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  1. jjfanec
    Rogers day was done after 3. Hopefully they stretch him out a little toward the end of the year. The most encouraging sign today is no walks. In his last 23 innings (11 games) he has only on given up 13 hits while walking 14. He has 26 K's over that span. Edit - I only looked at his innings pitched and did not see he came back out. So the walk and 2 HBP were a blemish on an otherwise nice line.
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    Does Mark Rogers get to see the fourth inning today? I do not know his pitch count but he has 4 K's and 0 BB through 3. He did hit one batter who got forced out at second in the next at bat. Gotta believe the batter hit a bloop he did not think was going to fall. Whatever the case a nice start for Rogers
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    There is a rumor the player to be named later is Brett Wallace. He was drafted last year with the 13th pick and is already in AAA. Here are his stats. I highly doubt he is the guy but if he is than this is a great trade for Cleveland. He would fit the bill as someone drafted last year and someone substantial, but I highly doubt it would be him Edit - The rumor was just a message board rumor. I just wanted to make sure not to lead people to believe it was said by any analyst that I heard.
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    I figured i would pull this thread back out now that Cruz has cooled considerably. Average is down to .258, OBP at .325, but still has a nice OPS at .848. In June he is hitting .169, and an OPS of .620. He only gets talked about when he was raking earlier in the year, but it will be interesting to see where his numbers settle this year.
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    It is nice to have relievers like Axford and Wooten right now who very soon could take up valuable roles in our bullpen and do it cheaply. Signing good FA relievers (not just closers) is getting expensive and guys like Axford and Wooten will help the payroll flexibility of the team if they can have continued success.
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    I saw that too. I know you mean Vitters not Votto. I know there were questions about his glove but most people seemed to think he would stick at third.
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    Was it definitely a sac bunt? Escobar does try to bunt for hits so he could have tried to do that and still advanced the runner thus getting the sacrifice, I think anyway.
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    Peralta seems posed to make the jump to high A soon. With the Jeffress suspension and Anundsen seeming like he deserves a promotion there will be some spots opening up there and Peralta has done everything you could ask in low A
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    Anundsen at 7 IP, 3 ER, just 5 hits and two walks with 9 K's. I am really hoping for him to get called up soon.
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    I would love to see Lucroy get bumped up. I have always seen him as the safer prospect with more chances of catching the majors. Salome's upside is high but his defensive questions scare me. Lucroy's numbers this year are misleading because his BAbip has been awful. He still has an OBP 100 higher than his BA and more walks than K's. The problem is splittling time in AAA would limit the defensive development of Salome and Lucroy to a lesser extent.
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    I doubt it happens this year but next year is a definite possibility. Lucroy has righted the ship in AA and is starting hit well. If Salome's defense is that much of a question I doubt he will be in the majors next and that leaves us with both Lucroy and Salome at AAA. I wonder what the plan would be there.
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    From the post game article in another thread "Last year at Brevard County, he started 11 times but struggled with pain and control - his ERA jumped to 5.51 - and he eventually made the move to the bullpen for his rehab. "It's a little bit different. Instead of setting the tone you're often looking to put a stop to something," Braddock said. "(Last year), I guess they liked what they saw." He's been strictly a reliever this year, mainly as a set-up man. Though Curtis said starting "may creep back" into Braddock's future, he'll likely have the same role with Huntsville. "With the fastball and slider he's got, he has a shot at mowing people down," Curtis said. "But he'll be on a pitch count and he'll very rarely be brought back the day after he pitches. He's more than willing to do whatever we ask of him." Given the way the organization has watched over him as he's dealt with his various health issues, Braddock said that's only fair. "They've taken good care of me," he said. "I just want to give them something back in return." This article seems to answer a couple questions. First he is most likely a reliever all year but they are definitely keeping the starting pitching option open. The Brewers could handle him like the Twins handled Santana. The second thing that jumped out at me is there was a lot of negative talk about how the Brewers handled Zach's injuries but he seems very happy with what they have done for him. Now obviously he would not trash them in an interview but he also would not have to say they took very good care of him.
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    I have really liked how Macha has handled the bullpen this year. The move with Narveson was one of the few times I disagreed with him, but I like Smith pitching here. Hopefully he can be the first to retire Span all day
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    I do like that our big bats should come up with someone other than nathan pitching.
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    Stetter has been amazing lately but we are asking a lot of him with runners on 1st and 3rd and no one out with Mauer and Morneau coming up.
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    I dont know how many home runs Gwynn had but this past season Prince hit 6 home runs. He does not have great power, but he has a little pop.
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    This is from the Draft Page bio on Prince. "He has solid tools across the board, with bat speed, defense and some power to go along with his larger shortstop build. Despite his size, he moves well at the shortstop position, and is the type of athlete that makes everything he does look easy, gracefully moving to both his right and left." Makes him sound like a good SS prospect. Sounds like he moves well so I do not know if it is arm is in question.
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    Josh Butler was 14th in his first Power 50 ranking. Here is the blurb about him, " Butler is a former 2nd Round pick with a high ceiling." His ranking did drop after he struggled last year. But people did think of him as a high ceiling player. Your right that the talk about him slowed after he struggled but that did not mean people did not think he had talent. Once, he started to turn it around the people who thought he had talent were obviously going to bring him back up in the discussion as a solid prospect. To say no one talked about him is just not true. When he first came people were excited about him, but were wondering why his stats did not match his stuff. Now that he is getting good results it makes sense he would get brought back up
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    I totally missed that too. Thanks for pointing that out. Sounds like he is doing well right now, so that is good.
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    Zach Braddock got some mention in a piece on the JS today. "Ash said that Braddock, a former starting pitcher, has the kind of stuff to move quickly to the big leagues. He has dealt with health problems and emotional issues in the past, and Ash said his routine is being "monitored closely."" Two things stood out to me from that little blurb. One, the wording makes it seem like Braddock is being looked at as a relief pitcher now. Maybe i am reading too much into it. Obviously, Braddock was on a pitch count this year. His longest appearance seemed to be 2.1 innings. I am hoping they are just limiting his innings to be careful and that they still view him as a starting pitcher. Calling him a former starting pitchers just caught my eye. Second, I know about Zach's health problems, but I was unaware of his emotional issues in the past. I do not really care about the details of the issue nor do I want to rehash what the issue may have been. I was just wondering if this was something that has been revealed before?
  21. jjfanec
    I wonder if he will be stretched out in Huntsville. Anundsen should be promoted soon as well.
  22. jjfanec
    I think you seriously over estimate the average professional athletes intelligence level. Some are extremely smart but many are not. The reason they are successful is because of their ability and work ethic. My wrestling coach in high school was on of the best coaches and wrestling minds I have ever met and guess what...he never wrestled in his life. Observation, scouting, etc can easily make up for lack of participation. Saying OPS is overrated is an argument that just does look at the facts. All the top 10 teams in OPS are in the top 11 teams in runs scored. Detroit is the only team in the top 10 (and they are number 10)in runs that are not in the top 10 of OPS (they are 17). And guess what only two teams in the top 10 of OBP are not in the top 10 in runs scored (Mets, Nationals). Those facts show me that not valuing OPS or OBP is illogical. Former players often say things like I do not care about the stats of player because you can tell they play the game hard or something like that. The reality is though the stats may lie in a few cases and not all situations are equal like a single with a runner on third or a walk with a runner on third the reality is that the stats and results show what the non-professional baseball players in this thread and on many sites are saying.
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    How often does the league turn down over slot signings? It seems like certain teams do it quite often.
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    I would think it would effect him to a lesser extent. Wouldn't the humidity have a much greater effect on fly balls than on ground balls? I always assumed ground ball pitchers could pitch anywhere where fly ball pitchers would be better off staying away from certain parks.
  25. jjfanec
    How does Paul Molitor show walks are overrated? Though not a great walker he still had an OBP over 60 points higher than his batting average and during his prime years it was closer to 70 or 80 points higher. The guys still walked. Knowing how to hit bad pitches is good when guarding the plate but guys like Alfonso Soriano who can hit bad pitches get in a trouble because just because they hit them does not mean good things happen when they do. Molitor was different because he did not strikeout much at all. But just because you can hit bad pitches does not mean you should. Ask Ryan Braun about that. He has laid off junk better this year than last and his numbers across the board are much better.
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