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Use the Internet to learn about the history of baseball, from baseball drafts to baseball drills.     Power 50 +/- Rank  Name  Level  Pos  Age  B  T   01 Hardy, J.J.   MLB   SS 30 R R   Let the speculation begin on whether J.J. will be Milwaukee's shortstop next year or not  02 Fielder, Prince   A   1B 29 L R   Trade Sexson, bring up Prince next year... why not?  03 Weeks, Rickie   MLB   2B 30 R R   The question for next year: Huntsville or Indianapolis?  04 Nelson, Brad   A   1B 30 L R   It is pretty clear Brad needs another season in AA, even if he has a strong AFL season  05 Parra, Manny   A   MR 30 L L   No instructional league in the fall means guys like Manny can rest  06 Jones, Mike   A   MR 30 R R   With Parra probably ticketed for Huntsville next year, Mike will be a dogfight to reclaim top pitching prospect honors  07 Martinez, Luis   MLB   SP 33 L L   First major league start (4+ IP, 6 H, 5 BB, 1 K) was easily Looie's worst start of the season  08 Krynzel, Dave   MLB   CF 31 L L   Dave more or less completely collapsed in the final month of the season, so I'd suggest restarting him in Huntsville next season  09 Hendrickson, Ben   MLB   SP 32 R R   Didn't make a strong showing in the Stars' opening game in their playoff series  10 Hart, Corey   MLB   OF 31 R R   Clubbed 40 doubles and gained MVP honors in the Southern League  11 Hall, Billy   MLB   3B 33 R R   Billy now needs just 16 Brewer AB to graduate off of the Power 50, and he could get those this week 3  12 Palmisano, Lou   A   C 30 R R   In a moment of some self-fulfilling-already-knew-that-anyway prophecy, Lou did win MVP honors in the Pioneer League before I mention he might last week 1  13 Ford, Matt   A   MR 32 S L   Having surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow 1  14 Gwynn Jr, Tony   MLB   OF 30 L R   Huntsville might have enough outfielders to begin next season that Tony will have to play in High Desert to begin with 1  15 Liriano, Pedro   A   SP 32 R R   Almost got to the 2:1 K:BB plateau, but not quite 1  16 Wilhelmsen, Tom   A   SP 29 R R   Have to think about maybe Tom going back to Beloit to begin next season 1  17 Bruso, Greg   A   SP 33 R R   Laregly inauspicious start to Milwaukee Brewer career 2  18 Diggins, Ben   A   MR 33 R R   There are no Digginses in the St. Paul phone book  19 Petty, Chad   A   SP 31 L L   Will be interesting to see what happens to Chad in Huntsville next season  20 Cruz, Enrique   A   SS 31 R R   Can Enrique go one whole month without an AB?  21 Moss, Steve   A   CF 29 R R   If Gwynn ends up in High Desert, I'd keep Steve in Beloit because he's most valuable as a CF 2  22 Sarfate, Dennis   MLB   MR 32 R R   Tied for second in the system with 12 victories, one behind Derek Lee's 13 2  23 Ballouli, Khalid   A   SP 33 R R   With a bunch of guys already penciled in for Huntsville, it might be High Desert afterall 1  24 Belcher, Jason   A   RF 31 L R   Probably did enough before getting injured to be promoted to Huntsville for next season 3  25 Clark, D.J.   A   LF 33 L R   At some point, D.J. is going to have to find that line between plate patience and being the power hitter he is capable of being 4  26 Ramirez, Carlos   A   SP 28 L L   Among top 10 in Pioneer League ERA... pretty good for a just-turned-19 year old 2  27 Zoccolillo, Peter   AAA   RF 36 L R   I'd call him up to Milwaukee, especially with Vander Wal gimpy, but it looks like that won't happen 5  28 Gemoll, Brandon   A   1B 32 L L   Brandon managed to get his OPS up to 770 by the end of the season, and thereby making a viable push for a promotion to Indy 1  29 Johnson, Kade   A   C 34 R R   Tied the mighty Kremblas in batting average to finish the year, at a paltry .192 2  30 Eveland, Dana   MLB   SP 29 L L   We get it, Dana, you're a great closer, now we just need you to be a good starter 4  31 Machado, Alejandro   A   2B 31 S R   Success in K.C.'s system didn't translate over to well to Huntsville 2  32 Varner, Noochie   MLB   RF 32 R R   OPS finished below 700 and there's no way I'd promote him to Indy next season 2  33 Chavez, Ozzie   AA   IF 29 S R   Who was the last player to have more homers than doubles and more triples than doubles? 1  34 Childers, Matt   A   MR 34 R R   Pitched very well in AAA to finish the season there, and there wouldn't be any harm in bringing him up to get a few innings 2  35 Adams, Mike   MLB   CL 34 R R   Southern League batters hit .208 off Mike, which may be a good sign of things to come 3  36 Crabbe, Callix   A   UT 30 S R   Will be back at second base next year in High Desert 1  37 Vanden Berg, John   A   C 33 R R   OPS fell off there a little at the end of the season 2  38 Carpenter, Calvin   A   SP 30 R R   Pretty much fell apart this season, but he's good enough to pick up the pieces 1  39 Nance, Shane   A   MR 35 L L   Somewhere in there, there is a major league pitcher 1  40 Housman, Jeff   A   MR 31 L L   Jeff wasn't supposed to be in AA this early, so why not send him up to Indy next season? 1  41 Ramirez, Manny   A   1B 30 R R   Played part of last night's game at catcher - yay! 1  42 Fermaint, Charlie   A   CF 27 R R   Batting average went way down, and only walked once every 33 AB, so OBP and OPS took a huge drop, too 1  43 Acosta, Gilberto   A   SS 30 S R   30 SB in short-season Arizona ball? Wow 1  44 Rottino, Vinny   MLB   UT 33 R R   Hopefully Vinnie develops some pop, because he'd probably be about 30 spots higher if he did 1  45 Kloosterman, Greg   A   SP 30 L L   As long as the ball stays down, he'll be great in Beloit next season 1  46 Anderson, Drew   A   OF 31 L R   Hit first home run of the season this week, and later that game, hit another 1  47 Bibbs, Kennard   A   RF 33 L L   KB is going to have to keep proving he's more than a utility OF type as he moves on next season 1  48 Wooley, Robbie   A   SP 28 R R   Robbie got off to a good running start and should be set up to go in Helena next year 1  49 Trofholz, Terry   A   CF 32 R R   Would really, really like to see those walk totals come up next year new  50 Hawk, Tommy   A   SP 28 R R   Tommy lead the Arizona League in ERA... congrats! Players removed this week: Wes Obermueller...

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