The Tucson Sidewinders are the AAA team of the Arizona Diamondbacks. It's a good team, but take the stats with a big pinch of salt. Tucson is a great place to hit -- most of the players are hitting about 100 points lower in away games than in home games.
Carlos Quentin is a 24-year-old outfielder and highly touted. But he's hardly "can't miss". He started the season in the majors but was sent down after hitting just .210 in 200 at bats. In 38 at bats for Tucson, Quentin has hit .385/.478/.615. In 2006, Quentin hit .289/.424/.487 in 38 AB in AAA. The major-league-equivalent of those stats is .267/.340/.437. He hit .253/.342/.530 in 166 AB for Arizona, which was all you could expect from his equivalent stats.
Like Quentin, Alberto Callaspo is a 24-year-old who started the season in the majors. He hit only .206 and was sent down. He's hitting .348/.407/.508 for Tucson. Last year he hit .337/.404/.478 for Tucson (MLE .310/.367/.437). He plays 2B, 3B and SS, so his bat should be good enough if his glove is sound.
Chris Carter is a 24-year-old firstbaseman. He's hitting .333/.394/.532 in 402 AB this season with 40 walks and only 49 strikeouts in 402 AB. Last year he hit .301/.395/.483 at AAA (MLE .275/.354/.434). He might need to get out of this organization to get a shot.
Pitchers are another story. If you can pitch here ...
Jailen Peguero is a 26-year-old RH reliever. He's got a 2.20 ERA with 54 SO, 20 BB and only 34 hits in 49 innings. That's good stuff.
Chad Harville is a 30-year-old reliever who had horrible control problems the last 3 seasons in the bigs. This year for Tucson he's pitching quite well: 2.30 ERA, 25 saves, 43 SO, 18 BB and 5 HR in 47 innings. He's also getting a lot of groundball outs, which is excellent for relievers (2.32 GO/AO). Harville is earning another chance.
Randy Choate is another older guy (31) doing well in relief for Tucson. He's got a 2.84 ERA in 44.1 innings with 39 SO and 11 BB. He's also getting lots of grounders (2.84 GO/AO). He pitched great at AAA last season (2.17 ERA) and well enough in the bigs too (3.94 ERA in 16 IP with 12 SO and 3 walks). I have no idea why he's back in the minors this year. And Choate's lefthanded too.
In the starting rotation Dustin Nippert and Yusmeiro Petit have been wild. Casey Daigle has been much better as a starter (3.74 ERA in 33.2 IP, with 33 SO and 11 BB) than as a reliever (8.44 ERA in 32 IP).
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Will Carter be brought up in September?
Likely yes. But don't expect him to get much playing time if they're still in contention. If Arizona has fallen out of the race, Carter will probably play more to showcase him for a trade.
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