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Minor Matters: Mike Hessman Keeps Bashing

April 5, 2013 | by RotoRob | Comments (0)
Mike Hessman is now slamming dingers in the Cincinnati Reds organization.
Minor league veteran Mike Hessman knows how to go yard.

With most minor leagues kicking off Thursday, we thought we’d check in with our season debut of Minor Matters, our periodic column that will keep you abreast of Fantasy worthy happenings around the minors.

Remember Mike Hessman? The Atlanta Braves’ 15th round pick in 1996 has periodically popped up in the Show, spending parts of five seasons with Atlanta, Detroit and the Mets. During his brief looks in the bigs (109 career games), he’s occasionally flashed that prodigious power (five homers in 27 at-bats with the Tigers in 2008), but more often proved he can’t make contact (23 strikeouts in 55 at-bats with the Mets in 2010, the last time he was spotted in the majors).

Fantasy value — at least that of the lasting nature — has never found its way to Hessman.

Well, bash on the third baseman does.

Hessman went to Japan in 2011, lasting all of 130 at-bats, but somehow failed to land on Tim McLeod’s 2012 sleeper list. WTF?

Obviously miffed by McLeod’s snub, Hessman toiled for the Astros’ Triple-A team last year and this real-life Crash Davis smacked 35 dingers, giving him a career total (as of the end of 2012) of 364 home runs in 16 minor league seasons — 254 at the Triple-A level. Wow.

He is the current active career leader in minor league home runs.

Despite Hessman’s assault on Triple-A pitching last year, the Astros never gave him a sniff, because — as we all know — they couldn’t use any power in their lineup.

Hessman, who turned 35 last month, has moved on to the Cincinnati Reds organization this year and all he did on Thursday in his debut for Louisville was go 2-for-3 with two solo home runs.

He may never resurface in the majors, but the fact that we’ve never mentioned Hessman in these pages needed to be rectified considering what he’s accomplished.

Farm Seedlings

  • Travis d’Arnaud wasted no time in proving the Mets made a wise decision in landing him from Toronto as the key to the R.A. Dickey trade. In his season debut Thursday, d’Arnaud lashed two doubles, scored a career-best four runs, drove in one and drew a pair of walks. One of the leading men in our Top 60 Prospects (the top 10 of which will be released shortly), he has flashed tremendous on-base skills and power for a catcher (or really for anyone, for that matter). The Mets are being mindful of starting d’Arnaud’s service clock, but make no mistake — he will force his way to the Show this year and when he does, you better grab him.
  • Hunter Morris, who we liked enough to slot 60th in our First Base Rankings, made an immediate impact in his Triple-A debut, going yard and adding a double for four RBI. This dude led the Southern League with 28 jacks and 113 RBI last year and is out to prove those numbers will translate to the minor’s highest level. Expect to see the 24-year-old in Milwaukee at some point this season — very soon if the Alex Gonzalez-at-first-base experiment doesn’t pan out before Corey Hart is ready to return.

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Minor Matters: Alex Liddi Starting to Hit

August 28, 2012 | by RotoRob | Comments (1)
Well, he hit like he wanted back up as soon as he arrived, batting .276 in 15 games in June with six runs, five doubles, a couple of homers and five RBI. But then Liddi went into the tank, going just 21-for-104 in July with no pop (.311 SLG).
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Minor Matters: Billy Hamilton Adjusting Well to Double-A

July 23, 2012 | by RotoRob | Comments (0)
Clearly, Hamilton was ready for this move. He had three hits Sunday, including a double, and scored the game’s only run from first base as Pensacola edged Mobile 1-0.
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Minor Matters: Adam Pettersen Picking it Up at Class-A

May 19, 2012 | by RotoRob | Comments (1)
Pettersen was the Gophers’ MVP last year, and after signing with the Twinkies the shortstop didn’t miss a beat, showing an advanced batting at in the Rookie Appalachian League. He doesn’t have any extra-base pop – which he continues to prove this season at Class-A – and his contact rates have slipped, taking his OBP with it.
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Minor Matters: Delino DeShields Junior Running Wild

May 5, 2012 | by RotoRob | Comments (0)
Houston’s first rounder from 2010 is still over three months shy of his 20th birthday, yet he’s in his third professional season already.
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