Prospect Watch: Brett Wallace
Wallace hit his 5th home run of the season in AAA Las Vegas and now leads the Pacific Coast League. He is batting .283 with his first 44 at bats of the young season.
Wallace has shown decent power in the past, but not to this extent, so we will have to see if he keeps it up. In 2009 AAA he hit 15 home runs and batted .282 with 425 at bats.
He was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st-round (No. 13 overall) and was a key player along with Clayton Mortensen and Shane Peterson, to the Oakland A's for Matt Holliday. He was subsequently traded to the Blue Jays for top prospect Michael Taylor.
Edwin Encarnacion did go to the DL with a sore shoulder, but Aaron Hill was activated from the DL and thus no call-up. Nevertheless, if Lyle Overbay continues to struggle (.119, 0 HR's) Wallace could see a call up as early as May.
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