Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Coming in at number nine in my composite top ten prospect list is Jeff Larish.  Like Ron Bourquin, Larish was all over the board.  He rated as high as sixth on John Sickels list, he finished ninth on the Baseball America list and then didn’t even make Goldstein’s list.

First baseman Jeff Larish was the Tigers fifth round pick in 2005.  He came out of Arizona State and in 64 at bats at Oneonta. Larish hit six homeruns and a slugging percentage of .625.  In 2006, he had a solid season at Lakeland.  He only hit .258, but he had an OBP of .379 and walked 81 times versus 101 strikeouts.  He hit only 18 homeruns, but he also belted 34 doubles so the power was there. 

With him being a solid left handed bat, Larish could be the heir apparant at first base if Chris Shelton ends up not being the answer.  He’ll make the jump to Double A in 2007 so we’ll get to see how he adapts there.   Casey is only signed through 2007 and a really good season out of Larish may make a 2008 return for Casey questionable.