Previewing the Lexington Legends

Finally the Fireflies play somebody not the Charleston RiverDogs or Greenville Drive as the Fireflies open their first ever not-first homestand! Here's a look at the Lexington Legends, from the Lexington in Kentucky that also has a SEC school and not the Lexington 20 miles west of Columbia where the Blowfish got shipped off to.

Hitters

Player	Position	PA	OPS	AVG	HR	RBI	Round Picked	Age	College	Home State/Country
D.J. Burt	2B	78	0.682	0.227	1	12	4	20		North Carolina
Samir Duenez	1B	72	0.747	0.277	1	13	IFA	19		Venezuela
Amalani Fukofuka	OF	72	0.663	0.269	1	8	5	20		California
Chase Vallot	C	67	0.931	0.283	3	9	1s	19		Louisiana
Marten Gasparini	SS	64	0.608	0.164	2	8	IFA	18		Italy
Cody Jones	OF	63	0.793	0.296	1	6	6	22	TCU	Texas
Ben Johnson	OF	55	0.753	0.234	1	11	11	21	Texas	Texas
Anderson Miller	OF	48	0.661	0.22	0	4	3	21	Western Kentucky	Kentucky
Mike Hill	3B	45	0.335	0.081	0	0	22	25	Long Beach State	California
Jecksson Flores	SS	39	0.722	0.27	0	4	IFA	22		Venezuela
Xavier Fernandez	C	33	0.751	0.222	1	3	11	20		Puerto Rico
Joshua Banuelos	1B	19	1.007	0.333	1	2	28	24	Fresno Pacific	California
Brandon Dulin	1B	12	1.235	0.364	1	4	12	23	Longview CC	Missouri
Tanner Stanley	OF	3	1	0.5	0	0	36	22	Richmond	Florida

An interesting very young lineup for the Legends, with a hometown guy in Anderson Miller (who likely won't play due to injury) stretching out to a rare European player in Italian Marten Gasparini. The Legends generally don't have reliable contact hitters like Thompson or Siena, but their lineup is generally deeper with more power up and down the lineup than the Fireflies have. Sadly the Legends however lack a player of local interest for Columbia fans.

Pitchers

Player	IP	W	L	S	ERA	Round Picked	Age	College	Home State/Country
Foster Griffin	22	1	2	0	3.27	1	20		Florida
Scott Blewett	17.67	1	2	0	5.6	2	20		New York
Yunior Marte	17.67	2	0	0	5.09	IFA	21		Dominican Republic
Corey Ray	16	0	1	0	6.75	5	23	Texas A&M	Texas
Emilio Ogando	14	2	0	0	2.57	12	22	St. Thomas	Florida
Nolan Watson	10.67	0	1	0	10.97	1	19		Indiana
Franco Terrero	10	0	0	0	6.3	IFA	20		Dominican Republic
Julio Pinto	9	0	2	0	13	IFA	20		Venezuela
Kyle Kubat	8.33	0	1	0	2.16	NDFA	23	Nebraska	Nebraska
Niklas Stephenson	8	1	0	1	6.75	NDFA	22		California
Torey Deshazier	7.67	0	1	0	5.87	NDFA	22	Arkansas Baptist	Arkansas
Jake Newberry	7.33	0	0	0	0	37	21		California
Jacob Bodner	5.33	1	0	3	0	27	23	Xavier	Kentucky

Again no notable players of local interest, unless you count Corey Ray who pitched in the SEC with Texas A&M. The Legends starter tonight will be Nolan Watson, who I saw make his professional debut in Burlington last year. Unlike most teams particularly the Fireflies, the Legends seem to have a better bullpen than a rotation. The Legends seem to be a very young team, as I guessed the Royals decided to draft high school guys now that the major league team is finally getting all the help they need at the top.