Inspired by Alex Duval’s excellent post yesterday, I’ll toss in a few more names that I feel deserve promotions:
- Humberto Arteago — Humberto has long ago proven everything he can prove at AAA and deserves a shot to come off the bench for the Big Boys.
- Brett Phillips — We all know he is a plus defender, with a plus-plus arm and plus speed. All he has to do is hit enough. Last 2 weeks the bat has been pretty good and he is already on the 40-man.
- Kyle Zimmer — looks settled in and pumping gas at 95-96 regularly. Frankly, I can’t want Boxberger any longer and say lets go with Zim.
- Conner Greene — Conner sure looks the part in relief, as he’s been working out of the ‘pen in Skoglund’s rehab starts. I’d like to see him get a shot in the Omaha bullpen when Zimmer is promoted.
- Blake Perkins — Moving Gigliotti up will require other moves to free up a spot. Blake will need to prove he can stay at AA.
I gathered the box scores and it looks like the top ten hitters last week were:
| Player | Pos | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Lev | |
| 1 | Brett Phillips | RF | 0.429 | 0.643 | 0.857 | 1.500 | AAA |
| 2 | Deivy Pena | SS | 0.412 | 0.765 | 0.647 | 1.412 | DR2 |
| 3 | Junior Calderon | 3B | 0.381 | 0.476 | 0.905 | 1.381 | DR1 |
| 4 | Brewer Hicklen | LF | 0.429 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 | A HI |
| 5 | Jecksson Flores | 3B | 0.476 | 0.476 | 0.857 | 1.333 | AAA |
| 6 | Eric Cole | RF | 0.429 | 0.619 | 0.619 | 1.238 | A LO |
| 7 | Khalil Lee | CF | 0.389 | 0.611 | 0.611 | 1.222 | AA |
| 8 | Kevin Reyes | SS | 0.222 | 0.778 | 0.222 | 1.000 | DR1 |
| 9 | Rothaikeg Seijas | RF | 0.400 | 0.600 | 0.400 | 1.000 | DR1 |
| 10 | Michael Gigliotti | CF | 0.440 | 0.640 | 0.520 | 1.160 | A LO |
Top 5 Starters (By WHIP):
| Player | K/9 | ERA | WHIP | Lev | |
| 1 | Marcelo Martinez | 10.50 | 1.50 | 0.50 | A HI |
| 2 | Jackson Kowar | 7.71 | 1.29 | 0.71 | A HI |
| 3 | Evan Steele | 5.40 | 1.80 | 0.80 | A LO |
| 4 | Austin Cox | 6.75 | 0.00 | 0.88 | A LO |
| 5 | Jon Heasley | 12.00 | 3.00 | 1.00 | A LO |
Top 5 Relievers (also by WHIP):
| Player | IP | K/9 | ERA | WHIP | Lev | |
| 1 | Luis De La Rosa | 3.00 | 9.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | DR1 |
| 2 | Andres Sotillet | 3.33 | 5.41 | 0.00 | 0.30 | AA |
| 3 | C.J. Eldred | 2.67 | 10.11 | 0.00 | 0.37 | A HI |
| 4 | Tad Ratliff | 2.33 | 7.73 | 0.00 | 0.43 | A HI |
| 5 | Jake Newberry | 2.33 | 11.59 | 3.86 | 0.43 | AAA |
Looking forward to Burlington’s Opening Night tonight, as well as the Arizona League Royals. So much baseball, so little time….
Photo Credits: Kent Sievers, Omaha World-Herald
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