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MID-SEASON STUFF AND TOP PROSPECTS

• Chris Hanson, taken 1st overall this year, went straight from the U. of Memphis to Oklahoma City. He's hitting .357/.400/.452 through 12 games with a HR and 4 RBI and he's now the IBL's #1 ranked prospect.
• We dropped to 10th overall with our top prospect Luis Maya (IF) at #9. Last years 1st overall pick Mike Johnson dropped to 88th. Our top pick in this years draft, P Luis Ornelas is already at #32. 2011 pick Catcher Troy Zehnder is 82nd while Japanese teenager Yoseikazu Suzuki arrives at 83.

Top 10 IBL Prospects (age) team year drafted/signed rd/overall pick Current level

1. OF Chris Hanson (22) OKC 2012 1/1 IBL
2. 1B Chris Rowland (20) AUS 2010 1/1 IBL
3. 1B Chris Garcia (19) SJ 2011 1/ 2 IBL
4. SP Jason Romero (20) PHI 2011 1/36 Short-season (acquired via trade from Utah 12/8/11
5. 2B Will Navarro (18) LA 2012 1/5 AA
6. SP Paul Smith (21) LA 2011 1/10 IBL
7. SP Bobby Woodruff (19) PIT 2012 1/28 Rookie league (this was our scouts choice at 18)
8. CF Josh West (22) PHX 2011 1/18 AAA
9. 2B Luis Maya (17) CIP 2011 Int FA sign
10. SP Chris Andrezejewski (23) PIT 2011 1/3 IBL The SP we passed on for Mike Johnson....

CHICAGOS FARM SYSTEM
There is some good news here. We've gone from 8 of the top 200 to this year where we have 14 of the top 200
Our ranking/IBL rank

1. 1/9 2B Luis Maya (17) INT
2. 2/32 SP Luis Ornelas (18) Rookie league
3. 3/82 C Troy Zehnder (20) Class A .264/.353/.424
4. 4/83 OF Yoseikazu Suzuki (19) Short-season .353/.353/.706
5. 5/88 1B Mike Johnson (19) Short-season .235/.263/.412
6. 6/89 RP Allen Henderson (21) AA 3 G 2 SV 0.00 ERA
7. 7/118 CF Tommy Beach (18) .333/.412/.733
8. 8/129 OF Johnny Blackwell (19) .279/.392/.395
9. 9/135 SP Dan Williams (19) Short-season
10. 10/155 SS David Vasquez (16) INT
11. 11/159 SP Nate Shackelford (18) Rookie league
12. 12/161 OF Diego Martinez (16) INT
13. 13/185 1B/3B Bill Brumfield (20) AA .236/.416/.536
14. 14/199 SP David Arroyo (19) Short-season

Really need to dig at years end on this stuff as I think we should have more high end talent than we do. Maybe I am missing something, that or my head scout did.