BLAST FROM THE PAST
It's the time of year when teams are making offers and working out
arrangements with agents to secure some of the top 16-year-old players from
Latin America come July 2. Joel Guzman used to be one of those prospects,
signing for $2.255 million with the Dodgers as a shortstop on July 2, 2001.
By 2004, Guzman had reached Double-A at age 19 and hit .280/.325/.522 in 200
plate appearances for Jacksonville. After the season, Guzman ranked as the
No. 5 prospect in all of baseball. Whoops.
Five years later, Guzman is back in Double-A after never learning to
recognize and avoid chasing breaking balls, this time with the Nationals'
Double-A affiliate in Harrisburg. Guzman, now 24, is hitting .276/.354/.483
in 17 games, having filled out considerably (6-foot-5, 245 pounds) and is
splitting time between third base, right field and first base.
2009 Batting Statistics
Club AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO OBP SLG OPS
Syracuse (AAA) .121 12 33 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 9 .171 .121 .292
Harrisburg (AA) .279 20 68 9 19 3 0 4 15 7 8 .347 .500 .847
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