Cesar Torres #23 Age: 24 Pos: CF
Cesar Torres came over in the Julio Lopez Deal with Baffin Island and figures to be the CF of the future for the Panthers. Torres coming in to play Center allows John Doby to move to left and make a very great defensive outfield to man the massive outfield at BlackBerry Field. He’s 24 years old, just 9 months younger than John Doby, which should allow the pair to develop nicely together. Torres is the 49th ranked prospect on the OSA list with a .258/.394/.406 slash line in 256 AAA Abs. He’s played 9 games in the bigs so far and has gotten off to a nice start with 10 hits in 36 PAs raking up 7 RBI and drawing 6 BBs.
Michael Hoffmeyer #40 Age: 24 Pos: SP
Michael Hoffmeyer was an integral piece in the deadline deal that sent Hogan, Warrilow and Piniella up the 405. Hoffmeyer was the #12 prospect according to the OSA last season. He then got called up and knocked around in 21 starts for El Paso, but some would argue he was brought up prematurely. The defense didn’t seem to help much that year either as he had a .367 BABIP. Hoffmeyer picked up his performance in AAA while playing for Las Vegas in the LA system striking out 145 in 140 1/3 innings while keeping hitters to a .238 batting average.
Reagan Wear #32 Age: 18 Pos: SP Reagan Wear was another important part of the deal with LA. He’s been impressive in A ball this year with a 2.65 ERA with 92 Ks and a .99 whip in 78 innings. Reagan is the #7 Pitching prospect according to the OSA and helped Vista hop Maui to the #2 on the Organizational Rankings. Reagan joins an already very impressive Chula Vista starting pitching staff.
Yasuyuki Ishii came over to San Diego County with Cesar Torres as part of the Julio Lopez deal except he’s a little further down in Chula Vista. Ishii has been outstanding at the A level so far posting a 2.51 ERA with 94 Ks and .205 OAVG in 129 innings and joins Wear in adding on to the young Chula Vista group of starters.
Daniel Felix #21 Age: 18 Pos: SP
Daniel Felix has been in Chula Vista the entire season after being scouted in Mexico. Daniel has been solid all season long but really hit his stride this past month of July when he gave up only 3 earned runs in 28 2/3 IP, 28 Ks and 0 HRs.
Hiroshige Yamada #8 Age: 18 Pos: CL
Hiroshige Yamada has been in the Panthers system since the beginning of the season starting out starting in Chula Vista before making his way to Santa Monica as a Closer. Yamada is ranked #6 on the OSA prospect list, 1 slot ahead of new system-mate Reagan Wear. Yamada struck-ouut 106 batters and walked only 27 in 95 innings for Single-A Tacos. Yamada was downright NASTY between May 18th and June 7th, striking out 52 batters in 37.2 IP.
Edgardo Martinez #17 Age: 17 Pos: SP
Edgardo has been part of the Chula Vista staff the entire season putting up impressive numbers all year. He has a 2.52 FIP in 143.1 IP with 3 double-digit strikeout games so far. Notching up 10 in 8 2/3 on May 5th against the Salem Sledges Hammers and 14 in 8 against the Colorado Commanders on May 18th and again with 10 against the Commanders on the first day of June.
Robinson Gonzales #20 Age: 18 Pos: CL
Robinson Gonzales, like Yamada, is another former SP converted to Closer. Gonzales has been unhittable at the Single-A level keeping oppents to a .181 average in 55.2 IP. Gonzales hasn’t given up a HR the entire season and has been lights out on the road with a 0.69 ERA away from the border.
Kent Hall #24 Age: 25 Pos: RF
Kent Hall started the year of being ranked #53 on the OSA prospect list before becoming too old. (that’s why I’m guessing he’s not on there anymore at least). Hall came over from LA at the deadline and looks to join the 24-25 year old outfield crew of John Doby, Cesar Torres and Sancho Velez. Hall will provide much needed range for the expansive outfield at BlackBerry Field.
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