Preston goes 5 for 5 - Dodger Prospect Performances and Minor League Box Scores - Sep 4th-5th, 2009
by Phil Gurnee on Sep 6, 2009 11:44 AM PDT
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PrintNo one has been a bigger disappointment to the Dodgers then Preston Mattingly. The son of the Dodgers hitting coach evidently did fall far from the tree. Preston turned 22 last week mired in one of the worse stretches of his career. Mind you, this is the California League where hits are as bountiful as the beautiful woman who inhabit this wondrous state. Coming into yesterday's game Preston had gone zero for twenty three with nine strikeouts. His skills seem so negligible that it is hard to believe he has any chance for a major league career. No power, inability to make contact, no patience, no batting average. So yesterday he went five for five with three doubles in probably his best professional offensive game. Go figure.
Jamie Ortiz blasted two runs yesterday. Once upon a time Ortiz looked like a prospect but no more. Still only twenty one he has time to get back on the beam but those home runs seemed to be a product of the day. Mattingly got five hits, Ortiz hit two homes, and Caseres banged out three hits.
Jamie Hoffman was officially released by the Dodgers so they promoted Scott Van Slyke who was having a solid year for the 66er's. Van Slyke will skipp AA this year as the gets ready to play in the playoffs for the Isotopes. This move means the Dodgers skipped a chance to promote Lambo from AA and went with Van Slyke instead. Lambo's star has certainly dimmed after what can only be described as a very lackluster performance in AA.
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Kyle Russell went 0/4 on Saturday with four strikeouts
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Isn't Van Slyke 4 years older than Lambo?
Also, Lambo’s going to the AFL, while Van Slyke isn’t, so promoting Van Slyke for the Triple-A playoffs can be looked as getting more playing/development time for him while there isn’t that need for Lambo.
Also, there’s an article that mentions that our Double-A team is still trying to reach the playoffs, so its not as if Lambo doesn’t have a chance at postseason heroics.
…Or not, as it seems they were eliminated last night.
http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3900971
Didn't try to say that
Van Slyke is now a better prospect then Lambo but Lambo was the AA outfielder and VanSlyke was the A outfielder and the AA outfielder was bypassed for the A outfielder. Obviously Lambo is the much better prospect given the age differences I just found it interesting that Van Slyke was promoted and Lambo wasn’t. It was only a year ago that Lambo skipped the A+ league on his way to AA. Starting Lambo in AA this year doesn’t seem like the best of moves but maybe the struggles will help him in the long run.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
i think
It’s just a reward for Van Slyke for his good season and the Dodger’s believing he can help the Isotopes more than Lambo right now.
I'm sure that was it
but going into this season what were the odds that someone could think Van Slyke would be considered the better option to help the Isotope playoff season then the number one position prospect, Mr. Lambo? I’d say very high.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
I can't believe...
…what anybody saw in Mattingly. I expected to see some kind of extremely athletic guy who just couldn’t play baseball.
Instead, it was an average athlete…that couldn’t play baseball.
no kidding
I grew up in New York, and Mattingly was a VERY unspectacular athelete, as well as unspectacular everything else. Slugger Steve Balboni was the “can’t miss” prospect, until Mattingly came into his own during his second major league season.
That’s a perfect, albeit very old, example of how you never know with these prospects- who’s going to pan out, and who’s going to wildly exceed expectations, which is why it’s funny to see things like, “Loney’s not turning out to be the player we hoped. Let’s hope the Dodgers put Lambo at first base in 2011.” (I’m exagerrating slightly, but that’s often the sentiment.) There’s a far better chance that Loney WILL be the player we hoped than Lambo- so much can- and of does- happen in between.
No
But he wasn’t a terrible hitter.
Reports on Preston were that he was extremely raw, athletic and projectable.
by Chad Moriyama on Sep 8, 2009 4:20 AM PDT up reply actions
So would the rest of the prospect world
but the odds of that went from zero on April 1st to a gambling bet.
Patience is for those who die waiting for something to happen
why be shocked?
That sort of thing happens a lot. That’s why they’re only prospects. Would anyone have thought Matt Kemp would be better than Andy LaRoche in 2006, let alone THIS much better?
Incidentally, I saw Van Slyke during the Manny suspension, and he looked great. I know it’s only Single A, but nevertheless…
Me.
But I always loved Kemp. :o
I don’t think it’s frequent that a top 3 prospect gets passed by some guy in the 30-50 range.
by Chad Moriyama on Sep 8, 2009 4:21 AM PDT up reply actions
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