Week 12 Little Hero of the Week

MARC KRAUSS, RF DIAMONDBACKS Team: Double-A Mobile (Southern) Age: 24 Why He's Here: .520/.636/.760 (13-for-25), 3 2B, 1 HR, 11 R, 5 RBIs, 8 BB, 1 SO, 1 SB The Scoop: The Diamondbacks' second-round draft selection from 2009 appears to be regaining the swing that he had in his first two years of pro ball, during which he hit .304 and .302, respectively. Last season Krauss struggled in his first year at Double-A, batting just .242 with Mobile, but 2012 has been a different story. He ranks fifth among Southern League hitters with a .298 average and his 11 home runs have him tied for third. He also ranks among the league's leaders in hits, doubles and RBIs. The former Mid-American Conference player of the year was red-hot this past week, as evidenced by back-to-back three-hit performances on Wednesday and Thursday.

Trade

Kelly's Heroes Get 2013 4th Rounder Pick number 64 Halos get Edward Salcedo 3B Atl David Perez SP Tex

Week 11 Hero of the Week

RP Eresto Frieri helped the Heroes from getting swept this week landing 2 sv's and a hold to help win the only 2 catogory the Heroes won this week. Spin: Frieri struggled in the ninth inning, allowing a couple of singles and a walk, but he recovered in time to nail down the save. Scott Downs pitched the eighth inning, and appears to be back in a setup role with Frieri getting most of the recent save opportunities. Frieri may lose an occasional save to Downs based on matchups, but for now it looks like the hard-throwing righty will get most of the chances.

Week 11 Little Hero of the Week

KYLE CRICK, RHP GIANTS Team: low Class A Augusta (South Atlantic) Age: 19 Why He's Here: 1-0, 0.00, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 8 SO, 4 BB The Scoop: A supplemental pick in last year's draft, Crick has responded to an aggressive jump to the South Atlantic League. Still relatively new to pitching, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound righty has proved he has swing-and-miss stuff—his 11.3 strikeouts per nine innings ranks second in the league behind Greenville lefthander Henry Owens. Typical of Texas prep draftees, Crick's fastball sits easily in the low 90s and tops out at 97 mph. He's working on cleaning up his delivery and getting more on line to the plate, and while his walk rate (5.3 per nine) is an area for improvement, Crick is the best power arm in a system that usually knows what to do with them.

Week 10 Hero of the Week

Joey Votto

hot play keeps rolling, he went 10/21 2HR 6RBI 5Runs 6BB for the week as the Heroes get past Ball Busters 9-7.

Week 10 Little Hero of the Week

Manuel Margot, cf, Red Sox: The international signing period opens on July 2, the first date when teams can sign 16-year-old foreign players. Nearly one year after signing Manuel Margot out of the Dominican Republic on July 2 for $800,000, the Red Sox have to be excited about what he might become. The 17-year-old Margot is hitting .325/.408/.625 in 49 plate appearances in the Dominican Summer League, which isn't a surprise given reports from Dominican scouts that he was one of the better game hitters in last year's signing class, though he's shown some more power than expected. His eight stolen bases are tied for the most in the DSL, and he's yet to be thrown out. With his 70 speed, a plus arm, athleticism and defensive instincts, Margot has the potential to be a dynamic player for the Red Sox down the road.

Week 9 Hero of the Week

1B Joey Votto 10/24 1HR 5RBI 4Runs 3BB 1SB was Hero of the week. Votto helped the Heroes get past Motley Shue for the 2nd time this season.

Week 9 Little Hero of the Week

KYLE CRICK, RHP GIANTS Team: low Class A Augusta (South Atlantic) Age: 19 Why He's Here: 1-0, 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 10 SO, 1 BB The Scoop: Crick is a big reason why the Greenjackets lead the South Atlantic League with 9 strikeouts per nine innings, and he enhanced his season rate—which now stands at 11.7 per nine—with the first double-digits strikeout performance of his pro career on Thursday. In the process he held first-place Greensboro to one hit in seven shutout innings. That's not to say that Crick, the 49th pick in last year's draft, hasn't hit any rough patches. He ran up an 8.10 ERA in his three starts prior to this week, failing to escape the fifth inning in any of them. However, Crick has learned from his intermittent struggles, telling The Augusta Chronicle: "When you're throwing more strikes people swing at them. Most of those (strikeouts) were accidents."

Trades made since last update

Kelly's Heroes Gets
SP Tim Hudson

To Ball Busters for:
SP Casey Kelly
RP Jason Grilli


Kelly's Heroes Gets
2B Danial Murphy

To GI Zoes for:
2nd Rd Pick
OF Josh Sale
SP Sonny Gray

Week 8 Hero of the Week

SP Trevor Cahill goes 15inn with record of 1-1, and era of 2.40 Cahill pitched a complete game shutout on the last day of the week to win a few cat's for the Heroes.

Week 8 Little Hero of the Week

Class A Augusta RHP Clayton Blackburn has pitched masterfully in his most recent starts, tossing 8 2/3 shutout innings in 1-0 Greenjackets win on Tuesday (he struck out six, walked one and allowed four hits) and taking a no-hitter into the seventh on May 29. All told, the Giants prospect has completed 22 consecutive scoreless innings. The 19-year-old Blackburn has shown better control in his full-season debut, walking 10 batters in 10 starts, than Augusta rotation-mate Kyle Crick .