Keystone Kops

[Guest Edgy DC]

Met secondbase prospects in the fall and winter leagues.

Player	Team	League	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	BB	SO	SB	CS	OBP	SLG	OPS
D. Murphy	Aguilas	DWL	.320	28	103	9	33	6	1	4	22	53	13	11	5	1	.395	.515	.910
J. Turner	Escogido	DWL	.308	16	65	11	20	5	0	1	8	28	5	6	0	1	.366	.431	.797
B. Emaus	Toros del Este	DWL	.270	34	115	16	31	9	1	4	17	54	13	17	2	1	.354	.470	.823
J. Satin	Mesa	AFL	.390	12	41	4	16	2	0	1	6	21	6	13	0	0	.479	.512	.991
J. Valdespin	Mesa	AFL	.355	19	76	19	27	3	1	1	11	35	4	12	7	0	.388	.461	.848
J. Valdespin	Licey	DWL	.000	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000

Not much to complain about there. Castillo, Tejada, and Havens appear to be giving their legs a rest this offseason. Luis Hernandez has appeared on the roster for Aragua, but has no stats.

[Fman99]

Encouraged by Murphy's numbers at the dish, I wonder how he looks in the field. He's my best hope for 2011 among guys within the organization right now.

[Valadius]

Yeah, I'm not super-worried about offense at second when it's pretty much a committee job at this point. I'm more concerned about defense.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I'm not worried, but neither am I confident.

The undoing of last season, as much as anything, was getting sub-zero offense out of second, right, and catcher through the middle third of the season. The redundancy of options is great, but I just want to be sure that Collins, unlike Manuel, will be willing, if necessary, to shuffle through the options until one or two work.