The Book on Lars Anderson

Prospect Info

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Lars Anderson
Born 9/25/1987
1B, BOS

His star has faded a bit in Boston, but the facts remain: one of these years, Big Papi will go out for a pack of smokes and never come home to Boston again. When that happens, Lars is the best bet to be the new daddy in Beantown.

A product of Jesuit High School (Carmichael, CA), the former Mr. Lars Goettlicher (yes, really) earned letters in baseball, football and basketball, hitting .489 as a freshman on his way to being named MVP. At Lancaster, in his first season, he produced at a .343/.489/.486 clip.

While he's only 22 years old, Anderson's power stroke would already be a very happy sight in Fenway... or any other park in baseball, for that matter. It may take a couple more summers for the rest of his game to catch up to his bat, but his 40-homer potential will be on display sooner or later. We'd bet on late 2010, though if the Red Sox spend big on a free agent infielder in the mean time, he could be looking at a suitcase soon.

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Player Updates and Notes

Lars Anderson went 4-for-4 with two homers and a double Monday for Single-A Lancaster. He's not ready for AA yet, but he'll get there before the end of the year.

5/1/2008 by KDaddy

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