Links to stats of minor league free agents signed this year

Here are the 2006 minor league free agent signees in groups #1 and #2 who were not included on the NRI list I published below.

Links are to their stats on baseball cube.



Joey Hammond
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/H/joey-hammond.shtml
28 yr old 2B has been a good OBP guy with very little power during his minor league career with the O's. Hit for a bit of power last season in AA, but at the expense of some of his OBP. Looks like a younger version of Brian Hitchcox, though maybe not as good.


Brennan King
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/K/brennan-king.shtml
25 yr old 3B who was formerly a second round draft pick of the Dodgers. Has topped out at AA where he's an impatient .280 hitter with a little power. Played for KC lat year, who didn't resign him. Not as good as Travis Chapman, but better than Josh Phelps.


Evan Fahrner
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/evan-fahrner.shtml
Minor league middle reliever with good peripheral stats, 28 yrs old. Walks a few too many, but gets more than a K/IP. Previously topped out at AA, played for the D'Backs, Cubs, and A's.


Nick Mattioni (though I think I read about him this spring being local-from Reading)
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/nick-mattioni.shtml
Another minor league middle reliever who has decent peripheral stats, 27 yrs old. Gets a little less than a K/IP and walks too many. Topped out at AA prior to last year where he got a cup of AAA coffee. Played for the Mets and A's.


Tim McClaskey
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/tim-mcclaskey.shtml
30 yr old minor league starter who's never been successful beyond AA. Good control, gets about 7Ks/9IP, played for Florida, Seattle, Oakland, and Houston.


Ben Shaffar
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/ben-shaffar.shtml
29 yr old minor league middle reliever with decent peripheral stats. A little less than a K/IP (more recently), he's played for the Cubs and Pirates, mostly at AA. He's a little wild.


John VanDen Berg (although I heard about him this spring)
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/V/john-vanden-berg.shtml
26 yr old minor league catcher from the Milwaukee organization with good on-base skills but little power. Topped out at AA, OPS on a downward trend.


Peeter Ramos
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/R/peeter-ramos.shtml
24 yr old 2B from the Padres' organization has never succeeded beyond high A ball (had a cup of coffee in AA last year and didn't hit). No power or patience, all his value is in his BA.


Brian Burgamy
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/brian-burgamy.shtml
25 yr old 2B from the Padres' organization showed power for the first time since short-season ball in high-A last year.


Branden Florence
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/branden-florence.shtml
28 year old minor league OF who can hit a little--career minor league BA over .300 with an .840 OPS. Never played consistently above high-A ball, though. UDFA signed by the Giants, last season with Baltimore.


Jonathan (J.J.) Johnson (recently signed--I think I remember a post or two about him)
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/J/jj-johnson.shtml
24 yr old minor league OF from the Cubs organization, doesn't do anything real well with the stick. 6th round HS draftee so he probably has tools. Topped out at high-A.


Ben King
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/K/ben-king.shtml
25 yr old middle reliever signed out of the Northern League, was originally drafted by the Yankees. Good K numbers in Northern League last season, although he gave up quite a few runs.


Steve Langone
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/L/steve-langone.shtml
28 yr old middle reliever drafted by the Dodgers, spent last season with Boston. Good K numbers and good control. Topped out in AAA with the Dodgers, took a year off (injury?) then played high-A with Boston last year. He posted some seriously low ERAs for the Dodgers' farm teams in the early 2000's.


Brian Mazone
http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/M/brian-mazone.shtml
30-year old minor league control pitcher who has bounced around from AA/AAA ball to the independent leagues. Mostly a starter, his K numbers have seriously declined over the last two years as his WHIPs have gone up.