Sizemore's a Smash in Arizona Fall League

by Ian Casselberry on Oct 17, 2009 11:30 AM EDT in Detroit Tigers News

Perhaps Scott Sizemore senses the doubts in Tiger Town as to whether or not he can take over for Placido Polanco next season at second base. Or maybe he was disappointed over not being one of the Tigers' September call-ups, and is taking out that frustration now.

Whatever the reason, Sizemore is crushing the ball in the Arizona Fall League so far. Okay, he hasn't hit for average in three games, batting just .250. But he's also made sure those hits count, taking them over the fence. Of Sizemore's three hits, each of them have been home runs. His total line is .250/.333./1.000 with three homers (leading the AFL) and five RBIs.

How have other Tigers prospects been doing in Arizona for the Peoria Javelinas?

Outfielder Casper Wells is batting .538/.533/1.000 with one homer and six RBIs.
Shortstop Cale Iorg has a .143/.250/.143 average, with four strikeouts in seven at-bats.
Andrew Oliver had a rough first outing in which he gave up four runs and two walks in one inning, but pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts his second time around.
Robbie Weinhardt was also knocked around in his first appearance, allowing five runs and six hits in 1.2 innings.
Scot Drucker has allowed one run in two innings of work, with one walk and one strikeout.
Thad Weber is waiting for his first appearance.

Also of possible interest, Gerald Laird's younger brother, Brandon, leads the AFL in hitting with a .625 (10-for-16) average.

Here's more on Detroit's AFL contingent from Jason Beck. And at Take 75 North, Matt Wallace looks at how each player sent to Arizona is viewed in the Tigers' organization.

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that mug shot of brandon laird is fantastic.

No Run Support

by allikazoo on Oct 17, 2009 11:38 AM EDT reply actions

Yeah, saw that yesterday when someone tweeted it

Family resemblance like WHOA

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions

I giggled a lil'.

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by madpoopz on Oct 17, 2009 11:37 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm nervous about these early AFL results

I know it’s a hitter’s league, but if this keeps up I’m confused why I’ve been told our farm system is lacking for the last 1-2 seasons.

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by john.kmiecik on Oct 17, 2009 12:02 PM EDT reply actions

No impact prospects

Sizemore’s good, and we had a lot of unproven draftees, but nobody was really pegged as an A or a B (using the Sickles rankings) except for Porcello and Perry. Plus there were some depth problems- we literally dealt away every useful player at AAA and AA in order to land Cabrera and Willis and Rentaria.

This year, there’s been a lot of growth in the system, and I see 4 or 5 players that could have a substantial impact (Turner, Crosby, Oliver if he finds his disappearing breaking ball, Fields, Streiby) and a couple decent prospects close to primetime in Avila, Sizemore and Ramirez (though Avila’s probably the only impact guy there).

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by David Tokarz on Oct 17, 2009 2:26 PM EDT up reply actions

building on what he said

Every organization has a number of prospects who put out pretty good stats and look pretty good. Detroit’s number isn’t all that great, unfortunately.

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by Kurt Mensching on Oct 17, 2009 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions