the stroke

Tyler Moore found a home run stroke last year, and from all indications, it’s still working for him. The former Mississippi State standout has 30 homers at Double-A Harrisburg in the Washington system. A right-handed hitting first baseman, Moore is batting .271 with 87 RBIs and was named to the Eastern League’s end-of-year All-Star team last week. Moore was rated the Nationals’ No. 24 prospect by Baseball America entering 2011 after belting 31 homers (to go with a .269 average and 111 RBIs) at high Class A Potomac last season. Moore, 24, still has some work to do on strike zone discipline — he has 132 strikeouts and just 24 walks this season — but he should advance again in 2012. Washington drafted him three times — out of Northwest Rankin High, Meridian Community College and MSU — so somebody in the organization likes him. The Nats recently called up another first base prospect, Chris Marrero, which, coupled with the fact Moore is not on the 40-man roster, makes it unlikely Moore will get a September look. But his day may come soon enough.

P.S. Corey Wimberly’s bid to become the first Alcorn State product to make the majors since Al Jones in the mid-’80s has bogged down. The diminutive outfielder/second baseman is batting just .238 in Triple-A with Pittsburgh and is currently on the disabled list. Meanwhile, ex-Delta State star Edwin Maysonet is hitting .293 for Milwaukee’s Triple-A club. The versatile infielder, who has some big league time already, could fill a role for the Brewers as they drive toward the playoffs.