Today I’m unveiling the first of two All BluGrass Baseball teams for the 2009 season. As with most features on the site, we’ll divide BluGrass players into two divisions: one made of rosters of the state’s three minor league teams and the other made of Kentucky natives and college alums. The first team comes from the rosters of the Louisville Bats, Bowling Green Hot Rods and Lexington Legends.

• Catcher: Jake Jeffries, Bowling Green Hot Rods — .261, eight home runs, 50 RBI
• First Base: Brian Pellegrini, Lexington Legends — .291, 27 home runs, 74 RBI
• Second Base: Isaias Velasquez, Bowling Green Hot Rods — .278, two home runs, 40 RBI
• Third Base: Juan Francisco, Louisville Bats — .359, five home runs, 19 RBI
• Shortstop: Tim Beckham, Bowling Green Hot Rods — .275, five home runs, 63 RBI
• Left Field: Daniel Dorn, Louisville Bats — .275, 14 home runs, 47 RBI
• Center Field: Drew Stubbs, Louisville Bats — .268, three home runs, 39 RBI
• Right Field: Kyeong Kang, Bowling Green Hot Rods — .307, five home runs, 42 RBI
• Starting Pitcher 1: Matthew Moore, Bowling Green Hot Rods — 8-5, 3.15, 176 SO
• Starting Pitcher 2: Jordan Lyles, Lexington Legends — 7-11, 3.24, 167 SO
• Starting Pitcher 3: Matt Maloney, Louisville Bats — 9-9, 3.08, 125 SO
• Starting Pitcher 4: Chris Andujar, Bowling Green Hot Rods — 10-4, 2.70, 79 SO
• Starting Pitcher 5: Justin Lehr, Louisville Bats, 13-3, 3.31, 60 SO
• Closer: Henry Villar, Lexington Legends, 3-4, 2.60, 109 SO

Notes: Third base was, by far, the worst position among the three teams. Francisco wins due to his domination of AAA pitching in his brief audition for Louisville. The rotation had plenty of competition with as many as five other starters having an argument for inclusion.  If we’d included multiple relievers, Logan Ondrusek, Patrick Urckfitz and Josh Roenicke could have all made the team. Arguably the state’s top position prospect (Chris Heisey) didn’t make the cut because of spending half the season in AA and posting worse numbers than his teammate Dorn in the half season of AAA.