August '10 ABL-to-MiLB Update: N-Z

Catching up on some more former ABLers in the minor leagues

Dakota Watts, now in the Florida State League.
Photo courtesy of OriolesProspects.com

If you read my ABL-to-MiLB update last week, you knew that an article catching up with our former ABL players now in minor league baseball was coming up. Well, here it is. I've got all the rest of the guys in affiliated ball, alphabetically, N through Z.

Of course, the big stories here are Danny Valencia (Pilots, 2005) and Robbie Weinhardt (Fire, 2005-06), who have been promoted to the major leagues. Weinhardt has struggled a little bit with the Detroit Tigers as of late, but heading into September I imagine he'll stick around for the remainder of the season and battle for a spot in spring training. Valencia, on the other hand, has been tearing it up for the Minnesota Twins and I imagine that he'll also stick around for a while. 

OK, with that out of the way, I just want to mention that I'll do a third post about players who were last seen in independent leagues, or as free agents, since the two kind of go hand in hand. Watch for that update, most likely next week. But in the mean time, here is the complete alphabetical listing (after the fold):