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Where is Billy Hall???? Not sure if I'm kidding or not anymore...

For better or worse, he's Ignitor 2.0. That is a huge overstatement... He probably should get a day off here and there, however.

Not that they have much to trade with, but if they get a new SS, I hope they go for long term. SS is one spot where the cupboard is bare...

That is going back a bit. Unfortunately, so do I... I cannot figure out Khris Davis' role. Is he a starter? Has he been banged up? Why is his playing time so sporadic? He missed several games with some injury (can't remember off the top of my head) and came back as a PH, then part time player. I think he is back to full time in LF. Of course, a weak arm has many speculating if he will stay in LF (in MLB) or shift to 1B. ...is a poke in the side of those in the scouting community who have flouted those views. I figured that had reached BF.net meme by now... but I went back and put it in blue anyway.

Just to do something different from last year's Player of the Month, I figured I'd mimic BA's Hot Sheet instead. No offense to the "older" guys, but I'm mainly focusing on the players that have some prospect status. Hot, Hot, Hot! Drew Gagnon - Our many thanks to the Pittsburgh Pirates for not signing Gagnon back in 2008! Gagnon busts out of the gates this year with a most impressive start with the Rattlers. Gagnon was limited in innings last year at Helena, so I think the 21 year old starting pitcher fell off people's radar last year. But what a way to make people zero in on a the 2011 3rd rounder (maybe Thornburg II?). He gets the #1 spot this month for simply allowing only 2 runs in 28+ innings. His strike-out numbers kind of low (7.9 / 9 IP), but I feel confident that has more with him working on various pitches than a lack of a real strike-out pitch. I expect that to go back up once he progresses. Tyler Thornburg - 28 IP, 1.93ERA, 10.6k/9IP, .857 WHIP, [sarcasm]complete reliever material![/sarcasm] Hiram Burgos - Honestly, I kept trying to bring up reasons to not put him here (repeating A+, 24 years old, very low BABIP). But simply put, he deserves it. 3 ER in 27+ innings and a ridiculous WHIP of .565 Jimmy Nelson - Unfortunately, Suppan shows that being compared to him might not be a bad thing. But given that Nelson is showing a sinking 94 MPH FB this year, I'm thinking more of a Jack Morris... 1.76 ERA, 30.2 IP, 9.1K/9, .880 WHIP Chadwin Stang: Ok, I have to admit it. I had to go look to find out who this was. But the 2009 8th round CFer had a great April in the cool Wisconsin weather. 274/371/536/907 Khris Davis: Welcome back Khris! After killing A+ ball last year, he was promoted to AA and frankly, fell flat. But, its looking like he might be bouncing back with this April: 333/440/444/884 Jed Bradley - Welcome to the Brewers young man! While, he has "cooled" slightly, its only because he started white hot: ERA: 2.79; WHIP: 1.034; BB/9: 1.9; K/9: 8.69 T.J. Mittelstaedt: TJ reminds me of Mark Loretta. Kinda old for his level (24) and doesn't scout well, but the guy is flexible on defense and keeps putting up nice lines at the plate: 269/356/487/843 Hunter Morris: Here is someone who loves home cooking! A short stint in Huntsville last year where he absolutely killed the ball and now starting this year here: 303/337/485/821 Cold as Ice! Tyler Roberts - Catching at Low A ball has been all defense so far this year. Well, given that the catchers are combining for around 400 OPS, they must be awesome defensively, right? Seriously, Roberts (from reading the Link Reports) has been good defensively and oh, so bad on the offensive end. But the 21 year old still has some time to improve on his line of: 184/244/211/454 Rafael Neda: The other end of the catching tandem with Roberts: 143/192/184/376 Eric Farris: I'm thinking that losing out a MLB spot to Izturis forced Farris into a slump to start the season. Heck, given that circumstance, he is probably hitting well: 225/295/254/548 Cody Hawn: Cody has a window here of which he needs to take advantage. He didn't hit particularly well at A-ball, but got promoted anyway. With Nick Ramirez out, Hawn has to solidify himself as someone that deserves consistent ABs. But he starts cold: 195/255/322/577 David Goforth: Goforth hasn't pitched particularly bad so far, but given that the 2011 7th round pick out of Ole Miss came in with a high 90's FB, there was some hope that he would move quickly through the system. Its quite possible that he has been working heavily on his secondary pitches (which need work). Because its unexpected that an RP in A-ball with a FB like his would only be striking out 1 batter every 2 IP: 5.11 ERA, 1.378WHIP, 4.7K/9IP Who are you? Casey Medlen - 22 yo reliever with 15 Ks and 1 BB in 10 Innings at Brevard. Casey was a 2011 37th round draft pick out of University of North Florida. The 6'0" Apopka native was named Fireman of the Year for the State of Florida Ch-Ch-Check It Out Kyle Heckathorn - Like Khris Davis, Heckathorn killed A+ last year, but struggled mightily at AA. And while, he didn't quite make the Hot list this month, I'm liking his WHIP, K/9 and BB/9 rates he is putting up: WHIP 1.094; BB/9 1.6; K/9 8.58

I'd still prefer Green/Ramirez at 1B/3B (don't care who is at which). Green is the best hitter among all the possible replacements suggested.

[sarcasm]Who let the bean counters post???[/sarcasm]

And one former... I'm putting together a MiLB monthly review together (like similar to last year). Its going to be pretty pitcher heavy this month...

McClendon just blew his shot at the bigs, so I doubt he is back any time soon. Wooten's lack of velocity started him as a non-prospect. His production would have brought him into the picture if it weren't for his injuries. Honestly, I see Wooten as similar to McClendon (no great "stuff", but good success in the minors). Which, based on McClendon's poor showing, isn't going to help Wooten.

I paid for full MLB At Bat this year, after getting the PC version the last couple years. I'm disappointed.... the audio is terrible. Sounds like its playing slower so everyone is much lower volume.

Just make sure whatever you put on LinkedIn matches your resume. I've double checked some candidates on LinkedIn just to see what they put on it.

I'm on LinkedIn. Its ok. I see some people use it almost like Facebook, but for work related stuff (Hey, I just took a training class on Widgets!). I haven't gone "job searching" since I joined (5 years ago or so), but I can see where it might be useful for that. I've tried to connect to various people I've worked with for "job networking" if it comes to that.

I remember listening to the game on the radio. Molitor (my favorite player, btw), had 4 chances. The only way Molitor gets another chance would be if Manning walks, but if I remember right, the pitcher was going after Manning to avoid Molitor. Funny quote from Manning: ''Normally, I would hit into a double play in that situation,'' said Manning. The Pete Rose stat for grass/turf is statistically amazing...

I thought that was "Minor League Guy"...

Keep in mind that you'll need some tailoring. You want the suit to fit perfectly. If you need the jacket and pants tailored, you're looking at $50 easily. Again, its been a while, but Men's Warehouse tailored my pants same day (within an hour I believe) for about $10. They had enough variety in jackets that they could pick out the right size without having to tailor it.

reports indicate he's done quite a bit to improve his range and footwork. Enough to play SS? (Sorry, had to say it...)

Men's Warehouse (its been a while since I bought one though) has a nice selection of high to low end suits and decent sales people to find what you need.

Aqua - Barbie Girl Came to mind instantly upon reading the OP and is now stuck in my head... why did I read this thread ???

Every time I see pictures of Ilyasova while he is playing, he is making the strangest of faces... http://media.jsonline.com/images/440*267/27352067-mjs_bucks15_11_of_hoffman.jpg_bucks15.jpg Here he looks like Chekov after Spock let one rip on the bridge of the Enterprise...

6 games under 500 and was the 5th worse record in a league of 30 teams? That doesn't seem quite right. Maybe you mean in the Eastern Conference? But at any rate, I should have clarified that "since the time of the trade" they haven't changed their draft spot significantly.

Yeah, I'm ecstatic about the 12th spot in the lottery and 2.5% chance to move into the top 3 when a month ago we were knocking on the door of a top 5 pick and almost a 30% chance to move into the top 3. They were never top 5. They might be a spot or two "worse" in the draft by making the trade, but it wasn't a significant difference. Especially the way they are losing right now...

John Dishon and "unidentified baserunner" Rattler photos from the road game The Brewer's answer to St. Louis' "Minor League Guy"?

Yup, thanks a lot anonymous scout guy man. I bet its Jack Z. He's trying to drive down Thornburg's price so he can trade for him.

it's by far his least best pitch So which is his best worst pitch?

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