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| Aaron Cunningham |
Cunningham, 25, split the 2011 season between Triple-A Tucson and the San Diego Major League club. At Tucson he hit .329 (112-for-340) with 34 doubles, 4 triples, 9 HR and 63 RBI in 87 games (.398 OBP, .532 SLG, .930 OPS). With the Padres he hit .178 (16-for-90) with 6 2B, 3 HR and 9RBI in 52 games. He hit .227 (10-for-44) with 2 HR and 4 RBI in 23 games away from Petco Park. He owns a career batting average of .231 (82-for-355) with 27 2B, 3 3B, 6 HR and 44 RBI in 150 games with Oakland and San Diego, and owns a career average of .256 (33-for-129) off left-handed pitching (.741 OPS).
Cunningham was a 6th round draft pick by the Chicago White Sox in 2005 and was traded to Arizona in June 2007 and later dealt to Oakland in December of that year in the seven-player deal that sent right-handed pitcher Dan Haren from Oakland to Arizona. His minor league career average is .306 (749-for-2450) in 645 games and he entered the 2009 season ranked the 55th overall prospect in all the minors according to Baseball America.
Burns was the Tribe’s 8th round selection in 2009 and went 2-5 with a 2.11 ERA in 54 relief appearances for Double-A Akron in 2011. He was once again one of the top save men in all the minors as his 35 saves were tied for 2nd most in all of Minor League Baseball. He was 35-for-37 in save opportunities and broke the single season save record at Double-A Akron. He finished 2nd in the Eastern League in appearances (54), 1st in saves (35), 1st in games finished (52), 5th among relievers in batting average against (.220), 3rd among relievers in K/9 (10.6), 1st among relievers BB/9 (1.9), and 1st among relievers in fewest baserunners per nine innings (9.4).
The Indians designated right-handed pitcher Josh Judy for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster to add Cunningham.
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5 comments:
Art here...I understand the Indians designated Josh Judy for assignment to make room for Cunningham.
Yep, I edited the post.
So how does Cunningham compare to the likes of Neal, Duncan, Francisco and Gutierrez? Is he just another right handed bat in the outfield with potential or does he have a chance to be something more?
I'm not too familiar with Cunningham, but in talking to some people the last 24 hours it appears he has potential as a good role player in the OF. He has the prospect pedigree as a former Top 100 prospect I think 2 years ago, so there is always the potential for more, but the addition of Cunningham and Neal in the last 5 months has really helped add some internal RH outfield bats in the upper levels that can help now.
might be a bit late, but Laws review was good 4th OF. Not worth a right up but in his mind the Indians won the trade. His comment on Cunningham is basically identical to his on Neal. Both solid 4th
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