Top Eastern League Prospects 4/30

I'll be updating this blog every week or so.
Due to the call up of Drew Storen to Triple-A i needed to fill he spot and i did so with David Phelps. I also dropped Zachary Britton who after a bad week has been replaced by Kirk Nieuwenhuis.

Holding at #1 in top prospect Stephen Strasburg who threw 5 hitless innings in his last start.
1) Stephen Strasburg
Harrisburg Senators (Washington)
Stats through April 30, 2010
3-0, 0.52 era, 23 strikeouts in 17.1 innings

Moving up 2 spots this week is Kyle Drabek who has won his last two starts.
2) Kyle Drabek
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto)
Stats through April 30, 2010
4-1, 3.49 era, 27 strikeouts in 28.1 innings

Staying at #3 is Domonic Brown who has since recovered from his concussion.
3) Domonic Brown
Reading Phillies (Philadelphia)
Stats through April 30, 2010
.308 avg, 1 hr, 7 rbi, 1 sb

Moving up 3 places to #4 in Phillippe Aumont who in his last start had 6 hitless innings!
4) Phillippe Aumont
Reading Phillies (Philadelphia)
Stats through April 30, 2010
1-1, 3.32 era, 14 strikeouts in 21.2 innings

I had to drop Casey Kelly becasue in his last 2 starts has given up 4 earned runs in 5.2 innings. Lets hope he just had a bad start and can rebound.
5) Casey Kelly
Portland Sea Dogs (Boston)
Stats through April 30, 2010
0-1, 3.38 era, 10 strikeouts in 10.2 innings

Moving up 3 spots to #6 in Austin Romine who has a ten game hit streak.
6) Austin Romine
Trenton Thunder (New York Y.)
Stats through April 30, 2010
.354 avg, 0 hr, 12 rbi, 1 sb

Moving up to #7 is Zachary Stewart who rebounded nicely after a rough outing on April 15.
7) Zachary Stewart
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto)
Stats through April 30, 2010
1-1, 5.02 era, 10 strikeouts in 14.1 innings

Jose Iglesias hasn't produced much laterly but i'll keep him on the list untill he proves that he shouldn't be.
8) Jose Iglesias
Portland Sea Dogs (Boston)
.288 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 1 sb

After Kirk Nieuwenhuis continued on his hot streak this year he has done everything to prove to me that he should be on the list.
9) Kirk Niewenhuis
Binghamton Mets (New York M.)
Stats through April 30, 2010
.319 avg, 2 hr, 12 rbi, 6 sb

David Phelps is up in the top of most of the pitching categories in the Eastern League.
10) David Phelps
Trenton Thunder (New York Y.)
Stats through April 30, 2010
2-0, 1.08 era, 18 strikeouts in 16.2 innings

Domonic Brown, Concussion

In the second inning of Readings game against Richmond, Domonic Brown suffered a concussion after a collision with second basemen Ozzie Chavez. Brown walked off of the field under his own power and is expected to return soon. Brown is considered to be the 14th overall best prospect in the minor leagues.

Eastern League Top Prospects 2010

1) Stephen Strasburg, RHP
Harrisburg Senators (Washington)
Stats through April 21, 2010
1-0, 1.23 era, 11 strikeouts in 7.1 innings

2) Casey Kelly, RHP
Portland Sea Dogs (Boston)
Stats through April 21, 2010
0-0, 0.00 era, 4 strikeouts in 5 innings

3) Domonic Brown
Reading Phillies (Philadelphia)
Stats through April 21, 2010
.323 avg, 0 hr, 3 rbi, 1 sb

4) Kyle Drabek, RHP
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto)
Stats through April 21, 2010
2-1, 5.17 era, 13 strikeouts in 15.2 innings

5) Drew Storen, RHP
Harrisburg Senators (Washington)
Stats through April 21, 2010
0-0, 1.42 era, 2 sv, 8 strikeouts in 6.1 innings

6) Jose Iglesias, SS
Portland Sea Dogs (Boston)
Stats through April 21, 2010
.257 avg, 0 hr, 1 rbi, 1 sb

7) Phillippe Aumont, RHP
Reading Phillies (Philadelphia)
Stats through April 21, 2010
0-1, 4.60 era, 10 strikeouts in 15.2 innings

8) Zach Stewart, RHP
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Toronto)
Stats through April 21, 2010
1-1, 7.71 era, 7 strikeouts in 9.1 innings

9) Austin Romine, C
Trenton Thunder (New York Y.)
Stats through April 21, 2010
.250 avg, 0 hr, 6 rbi, 1 sb

10) Zachary Britton, LHP
Bowie Baysox (Baltimore)
Stats through April 21, 2010
1-1, 3.86 era, 15 strikeouts in 16.1 innings