Friday, July 6, 2012

Rockies Prospects Spotlight on Rutledge and Dahl

Tulsa's Josh Rutledge
Double-A middle infielder Josh Rutledge has 15 more extra-base hits (39 to 24) than teammate and top prospect Nolan Arenado. Rutledge has also hit .299 while drawing only 14 walks this season.

Grand Junction (rookie league) has pitcher Shawn Stewart, a 31st-round pick this season, standing out. Stuart, a 6-foot-3 and 210-pound righthander, has a 15/1 strikeout-to-base-on-balls rate in 11 innings as a reliever while also allowing but 5 hits and one unearned run.

2012 first-round pick David Dahl, an outfielder, has more RBI (13) and extra-base hits (9) than strikeouts (6) at Grand Junction.

At Low-A Asheville pitcher Chris Jensen has competed but struggled this season. In five May starts, his ERA was 6.75. In his last four starts, his ERA - 2.10. Jensen's stuff is not elite so he has to pitch to spots and to contact well. He had a solid debut season at Tri-City in 2011 but if I had to profile him now, I'd write that his big-league hopes will likely have to be as a reliever.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

You Have so much information, how many of these players do you actually have an opportunity to see play on a regular basis?