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by John Sickels on May 14, 2005 7:50 PM EDT in News

Tony Giarratano, 3rd round pick in '03 out of Tulane

Detroit Tigers
Tony Giarratano is a guy I have been plugging as a sleeper prospect for some time. He hit .376 in 53 games after being promoted to the Florida State League last summer, and I thought he would do well this year in Double-A. Unfortunately, that hasn't panned out. Through 29 games for Erie, Giarratano is hitting .239/.336/.367. There is good and bad here. He is taking walks, with 17 free passes in 127 plate appearances, a decent ratio. But he is striking out a lot more than he did in A-ball, with 32 whiffs already. And his production is down across the board; he came into the season with a career .333/.392/.450 mark. My thinking is that Giarratano will heat up as the season progresses, perhaps finishing with numbers around .280/.340/.410 or so. We will revisit this prediction at the end of the year. Remind me if I forget.

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Doesn't look THAT bad to me

The strikeout rate is a concern, but he's drawing walks and the isolated power seems respectable. If he starts making better contact or maybe just increases his batting average on balls in play, the numbers will look just fine.

Medea's Child

by medeas child on May 14, 2005 8:01 PM EDT reply actions

Tony Giarratano

Is there any way he's related to Frank Menechino, Tony Graffanino, Marcus Scutaro and Tony Catalanotto? I used to be convinced that they were all the same guy until JP ruined my conspiracy theory by signing two of 'em(!)

-Hollister

by dbhollister on May 14, 2005 9:04 PM EDT reply actions