Minor League Player of the Year

The geniuses at USA Today/Sports Weekly once again have put together an interesting story/report/whatever you want to call it revolving around this year's minor league player of the year.http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/minors/2008-09-09-minor-player-of-year_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip For the record, the winner is pitcher David Price, who was the Tampa Bay Rays No. 1 overall draft pick in 2007. He started the year in A ball and worked his way up to AAA for the Durham Bulls and pitched his first game in the show (Nuke) against the Yankees just a few days ago. He went 12-1 in the minors with a 2.30 ERA, 109 StrikeOuts in 109 Innings Pitched, only 92 Hits allowed and 32 Walks(BB) over 19 games. Most of that production came in AA ball. But here's what I found most interesting: The list of past winners of USA Today's Minor League Player of the Year going back to 1988. The list includes:

• Tino Martinez(1990)-best known as a Yankee
• Carlos Delgado(1992) & Cliff Floyd(1993)-Amazing Mets
• Andruw Jones(1995-1996)-a former Braves great now sucking with the Dodgers
• Ben Grieve(1997)-son of Tom Grieve of Texas Rangers' fame
• Gabe Kapler(1998)-did a stint with the Rangers, Red Sox, now the Brewers
• Rick Ankiel(1999)-former pitching star remade as a great hitter for the Cardinals. A real comeback success story!
• Josh Hamilton(2000)-after his past troubles, he is one of the best players in baseball with the Rangers
• Josh Beckett(2001)-Won a World Series for the Marlins and a big part of the Red Sox championships. One of baseball's top ten starting pitchers.
• Prince Fielder(2003)-Where has he been this year for the Brewers?