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Read: Today in the NL East

by David Pinto on September 2nd, 2008 at 3:21 pm

Lou Marson may be the most interesting call-up for the Phillies this month.  His batting average and OBA climbed steadily as he rose through the minors.  Jim Salisbury reports that Lou passed Jason Jaramillo as the Phillies top catching prospect.

The Nationals won’t bring up Jordan Zimmermann in September.  In 187 minor league innings he’s struck out 205 and allowed just 12 home runs.

Dallas McPherson was once a top prospect for the Angels.  He missed all of 2007 due to back surgery, but hit 42 home runs at AAA for the Marlins.  He’s now on the big league team to show what he can do in September.  He didn’t hit much in the majors, but his career isolated power of .214 means he does bang out a lot of extra-base hits.

Casey Kotchman returned to the Braves after his mother’s condition stabilized.  My wishes for a continued recovery go out to Casey and his mother.

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