55. Michael Aubrey - First Baseman
Born: 04/15/1982 - Height: 6'0" - Weight: 195 - Bats: Left - Throws: Left
| Year | Age | Team | Lvl | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2003 | 21 | Lake County | A | 38 | 138 | 22 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 0 | .348 | .409 | .551 | .960 |
| 2004 | 22 | Kinston | A+ | 60 | 218 | 34 | 74 | 14 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 27 | 26 | 3 | .339 | .438 | .550 | .988 |
| 22 | Akron | AA | 38 | 134 | 13 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 0 | .261 | .340 | .425 | .765 | |
| 2005 | 23 | Akron | AA | 28 | 106 | 17 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 1 | .283 | .336 | .462 | .798 |
| 2006 | 24 | Kinston | A+ | 8 | 28 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .286 | .417 | .607 | 1.024 |
| 24 | Akron | AA | 6 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .269 | .345 | .462 | .807 | |
| 2007 | 25 | Kinston | A+ | 13 | 50 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | .400 | .492 | .800 | 1.292 |
| 25 | Akron | AA | 52 | 206 | 22 | 51 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 34 | 10 | 35 | 0 | .248 | .290 | .403 | .693 | |
| 2008 | 26 | Akron | AA | 25 | 103 | 14 | 29 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .282 | .330 | .456 | .786 |
| 26 | Buffalo | AAA | 72 | 285 | 29 | 80 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 16 | 40 | 0 | .281 | .328 | .418 | .746 | |
| 26 | Cleveland | MLB | 15 | 45 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .280 | .333 | .713 | |
| Career (Minors) | 340 | 1294 | 177 | 382 | 88 | 3 | 48 | 231 | 110 | 187 | 0 | .295 | .362 | .479 | .845 |
History: Aubrey was a 1st round pick by the Indians in the 2003 Draft out of Tulane University. He made his major league debut in Cleveland on May 17th, and hit home runs in his first two major league starts. Strengths & Opportunities: When healthy, Aubrey is a superior defender and good hitter with gap power. Over the years, he has been one of the best in the Indians system at making consistent, hard contact. Staying on the field to showcase that talent has always been a problem for him as he has endured many long spells on the disabled list with leg and back issues and he missed huge chunks of every season except for last year where he was able to play in a career high 112 combined games at Double-A Akron, Triple-A Buffalo and Cleveland. He has a laundry list of injuries and setbacks over his career, which have eroded his skills significantly. In 2005, chronic back issues limited him to just 28 games and his season ended in May. In 2006, for the second straight year he was lost early in the season when he injured himself sliding into second base and suffered a surface fracture on his right knee joint and played in just 14 games. In 2007 he had nagging, abdominal, groin and hamstring issues that caused him to miss over half the season.
Outlook: At this point, age and injuries have caught up with Aubrey where he no longer profiles to be an All-Star caliber hitter and defender like he was coming out of college. His bat is now suspect at the major league level, and he is just no longer the player now that he was pre-injury and coming out of college since the injuries have eroded his skills. He profiles now as a good organizational player, but his days as a good major league prospect are behind him. The Indians removed him from the 40-man roster this offseason and outrighted him to the minors where he looks destined to be a fixture at first base and designated hitter for Triple-A Columbus for most if not all of the 2009 season.
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2 comments:
If he could stay healthy for a full year and its a big IF. Do you think he could be better then Garko? First off his D would be better and with a full season his offense should be close to what Garko can do. With last years stats he had 433 abs and if we say he could get a min of another 100 abs in a full pro season. His totals would be about 13 hrs 70rbi and a .280 avg and these i think would be min. He has shown good strike zone control over his career. I just feel as if people have given up on him and i think he could still provide a better overall game then Garko.
At this point, Aubrey is a shell of his former self. At one time he was a plus defender and plus bat....not he is just a good defender and a suspect bat. He is an organizational player and his injuries have deteriorated his bat and ability to work around the bag. He is better than Garko defensively, but at this point Garko is no doubt the better offensive player. Too bad for Aubrey, as he has all the tools....just his body gave out on him and he will at most be 80% of what he once was.
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