Wilfredo Boscan Interview
by jparks77 on Nov 22, 2008 9:10 AM CST
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Q: Has your routine changed at all now that you are considered a legit pitching prospect? Do the coaches expect more from you?
I think I have the same routine I always did. I work and work and work and work and work and work. I always give 100 percent. I am always prepared. I never stop. My first year, I had a lot of pressure on me, especially in that first game. There was a lot of pressure to play well. I didn’t want to let anybody down. But moving through it got me ready. I realized that in that first game and the pressure left. Now it’s much easier. I know I belong now."
*Also, check out our new prospect map. It's a work in progress, but I think Joey did a great job with it. Very cool.
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Was this done in Spanish
and translated to English? just curious.
Great stuff, thanks JP.
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
You know
Lately I keep picturing you as the guy from those Dos Equis commercials: “the most interesting man in the prospect world”.
"Somewhere out there, between 14-32 BBWAA NL MVP voters are trying to get cheaper winter heating by drilling a hole in the microwave." - Jeff at LoL
by LSJ on Nov 22, 2008 9:59 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Prospect Map
Awesome. I was born in Goose Creek, SC just like Smoak. I guess I should raise him in my rankings now.
Why did Mike use quotes
A lot of people felt that Julio Borbon “didn’t walk enough” during his otherwise extraordinary .337 / .380 / .459 season at Double-A Frisco (in his first full pro season, mind you).
Not to bag on Borbon, but first of all, his entire season wasn’t in Frisco. He hit .306/.346/.395 in A+ (in another good hitters league), which is kind of hard to reconcile, except that he probably got his feet on the ground and improved a lot as the year went on. But anyway, he walked 29 times in 546 AB this year. No quotes necessary, he just flat out didn’t walk enough.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 22, 2008 11:04 AM CST up reply actions
Walk Rates
Yeah, a 4.9% walk rate at Bakersfield and 5.2% at Frisco qualifies as not walking enough without quotes.
by Andy Seiler on Nov 22, 2008 11:13 AM CST up reply actions
In the comments there
Mike speculates that Max is dealt to a team that covets him as a starting catcher. Then he mentions the Marlins, wonder what they’d be willing to do? Anibel Sanchez? Andrew Miller?
In memory of Ulysses Simpson Grant Stoner. RIP Lil Stoner.
I doubt it
Not on a one for one deal
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
Clarification needed
Even the Rangers themselves wanted to see if Borbon could work pitch counts a little more when they sent him to the Arizona Fall League. Clearly, he did so.
I wonder if this is speculative or if someone with the Rangers told MJH they told Borbon to draw walks. I can’t tell for sure from the way it’s written.
I would like to hear MJH comment on this, as well
Based on the stats, I am convinced that Borbon’s goal for 2008 was to prove to the Rangers that he could hit quality pitching with a wooden bat and that his post-season interview with the team focused on his need to improve his OBP. If this is correct, then Borbon’s AFL performance suggests that he is going to have a monstrous 2009 campaign and that he can be the answer for the Rangers in CF. Borbon is near the top of my list of minor league players whose 2009 performance I am anxious to see.
Good choice
He’s an outstanding player and a much better prospect that I had ever imagined he would be. Jason Parks and I were just talking about him, as a matter of fact.
Julio is, in my mind, a great example of a prospect who you have to see play to “get it”; people who haven’t seen him read his numbers the wrong way and make assumptions about him that aren’t accurate. Plus, if you don’t see him, you can’t have a true appreciation for how great he is in CF. You might read some negative comments about his arm and assume he’s Juan Pierre, which he isn’t.
My favorite story about Borbon: Jon Daniels told me that they had to get him out of Bakersfield “because the outfield was too small” for him to work on going back on balls.
Julio is also very bright, professional and mature. I couldn’t be higher on him.
that name drop was just for Ben, by the way
So please, take it away Ben…. I eagerly anticipate your stunningly predictable response.
Nice info.
Thanks MJH.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
"He's still shitty" -Brian Thomas.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.
by thedirkatron on Nov 24, 2008 10:54 AM CST up reply actions
yes
I was told that going deeper in counts (not necessarily taking walks) was one of the chief objectives for Borbon in the AFL. They asked him to do it, and he did it.
Great information, there.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Nov 24, 2008 10:42 AM CST up reply actions
From the Preface to the 2009 Bound Edition
There aren’t any better bloggers out there than Adam Morris and Brett Perryman, or Joey Matschulat and Jason Parks and John Vittas. Nobody has more energy for minor league reporting than Jason Cole. Nobody can do what Eric "Shroom" Carter does. Nobody even attempts to do what Eleanor Czajka does.
There’s nobody out there covering an organization’s farm system on a daily basis any better than Scott Lucas does, or Mike Hindman did, before he took his game to the award-winning Dallas Morning News sports section, where it took him as long to become a star blogger as it took Chris Davis to figure out big league pitching.
And they all write about the Texas Rangers, to our benefit. It’s more important that Baseball America is about to name the Texas farm system as one of baseball’s best, but as a Rangers fan it’s not such a bad thing that our team has not only one of the most versatile, industrious collections of beat reporters in the country, but also the best band of talented, reliable bloggers in the league.
by Jamey Newberg on Nov 22, 2008 11:37 AM CST reply actions 4 recs
Concur...
Rangers fans are very lucky to have all those guys covering our team. They all do a great job, as do you Jamey.
Beat those Cougs.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Anyway...
Jason’s Boscan interview and Joey’s Prospect Map are just the latest supporting evidence.
by Jamey Newberg on Nov 22, 2008 11:44 AM CST up reply actions
And you too
You are in that mix as well. The Newberg Report was the first one that I found then LSB. We are very lucky as Rangers fans.
A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555
Yeah
I know this isn’t what boomer meant, but he’s a little more than just in the mix.
by Brett Perryman on Nov 22, 2008 12:21 PM CST up reply actions
Ah yes.
We are all so very, very lucky.
Unfathomable thanks to all of the above!!!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
This is why
Guys like TR Sullivan have absolutely no business ever taking shots at the Ranger blogging community. Ever.
"Somewhere out there, between 14-32 BBWAA NL MVP voters are trying to get cheaper winter heating by drilling a hole in the microwave." - Jeff at LoL
Being new to this blog
I can tell you that there is PLENTY of information out there for the Rangers thanks to the hard work of all the aforementioned gentleman. I really doubt that any other team has this type of comprehensive coverage. It is really nice to have yall doing everything.
Hmmm
I have to plead ignorance on that. Heard good things, never went over to that site.
by Michael Cave on Nov 23, 2008 9:20 AM CST up reply actions
OT: Salty
per rotoworld:
Jarrod Saltalamacchia homered twice and walked his other four times up Friday or Escogido of the Dominican Winter League.
No rust here. Salty, who missed the final month with a strained forearm, is 6-for-12 with three homers in four games for Escogido. How he performs defensively is at least as important as his offense this winter, but those are definitely eye-catching numbers.
i wish he played regularly this year. i don’t nkow if he’s the one we should give up on now…
Jindal '12
We bungled the catcher situation so freaking badly this season.
It makes my brain crazy to think about it.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.
by thedirkatron on Nov 22, 2008 5:06 PM CST up reply actions
+1
From the original splitting time duties, to the crazy Laird is the starter declaration, to never playing Max, to becoming way too infatuated with Teagarden.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
We are going to bungle it again,
if JD can’t trade someone.
Nolan Ryan is the Greatest Pitcher ever, because Google says so.
"BTW I’m officially welching ab03. Yeah I planned too all along, but I figured I’d try to get off the hook with double or nothing first."- Sharky
We?
I haven’t bungled anything, my posting has been consistently mediocre.
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To start,
I believe we need to trade Laird. Then sort it out amongst Salty, Teagarden, and MaxRam. If teams wont give us equal value for any of those 3 guys, keep them all (teagarden is my favorite honestly). Start Ramirez in AAA, with Salty as our DH and backup C and Teagarden as the guy behind the plate.
by Michael Cave on Nov 23, 2008 9:25 AM CST up reply actions
We already have a DH
This club needs to have one catcher and then a veteran catcher. If you are going to have 2 young guys on the same team do it in OKC
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Again, we?
We don’t need to do anything but overreact to what the team does.
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Come on, T.
People always say we when referencing their favorite and most beloved teams.
Do you honestly never do that?
You never say, “Man we really need this win tonight!” or “Man Kevin Millwood sure is fat and useless and sucks worse than Vicente Padilla so I hope we trade him!!!” or something like that.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.
by thedirkatron on Nov 23, 2008 6:21 PM CST up reply actions
I'm just being
pedantic. Actually I try to make a point of not saying “we” but use “the Rangers”, “the team”, or “the organization”.
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We
I’m creeped out when people call their workplace “we.”
If you have your own business, ok. Otherwise, delusional.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Nov 24, 2008 10:43 AM CST up reply actions
When you work in a company
are you not a part of that organization?
I don’t have a problem with it when fans say “we.” It’s just a figure of speech.
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Nov 24, 2008 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
I guess it all depends on what sort of job it is.
If you’re a cashier at Circuit City and you go around bragging that “We sold 13 big screen TV’s today” then that’s odd.
I’ve worked certain jobs where I felt it definitely appropriate to bust out the “we” and others where, you know, not so much.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.
by thedirkatron on Nov 24, 2008 11:18 AM CST up reply actions
Odder, though
would be for that cashier to say “we filed for bankruptcy today” as if speaking for the entire company and not just the local store he worked in.
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I guess I disagree
If the company as a whole is going out of business it certainly affects that cashier. I mean this is really just nitpicking a figure of speech.
You’d rather the cashier go home to his family and say “the people in the corporate office of Best Buy which is located at 123 Main St. XYZ, Tx 90210 filed for bankruptcy” instead of just “yah, bad day…we’re going bankrupt.”
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Nov 24, 2008 1:06 PM CST up reply actions
Ok, to make it more analogous to
the point I’m trying to make here, it’s actually more like someone who shops at Circuit City a lot saying “we should just file for bankruptcy because we need to reorganize.”
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Hmm
Yeah that is weird. However, being a sports fan is much different than buying a TI-83 calculator at Circuit City.
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Nov 24, 2008 2:17 PM CST up reply actions
Fans, agree.
Companies are about profit maximizing though. Firings often happen to help the bottom line.
Go Strangers.
by hightowersmith on Nov 24, 2008 1:04 PM CST up reply actions
+1
"Somewhere out there, between 14-32 BBWAA NL MVP voters are trying to get cheaper winter heating by drilling a hole in the microwave." - Jeff at LoL
In the Laird thing, that is
"Somewhere out there, between 14-32 BBWAA NL MVP voters are trying to get cheaper winter heating by drilling a hole in the microwave." - Jeff at LoL
The Rangers need to pick 1 of Salty and Teagarden
and stick with them, trade the other one for the best deal out there. Then keep Max in AAA and see what he can do with a full season behind the plate and have him as a back-up if the choice of Salty/Teagarden becomes a bust.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Yes.
No more wsting valuable development time for top prospects by having them caddy for Gerald Effing Laird.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
There are two kinds of men in this world: Men who make jump throws, and men who wish that they were Derek Jeter so that they could make jump throws.
by thedirkatron on Nov 23, 2008 6:22 PM CST up reply actions
Fettuccine Wilfredo
I’m sorry, I meant Fettuccine Pasta Alfredo.
For some odd reason I’m getting hungry.
oh and btw… good job on the Interview. It wasn’t your best. But it was still very good. Also, I like the idea of the new prospect map. I like stuff like this. Of course it’s a work in progress. So keep up the good work :)
HH
strikes again
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
by Dirk Diggler on Nov 25, 2008 7:22 AM CST up reply actions
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