Arizona Fall League Standouts

[carter]

from what i gather, cashman wants to go the way of 90s dream team. he wants to keep the farm system intact, thus keeping duncan i guess. first base is his future. as long as his glove isnt worse than giambi's he'll see time there, by september even.

could be a good move by Cashman (to keep Duncan) .. i wouldn't make a big deal of AFL stats either, but Duncan's breakout is a little eye opening because he's showing defenite big #'s for the first time

i'd also take a look at Andre Ethier of the Oakland A's. he's proving that his breakout this year was no fluke .... its also interesting to watch what Alex Gordon and Jeff Clement do, and maybe James Loney.. other then that, im not taking AFL stats seriously (especially for pitchers)

[carter]

the way kendrick has been hitting the ball the last 2 years, i think adam kennedy and the angels will be parting ways shortly,,, but one big dissappointment for me so far in the AFL has been adam miller and his 7+ ERA so far

absolutely. kendrick has been sick since he's been in the minors. the angels have a bunch of studs coming up soon. morales, howie, mathis and wood have to be in the majors in 2 years.

don't forget Alberto Callaspo.. he's doing great all year and straight into the Venezuelan League .. then theres Aybar, the Angels are stacked 3X on the middle-infield (ahem.. trades)

[thedude]

BA Note book has some interesting things to say about the AFL

[thedude]

And incase anyone is interested the batting leaders...

[davidmarver]

There actually is some fantasy relevance from the AFL.

Last year's .avg and rbi leader was Chris Shelton, the SB leader was Joey Gathright, the 2b leader was Ryan Howard, and the ERA leader was Huston Street.

[Music2004Man]

You should definitely take a look at the AFL. Remember however that it is a hitting dominant league because many teams don't want to overwork their young arms after a long season. I use the numbers from the AFL as a guide because it can lead me to the players that teams are high on. I then crosscheck to see how their numbers in the shortseason AFL compared to what they did in their regular minor league season. I put more weight on what they did in the past years (and even experience prior to that). The AFL is still part of the equation though.