MU in the Minors

■ Nathan Culp (04-06) is having a great year for the San Antonio Missions. Wednesday he pitched 7.0 innings, scattered five hits, gave up no runs. His WHIP for the season with San Antonio is a very nice 1.06.

■ From AZ Snakepit:

Evan Frey (06-07)had a great year last season, batting.314/.400/.411 with 37 steals between South Bend and Visalia, and earning himself a first shot at AA this year at the young age of 22. He isn't exactly setting the world alight, but his .254/.329/.373 line in 70 PA is mostly held back by BABIP. On first glance his .300 BABIP seems normal, but he has a line drive bat that helped him to an incredible .370 BABIP in his career so far. Couple that with a great eye (11.5% BB this season, 10+ for his career) and he's one of our brightest prospects. Like Parra, he has no home run power, but I think some high average + high OBP + low power guys are a welcome change in contrast to our big league guys, who can hit it 500 feet, but also will likely never sniff league average OBP numbers.