Roster Guide Update Part IX: Others
This edition of the roster guide update will cover position players in the organization who are having good years and were not mentioned in the April preview.
Position Players
Antoan Richardson (Left Field/Center Field)
Bats: Right Handed
Age: 27
Experience: 7th season
Drafted/Signed: by Baltimore in 27th round of 2001 draft (did not sign), by Baltimore in 27th round of 2002 draft (did not sign), by Arizona in 13th round of 2004 draft (did not sign), by Giants in 35th round of 2005 draft.
Current Level: AA
Notes: Richardson is a veteran minor leaguer with a lot of speed and zero power. Richardson played for Vandy in 2004 and 2005, batting .246 in 395 at bats with just 4 homers, 61 BB, and 76 K. He stole 50 bases in 61 attempts. Richardson really impressed in the 2005 Arizona Fall League, hitting .321/.465/.378/.843 with 44 BB and 43 K in 193 at bats. He also stole 40 bags in 46 tries.
He advanced steadily through the Giants minor league system in 2006, 2007, and 2008, but in 2009 he got off to a slow start at AA. At 25, Richardson found himself playing in an independent league. He started out 2010 in an independent league as well before being purchased by the Braves.
Last year he hit .279/.393/.316/.709 in 272 at bats at AA, with 41 BB, 47 K, and 24 SB in 27 attempts. He played errorless ball in center field, notching 2 assists. In just 7 games at AAA, Richardson went 7 for 25 with 5 BB, 9 K, and 3 SB in 3 attempts.
2011: Richardson has spent almost all of this season at AA Mississippi. In 2 games at AAA he went 1 for 3 with a walk and a strikeout. At AA Richardson has hit .306/.444/.321/.765 in 134 at bats with just 2 doubles, 0 triples, 0 homers, and 9 RBI. He has scored 34 runs, drawn 29 BB against 33 K, and stole 8 bases in 9 tries. He has also notched 5 HBP and 9 SH. In the outfield he has committed 1 error and has not assists.
Geraldo Rodriguez (First Base/Left Field/Right Field)
Bats: Right Handed
Age: 23
Experience: 6th season
Drafted/Signed: by Yankees out of DR.
Current Level: Advanced-A
Notes: Rodriguez has always shown great power but hasn’t yet been able to make contact consistently enough. After 2 years playing in the GCL for the Yanks, Rodriguez came to the Braves system in 2008 and played the entire year at Danville, hitting .253/.310/.507/.817 with 11 doubles, 3 triples, 13 homers, 31 runs, 49 RBI, 17 BB, and 67 K over 221 at bats.
He began 2009 at low-A, hitting .258/.301/.475/.776 with 9 doubles, 5 triples, 11 homers, 29 runs, 42 RBI, 12 BB, and 69 K over 240 at bats. Rodriguez was promoted to advanced-A and for whatever reason he performed better at that level the rest of the year, hitting .281/.331/.500/.831 with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 12 homers, 34 runs, 41 RBI, 15 BB, and 72 K in 224 AB. Overall in 2009, the 21 year old Rodriguez hit .269/.315/.487/.802 with 18 doubles, 7 triples, 23 homers, 63 runs, 83 RBI, 27 BB, 141 K, and 8 SB in 10 attempts over 464 at bats. Obviously the walk rate and the strikeout rate had to change, but the other numbers were promising, particularly after his surge to finish the year at Advanced-A.
Rodriguez spent all of 2010 at advanced-A, and perhaps not surprisingly his rate stats came back down to their normal level. In 320 at bats, Rodriguez hit .253/.312/.447/.759 with 15 doubles, 4 triples, 13 homers, 50 runs, 53 RBI, 26 BB, 110 K, and 5 SB in 10 attempts.
2011: Rodriguez began the season at AA, hitting .224/.293/.448/.741 with 6 doubles, 3 homers, 11 runs, 5 RBI, 3 BB, and 23 K in 67 at bats. He moved back down to advanced-A and has hit .250/.336/.490/.826 with 12 runs, 22 RBI, 6 doubles, 6 homers, 10 BB, and 39 K in 100 AB.
Overall he has hit .240/.319/.473/.792 with 23 runs, 27 RBI, 12 doubles, 9 homers, 13 BB, and 62 K in 167 AB. Rodriguez has made 1 error at first base and 2 in the OF, and he has 1 OF assist.
He is still striking out way too much and not taking enough walks. While he has continued to rise up the levels, he really hasn’t improved much in 6 years.
LV Ware (Left Field/Center Field/Right Field)
Bats: Right Handed
Age: 24
Experience: 4th season
Drafted/Signed: by Cubs in 20th round of 2005 draft (did not sign), by Braves as “draft and follow” in 43rd round of 2006 draft.
Current Level: Advanced-A
Notes: Ware is a bright, likeable, engaging kid who once played for the USA National Team. He is a great defensive player and he has some speed. Unfortunately he has really struggled at the plate and has been slowed by injury during his career. He went to JC, was injured his sophomore season, had rotator cuff surgery the following November, and played for South Carolina in 2007.
His first year of pro ball was in 2008 at Danville, where he hit .272/.323/.403/.727 with 11 doubles, 6 triples, 3 homers, 42 runs, 33 RBI, 11 BB, 57 K, and 13 SB in 14 attempts in 243 at bats. He started 2009 at Danville and then got promoted after hitting .293/.342/.398/.740 with 12 BB, 39 K, and 24 SB in tries in 249 at bats. He did not hit a homer at Danville. He did hit 1 homer at low-A but that was the lone bright spot, as he went 6 for 46 with just 2 BB and 14 K.
Last season he split time at low-A, advanced-A, and AA, with mixed reviews at each stop. He hit just .222/.298/.294/.592 with 1 homer, 8 BB, 27 K, and 16 SB in 20 tries in 126 at bats at low-A. He spent the majority of the season at advanced-A, hitting .253/.319/.365/.684 with 3 homers, 17 BB, and 62 K in 233 at bats. He was just 11 for 19 in SB attempts. He played 7 games at AA Mississippi, going 9 for 25 with 2 BB, 2 K, and 3 SB in 3 attempts. Combined in 2010, Ware hit .250/.321/.352/.672 with 61 runs, 35 RBI, 15 doubles, 6 triples, 4 homers, 27 BB, 91 K, 30 SB in 42 attempts, 15 HBP, 13 SH, and 4 SF in 384 at bats.
2011: Playing the entire season so far at Lynchburg, Ware has had a very encouraging year at the plate and a spectacular year in the field. He is hitting .265/.341/.429/.770 with 13 doubles, 3 triples, 4 homers, 24 runs, 15 RBI, 12 BB, and 51 K in 189 AB.
He has just 11 SB in 16 tries, and his OBP is helped by 11 HBP, but the increased power is none the less encouraging. Moreover, Ware has made just 1 error and racked up 9 assists playing all three outfield positions.
Keenan Wiley (Left Field/Center Field/Right Field)
Bats: Left Handed
Age: 24
Experience: 2nd season
Drafted/Signed: as undrafted FA by Braves in 2010.
Current Level: Advanced-A
Notes: Wiley spent 5 years at the University of Kentucky and was a 4-year starter for the Wildcats. He went undrafted and the Braves picked him up after he posted some impressive stats in an independent league last year. He went 22 for 67 to hit .328 with a .384 OBP at Danville.
2011: Wiley has had a solid year playing at Rome and Lynchburg, hitting a combined .296/.350/.381/.730 with 33 runs, 17 RBI, 4 doubles, 6 triples, 8 SB in 10 tries, 13 BB, and 31 K in 189 at bats. He has yet to homer but getting on base and running is his game. He has 3 assists and 1 error in the outfield.
Joseph Terdoslavich (First Base)
Bats: Switch
Age: 22
Experience: 2nd season
Drafted/Signed: by Rays in 35th round of 2007 draft (did not sign), by Braves in 6th round of 2010 draft.
Current Level: Advanced-A
Notes: The nickname possibilities for this guy are mindboggling. Terdo played 1 year at Miami, sat out 2009 to transfer, and played 2010 at Long Beach State. Last year he hit .296/.351/.402/.753 with 2 homers, 15 BB, and 27 K in 189 at bats at Danville, and then moved up to Rome. He hit .316/.365/.430/.795 with no homers, 5 BB, and 18 K in 79 at bats.
2011: Terdo has been at Lynchburg this season and has made a huge leap in the power department. He is currently hitting .260/.316/.512/.828 with 34 runs, 36 RBI, 23 doubles, 1 triple, 12 homers, 18 BB, and 54 K in 242 at bats. He has converted from third base to first and has made 4 errors there so far.
Jakob Dalfonso (First Base/Third Base/Left Field/Right Field)
Bats: Left Handed
Age: 21
Experience: 3rd season
Drafted/Signed: by Braves in 18th round of 2009 draft.
Current Level: Low-A
Notes: Dalfonso was not very impressive in his first year of pro ball, playing in the GCL, and hitting just .259/.322/.309/.632 in 139 at bats with no homers, 10 BB, 20 K, and 7 SB in 9 tries. Last season he played at Danville and improved, hitting .301/.395/.386/.781 with a homer, 11 BB, 19 K, and 4 SB in 6 attempts in 153 at bats.
2011: Playing at Rome, Dalfonso has had his best season yet. His power has improved dramatically from his first year. In 239 at bats, Dalfonso has hit .297/.346/.456/.802 with 33 runs, 29 RBI, 7 doubles, 2 triples, 9 homers, 14 BB, 42 K, and 6 SB in 7 tries.
Chris Garcia (First Base)
Bats: Left Handed
Age: 23
Experience: 5th season
Drafted/Signed: by Boston in 44th round of 2005 draft (did not sign), by Anaheim in 15th round of 2007 draft.
Current Level: Low-A
Notes: Born in Florida, Garcia went to high school in Brooklyn, and played for St. Petersburg JC. Playing rookie ball in 2007 for the Angels, Garcia hit .303/.426/.452/.878 with 15 doubles, a triple, 2 homers, 27 runs, 27 RBI, 31 BB, and 38 K in 155 at bats. He played rookie ball again the next year and was even better, hitting .366/.459/.493/.951 with 7 doubles, 2 triples, 2 homers, 23 runs, 24 RBI, 21 BB, 24 K, and 2 SB in 2 attempts in 134 at bats.
Garcia must have had something that the Angels didn’t like because they released him. In 2009 Garcia played in 2 independent leagues and hit a combined .358/.437/.462/.899 in 318 at bats. Last season he played in an independent league and hit .383/.490/.597/1.087 with 14 homers, 76 BB, and 54 K in 350 at bats, leading the Braves to sign him.
2011: The Braves cut Garcia in early April but then resigned him in mid-May. He has played in 34 games at Rome and hit .341/.404/.548/.952 with 20 runs, 25 RBI, 11 doubles, 5 homers, 13 BB, and 31 K in 126 at bats. He has made 3 errors while playing first base.
Garcia has always hit for a high average and with good plate discipline. He’s not even that old. However, he has neither speed nor power. Also, he doesn’t really seem to have a position. Sadly, Garcia could be cut at anytime.
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