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Monday, Jul. 21, 2008
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Moose makes Baseball America's Prospect Report
By Eric Degerman, sportstricities.com
Travis "Moose" Mattair has lifted his batting average to .255 and earned mention in today's Baseball America Prospect Report.
The Southridge High grad went 3-for-5 on Sunday, which included his second HR of the season and his 15th double for the Lakewood (N.J.) BlueClaws in the South Atlantic League. The 19-year-old third baseman went on a tear this past weekend, going 7-for-12 in three games. He's driven in 40 runs in 90 games this season in the league considered as low Class A.
He now is listed as 6-foot-5 and 210 pounds, so it would appear as though he's grown an inch and lost five pounds since being drafted last year in the second round by the Philadelphia Phillies.
Tri-City Dust Devils starter Christian Friedrich, the Colorado Rockies' first-round pick this year, made today's BA list with his eight-strikeout outing in Eugene, during which he lower his ERA to 5.73.
And, if it makes Seattle Mariners fans feel any better, Chris Tillman — the key pitching prospect given up in that now ill-fated Erik Bedard deal — gave up five hits and walked four in four innings of work Sunday for Baltimore's AA club in the Eastern League. His ERA is 3.11.
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