Wes Hodges Could Be Hitting His Way To Cleveland In the Arizona Fall League
Posted by: Knox Bardeen in Fall & Winter Leagues, Fantasy Baseball, tags: Wes HodgesCleveland Indians prospect Wes Hodges played the 2008 season at Double-A Akron in 2008 and put up decent numbers. He hit 18 home runs in 504 at-bats and batted .290/.354/.466 along the way. His 29 doubles to go along with 97 RBI show that he’s got a little more power to come and that he likes base runners. He did strike out 105 times last season, which is something that’ll need to be worked on before he gets a full time job in Cleveland, but in the first week in the Arizona Fall League, Hodges is impressing everyone.
He’s tied for the AFL lead in home runs with two. He also has six RBI and slash stats of .300/.385/.846.
You may want to keep your eye on this kid. He was a second round (#69 overall) pick in the 2006 First-Year Played Draft by Cleveland, and many feel that he will be ready for the Indians at some point in 2009. A hundred or so at-bats of hitting like this could hasten his approach to the big leagues.
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