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Top 50 Update No. 6

There should be new updates to the Top 50 coming soon, with new graduations meaning new players being added. Since last week, Dellin Betances has been added, so be sure to keep checking in on Prospect Watch for updates.

There were some outstanding performances this past week. I guess that’s why they’re considered top prospects… Let’s take a look, starting with hitters.

Hitter of the Week: Yonder Alonso

I do believe it’s officially time to start a Free the Prospect campaign here. Alonso, the Reds’ top pick in 2008 (No. 7 overall) is just going off. Last week, he hit .433 (13-for-30) with a homer and 7 RBIs. In May, Alonso has hit .404 with a .475 OBP and .692 SLG. He’s got a 10-game hitting streak going and you can see his season stats below. Really a first baseman, he’s not going to see any time there in Cincy, so he’s been playing left field. Sure, Jonny Gomes has struggled, but there’s also Chris Heisey up there, so there doesn’t appear to be an opening for Alonso. For now, at least, he’ll have to just keep on raking in Triple-A.

RANK PLAYER TEAM LEVEL AVG SLG OBP AB HR RBI SB
1 Trout, Mike LAA AA 0.303 0.549 0.386 122 6 17 6
2 Harper, Bryce WAS A 0.381 0.683 0.458 126 9 31 6
3 Brown, Domonic PHI AAA 0.353 0.588 0.425 34 2 7 1
3 Brown, Domonic A+ 0.368 0.737 0.429 19 2 4 0
4 Ackley, Dustin SEA AAA 0.263 0.417 0.383 156 5 19 6
6 Moustakas, Mike KC AAA 0.262 0.477 0.340 130 7 29 1
7 Hosmer, Eric KC MLB 0.241 0.517 0.343 29 2 5 1
7 Hosmer, Eric AAA 0.439 0.582 0.525 98 3 15 3
8 Montero, Jesus NYY AAA 0.336 0.443 0.369 122 2 12 0
10 Jennings, Desmond TB AAA 0.291 0.478 0.404 134 5 17 8
15 Myers, Wil KC AA 0.284 0.392 0.357 74 2 9 2
23 Machado, Manuel BAL A 0.333 0.611 0.450 90 5 21 3
24 Belt, Brandon SF MLB 0.192 0.269 0.300 52 1 4 2
24 Belt, Brandon AAA 0.388 0.567 0.533 67 2 13 3
26 Lawrie, Brett TOR AAA 0.321 0.574 0.375 162 8 26 9
28 Singleton, Jonathan PHI A+ 0.275 0.330 0.389 91 1 10 1
30 Sanchez, Gary NYY A 0.229 0.390 0.284 105 3 18 1
34 Chisenhall, Lonnie CLE AAA 0.280 0.439 0.377 132 3 22 0
36 Franklin, Nick SEA A+ 0.266 0.411 0.381 124 2 10 7
37 Hicks, Aaron MIN A+ 0.228 0.333 0.338 123 1 14 2
39 Rosario, Wilin COL AA 0.270 0.500 0.318 100 5 11 0
40 Iglesias, Jose BOS MLB 0.000 0.000 0.000 4 0 0 0
40 Iglesias, Jose AAA 0.253 0.253 0.278 87 0 4 2
42 Gordon, Dee LAD AAA 0.305 0.367 0.350 128 0 12 14
43 Mesoraco, Devin CIN AAA 0.303 0.532 0.398 109 5 19 1
44 Jackson, Brett CHI AA 0.295 0.518 0.420 112 4 17 13
47 Alonso, Yonder CIN AAA 0.331 0.535 0.386 127 4 18 4

Pitcher of the Week: Matthew Moore

It looks like the Rays’ talented lefty is back on track. For the week, the strikeout artist threw 11 1/3 innings, gave up just five hits and one run while walking five and striking out 15. The Minor League leader in strikeouts the last two years running is now on the leaderboard, with his 56 K’s tying him for fourth (As an aside, Tyler Skaggs, who could have easily been this week’s Pitcher of the Week, is just ahead of Moore in a three-way tie for first with 59 K’s.). For those who might worry about Moore’s command and control, it should be noted that he’s walked just 2.4 per nine innings so far this year, far below his career 4.2 ratio. And at 12.4 K/9 so far in 2011, it has impacted his ability to get swings and misses. Moore, in fact, has lowered his walk rate each season, from 5.1 in 2009 to 3.8 a year ago to his current 2.4. That’s the kind of progress you like to see.

Rank PLAYER TEAM LEVEL W L ERA IP H R ER BB SO AVG
5 Chapman, Aroldis CIN MLB 2 0 6.92 13 6 11 10 20 15 0.143
9 Teheran, Julio ATL MLB 0 1 5.79 4.2 4 3 3 2 1 0.222
9 Teheran, Julio AAA 3 0 1.91 37.2 28 11 8 12 32 0.211
12 Pineda, Michael SEA MLB 4 2 2.84 44.1 36 15 14 13 45 0.221
13 Montgomery, Mike KC AAA 2 1 4.25 42.1 38 24 20 25 33 0.242
14 Turner, Jacob DET AA 1 1 2.58 45.1 37 14 13 11 36 0.216
17 Taillon, Jameson PIT A 1 0 1.80 15 12 3 3 3 14 0.222
18 Britton, Zach BAL MLB 5 2 2.42 52 37 14 14 16 29 0.203
19 Miller, Shelby STL A+ 2 2 3.15 40 31 17 14 17 59 0.211
20 Minor, Mike ATL MLB 0 1 10.38 4.1 7 5 5 4 2 0.389
20 Minor, Mike AAA 2 1 2.22 44.2 37 12 11 14 46 0.228
21 Kelly, Casey SD AA 3 1 3.38 45.1 45 19 17 14 33 0.257
22 Perez, Martin TEX AA 1 0 2.73 33 27 10 10 18 32 0.231
25 Moore, Matthew TB AA 2 3 3.54 40.2 31 17 16 11 56 0.207
27 Parker, Jarrod ARI AA 3 3 6.00 33 32 25 22 20 27 0.271
29 Lyles, Jordan HOU AAA 1 3 3.97 45.1 47 20 20 14 35 0.283
31 Matzek, Tyler COL A+ 0 2 8.61 23 22 23 22 31 26 0.250
32 Lamb, John KC AA 1 2 3.15 34.1 33 15 12 13 21 0.250
33 Banuelos, Manny NYY AA 1 0 2.77 26 25 9 8 13 20 0.255
35 Odorizzi, Jake KC A+ 3 0 2.45 36.2 28 12 10 8 55 0.209
38 Gibson, Kyle MIN AAA 1 2 4.14 37 34 17 17 7 37 0.234
41 Scheppers, Tanner TEX AAA 0 0 13.50 2 4 3 3 0 3 0.400
45 Archer, Christopher TB AA 0 2 5.85 32.1 42 24 21 19 29 0.326
48 Friedrich, Christian COL AA 3 2 5.26 37.2 42 23 22 10 31 0.284
49 Cosart, Jarred PHI A+ 4 3 3.52 46 39 19 18 16 35 0.235
50 Skaggs, Tyler ARI A+ 2 3 3.20 45 36 19 16 21 59 0.218
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