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2012 Minor League Players - Third Base

Found January 26, 2012 on Batter's Box:
PLAYERS: Brett Lawrie,  Chris Woodward,  Luis Valbuena,  Brian Bocock,  Mark Sobolewski,  Kevin Ahrens,  Gustavo Pierre
TEAMS: Toronto Blue Jays

We finish our tour of the infield minor league assignments with a look at third base. This is not a position of strength in the Jays minor league system and you could see the same players in the same spots to start 2012 as played in 2011. Las Vegas Now that Brett Lawrie has passed through the sin city third base should be occupied by Kevin Howard. When Lawrie was injured last season Howard played 26 games at third base in AAA before being sent down to New Hampshire for the playoffs. Howard was the MVP of the Fisher Cats in those playoffs. Howard is 30 years old and is an organization guy at this stage. He hit 291 in Las Vegas last season which is average for that park. The Jays other options are converted middle infielders such as Chris Woodward, Luis Valbuena or Brian Bocock. New Hampshire Mark Sobolewski was pushed to AA to start 2011 and did alright, he hit 273 but didn't show the power you would expect from third base. Sobo had 8 home runs in 112 games and 20 doubles. Sobo...
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