Minors 7/1
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 1, 2009 9:48 AM CDT
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At 11:30am Neil Ramirez will take the hill for Hickory.
At 7 Guillermo Moscoso Willie Eyre will get the start for OKC with Josh Hamliton starting in the OF.
At 7 the Texas League All-Star Game is in Frisco and is on CH. 21.
At 9 Matt Thompson will toe the rubber for Spokane.
At 9 Ryan Tatusko will get the ball for Bakersfield.
And sometime tonight the AZL Rangers will play.
Go Rangers
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spur on the significance of a good fastball...
Nice one, here:
http://www.bbtia.com/home/2009/7/1/fastball-velocity-pitching-performance-and-rangers-starting.html
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
the Latin Wind
.310/.370/.420 in a tough league to hit in.
Where does he fit in as far as position player prospects?
Tip o’ the hat to dirkatron for his best nickname creation here as well (especially considering some of the duds he has thrown out there).
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
That's Paisano, right?
I keep hearing he’ll be lucky to be a 4th OF.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"I don’t think we ever envisioned that anyone could shut this offense down to one hit" - Ron Washington
yes, Paisano
Before this season, I was thinking he’d be lucky to reach AA, so he’s moving in the right direction. Best defensive OF in the system and reportedly has plus 5 o’clock power, so there are tools there to work with.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Forgive my ignorance
but could you explain the “plus 5 o’clock power”?
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
batting practice power
Obviously it doesn’t mean a whole lot that he can hit a ton in BP, but I guess it does indicate that he’s not just some fast slap hitter, he actually has strength to go with his speed and arm strength.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Thanks for explanation
It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.
--Seneca
Paisano
I think he stays in Hickory until August at least. Hes rule 5 eligible this winter and if we promote him too soon and he performs well in Bakersfield the chance of some team claiming him increases. Wait till August and let him have a months worth of ABs in Bakersfield and then next year he can split time between Bak and Frisco.
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.
Next Year
I believe he’s rule 5 eligible after this season, though its not likely he’d get taken.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
If he stays in Hickory or only spends a few weeks in Bakersfield I doubt he gets taken
But if he were to get promoted today and spend a couple months in Bakersfield I could see some NL team snatching him up and hiding him on their bench for a season. Use him as a late game defensive replacement and pinch runner
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.
Probably
Also, his skillset does really seem to be suited to NL ball.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Evereth (sp?) Cabrera part deux maybe?
im not sure what kind of prospect Carbrera was, but i guess its a lot easier to stash a guy who plays great D at SS and 2B as a utility guy in the NL rather than an OF who probably needs to be able to pinch hit more. I dont think Paisano would be good enough to justify that unless you already know you definitely arent gonna be a playoff contender
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I don't know all the NL rosters by heart
But if there is a team that has 3 or 4 good OFs they may take a chance on him and stick him as the 5th OF who can come in late in games as a defensive replacement or pinch run.
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.
They don't need to worry
about the rule five draft when it comes to Paisano. It’s July 1. Even if he were promoted today and did pretty well for nine weeks in Bakersfield, he’s not going to get picked and stashed on anyone’s major league roster for a year. He’s not a good enough prospect for that to be worthwhile.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Id be shocked if he got taken
im not sure any team can justify stashing him on the roster for a full year
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
If he had a solid 2 month run in High A following a good first part of the season in Low A
I could see a team taking a chance on him. Hell in this economy for $25,000 its well worth it if you have a place for him.
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.
It's not the 25k
It’s the roster spot. There will be much better options than Paisano out there if some team decided to stash a player. And these days no one’s doing that anyway.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 2:56 PM CDT up reply actions
You don't think a team like Houston
Would pick him up and try and stash him on their bench for a season?
They have their starters in the OF set in Lee, Bourn, and Pence. I don’t know who their depth is but Paisano would be an ideal late game defensive replacement for Lee. Keep him up for a year and then send him back to the minors (which is barren of talent) and in a couple years after that maybe you have a player.
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.
agreed
there are more advanced players that will be left off. Paisano getting picked in the Rule 5 draft would be shocking.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
there are plenty of other
Paisonos out there in the Rule 5 draft. Criag Gentry is not likely to be protected by the Rangers this winter. He is putting up decent AA numbers and I believe he is a plus defender.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
Gentry will be 26 next year
Paisano 22 which is one reason I think hed be selected. Hes still young
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.
If he is good enough to actively _hide_
from prying eyes, he should be on the 40, and there is zero chance of that
also has one of the best (if not the best) arms in the system
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
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"Call up Joaquin Arias? He had a legit spring training and seems to have cooled off a little bit in OKC but still a DH option. " -- kch tx
by knockoutking on Jul 1, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
position player arms
obv
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
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"Call up Joaquin Arias? He had a legit spring training and seems to have cooled off a little bit in OKC but still a DH option. " -- kch tx
by knockoutking on Jul 1, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Eyre
Wonder if he’ll just go a coupla innings before Moscoso takes over.
Also, I just noticed Beau Jones is on the BAK roster now .
And the Delmarva radio guy said Font will start for HIC tomorrow and not Boscan.
Yeah Jones pitched last night. Disappointing first three months for him.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 1:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Ramirez through 4
One hit (a double) erased on a double play, two walks (one then CS), and a HBP. Otherwise spotless, with 3K.
You jinxed him
But fought through inning and seems finally getting his fastball velocity back up there. But control issue came back again too in 2 run 5th inning.
Namirez
His 5th inning bummed me out. I was hoping he could get thru the order the 2nd time clean and he just cratered in the 5th. A gift-out base-running error probably helped him complete the 5th rather than being yanked for Pimentel warming in the pen.
BTW, it’s amazing how many runs get scored in the low minors off of WPs and PBs with runners on 3B.
Guess it’s all part of the learning process.
You ain't kiddin'
Every day I look at the AZL score and I’m just amazed at the errors and other wild stuff that goes on.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Per Gdawg per Jamey
Duran claimed by Houston. I knew something was up as he should have cleared Monday afternoon or Tuesday at the latest. That really sucks (for those who still like him).
Looking at the current state of offense on the farm,
and I mean the whole system this side of Mike Bianucci, his 2007 was transcendant. And it just wasn’t that long ago.
I predict good things for German Duran.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
by hightowersmith on Jul 1, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
maybe,
but he just never was gonna get that chance here.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
He might very well have next year
Arias has a questionable arm, Omar might retire, Vallejo hasn’t played SS in at least 2 years. I would think in fact that Duran couldve been the front-runner to replace Omar, if the club had faith in his SS skills. He has played: SS, 3B, 2B, LF. If Arias can’t play 3B due to his arm and they don’t trust to play Vallejo at SS then Duran might have been the super utility guy. They couldve also elected to keep 2 MIF as well….
I doubt our utility guy sees much action at SS next year
I think next year Elvis moves into the realm of kinsler and young as everyday players who play 155+ games a year in the field
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.
You can doubt it all you want
but you need a competent and versatile guy in case of injury. Duran was the best candidate IMO. And if he found his power stroke again, gravy…
by versatile, do you mean
he can butcher it up at several different positions? I don’t really see him as being much of a defender, at all.
Having said that, I wouldn’t be surprised if has a career path similar to Esteban German. If so, it sucks that we gave him away.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
my versatile
accommodates a lot…
Speaking of the discussion we were having
in the June 30 thread, Tim Alderson will be a fascinating study in the stats vs scouting debate. From Goldstein today:
One pitcher with numbers that are impossible to argue with is Giants righty Tim Alderson. After leading the California League in ERA during his full-season debut last year, the 20-year-old has a 2.36 ERA in his first nine Eastern League starts for Double-A Connecticut. Scouts still find it difficult to warm up to Alderson, however. “It’s not an insult at all, he’s a for-sure, big-league starting pitcher for me,” said one scout who saw him recently, “but it’s strictly back of the rotation for me,” he added, while explaining that Alderson’s backwards style of pitching is not one that is usually conducive to major league success. “That plus breaking ball is his calling card, and he’s a guy with plus-plus control and average command, but he can’t pitch off his fringy fastball, and you don’t really see many changeups out of him.”
There are lots of people who are still convinced that he’s every bit the prospect that guys like Bumgarner, Hanson, etc. are, but I don’t get the impression that many if any of those people have seen them pitch or would know what to make of it if they had. Either way, will be interesting to follow Alderson.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
Yeah you would think that
his success in AA bodes well but dominating with a plus plus BB could make his success there hard to translate to the bigs. Whatever the outcome turns out to be for the kid, I hope he is not as irritating to watch as Jennings…
The Cal League youtube viddy
of him pitching against Main and BAK … I was much more impressed with Main’s smooth delivery than that herky-jerky deceptive crap Alderson was featuring – even though the stats put Alderson laps ahead of Main.
Nooch rollin' even when he ain't.
2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
And that's his final line for the day.
“If’n ya ain’t agonna pitch to me, Ima gonna talka the walk.”
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Any love for Furcalito?
Slowly getting back to .300. 2 hits today, SB too.
You know
the notion that someone is a “little” Furcal is kind of funny.
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
just realized ...
Dirka Pinkett Tron is coiled and about ready to drop his mid-summer community prospect poll on us.
was just thinking that this morning
I need to do some serious thinking about rankings.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I'm definitely using that
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I was thinking the same, lol.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Mat Latos
Wow, not bad.
BENZEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Melo's lack of control is rediculous
Seems he is destined for a relief spot compared to starter. 3 innings had 4 walks and only one run given up. But in 4th, 2 walks, sacrifce, triple. Hope he can build on his first 3 innings.
And he has pitched exactly how many professional innings?
by Joey Matschulat on Jul 1, 2009 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
6.2 in the US
Why is he not already polished?
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 11:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Latos
He was hitting 97 on the gun tonight.
after he was done he went back to the pen and worked on a few things it seemed.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Knew about how good he was, but I've never seen him pitch before tonight
Dude has some nasty stuff.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=g_box&gid=2009_07_01_bakafa_modafa_1
Enough said, just look.
Ah
Hector Gomez is back!
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 1, 2009 10:52 PM CDT up reply actions
I tried to click on the link for the Bakersfield broadcast, but just got the homefieldsports.com page and nothing about the Blaze
So I’ve pulled up the Modesto feed, hopefully I don’t cause anything bad to happen.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
Well, there it goes
8 1/3 hitless.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
Complete game, one hit shutout
Tatusko is probably disappointed, but that outing is not too shabby even with the hit.
"wORLD sEIRES HERE WE COMER!!!!!!!!!"by bigsteve on May 29, 2009 10:21 PM PDT
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
He just had to come back tonight
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
by Brett Perryman on Jul 2, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
That's a good bunch of relievers for OKC
to have throwing up zeros, Feliz, Moscoso, El Duque
Arlington, TX: home of The Blue Blur
Matt Thompson
Much better tonight. 5/5/1/1/0/3. 10:2 GB:FB.
Hopefully his velo was up too.
The RedHawks game was a lot of fun tonight
I think I confused AND amused Greg Golson.
Hamilton promised me he’d start hitting.
Esteban German has great reflexes and speed.
Steven Murphy can COVER left field.
Kevin Richardson is just plain awesome.
And, like someone mentioned above, major points for the OKC relievers holding it down.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
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