Lou Marson's Phuture as a Phillie

Lou Marson is playing at a Major League status. He was a 4th round pick in the 2004 draft. Marson has progressed little by little. However his break-out season came in 2007 when he hit .288 for the Phillies high level A team. Marson this year is putting up some pretty good numbers, posting a .319 batting average, and a .434 on base percentage. Marson looks like one of the bright stars in the Phillies farm system. He and Reading Phils teammate Jason Donald have been invited to play for team USA in the Olympics.

My Prediction: The Phillies can not hold Marson back any longer. He is obviously the best hitting prospect they have. I think that the Phillies are going to either trade him for a solid starter to add to their decent (I am using this word very loosely) pitching rotation. Trading Josh Outman was a huge mistake losing a prized pitching prospect for a pitcher who has had spurts of success but always lacking consistency. The other option might be that they let go of or trade Carlos Ruiz or Chris Coste. Ruiz is the younger of the two, but he is coming off a bad season, so in my eyes the chances of him getting traded are greater. Also, the Phillies, like most teams, always need bats, Chris Coste will defiantly provide this team.

Batting Statistics as of August 6,2008 7:19 p.m.

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level		Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2004	GCL Phils	GCL	18	Phi	Rk		c		38	113	18	29	3	0	4	8	4	0	13	18	0	0	0	0	4	.257	.333	.389	722	--
2005	Batavia	NYPL	19	Phi	A-		c		60	220	25	54	11	3	5	25	0	1	27	52	1	0	3	1	12	.245	.329	.391	720	--
2006	Lakewood	SAL	20	Phi	A		c		104	350	44	85	16	5	4	39	4	0	49	82	5	0	5	1	13	.243	.343	.351	694	--
2007	Clearwater	FSL	21	Phi	A+		c		111	393	68	113	24	1	7	63	3	1	52	80	5	2	1	6	10	.288	.373	.407	780	--
2008	Reading	East	22	Phi	AA				92	317	55	101	18	0	5	46	3	3	65	69	2	2	0	3	10	.319	.434	.423	857	--
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)									405	1393	210	382	72	9	25	181	14	5	206	301	13	4	9	11	49	.274	.370	.393	763	--