Reds - Activated Aurilia
Cincinnati Reds - Activated IF Rich Aurilia from the 15-day DL; optioned 2B William Bergolla.
Supposing he doesn’t threaten what is rightfully Felipe Lopez’ job, Rich Aurilia’s existence as a utility infielder is harmless. If he starts getting starts at short again, Dano needs to designate him for assignment very quickly. Anyone think that Dano needs a shtick? Like having an Ah-nold soundalike call players on the phone and say “You’re designated” or something? It might make people forgot that Milton’s been 2 runs a game worse than Jimmy Haynes was with the Reds. Or maybe not.
Bergolla clearly wasn’t ready yet. He showed nice improvement for the Lookouts last year and had a good start for not-Redbirds, but he looked lost at the plate and isn’t the type of prospect who can just shoot through the minors without adjusting at each level.
2005 ZiPS Projection - William Bergolla
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05* 148 21 36 5 2 2 11 3 17 3 .243 .258 .345
Rest ‘05 330 50 81 12 2 3 26 15 44 9 .245 .284 .321
* - includes MLE
2005 ZiPS Projection - Rich Aurilia
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05 100 12 20 6 0 3 12 4 15 0 .200 .231 .350
Rest ‘05 294 34 69 15 1 6 33 19 50 1 .235 .283 .354
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Total ‘05 394 46 89 21 1 9 45 23 65 1 .226 .270 .353
2005 ZiPS Projection - Felipe Lopez
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Period AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB BA OBP SLG
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Actual ‘05 132 25 40 13 0 8 25 14 24 4 .303 .370 .583
Rest ‘05 333 52 87 20 1 11 46 33 85 3 .261 .333 .426
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Total ‘05 465 77 127 33 1 19 71 47 109 7 .273 .344 .471
Dan Szymborski
Posted: May 30, 2005 at 03:39 PM |
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1. TraderdaveCould he be more than just a fluke/slight uptick in performance, but a genuine breakout? Maybe similar to Guillen?
Lopez is all of 25 years old and was rushed by the Blue Jays when he was really young. I certainly don't think his hitting this year has been a fluke. This is what we were promised 4 years ago, and he's finally coming through. Count me in the camp that believes in Lopez.
Either them or Kent/Izturis, and at about 1/10th the cost. Not bad.
Playing the 'stros, are they?
Now here's a kid who's needed therapy a lot more than that walking corporation stationed in New York.
Good Luck, Pepe.
well, i'm hoping that aurilia plays this whole series
Playing the 'stros, are they?
how did you know???????
Just a lucky guess bbc.
I don't know the injury status of Anderson Machado, but am fairly certain that Aurilia will be released (unless the Reds go on a tear) once Machado is ready. Dan, do you have MLE's or any scouting report on Machado? He had a few nice games for Cincy last season.
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