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Guess the Prospect!

The first person to correctly identify the following player gets to pick the next team for the Top 20 lists after the Blue Jays, Dodgers, and Mariners.

 

Star-divide

I was drafted after the 10th round out of high school in a state north of the Mason-Dixon Line. A middle infielder, I dd not hit well at first, performing poorly in my first look at rookie ball, then hitting below .250 with very little power in my second season split between rookie ball and Low-A. At this point I wasn't much of a prospect. In my third pro season I was even worse and hit below .230 in Low-A.

I had a good glove so I didn't get released. Returning to Low-A again in my fourth season, I suddenly blossomed, hitting over .270 with 18 homers, stealing 11 bases, drawing more than 70 walks with fewer than 50 strikeouts, massively improved performance. I moved up to High-A in my fifth season and hit 20 homers. In my sixth pro season, I hit 16 homers and stole 18 bases in Double-A while providing great defense.

I played Triple-A in my seventh season and hit fewer than 10 homers, but I controlled the strike zone well. The following year I earned a job on a major league bench, hitting poorly but impressing with my glove. I ended up having a long major league career, playing in 11 seasons, although it ended in my early 30s due partially to an injury. I wasn't a great hitter, but I could field my position and held down a roster spot for more than a decade.

I hold one major league lifetime record.

Who am I?

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Mike Benjamin?

Only because I remember his consecutive hits streak and how unlikely that was.

by unspider on Nov 28, 2025 1:10 PM EST reply actions  

Benji

was a proud ASU Sun Devil, as his son is now

by ScottAZ on Nov 29, 2025 9:25 AM EST up reply actions  

Mark Lemke?

He was one of a handful of reasons I was a Braves fan as young kid.

by mentalpowers on Nov 28, 2025 1:14 PM EST reply actions  

You're right, I believe.

Beat me to it.

@TElciram

by Taylor Maricle on Nov 28, 2025 1:18 PM EST up reply actions  

haha

if he’d gone to college he probably could have gone pro as an assassin player

by wily mo on Nov 28, 2025 1:41 PM EST up reply actions  

lemmer

well with his 246/317/324 slash line at the start of the offensive steroid era its easy to see why he wasn’’t beaned. Pitchers just put it right over the plate

by ScottAZ on Nov 29, 2025 9:28 AM EST up reply actions  

+1

awesome. that’s who i was going to pick if i won!!! what a great day.

by James Westfall on Nov 28, 2025 1:34 PM EST up reply actions  

great choice

"If you find a man or woman who sticks around after you tell them "I may be a demented horse, but I know CPR," you marry them. No questions asked." - kishi

by CaptainCanuck on Nov 28, 2025 2:01 PM EST up reply actions  

+1

Nice - that would’ve been my choice!

by dbreer23 on Nov 28, 2025 2:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Yay

by Antonio Olivares on Nov 28, 2025 2:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Sweet.

A pirate I was meant to be!
"You say you're nasty pirates,
scheming, thieving, bad bushwackers?
From what I've seen I tell you
You're not pirates, you're just slackers!"

by Zach (maestro876) on Nov 28, 2025 3:06 PM EST up reply actions  

as a Padre fan

I thank you

by walnut falcons on Nov 28, 2025 3:10 PM EST up reply actions  

As a Padre fan, it feels nice to win something for a change.

"When you find your way. Then you see it disappear."

by padmadfan on Nov 28, 2025 8:31 PM EST up reply actions  

lol

by JoelGuzman'sScout on Nov 29, 2025 12:56 AM EST up reply actions  

woohoo!

by Noah McKinnie Braun on Nov 28, 2025 9:40 PM EST up reply actions  

funny

my first thought was Rafael Belliard

by AndrewTorrez on Nov 28, 2025 1:21 PM EST reply actions  

me too

Not actually affiliated with whygavs.

by WHYG Zane Smith on Nov 29, 2025 10:38 AM EST up reply actions  

i was gonna say

joey “the rooster” cora, but the right answer was already there….here is another interesting fact about The Lemmer….“threw an independent league record 9 wild pitches in successive at bats as a knuckleballer.”

by James Westfall on Nov 28, 2025 1:26 PM EST reply actions  

I played against him!

He was from Utica, and I was from Herkimer (13 miles east). I played against him in a Legion ball game. I don’t remember anything about it, probably because I was riding the pine. I remember he was in the local papers being spoken of as a potential pro (and I most definitely wasn’t).

by tim_l on Nov 28, 2025 1:38 PM EST reply actions  

wait, utica ny?

im born and raised there hahaha

by lakersdodgersyankees4life on Nov 28, 2025 9:49 PM EST up reply actions  

I'm Confused

I could’ve sworn John said he was doing the Marlins after Toronto.

by Ryne Alber on Nov 28, 2025 5:00 PM EST reply actions  

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