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Minor League All-Stars: Florida State League
Same deal, different league. So far we’ve covered: The Midwest League and the South Atlantic League. Now it’s time to move up a level, to the Class A Advanced Florida State League. There have been some changes along the way, but I’ll include anyone who’s been named, either originally or as a replacement. Here goes:
North Division
Jarred Cosart, Phillies — No. 43 on Top 50; No. 3 on Phillies Top 10
Trevor May, Phillies – No. 7 on Phillies Top 10
Deck McGuire, Blue Jays — No. 5 on Blue Jays Top 10
Scooter Gennett, Brewers — No. 10 on 2B Top 10; No. 4 on Brewers Top 10
Sebastian Valle, Phillies (injured) — No. 10 on C Top 10; No. 5 on Phillies Top 10
South Division
Matt Harvey, Mets — No. 2 on Mets Top 10
Alex Colome, Rays — No. 9 on Rays Top 10
Joe Kelly, Cardinals — No. 8 on Cardinals Top 10
Hak-Ju Lee, Rays — No. 7 on Rays Top 10
Final tally: North 21, South 8
The Start of an era
against the Yankees’ affiliate in the Class-A Florida State League. The Tigers’
top pick in last year’s draft and easily one of the most talked about Minor
Leaguers this spring doesn’t seem fazed at all about stepping onto the mound at
George Steinbrenner Field (formerly Legends Field). He might as well be back on
the hill for Seton Hall Prep up in the frigid temperatures of North Jersey based
on what he’s showing.
in Lakeland – which by the way is even more of a ghost town now that Spring
Training has ended. When asked if he was nervous, he didn’t flinch.
Porcello said.
clubhouse earlier this spring but that awe quickly disappeared as he began to
realize that Justin Verlander and Co. were now his co-workers and not just the
players he’d been watching on television.
players for so long but you get used to it after a while. You adjust to it.
Big-league camp was a great experience. I learned a lot from being in the same
clubhouse with those guys. It was tough at the time to come back down.
for the season and I’m ready to go.”
professional debut.
prospected Detroit grabbed in the sixth-round last season. He’s Garth Iorg’s son
and Dane Iorg’s nephew and his brother Eli is playing in the Astros farm system.
Cale is a bright, friendly kid who will start his first season in pro ball
Thursday night alongside Porcello. I’ll have a feature about him up on the
website next week.
oddball questions sowe don’t spend 20 minutes discussing only baseball. When I
asked Iorg which person from
history with whom he’d like to have dinner, hisanswer surprised me. I get a lot of stock answers to that question and most
players usually just rattle off the names of former ballplayers but he said
George Washington.
to lead a new country into it’s biggest battles. Just the way he lived and
worked. All he wanted to do was help out. He didn’t want to lead. He just wanted
to serve.”
because he’s a roving instructor with the Brewers. But, he’ll be in Brevard
County in two weeks working with Milwaukee prospects and he’ll get to see his
son then. — Kevin C.
Jonathan Mayo
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