The end of the fall (league)

Brad Eldred: .289/.330/.588 with 7 homers, 28 RBIs, 22 Ks, and 4 BBs in 101 PAs.

If these were talking his stats from the first month plus of 2006 I'd say we were on to something with this guy. Unfortunately it's only his final line from the AFL. Nothing bad, but nothing spectacular either, though the RBI total is quite gaudy (next highest on the Saguaros was 16). It was clear that despite Eldred's power surge at the end of the summer in Pittsburgh, Littlefield wanted to see something from him in Arizona to prove to him he should be the starting first baseman next year. I'm not sure these numbers are enough to sway Littlefield because, well, the pitching in the AFL isn't exactly first class (though I suppose it's going to far to say that an OPS of .918 isn't at least a little impressive). The rest of the Saguaro's stats (including Bucco prospects Neil Walker, Adam Boeve, Matt Peterson, and Shane Youman) are here.

A couple other quick hits, the Rangers inquired about Ollie and got nowhere, and Michael Restovich is tearing things up in the Venezuelan Winter League (was hitting .382/.482/.721 in 68 at-bats as of last Monday, the 7th, if I get more current stats I'll post them). Both courtesy Rotoworld.