Chris Stewart is gone

by Jim in Maine on Jan 12, 2007 3:35 PM CST

According to the Newberg Report:

The Rangers have traded AA righthander Johnny Lujan to the White Sox for catcher prospect Chris Stewart.

Lujan apperas to be nothing special going 1 - 4 with 5.74 ERA and a 58/43 K/BB ratio in 69 IP for the Bakersfield Blaze in California League (Class A - Advanced). Hitters had a .281 BA off him and his ground out to fly out ratio is not paticularly spectacular at 1.55. More detail is found at http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/app/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=John%20Lujan&pos=P&sid=milb&am p;t=p_pbp&pid=455114

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catchers

can have ridiculous minor league careers. almost as long as you're willing to do it, baseball will find a place for you to catch their pitching prospects. i guess texas needed a catcher for oklahoma.

by larry on Jan 12, 2007 3:41 PM CST reply actions

More on Lujan

Trying to find more info about Johnny Lujan I came across this from Michael Hindman who covers the Rangers' prospects:

"And his fastball sat at 97 mph.

When guys like Lujan-with big raw arms but not much of an idea of what to do with them-start to figure it all out, they can explode ... There's never really been any doubt about Lujan's essential talent. The question about Lujan was, and is, whether he can harness his excellent stuff and learn to control the strike zone. As Lujan continues to refine his approach and improve his control, his extraordinary stuff and deceptive delivery should allow him to go all the way ..."

It appears the Pale Hose picked up another fire-balling young RP - who is much more raw then the other recent pitching pick-ups.

by Jim in Maine on Jan 12, 2007 4:02 PM CST reply actions