Tyler Flowers in the house, Dan Hudson MIA

I went to the Red Wings Game last night. I know the Red Wings themselves haven't been great and haven't produced too many great prospects in the last decade, but there are still a few players to watch on our team. Plus they have Jaques Jones and Jason Repko. Unfortunately, Repko didn't play last night. I was more there to see the opposition anyway. I had been hoping to see the future White Sox battery of Dan Hudson and Tyler Flowers in action. Unfortunately, I realized when I got to the park that Hudson's start had been pushed back to today (Flowers didn't play today either anyway. Husdon's line today: 5IP, 5H, 4BB, 2ER, 6K, 1HR). Hudson is the #3 prospect on the White Sox and #66 overall according to Baseball America's 2010 rankings. This was probably our last chance to see him in Rochester.
Anyway, I did get to see Tyler Flowers behind the plate last night. The way he bats, you can tell he is going to have to rely heavily on being a strong defensive catcher when he takes over for AJ Pierzynski. He went 0 for 3 last night to lower his batting average to .215. He has seemingly traded what was a good carreer average for more power numbers. After posting modest home run and RBI totals that last few seasons, he has 13 HR and 36 RBI currently. That would put him on a pace for eleven more home runs and sixteen more RBI than he had last season. While that is a decent growth in the power department, he will want to get that batting average into a more respectable neighborhood before too long. He also allowed two runners to steal bases while he was behind the plate. Below is somewhat of a scouting report on Tyler Flowers...

Tyler Flowers was the key piece in the Javier Vazquez deal 18 months ago. He bats and throws right handed. At 6'4", 245 he is big but kind of unassuming when you see him in person. Some scouts (myself included) say his defense will eventually cause him to shift to 1B. Again, I hope his overall hitting stays more consistent if that is the case. The power is definitely starting to come around. He is ranked anywhere from 1-3 on the White Sox prospect list, and he is #60 overall on Baseball America's 2010 top prospect list.

I was tired from working earlier in the day so I bummed out and left before the sixth inning, just in time to miss Pat the Vegan Neshek and his wild delivery take the hill.