Minnesota
Twins outfielder, Jason Pridie, was born October
9th, 1983 in Phoenix, Arizona. He attended Prescott
High School (AZ) where he played baseball. He
was selected in the 2nd round on the 2000 draft
by Tampa Bay.
Twins selected outfielder Jason
Pridie from the Devil Rays in the Rule 5 draft.
Jason batted .232 with one home run and 10 RBIs
for the Phoenix Desert Dogs. An athletic runner
with some good bat power, the Twins took Jason,
because they felt that he could back up all three
outfield spots.
Jason Pridie is a well-versed athlete.
He can run, he can throw and he can play all spots
in the outfield.
He spent most of the 2005 season sidelined by
a right knee sprain. He saw only one game of action
before heading to the disabled list. He was then
reinstated from the disabled list on July 26,
and was promoted to Double-A Montgomery, where
he batted .213 (20-94) with four doubles, two
triples, three homers and eight RBIs in 28 games.
A top prospect coming out of high school,
there were questions of whether the knee injury was
what kept Tampa Bay from protecting him. Tampa Bay states
that it was a surplus of outfielders and not the injury
that allowed Jason to be available. "He's healthy
now, as far as we know," Followell of Tampa Bay
said of Jason. "He certainly ran well and played
defense fine when we saw him. He looks 100 percent to
us."
Vern Followell, Twins director of
pro scouting, said Jason Pridie, 22, can play
all three outfield spots and has potential as
a hitter. His tools don't appear exceptional,
but the Twins like the way he plays the game.
His brother, Jon Pridie, is a former Twins farmhand.
A Minor League player three years
out of college and four years out of high school
that wasn't protected on the 40-man Major League
roster was eligible to be selected by another
club for $50,000. That player must stay on his
new team's 25-man Major League roster for the
entire season or be offered back to the old club
for $25,000.
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