The Grapefruit and Cactus League seasons are underway, which means plenty of prospects are getting their chance to impress. Many of these prospects have played on the Thunder and in the Eastern League, or will do so in 2010. I'm going to be rounding up the best performances on this blog and posting them for all to follow.

A couple of reminders:

1. I'll be in Tampa for spring training from March 31-April 4. While there, I'll be writing, blogging, tweeting, taking pictures and recording video. I'll try to get as much information as I can about what the final roster will look like before the Thunder take the field against Erie on April 8.

2. I will host my first Web chat of the spring, on this very blog, on Wednesday, March 10, at 1 p.m. I'll be taking questions about the Thunder, the Eastern League and all of Minor League Baseball. Mark it down.

Former Thunder category:

The Thunder's leaders Saturday were infielders Kevin Russo and Reegie Corona, as well as outfielder Colin Curtis, all of whom recorded a hit apiece in a drubbing against Toronto.

Other former Trentonites seeing action were:
Kevin Russo: 1-for-2
Reegie Corona: 1-for-3
Jorge Vazquez: 0-for-2
P.J. Pilittere: 0-for-2
Colin Curtis: 1-for-1, 2B, BB
Ramiro Pena: 0-for-1, RBI, BB, SB
Mark Melancon: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO
Grant Duff: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 1 SO
Amauri Sanit: 0.1 IP, H
Austin Jackson (DET): 2-for-2, R
Randy Ruiz (TOR): 1-for-2, R
Jose Valdez (HOU): 1 IP, 2 BB

Future Thunder category:
Andrew Brackman: 1 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, HR
Brandon Laird: 1-for-2
Austin Romine: 1-for-3, R

Future Eastern Leaguers:
Domonic Brown(PHI): 2-for-3
Tyson Gillies (PHI): 0-for-1, SB
Kirk Nieuwenhuis (NYM): 2-for-5, R, 2 RBIs, 2B
Ike Davis (NYM): 3-for-5, R, 2 RBIs, 2B
Jose Iglesias (BOS): 0-for-1, R
Ben Revere (MIN): 0-for-4
Chris Parmelee (MIN): 0-for-1, R