Prospect Watch: Brett Wallace

Brett Wallace - 1B/3B - Toronto

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.

Sin City Scout

Casey At Bat

Alright, go ahead and 'booo' me over the title. It's pretty bad, but just too easy.

Casey McGehee is the third baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers. The 27 year old had a nice breakout season last year. He batted a .301 AVG, 16 HR, 66 RBI, and 58 Runs (in 116 games). Solid. What makes him more then just another third baseman is that he is second base eligible in most leagues. I wrote about Gordan Beckham and how his second base eligibility (soon) raises his value, same with McGehee.

Although he had a bad spring, he's performing now that it counts. The Brewers have a decent hitting team (Braun, Fielder), so this give McGehee that much more value. If we start with last years stats, we would walk away with a nice second baseman. The fact that he can improve those numbers is exciting. If he continues to hit (5/11, 1 HR, 3 RBIs so far), he'll make a great sleeper. I like him for a .300 AVG, 25 HR, 80 RBIs, and 70 Runs. Not bad at all for a potential waiver wire pickup! Also, being born in my hometown of Santa Cruz, CA, just makes him all the more appealing.

Second base is starting to look a little deeper then I originally thought heading into the year. McGehee is one of the reasons for that. He is available in more then 50% of leagues, but that number is dwindling.

-Scout Monkey

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