren Ford	CF	22	91	401	2	48	.230	.322	.303
J.R. Hopf	1B	25	19	74	0	0	.206	.324	.254
Jimmy Mojica	2B	24	76	251	4	4	.231	.347	.332
Jonathan Lucroy	C	22	64	272	10	1	.292	.364	.479
Kenny Holmberg	2B	25	91	343	0	1	.218	.356	.254
Lorenzo Cain	OF	22	80	356	7	19	.287	.358	.448
Lou Palmisano	DH	25	19	79	2	0	.306	.367	.417
Martín Maldonado	C	21	34	110	0	3	.266	.352	.351
Matt Cline	SS	22	32	107	0	2	.266	.320	.340
Mel Stocker	LF	27	40	172	0	19	.323	.373	.406
Scott Houin	LF	23	25	67	0	2	.105	.227	.175
Stephen Chapman	1B	22	89	355	12	11	.202	.281	.401
Taylor Green	3B	21	114	490	15	4	.289	.382	.443
Yohannis Perez	SS	25	106	375	2	1	.240	.290	.318

Pitchers

Player	Age	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	BB
Alex Periard	21	19	18	112.2	3.51	1.28	76	30
Amaury Rivas	22	7	6	30.0	4.20	1.53	20	11
Bobby Bramhall	22	34	9	111.1	2.51	1.10	106	32
Casey Baron	23	47	0	70.1	3.45	1.42	53	16
Chris Cody	24	14	13	83.2	1.83	1.11	62	25
Derek Miller	26	4	3	12.1	3.65	0.89	10	4
Derrick Ellison	29	11	0	20.0	2.70	1.75	21	13
Donovan Hand	22	10	9	58.1	2.31	1.01	36	10
E.J. Shanks	26	25	0	31.1	4.31	1.60	9	10
Jeremy Jeffress	20	15	14	79.1	4.08	1.34	102	41
John Axford	25	26	14	95.0	4.55	1.67	89	73
Josh Butler	23	20	20	82.1	5.36	1.53	63	40
Joshua Wahpepah	23	35	0	56.2	3.97	1.69	55	36
Mike Jones	25	8	7	18.0	4.50	1.61	11	14
Mike McClendon	23	47	5	88.0	4.19	1.34	61	15
Mike Ramlow	22	5	2	13.2	3.29	1.10	8	5
Omar Aguilar	23	19	0	25.2	0.35	0.90	25	10
Rafael Lluberes	23	34	6	67.2	5.32	1.80	68	48
Randy Choate	32	1	1	1.0	0.00	0.00	1	0
Reed Dickert	24	1	0	2.0	13.50	2.00	2	1
Robert Hinton	23	5	0	7.0	0.00	0.43	3	1
Shawn Ferguson	25	26	0	35.2	6.31	1.93	14	20
Travis Wendte	25	25	0	28.0	5.46	1.64	20	9
Zach Braddock	20	21	11	65.1	5.51	1.48	80	42

West Virginia Power

Single-A · South Atlantic League

77-62 (.554) · 3rd in division

Hitters

Player	Pos	Age	G	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Anderson De La Rosa	C	23	34	128	4	1	.237	.291	.390
Brent Brewer	SS	20	47	196	0	16	.213	.294	.310
Caleb Gindl	RF	19	137	578	13	14	.307	.388	.474
Curt Rindal	1B	24	112	440	9	3	.262	.327	.397
David Fonseca	2B	21	29	93	2	1	.212	.272	.294
Eric Farris	2B	22	103	492	3	32	.293	.332	.377
Eric Fryer	LF	22	104	437	10	15	.335	.407	.506
John Alonso	DH	22	18	69	3	0	.194	.275	.387
Jonathan Lucroy	C	22	65	274	10	8	.310	.391	.510
Kurt Crowell	OF	23	19	70	2	0	.217	.229	.333
Lee Haydel	CF	20	131	568	0	34	.295	.337	.366
Logan Schafer	CF	21	43	196	0	3	.276	.306	.370
Matt Cline	SS	22	82	345	3	15	.266	.365	.348
Michael Vass	DH	23	9	26	1	0	.091	.231	.227
Scott Houin	LF	23	47	155	1	7	.207	.265	.279
Steffan Wilson	1B	22	131	539	19	4	.289	.350	.482
Ulrich Snijders	C	21	45	156	4	0	.200	.303	.348
Zelous Wheeler	3B	21	137	576	13	13	.258	.346	.406

Pitchers

Player	Age	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	BB
Amaury Rivas	22	19	15	90.0	3.50	1.28	70	32
Chris Cody	24	5	4	31.0	1.74	0.71	31	3
Corey Frerichs	22	41	0	73.1	2.82	1.34	92	41
Curtis Pasma	22	32	0	50.2	3.91	1.22	49	13
Dan Merklinger	22	25	23	97.0	5.75	1.43	98	42
Evan Anundsen	20	28	28	145.0	4.28	1.35	102	38
Evan Frederickson	21	9	4	20.1	6.20	2.07	18	26
Jared Sutton	25	4	0	9.0	3.00	1.11	7	5
Jose Garcia	20	29	0	50.1	5.90	1.67	41	31
Lucas Luetge	21	8	6	36.1	3.72	1.24	33	10
Michael Bowman	21	8	4	27.2	3.58	1.37	19	15
Mike Ramlow	22	31	6	90.1	2.59	0.94	68	10
Nick Tyson	20	16	1	34.0	8.74	1.97	26	7
Pedro Lambertus	20	24	0	38.2	5.12	1.60	27	24
R.J. Seidel	20	26	25	121.2	4.51	1.48	81	45
Reed Dickert	24	24	1	57.2	2.50	1.20	57	29
Rob Bryson	20	22	5	55.0	4.25	1.15	73	20
Rob Wooten	22	10	0	22.2	2.38	0.79	30	4
Roque Mercedes	21	30	13	113.0	4.30	1.23	111	27
Wes Etheridge	23	20	0	35.0	5.14	1.17	29	9
Wily Peralta	19	2	2	5.0	10.80	1.80	3	3
Zach Braddock	20	2	2	6.0	0.00	0.83	13	3

On the roster with no games for this club: Erik Komatsu

AZL Brewers

Rookie · Arizona League

13-42 (.236) · division rank not on record

Hitters

Player	Pos	Age	G	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Allixon Cequea	3B	18	44	177	1	2	.268	.343	.376
Brandon Drespling	CF	23	12	37	0	4	.176	.243	.176
Cameron Robulack	1B	19	28	105	0	0	.229	.286	.250
Carlos George	SS	19	46	181	0	10	.234	.258	.316
Carlos Pena	C	20	19	46	0	1	.171	.244	.244
Chris Errecart	1B	23	2	8	0	0	.000	.250	.000
Cutter Dykstra	OF	19	10	32	0	0	.269	.406	.269
Erik Miller	OF	20	3	11	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Hitaniel Arias	RF	17	40	154	3	2	.174	.276	.295
Joey Paciorek	3B	19	38	153	0	3	.165	.307	.276
Jonathan Requena	C	19	20	62	1	0	.145	.242	.236
Jose Garcia	LF	17	46	189	3	4	.165	.214	.301
Jose Rangel	CF	20	49	177	0	16	.191	.297	.250
Lou Palmisano	C	25	8	34	0	1	.276	.382	.414
Luis Sanchez	SS	18	35	146	0	10	.226	.280	.248
Miguel Vasquez	SS	21	30	106	1	5	.299	.402	.494
Orton Rodriguez	C	18	21	61	0	0	.182	.250	.218
Pedro Ramos	1B	18	39	156	0	3	.211	.277	.317
Shawn Zarraga	C	19	36	139	2	3	.300	.432	.436
Ulrich Snijders	C	21	14	59	2	0	.216	.322	.431

Pitchers

Player	Age	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	BB
Adrian Rosario	18	11	5	40.2	4.20	1.48	28	13
Ben Jeffers	20	14	1	27.2	8.13	1.92	37	20
Blakeney Billings	18	6	2	12.0	2.25	0.92	15	1
Bob McEwen	23	8	0	15.0	6.60	1.73	18	12
Brandon Rapoza	22	8	0	10.2	4.22	1.50	9	6
Cody Scarpetta	19	6	5	15.2	0.57	1.02	27	8
Damon Krestalude	19	14	5	34.1	3.15	1.51	28	16
Daniel Meadows	20	3	0	8.0	0.00	1.00	4	3
Edwin Linares	18	13	0	26.0	4.50	1.31	18	8
Francisco Rivero	17	7	0	9.2	1.86	1.55	8	4
Greg Miller	21	13	3	20.1	9.30	2.36	24	20
Jake Odorizzi	18	11	4	20.2	3.48	1.31	19	9
Joel Morales	19	13	1	30.2	5.58	1.50	24	7
Jorge Crespo	21	3	0	4.0	9.00	2.75	4	5
Jose Sanchez	19	15	0	21.2	5.40	1.66	11	15
Kristian Bueno	19	14	4	39.0	6.69	1.87	33	32
Liam Ohlmann	21	4	0	6.1	1.42	0.79	5	1
Luis Guerrero	17	14	7	43.0	4.60	1.49	40	21
Nick Bucci	17	5	4	11.0	7.36	1.27	14	2
Rico Salmon	20	2	1	4.0	2.25	0.50	5	0
Rigoberto Almonte	21	5	0	8.1	1.08	0.48	15	0
Rolando Pascual	19	5	2	10.0	3.60	1.70	8	10
Seth Lintz	18	9	6	18.1	6.87	2.07	26	16
Shane Hill	19	12	0	19.1	8.38	2.38	16	25
Stosh Wawrzasek	17	6	5	11.2	6.94	1.89	12	7
Wes Etheridge	23	1	0	1.0	0.00	0.00	1	0

Helena Brewers

Rookie · Pioneer League

35-41 (.461) · 3rd in division

Hitters

Player	Pos	Age	G	PA	HR	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG
Brett Whiteside	C	20	9	29	0	0	.148	.207	.185
Brock Kjeldgaard	1B	22	75	343	14	9	.278	.350	.503
Chris Dennis	LF	19	63	276	12	6	.253	.377	.459
Corey Kemp	C	22	53	232	3	0	.253	.345	.343
Cutter Dykstra	CF	19	38	166	5	4	.271	.367	.438
David Fonseca	2B	21	49	223	5	3	.262	.296	.386
Derrick Alfonso	DH	22	31	124	3	0	.227	.295	.364
Edgar Trejo	3B	18	3	11	1	0	.364	.364	.636
Erik Komatsu	CF	20	68	316	11	8	.321	.394	.538
Erik Miller	CF	20	37	114	0	6	.257	.321	.307
John Delaney	3B	22	75	359	9	2	.262	.376	.424
Jose Duran	2B	21	36	150	2	1	.221	.284	.309
Josh Romanski	DH	21	4	15	0	0	.333	.333	.533
Logan Schafer	OF	21	8	31	2	1	.240	.355	.560
Michael Marseco	SS	21	40	160	0	5	.311	.338	.437
Michael Roberts	C	20	36	160	3	3	.270	.342	.397
Michael Vass	OF	23	43	185	7	1	.242	.321	.435
Miguel Vasquez	SS	21	19	81	1	6	.183	.275	.268
Steve Braun	2B	23	25	85	1	3	.175	.214	.263

Pitchers

Player	Age	G	GS	IP	ERA	WHIP	SO	BB
Adam Arnold	22	15	0	25.1	3.20	1.42	28	17
Brandon Rapoza	22	13	0	26.0	1.04	0.88	16	9
Brandon Ritchie	21	15	9	55.0	6.87	1.91	49	21
Cody Adams	21	14	5	54.1	3.48	1.33	37	16
Cody Scarpetta	19	6	3	20.2	3.48	1.26	31	8
Daniel Meadows	20	12	6	39.2	5.45	1.46	38	15
Efrain Nieves	18	16	11	76.1	4.48	1.15	66	10
Evan Frederickson	21	3	3	11.2	3.09	1.54	16	5
Garrett Sherrill	20	21	0	36.1	4.71	1.38	46	21
Jorge Crespo	21	3	0	6.1	8.53	2.21	5	7
Liam Ohlmann	21	11	4	31.2	5.68	1.67	30	16
Lucas Luetge	21	5	1	14.0	0.00	0.71	13	5
Mark Willinsky	21	15	0	33.1	4.86	1.65	35	24
Michael Bowman	21	4	4	19.0	4.26	1.42	19	6
Néstor Corredor	24	13	0	20.1	7.52	1.87	20	9
Nick Tyson	20	13	5	44.0	3.48	1.34	42	7
Rico Salmon	20	11	7	40.0	3.60	1.35	39	13
Rob Wooten	22	4	0	9.0	0.00	1.33	14	2
Rolando Pascual	19	9	0	14.2	17.80	2.73	8	22
Santo Manzanillo	19	13	6	32.0	9.28	2.09	27	26
Trey Watten	21	15	10	55.0	5.40	1.62	40	25
Wily Peralta	19	15	2	29.1	3.07	1.06	36	8

Lines are each player's stats for that club only, from the MLB Stats API.