Milwaukee is unique compared to the rest of the state in the whole "pop" vs "soda" thing. My brother and I used to get really PO'd at our cousins from Green Bay who asked us if we wanted a "pop". Being little wisacres, we'd always say "No, but we'd like a soda."
Check out Gordon's stats. Dude is going to be good. If the Royals can find some pitching, they might be tough in a few years. Wonder if they'll trade Teahan or move him to the OF?
Anybody check out Rottino's splits? Especially his numbers against lefties? He's hitting .357 with a .900 OPS against southpaws in 115ABs. He's been hitting well overall of late, but I was really surprised to see the big difference between lefties and righties.
Blurb on Inman in BA's Daily Dish: Low Class A West Virginia's Will Inman continues to astonish. The righthander improved his record to 10-1, 1.30 with six shutout innings against Greensboro. He now boasts a 115-23 strikeout-walk ratio in 97 innings and has allowed just 64 hits--and zero home runs.
Wow squared! Those personal pages are awesome. They have splits and year by year stats as well. I used to have to look at three different pages to see all the stuff they have on one page now.
Given that he has something like 40 errors this year, I'm guessing it wouldn't have been that impressive. Although I would like to know if most of those are on throws or bobbles. You are correct that it's best to judge defense in person.
I think his spot is based on his ceiling. He probably doesn't have the potential that Cain, Fermaint, and Gillespie have. Frankly, I think he might make a case to be a few spots higher, but I don't think he's top 10.
I'd flip flop Villanueva and Jackson - CV is younger and has put up better numbers at AAA and in the majors. And I'm biased because of my man crush, but I think Cain should be a few spots higher - maybe even top ten. Thanks for the update!