Tomorrow night (6/19) the Carolina League will match their best up against the best of the California League with the Winston-Salem Dash serving as the host team for the event. The game will feature the following players from the California and Carolina Leagues as the actual rosters were selected by team personnel and local media. Here at Seedlings to Stars, however, we are naming our own All-Star teams for each of the full season leagues and there are our picks for the Carolina League.
To qualify for the team, players had to spend the bulk of the first half of the season and still be in the league at the time of our selections. Another point to make about our picks is that they are based solely on 2012 statistical performance. Whether a player is his organization’s top prospect or just roster filler is immaterial to us when it comes to our selections.
The Salem Red Sox are well represented here with five players making the squad. Lynchburg and Winston-Salem each have three players on the team while Myrtle Beach has two and would have a third were it not for Nicholas Tepesch‘s recent promotion to Frisco (AA). Carolina, Frederick, Potomac and Wilmington each placed one player on the roster.
*Stats below do not include games played on June 17th.
C – Braeden Schlehuber (24) – Lynchburg Hillcats (Atlanta Braves)
Acquired: Braves 2008 4th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 46 G, 144 AB, 0.313/.375/.549, 8 2B, 1 3B, 8 HR, 0 SB, 6 BB, 25 SO
1B – Travis Shaw (22) – Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)
Acquired: Red Sox 2011 9th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 64 G, 230 AB, 0.335/.424/.591, 20 2B, 3 3B, 11 HR, 8 SB, 34 BB, 47 SO
2B – Carlos Sanchez (19) – Winston-Salem Dash (Chicago White Sox)
Acquired: Signed out of Venezuela by the White Sox 5/6/2009
Prospect Ranking: #21 on BA’s White Sox Top-30
2012 CAR Stats: 65 G, 256 AB, 0.332/.389/.418, 13 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 10 SB, 23 BB, 44 SO
3B – Tyler Kelly (23) – Frederick Keys (Baltimore Orioles)
Acquired: Orioles 2009 13th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 53 G, 180 AB, 0.311/.421/.444, 12 2B, 0 3B, 4 HR, 1 SB, 32 BB, 30 SO
SS – Xander Bogaerts (19) – Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)
Acquired: Signed out of Aruba by the Red Sox 8/23/2009
Prospect Ranking: #2 on BA’s Red Sox Top-30, #18 on S2S 2012 Top-100
2012 CAR Stats: 65 G, 239 AB, 0.293/.363/.485, 15 BB, 2 3B, 9 HR, 3 SB, 24 BB, 57 SO
OF – Jackie Bradley (22) – Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)
Acquired: Red Sox 2011 1st Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: #10 on BA’s Red Sox Top-30
2012 CAR Stats: 66 G, 231 AB, 0.355/.477/.524, 26 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 16 SB, 51 BB, 40 SO
OF – Michael Earley (24) – Winston-Salem Dash (Chicago White Sox)
Acquired: White Sox 2010 29th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 64 G, 228 AB, 0.320/.377/.522, 11 2B, 4 3B, 9 HR, 2 SB, 16 BB, 36 SO
OF – Brady Shoemaker (25) – Winston-Salem Dash (Chicago White Sox)
Acquired: White Sox 2009 19th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 68 G, 243 AB, 0.346/.437/.568, 21 2B, 0 3B, 11 HR, 2 SB, 26 BB, 43 SO
DH – Jeremie Tice (25) – Carolina Mudcats (Cleveland Indians)
Acquired: Indians 2008 6th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 50 G, 170 AB, 0.282/.376/.594, 17 2B, 0 3B, 12 HR, 0 SB, 20 BB, 43 SO
SP1 – Cody Buckel (19) – RHP – Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Texas Rangers)
Acquired: Rangers 2010 2nd Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: #6 on BA’s Rangers Top-30
2012 CAR Stats: 13 GS, 75.2 IP, 1.31 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 49 H, 25 BB, 91 SO
SP2 – Matt Barnes (22) – RHP – Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)
Acquired: Red Sox 2011 1st Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: #8 on BA’s Red Sox Top-30
2012 CAR Stats: 8 GS, 46.0 IP, 1.37 ERA, 0.89 WHIP, 33 H, 8 BB, 53 SO
SP3 – Sugar Ray Marimon (23) – RHP – Wilmington Blue Rocks (Kansas City Royals)
Acquired: Signed out of Colombia by the Royals on 11/20/06
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 9 GS, 68.0 IP, 2.12 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 51 H, 18 BB, 60 SO, 1 SV
SP4 – Kyle Hendricks (22) – RHP – Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Texas Rangers)
Acquired: Rangers 2011 8th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 13 GS, 82.2 IP, 2.72 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 79 H, 8 BB, 67 SO
SP5 – J.R. Graham (22) – RHP – Lynchburg Hillcats (Atlanta Braves)
Acquired: Braves 2011 4th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: #13 on BA’s Braves Top-30
2012 CAR Stats: 13 GS, 81.2 IP, 2.53 ERA, 0.99 WHIP, 66 H, 15 BB, 55 SO
LHRP – Chasen Shreve (21) – Lynchburg Hillcats (Atlanta Braves)
Acquired: Braves 2010 11th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 23 G, 34.2 IP, 1.56 ERA, 1.24 WHIP, 33 H, 10 BB, 33 SO, 1 SV
RHRP – Rob Wort (23) – Potomac Nationals (Washington Nationals)
Acquired: Nationals 2009 30th Round Pick
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 21 G, 32.2 IP, 1.10 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, 23 H, 9 BB, 56 SO, 5 SV
Closer – Michael Olmsted (25) – RHP – Salem Red Sox (Boston Red Sox)
Acquired: Mets 2007 9th Round Pick, Signed by Boston 5/5/2011
Prospect Ranking: Not Ranked
2012 CAR Stats: 23 G, 25.0 IP, 1.44 ERA, 0.72 WHIP, 13 H, 5 BB, 37 SO, 14 SV
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