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Arizona Fall League recap
Sox Machine — ... Gordon Beckham Stats: .394/.468/.692, 66 AB, 26 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 8 BB, 14 K, 0/1 SB Beckham was unquestionably the White Sox's star in AFL play, finishing his season with hits in nine of his last 10 games, including a 5-for-5, two-homer, one-triple, seven-RBI performance Nov. 6. He finished with the sixth-highest OPS+ when his numbers were adjusted for scoring environments. I can't find anything that says much about his defense, so the least we can say is that he isn't an error machine. Aaron Poreda Stats: 0-0, 7.71 ERA, 10 G, 9.1 IP, 10 H, 8 R, 1 HR, ...

Tuesday Morning Rangers Notes: Milton Bradley's Big Payday
Baseball Time in Arlington — ... that the Mariners will announce Adair as their new bullpen coach on Wednesday...Justin Smoak notched a cool 149 OPS+ (.352/.468/.571 in 91 AB) in the 2008 Arizona Fall League..the Rangers' 36-game 2009 spring training schedule has ...

Open Thread: Ex-Yanks on the move
River Avenue Blues — ... getting three players in return, but LHP Jo-Jo Reyes and IF Brent Lillibridge are fringy guys who shouldn’t play a key role on a contending team. The third prospect, Tyler Flowers, is what makes deal worth it for Kenny Williams’ & Co. One of the best unknown prospects out there, Flowers projects to be an offensive catcher who holds his own behind the plate. He’s hit .291-.400-.488 in his three pro seasons, and he just finished annihilating the AzFL with a 232 OPS+. He instantly becomes the ...

The possible returns for Javier Vazquez
Sox Machine — ... in the Arizona Fall League and "practically drooled over him." There's good reason for that -- Flowers led the entire league in hitting , going .387/.460/.973 with 12 homers in 75 at-bats. Still, it doesn't do anything to discourage the sentiment that Williams ...

Thanksgiving Leftovers: Sandoval, Burriss
obsessivegiantscompulsive — ... Final Arizona Fall League stats: The data is at this Baseball America page, and it shows that out of 97 hitters, Kevin Frandsen was 49th with an OPS+ of 96, which is not too bad for middle infield (8th overall for MI), hitting .331/.392/.421/.813 with 10 SB in 13 SBA (however, 6 errors playing SS) in 133 AB. Again, didn't strike out much, only 13 for 10% strikeout rate or 90% contact rate and 7 walks, very good. ...