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POSITION: 1st Base HEIGHT: 6'2" WEIGHT: 220 BATS: Left THROWS: Right BORN: March 8, 1984, Palos, Il RESIDES: Oak Lawn, Il SCHOOL: EVansville University SIGNED BY: Bill Milos HOW OBTAINED: Twins 9th round pick in 2005 June Draft NOTEWORTHY: 2002 graduate of Richards High School, Oak Lawn, IL...attended Evansville University...ranks third all-time at UE with a .353 career batting average...was a first team all-Missouri Valley Conference selection after hitting .322 and leading the league in both home runs (12) and RBIs (60) and named the Univeristy's Player of the Year...Named 2004 Player of the Year in the Texas Collegiate Summer League and first-Team Summer All-America selection by Basebail America...second-team all-MVC selection at first base...Louisville Slugger "freshman All-American"...second-team All-MVC selection at DH. CAREER: 2006: Named Midwest league Offensive Player of the Week (5/15)... selected as the Organizational Player of the Week (5/19) on his way to becoming the Organizational Player of the Month for May, batting .376 (35-93), .591 obp, .473 slg, 17 runs, 11 doubles, 3 home runs, 17 rbi, and 17 walks over 26 games...voted to the 2006 Midwest League All-Star Game...led Midwest league in batting, on-base percentage (.402), and slugging (.547), was second in doubles (37), fourth in XBH (56) and tied for fifth in home runs (16) despite being disabled with broken hamate bone in right hand, August 18...led entire Twins' organization in batting and was fourth in home runs...2005: Hit .407 (24/59) with 11 runs, 8 doubles, 4 hr, and 21 rbi as Twins' Player of the Month for July. MEDIA: Ranked 25th in the Twins organization by Baseball America going into the 2007 Season. Lis dominated the Midwest League in 2006, leading the league in batting, on-base and slugging percentage. He was just finding his power stroke, with four homers in six games, when he was hit by a pitch that broke the hamate bone in his right wrist and ended his season in mid-August. He has strength in his wrists and hands, repeats his swing and knows when to cheat to catch up to good fastballs. His innate feel for hitting helps him work counts to his advantage, and he's not afraid to use the whole field. His future home run power may just be average because he doesn't have great bat speed. His other tools are well below average, particularly in the case of his defense at first and his speed. Lis will end up as a 4-A player unless his home run power blossoms, but hitters like him are hard to find. He'll anchor the lineup at Fort Myers in his second full season.
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