SSH2005 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 http://www.rotoworld.com/content/story.asp...B&storyid=18705 Channel Surfing: AL Rookies to Watch By Aaron Gleeman RotoWorld.com January 7, 2006 Brian Anderson | Center Field | Chicago White Sox Already this offseason the White Sox have traded away their starting center fielder, Aaron Rowand, and one of their top prospects, Chris Young. Both moves were made in order to hand Brian Anderson the everyday in center field both now and in the future. Choosing Anderson over Rowand as the center fielder of the present and choosing Anderson over Young as the center fielder of the future are each fairly debatable decisions. However, at the very least Anderson is cheaper and younger than Rowand and closer to being major-league ready than Young. Anderson doesn’t project as an offensive star, but he does everything pretty well. He hits for solid batting averages, draws a reasonable number of walks, has some power, and can even do a little running. Anderson hit .295/.360/.469 with 16 homers, 43 total extra-base hits, and 44 walks in 118 games at Triple-A in 2005, and should be able to hit around .270 with 15-18 homers and a handful of steals playing every day for the White Sox in 2006. The rest of the list is: Kenji Jojima | Catcher | Seattle Mariners Jeff Mathis | Catcher | Los Angeles Angels Chris Ray | Reliever | Baltimore Orioles Jason Kubel | Right Field | Minnesota Twins Other American League Rookies to Watch in 2006: Ian Kinsler (Second Base, Texas Rangers), Jon Papelbon (Starter, Boston Red Sox), Guillermo Quiroz (Catcher, Toronto Blue Jays), Craig Hansen (Reliever, Boston Red Sox), Hayden Penn (Starter, Baltimore Orioles) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmteam Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 Papelbon is still a rookie? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 QUOTE(farmteam @ Jan 7, 2006 -> 07:10 PM) Papelbon is still a rookie? He doesn't have enough innings to no longer qualify as a rookie, but he's exactly borderline on "Time on a big league roster." He was called up for 1 game in late July of last year, was sent back down, and recalled on August 15th. If you spend 45 days on a ML roster, you no longer qualify for the ROY award (or if you pitch 50 innings.) He only pitched 34 innings last year, but it seems to me like he spent 45+ days on a ML roster if he was called up on August 15th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 You think if Brian Anderson could hit .270 in 2006 we would be rejoicing right now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dam8610 Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jan 8, 2006 -> 01:30 AM) You think if Brian Anderson could hit .270 in 2006 we would be rejoicing right now? If he does what the author of that article says he should be able to do, he'll have replaced Rowand's production from 2005 and even exceeded it slightly. If he can provide the type of defense I've heard he can, I'd be really happy with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDudeAbides Posted January 11, 2006 Share Posted January 11, 2006 i have no doubt in my mind that anderson will succeed at a major league level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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