2nd Tier Prospects

[CubsWin]

This is basically the Chris Sabo thread.

Eh, sort of. Except the guys I'm describing have been having 3-4 really good years, and Sabo pretty much had one that was on par with the Cardinals players. Also, Sabo was a younger college player and was drafted in the 2nd round.

[Warpticon]

This is basically the Chris Sabo thread.

Eh, sort of. Except the guys I'm describing have been having 3-4 really good years, and Sabo pretty much had one that was on par with the Cardinals players. Also, Sabo was a younger college player and was drafted in the 2nd round.

 

I was gonna say Paul Lo Duca thread, but I forgot what an amazing outlier that one season was.

[CubsWin]

This is basically the Chris Sabo thread.

Eh, sort of. Except the guys I'm describing have been having 3-4 really good years, and Sabo pretty much had one that was on par with the Cardinals players. Also, Sabo was a younger college player and was drafted in the 2nd round.

 

I was gonna say Paul Lo Duca thread, but I forgot what an amazing outlier that one season was.

But, man, did he put up some good minor league numbers.

[Clem Fandango]

I always wanted Jerry Sands back when he was doing well in the minors, which really wasn't all that long ago. He's still relatively young (26), and put up decent numbers in AAA only a year ago (2012 - .296/.375/.524 26 HR 107 RBI)

 

The Rays have claimed Pedro Figueroa off of unconditional release waivers, according to Roger Mooney of The Tampa Tribune (via Twitter). To make room on the roster, the club has designated outfielder Jerry Sands for assignment.

 

Sands, 26, was claimed off waivers from the Pirates just before Christmas and didn't get a chance to go house hunting in Tampa Bay. Sands batted just .207/.311/.329 with seven home runs in 106 games (397 PAs) at the Triple-A level in 2013. Once a favorite in the Dodgers' farm system, he became one of the players in the Adrian Gonzalez/Carl Crawford/Josh Beckett blockbuster of August 2012. The Red Sox included him in another notable trade last offseason - the deal that sent Mark Melancon to Pittsburgh and Joel Hanrahan to Boston. In his minor league career, Sands is a .276/.366/.526 hitter with 128 homers in 2433 plate appearances.