Twittered Baseball Roadtrip #12: Yanks, Sox, Mets, and Phillies Baseball America 's Top 10 Prospects Playing in the South Atlantic League

Twittered Baseball Roadtrip #12: Yanks, Sox, Mets, and Phillies Baseball America's Top 10 Prospects Playing in the South Atlantic League

Dates: April 29, 2011, May 2, 2011, and July 21, 2011

Primary Destinations: Day trips to Lakewood, NJ

Twitter Address: http://twitter.com/Wtriebel

Games Attended: (x=not attended)

Game 1: Charleston RiverDogs vs. Lakewood BlueClaws, April 29, 2011, 7:05PM, FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, NJ

Game 2: Savannah Sand Gnats vs. Lakewood BlueClaws, May 2, 2011, 7:05PM, FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, NJ

xGame 3: Greenville Drive vs. Lakewood BlueClaws, July 21, 2011, 7:05PM, FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, NJ

Summary:

This summer I planned a series of baseball trips to enable me to see as many of the minor league prospects of the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets, and Philadelphia Phillies that were ranked by Baseball America as these teams 2011 top 10 prospects. Included in the plan was that my travel would be limited to approx 300 miles from the metro New York City area, which limited me to attending games played by teams that are located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States.

This part of the roadtrip was to see those prospects that play for teams in the South Atlantic League (Single-A level). Each of these four major league teams have an affiliate minor league team in this league. They are:

• Lakewood BlueClaws (Phillies)
  
• Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees)
  
• Savannah Sand Gnats (Mets)
• Greenville Drive (Red Sox).
  

To limit travel, the plan was to attended games when the out of state teams played an away game against the Lakewood BlueClaws at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood, NJ.

Here is a list of the Baseball America top 10 ranked prospects that played for each of these teams.

Philadelphia Phillies: Lakewood BlueClaws

#8 Jesse Biddle (P)

#9 Domingo Santana (OF)

#10 Aaron Altherr (OF).

New York Yankees: Charleston RiverDogs, Charleston, SC

#2 Gary Sanchez (C),

#9 Slade Heathcott (OF)

New York Mets: Savannah Sand Gnats, Savannah, GA

#9 Aderlin Rodriguez (3B)

Boston Red Sox: Greenville Drive, Greenville, SC

#4 Anthony Renaudo (P)

Through the two games I attended, I did see all of these players(except Anthony Renaudo of the Drive) participate in a game. Prior to the date of the Greenville Drive’s trip to Lakewood, Renaudo was promoted to the Boston Red Sox A+ level team the Salem Red Sox. Since there were no longer any of the Sox’s top 10 prospects on the Drive’s roster, I skipped this game.

I wrote a detailed article about this baseball roadtrip titled:

“On the Trail of More of Baseball America’s Top 10 Prospects of the Yankees, Mets, Red Sox, and Phillies”

This article is posted on the“Standing Room Only Blog”of the FanFeedr.com sports website. Click here to read the article: http://bit.ly/leP83F

Summary of South Atlantic League Roadtrip Games:

Game 1: April 29, 2011 Link to Box Score: http://bit.ly/oZMLCC

Charleston 9R 10H 6E

LP: Richard Martinez (0W:1L)

BSV: Manuel Barreda (3)

Lakewood 13R 10H 2E

WP: Hector Neris (1W:1L)

HR: Lakewood: Jim Murphy (7), Aaron Altherr

Game 2: May 2, 2011 Link to Box Score: http://bit.ly/nfmApu

Savannah 3R 6H 4E

WP: Erik Goeddel (1W:1L)

SV: Ronny Morla (2)

Lakewood 1R 6H 1E

LP: Jesse Biddle (0W:4L)

HR: Savannah: Javier J. Rodriguez (4)

Game 3: July 21, 2011 Link to Box Score: http://bit.ly/oUvzqL

Greenville 4R 7H 1E

LP: Garrett Rau (3W:4L)

BSV: Garrett Rau (3)

Lakewood 5R 12H 0E

WP: Jay Johnson (1W:1L)

BSV: Jay Johnson (1)

HR: Lakewood: Jim Murphy (20)

Twitter Roadtrip Information:

The tweets posted on Twitter for each of the games includes pre-game tweets with information about the league, each team participating in the games, probable starting pitchers, and any of Baseball America’s top 10 prospects on the team rosters. In addition, travel information is provided such as the address of the stadium, a link to photos of the stadium, distance, and travel time. After the game, post-game tweets summarized the result, such as winning team, final score and overall team stats, winning and losing pitchers, a review of the play of any of the BA top 10 prospects participating in the game, and scoring highlights of the game.

Game 1: Charleston RiverDogs vs. Lakewood BlueClaws

1^st Tweet: 27 Apr Yankees, Phillies, Mets, and Red Sox 2011 Baseball America's Top 10 Minor League Prospects Roadtrip resumes Friday 4/29/11

Last Tweet: 30 Apr Game 4 Phillies #9 Prospect: Domingo Santana, DH, batted 7th in the order, 3AB 0R 0H

Game 2: Savannah Sand Gnats vs. Lakewood BlueClaws

1^st Tweet: 1 May Yankees, Phillies, Mets, and Red Sox 2011 Baseball America's Top 10 Minor League Prospects Roadtrip resumes Monday 5/2/11

Last Tweet: 6 May Game 4 Phillies #9 Prospect: Domingo Santana and # 8 Prospect: Jesse Biddle--did not play

Roadtrip Planning Resources

The following are the web resources used for planning the "South Atlantic League Roadtrip.” Official Website of the South Atlantic League: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=l116 Current Standings of the Teams in the South Atlantic League: http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?t=l_sta&lid=116&period=h2&sid=l116 Official Websites of the Teams: · Lakewood BlueClaws: http://lakewood.blueclaws.milb.com/index.jsp?sid=t427 · Charleston Riverdogs: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t233 · Savannah Sand Gnats: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t543 · Greenville Drive: http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp?sid=t42