Padres MiLB July 19, Players of the day

Ground-rules: you won’t see a too-old-for-his-league non-prospect get an award. The award may not go to the best performance of the previous night, but what I deem the most significant performance of the night…

Minor League Hitter(s) of the Day

Yefri Carvajal (Low-A): 3-5, HR, 2 R, 5 RBI
Lance Zawadzki (Low-A): 4-4, 2 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI, SB
Cedric Hunter (High-A): 2-4, 2B, RBI

Minor League Pitcher of the Day

Stephen Faris (AA): 6.0 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR

Other Commentary

No offense, but I really am not looking at Zawadzki (drafted in the 4th round of the 2007 draft) as a significant prospect. On the other hand going into 2005, a Triple-A outfielder with a career Minor League line of .303/.389/.555 was rated 18th by Baseball America. That outfielder, Brad Hawpe (drafted in the 11th round of the 2000 draft), has a MLB line of .277/.372/.487. You never know…