Since he's not taken yey, I'll adopt Hogs axeman Tom Collaro. I've been following him for two seasons.

 

In 2004, with Great Falls, he posted some impressive numbers. I was told, however that offensive numbers in the league were inflated - that's just the nature of the Pioneer League. Here's what he did in 2004: in 66 games, 268 at bats, .

287 BA,

.560 slg,

77 hits,

48 runs,

150 total bases,

18 homers

67 RBIs, -

 

top 5 in homers, at bats, triples, RBIs, and total bases (and, ugh, strikeouts).

 

It was enough to get him a promotion to High A Winston-Salem. This year, here's what we got:

in 133 games, 531 at bats,

140 hits,

.299/.490/.264,

68 runs,

27 doubles,

29 homers,

100 RBIs.

 

He led the Carolina League in homers (tied with teammate Daigle), 2nd in RBIs (again, Daigle), and top 5 in total bases. On the negative side, he struck out 153 times, which also led the league.

Allow me to assist.....

 

He was also second in the league in outfield assists, he had around a dozen, the leader 14 or 15. He also had the second most at bats in the league and was fourth in total bases.

He got into Sunday's game against the Royals and got a hit.

Let's go EZ, quit slacking off...

 

Collaro has smacked two already, a 400' + and the game winner against a 25mph wind !! Still swinging freely but hey....

Yeah yeah yeah...

 

Collaro's impressive run earned him promotion to AA Birmingham this year. So far, thru 3 games, he is 3 of 14 with 2 homers, and eight strikeouts.

 

How you like him now?

And looking back, it looks like he did make his Spring training debut with the Sox on March 26 vs KC... and went 1 for 1...

 

Now that the season has really begun, I'll try to stay on top of this.

 

Thanks fer kickin my ass!

Hey Easy, I'm not kicking your ass... Just assisting...

Enjoy the blog...

TC is picking up a little steam, he's always been a streaky hitter.

Let's get some dingers going now.

Been painful at times, lots of swings and misses, confidence was lacking.

Popped a couple of homers in one game recently so let's think STREAK !!!!

/ Barons

Edited May 29, 200619 yr by BB2ZZ

Been painful at times, lots of swings and misses, confidence was lacking.

Popped a couple of homers in one game recently so let's think STREAK !!!!

/ Barons

Thanks for hte update.

sorry guys I've really been falling down on the job lately.

 

Update coming...

Thru 51 games with the AA Birmingham Barons, Collaro has 6 HRs , 27 RBIs. He has struck out a whopping 59 times against just 4 walks and is batting only .222. He's only made 2 errors and has 0 stolen bases.

Collaro had a game winning sac fly in the Rickwood Classic on June 22nd.

 

Thru June 25, in 63 games, 233 AB, he's hitting just .219 with 70 strikeouts, but has 6 homers and 28 RBIs.

Joe Borchard 2.0 (w/o the hype?)

Anyone else watch?

Comcast Local sports showed the Barons last Thursday playing the Bay Bears.

 

TC smacked two, a solo in the seventh and a MONSTER 2 run shot in the ninth that should have been the game winner.

 

Wass couldn't hold the lead

Collaro has improved a little since my last update (game 51).

 

Thru 80 games, 297 at bats, he's hitting .229 with 9 homers, 43 RBIs and 113 TBs. On the down side, he's struck out 95 times.

 

I hope he likes Birmingham, cause it looks like he may be there for a while....

I hope Birmingham gets more guys like Collaro, who else is doing any hitting?

 

He's been smacking Homers, getting RBI's and making more contact lately.

 

Collaro had a rough year making the step up to AA.

 

AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SBCS OBP SLG OPS SH SF IBB GIDP HBP

.213 108 389 36 83 17 2 11 51 20 128 1 4 .255 .352 .608 2 3 1 12 3

 

 

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/stats...r.php?id=457988

Just watched the tape of the only Baron's televised game last year. TC smacked a couple and I think he'll be doing some good hitting this year too !!!

We'll see him at spring training again in 07.

 

He has to up his average a bit and stop striking out so much.

Collaro was added to the tenative roster for the AAA Charlotte Knights for 2007.

He will start the season in AA.

Got in against the D Backs on Thursday, smacked a single and scored.

In 2 games so far this spring, Collaro is 4 for 6 with 5 TB and 3 runs scored. No strikouts, one double.

 

I think these are mostly 'B' squad games, but at least he hasn't embarressed himself....yet.

In 2 games so far this spring, Collaro is 4 for 6 with 5 TB and 3 runs scored. No strikouts, one double.

 

I think these are mostly 'B' squad games, but at least he hasn't embarressed himself....yet.

 

 

So "B" squad games are against short bus guys? Embarassed himself .... yet ??

at 5 in the morning, I'm not checking my spelling.

 

I think collaro has played on the lower end of the split squad games. He strikes out a lot. So far that hasn't been the case this spring. Maybe he's turned the corner? Does anyone know if he's worked with Greg Walker much in the offseason?

 

He didn't handle the promotion to AA all that well last year. He may start the season back in Birmingham, but he might move up to Charlotte quickly.

 

Still, for more than 2 years now, I've been hearing from 'fans' that he is not a serious prospect in the Sox organization.