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These players are in no particular order! If your asking me, Alex Liddi, Carlos Santana, and Michael Taylor might have the most upside of this group at this point. Allen Craig is intriguing as well.

10. Kyle Russell, RF, LAD – Age 23, 6′5″, 195 – In Low A batting .269, 24HR, 82RBI, 11SB. Could be on your radar in a year or two.

9. Eric Young, OF, COL – Age 24, he’s a burner in AAA batting .302 with 55SB and 6 HR.

8. Allen Craig, 1B, STL – Age 25, 6′2″, 210 – In AAA .306/21/62. AA in ‘08 batted .304/22/85. Low K’s, solid BB’s blocked by Pujols.

7. Chris Carter, 1B, OAK – Age 23, 6′4″ 225 – In AA batting .329, 22HR, 94RBI, 12SB and not too much blockage in the bigs! Maybe Sept?

6. Carlos Santana, C, CLE – Age 23, 5′11″ – In AA batting .290, 20HR, 84RBI as a catcher. W/ VMart gone, he could be on fast track!

5. Michael Taylor, OF, PHI – Age 23, 6′6″, 250LBS – In AA batted .333/15HR/18SB/.408OBP in 318AB. In AAA,.282/5HR/3SB/.359OBP in 110AB.

4. Tim Collins, RP, TOR – Age 20, 5′7″, 155lbs – High A, 2.40ERA, 98K, 26BB in 63IP, 14 saves in 2008. Small frame, quality stuff.

3. Jonathan Gaston, LF, HOU – Age 22, 6′0″, 210lbs., 7th rd pick 2008 – High A batting .286, 30HR, 83RBI, 13SB. Put him on the radar.

2. Joe Dunigan, DH, SEA – Age 23, 6′1″, 215, Lefty bat – High A – Batting .296, 26HR, 88RBI, 17SB. The DH thing probably doesn’t help.

1. Alex Liddi, 3B, SEA – High A – Age 21, 6′4″, 176lbs. – Batting .352, 23HR, 90RBI, 10SB – Put him on the radar!

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Pictures of promise: 10 young American moviemakers to watch

Lynn Shelton

The Seattle-based director is a leading exponent from the mumblecore, movement, a group of film-makers who make tiny-budget movies that focus on personal relationships. Her third film, Humpday, about two male friends who decide to make a porn film after a dare on a drunken night out, won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance. The 37-year-old also writes, edits and acts.

Ben and Joshua Safdie

Go Get Some Rosemary is the first film that the Safdie brothers, Ben (27) and Joshua (25), do not appear in themselves, though it is an autobiographical tale about two young boys trying to cope with their parents’ divorce. Joshua, also a successful stand-up comedian, features in several of their films, including the award-winning The Pleasure of Being Robbed, which is about a quirky young kleptomaniac called Eléonore making her way around New York, stealing grapes, cars and kittens along the way.

Ryan Fleck

Raised in California, Fleck moved to Brooklyn following his graduation from NYU. His critically acclaimed debut feature, Half Nelson, about a crack-addicted teacher going off the rails, earned its star, Ryan Gosling, an Oscar nomination. Fleck, who works with his long-term partner, producer-director Anna Boden, followed its success with the baseball drama Sugar, about a rookie player from the Dominican Republic trying to make it in the big league.

Emily Abt

Abt came to prominence with her documentary Take it from Me in 2001. Her work, including 2008’s All of Us, about the high number of black women in the South Bronx with HIV/Aids, examines social issues. Her fictional feature debut, Toe to Toe, focuses on a young black high-school student embarrassed by her poor background after she wins a scholarship to a prep school.

Miranda July

The 35-year-old artist Miranda July (main picture, above) picked up awards from Cannes to Sundance for her critically-acclaimed debut, Me and You and Everyone We Know. A writer, director, musician and actress, she’s appeared in videos for bands, written books and curated exhibitions. Her visually-playful style gave Me and You a unique look. She’s working on her second feature, Satisfaction, in which she stars.

Ramin Bahrani

The eminent critic Roger Ebert declared Ramin Bahrani “the new great American film director” on the strength of the 34-year-old’s films about the downside of the American dream: Man Push Cart, about a Pakistani rock star who is frustrated in his work as a New York coffee vendor; Chop Shop, set in Queens’ Latino community; and Goodbye Solo, which focuses on a Senegalese cab driver’s relationship with a white Southerner in North Carolina.

David Gordon Green

Martin Scorsese often says that he needs to make one for the studio and one for himself. Still, it was something of a surprise when David Gordon Green, the cerebral 34-year-old director of George Washington and Undertow, agreed to helm Pineapple Express, Judd Apatow’s 2008 stoner comedy starring Seth Rogen. In doing so, though, he defied pigeonholing and proved that he’s every bit as comfortable grappling with big-budget genre comedies as he is making movies set in depressed small-town America.

Barry Jenkins

His compelling 2008 debut, Medicine for Melancholy, a love story set in the 24 hours after a one-night-stand, had hints of Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise and Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It about it. The San Francisco-based film-maker, originally from Miami, is now hotly tipped as a director to watch out for.

Alex Holdridge

Born in the South’s film-making mecca of Austin, Texas, the 34-year-old Alex Holdridge had to wait until his third offering, In Search of a Midnight Kiss, a quirky black-and-white romance set in LA, before he was embraced outside of the festival circuit. Holdridge spent four years working on his debut film, Wrong Numbers, released in 2001, and followed it with another low-budget feature, Sexless, after he struggling to finance a big-budget remake of Wrong Numbers. He now lives in LA.

Matt Bissonnette

Almost American: born in Toronto, Bissonnette now lives and makes movies out of his adopted home in Los Angeles. His latest offering, Passenger Side (which stars his brother Joel), a black comedy featuring two siblings on a road trip in LA, confirms the promise of his two previous efforts, Looking for Leonard and Who Loves the Sun. While his first works were compared to early Hal Hartley, his most recent effort was likened to a highbrow Judd Apatow movie following its generally well-received premiere at the LA Film Festival last month.

NL guys to really watch and projected as future monster players…..
Jason Heyward – ATL – OF – Ranked #1 – will turn 20 in August – 10HR -
37RBI – 35R – 4SB – .300 AVG – .378 OBP – .529 SLG – .906 OPS, ETA:
Summer 2010
Just got promoted and he could be in the majors this time next year.
He is compared to a Dave Parker and Willie McCovey.

Mike Stanton – Fla – OF – Ranked #2 – will turn 20 in November – 18HR
- 55RBI – 45R – 3SB – .266 AVG – .362 OBP – .526 SLG – .887 OPS, ETA:
Opening Day 2011
Will take a little longer than Heyward but he is compared to Dave
Winfield.

Madison Bumgarner – SF – SP – Ranked #5 – will turn 20 in August -
9-2, 1.63 ERA, 1.00 Ratio, 66K in 77.333 IP and has allowed only 1 HR
this year, ETA Opening Day 2011
He is projected as a left handed ace, not a #2 starter but an ace. The
Giants are loaded with arms.

Buster Posey – SF – C – Ranked #6  – 22 – 12HR – 52RBI – 57R – 6SB – .
321 AVG – .424 OBP – .531 SLG – .954 OPS, ETA: Opening Day 2010
Benjie Molina contract ends after this season and then it will be the
Buster Posey era. Think a sligthly better version of Russell Martin.
That’s Russell Martin of 2007 & 2008.

Logan Morrison – Fla – 1B – Ranked #10 – turns 22 in August – Has only
103 AB’s this year due to a wrist injury deemed a big power hitting
prospect. ETA; 1st Half 2010

Freddie Freeman – Atl – Ranked #11 – turns 20 in September – 6HR -
36RBL – 46R – 1SB – .299 AVG – .390 OBP – .442 SLG – .833 OPS, ETA
Opening Day 2011
Casey Kotchman is a short term solution

Also keep an eye out for the following:
Jarrod Parker – Arz – SP – turns 21 in November, at AA and could be up
next summer, front line starter.
Alcides Escobar – Mil – SS – turns 23 in December, top of the order
hitter with 30 SB potential. Doug Melvin believes he is ready now.
Hardy could be used to land a SP and Escobar take over now.
Yonder Alonso – Cinn – 1B – turns 23 by next opening day, middle of
the order run producer
Dominic Brown – Phil – OF – turns 22 in Sept, very athletic player
Jason Castro – Hou – C – 22 – his time is coming the have Pudge as
their starter on a 1 year deal
Brett Wallace – Stl – 3B – turns 23 in August, all-star calibar bat

Also watch out for:
Michael Taylor – Phil – OF
Kyle Drabek – Phil – SP
Tim Alderson – SF – SP
Pedro Alvarez – Pitt – 3B

Hitters

Strikeout Rate/Contact Rate*: 150 PA
LD%: 150 PA
Walk Rate: 200 PA
GB%: 200 PA
GB/FB: 200 PA
FB%: 250 PA
Home Run Rate: 300 PA
HR/FB: 300 PA
BABIP: Doesn’t Reach A 0.50 R-Squared At 650 Or Below.
Batting Average: Doesn’t Reach A 0.50 R-Squared At 650 Or Below. Pizza Cutter Guesses It Would Be At Around 1000 PA.

Pitchers 

K/PA: 150 BF
GB%: 150 BF
LD%: 150 BF
FB%: 200 BF
GB/FB: 200 BF
K/BB: 500 BF
IF FB%: 500 BF
BB/PA: 550 BF
BABIP: Doesn’t Reach A 0.50 R-Squared At 650 Or Below.
HR/FB: Doesn’t Reach A 0.50 R-Squared At 650 Or Below.

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1. Julio Franco
2. Chipper Jones
3. Ricky Henderson
4. Will Clark
5. John Smoltz
6. Steve Avery
7. Dontrelle Willis
8. Dale Murphy

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