The Asheville Tourists Opening Day Roster seems to be staffed with some big name talent this year. Five out of the twenty-five are on Baseball America's top 30 prospects for the Colorado Rockies.
The two biggest names have ACC football ties, outfielder Kyle Parker from Clemson and Second Baseman Russell Wilson from NC State. Parker didn't play in the game I went to see against the Lexington Legends on April 23rd but Wilson did.
Kyle Parker has the reputation coming out of college of being a power bat (he hit 20+ homeruns at Clemson last year) and he is off to a hot start in his pro career. He is batting over .400 with a homerun and he drove in 7 runs in a single game the other night against the Lakewood Blueclaws.
Russell Wilson is a smooth fielding Second Baseman who needs to work on his hitting. He made several good plays in the field in the game which I saw but he hitting below the Mendoza on the season so far although he did hit a homerun the other night, his first on the season.
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