fast company

Managers in the Eastern League like Cody Satterwhite’s fastball, which has been known to reach the upper 90s. The former Hillcrest Christian and Ole Miss standout, now with Detroit’s Double-A Erie club, was given the “best fastball” nod in the EL in Baseball America’s annual tools survey. Satterwhite is 4-5 with 12 saves and a 2.98 ERA in 33 games at Erie. He had 51 strikeouts in 48 1/3 innings. … Former Itawamba CC star Desmond Jennings was rated the fastest baserunner in the Southern League, as well as its best defensive outfielder and most exciting player. Jennings, in the Tampa Bay system, is now in Triple-A, banging on the door to the big leagues. Current Mississippi Braves standout Jason Heyward, who has played only about 40 Double-A games, was rated the league’s best batting prospect.
P.S. Bill Hall, the pride of Nettleton, got an RBI hit in his first at-bat for Seattle on Friday night and finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs. The Mariners played him in left field. … The change in scenery hasn’t done much for former Jackson State ace Dewon Day, picked up by Oakland after his release by Tampa Bay. Day, a onetime big leaguer, has a 5.52 ERA in 11 relief appearances at Double-A Midland.