BA - 2004 Top 20 Prospects: Arizona League - 美國職棒

18. ALEXI OGANDO, of, Athletics
Age: 20 Ht: 6-5 Wt: 193 B-T: R-R Drafted/Signed: Athletics FA '02
(Dominican Republic)

Most Arizona League managers preferred Ogando over outfield mate Javi Herrera
as a prospect last year. While Herrera moved up this year and became the No. 1
prospect in the Northwest League, Ogando returned to the AZL after getting
limited playing time there.

Ogando stayed back on breaking balls better while laying off pitches out of
the strike zone this year. But he still swung and missed too much, striking out
57 times in 180 at-bats, and his average dropped from .342 a year ago to .267.
His best tools are his power to all fields, which is already major league
average and projects to get better, and his right-field arm.

AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS AVG OBP SLG
180 26 48 13 1 6 24 14 57 3 1 .267 .340 .450


20. CONNOR ROBERTSON, rhp, Athletics
Age: 23 Ht: 6-3 Wt: 215 B-T: R-R Drafted/Signed: Athletics '04 (31)

Robertson broke into pro ball with a bang, leading the Arizona League with 13
saves while posting a 0.92 ERA. He also posted a 46-8 strikeout-walk ratio in
29 innings.

But Robertson, a 31st-round pick, was very old by Rookie league standards at
22. While his age wasn't optimum, his stuff was. He showed three solid pitches,
including a fastball that touched 92 mph. He's relatively new to pitching
after being a two-way player at Birmingham-Southern, where he was the NAIA
World Series MVP as a freshman third baseman.

W L ERA G SV IP H HR BB SO AVG
2 2 0.92 25 13 29.1 17 2 8 46 .157

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