The Return of Angel Salome’s Name to Relevancy

Matt Eddy and Baseball America released their annual collection of minor league free agents yesterday – it’s a must bookmark for those who partake in organizational rosterbation. The offseason becomes officially underway once the legions of busted prospects pop up on the radar once again, if only to cause for great reminiscing about those who the game passed by. One of the names delivered in this year’s edition is Angel Salome. Formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers’ system, Salome ranked well on team-specific prospect lists over the previous few seasons behind having a raw bat as a catcher. He hit so well in 2008 (a .415 on-base percentage and .559 slugging percentage) in his first exposure to Double-A as a 22-year-old that the Brewers even allowed him a cup of coffee late in the season. Since then, Salome had a down year in Triple-A (.286/.351/.436 which is down by his standards) in 2009 and everything fell apart this season. Salome decided he no longer wanted to catch after a separa...