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SPORTS | PHILLIES NEWCOMERS, FOURTH IN A SERIES QUICK Meet the Prospects: ABOUT THIS HITTERS SERIES Each day this week, the Daily News will look at Phillies Was a middle infielder prospects acquired in the until playing 13 games in ODUBEODUBELL offseason. the outfield last season. Monday Zach Eflin, RHP Playing centerfield, Herrera was the Venezuelan (winter) League’s most Tuesday Tom Windle, LHP valuable player and rookie of the year after leading the HERRERAHERRERA Yesterday Joely Rodriguez, league with a .372 average LHP to go along with six homers and 27 RBI in 58 games. BY ED BARKOWITZ [email protected] Today Odubel Herrera, Also won the Texas Twitter: @EdBarkowitz OF/Inf. League batting crown with Frisco, the Rangers’ Double Tomorrow Ben Lively, RHP A affiliate. Herrera hit .321 (118-for-368) in 96 games… Also hit .297 (33-for-111) for BIG SHOT Archive Philly.com High A Myrtle Beach. “We think we have Has never played above something with the bat… Double A…Has 13 home We’re taking a chance on BIO runs in 2,321 minor league a young guy with a chance Full name: David Odubel at-bats (1 per 179)…Played to hit [who has] Herrera just 11 games in leftfield as some speed.” a minor leaguer. — Mike Ondo, the Phillies’ director of Position: Outfielder. Went 4-for-8 with three pro scouting Age: 23. RBI in a 2011 two-game series against Lakewood, Born: Dec. 29, 1991 in the only time he played Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. against a Phillies minor league affiliate. Herrera Height: 5-11. Weight: 200. stole three bases while Jeff SS Lanning was catching the PRE How acquired: Selected with first game, but was thrown the ninth overall pick, from the out in his only attempted TED CIA Rangers organization, in the steal by Cameron Rupp in SO Rule 5 draft on Dec. 11, 2014. the second. AS / LL 2015 projection: Figures to The most valuable Rule 5 BU Y compete for time in leftfield selection in Phillies history with Darin Ruf and Grady GOR is Shane Victorino. The Sizemore (with Ben Revere greatest in baseball history GRE playing center and Domonic is Pirates Hall of Famer Brown moving back to right). Roberto Clemente. Both, oddly, were plucked from the Dodgers organization. STATS since 2013 Other notable major Year Team LG Level G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG leaguers from Maracaibo 2013 Myrtle Beach CAR A (Adv) 29 95 13 28 21 151619.295 include Wilson Alvarez, Omar Daal, Carlos 2013 Frisco TEX AA 101 389 37 100 12 7230 17 67 .257 Gonzalez, Ender Inciarte 2014 Myrtle Beach CAR A (Adv) 29 111 26 33 3 1011 23 21 .297 and Hall of Fame shortstop Luis Aparicio. 2014 Frisco TEX AA 96 368 47 118 16 4 2 48 29 70 .321 Total 610 2321 347 683 98 27 13 251 197 421 .294 Thursday,February12, 2015 PHILADELPHIA DAILYNEWS—Philly.comPage 47.