{"id":2639,"date":"2011-01-20T12:26:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T18:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2011-01-22T19:18:52","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T01:18:52","slug":"the-golden-sombreros-top-50-prospects-38-jonathan-singleton-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2639","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Sombrero&#8217;s Top 50 Prospects: #37 &#8211; Jonathan Singleton (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jonathansingleton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2640\" title=\"jonathansingleton\" src=\"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/jonathansingleton-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"\u30d2\u30e9\u30ae\u30ce\u89d2\u30b4 Pro W3\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }p.Body1, li.Body1, div.Body1 { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">#37 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/minors\/player.cgi?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;id=single001jon\" target=\"_blank\">Jonathan  Singleton<\/a><\/strong> &#8211; Philadelphia Phillies<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">1B<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DOB: 9-18-91<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ETA: 2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><!-- @font-face {   font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }@font-face {   font-family: \"\u30d2\u30e9\u30ae\u30ce\u89d2\u30b4 Pro W3\"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }table.MsoNormalTable { font-size: 10pt; font-family: \"Times New Roman\"; }p.Body1, li.Body1, div.Body1 { margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; } -->As just an 18-year old in the South Atlantic League, Jonathan  Singleton put up a slash line of .290\/.393\/.479 while walking 62 times and only striking out 74 times in around 460 plate appearances.\u00a0 He went deep 14 times and had over 40 hits for extra bases.\u00a0 His strike zone judgment is uniquely advanced for his age, and his bat speed and body project as an impact corner outfielder or infielder in the Majors within the next few years.\u00a0 With <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/player_search.cgi?search=Ryan+Howard&#038;utm_source=direct&#038;utm_medium=linker&#038;utm_campaign=Linker\">Ryan  Howard<\/a><\/strong> manning first base in Philadelphia through at least 2014, it is hard to see Singleton contributing much anywhere but the farm for the foreseeable future, but he is young enough to potentially convert to the outfield full-time.\u00a0 He will never run well enough to be an above average outfielder, but his bat plays anywhere, and Citizens Bank is a good place for a slow dude to man left.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see what Philadelphia does with Singleton in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEl54QuQ2Ns\" frameborder=\"0\" allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#37 Jonathan Singleton &#8211; 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