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Per his agent's tweet, Khris Davis has been promoted to Huntsville.

Mediocre range, but soft hands/picks it pretty well. Probably not; definitely not*. *They tried Morris at 3B and LaPorta in LF, so who knows what they'll actually try.

I gotta ask... why?

It's relatively easy to find scouting reports and talk to people who have seen them play. And then there's MiLB.tv.

It's to the point where the Brewers need to get Nick Ramirez on an A-ball roster. They can find the room. There's no point in him annihilating rookie-ball pitching night after night.

And not sure why you "aren't big on frame" The top three ISOs in the major leagues - Bautista, Berkmann, Granderson - are all 6'1 or under. Ryan Braun is 6'1. Rickie Weeks and Prince Fielder are both well under 6 feet. Much like tall pitchers, if you get too fixated on tall hitters, you're gonna miss perfectly good players with the same tools. Taller players also tend to have longer, slower swings. I'm not big on frame. Further, not sure why you don't think Morris has a better hit tool. Or a better arm (though it's not the most pivotal thing from a 1B). Neither is a pure hitter and neither have great bat speed. They both project to hit somewhere under .290 at the big league level. They're about even in my book. Morris can't play anywhere but 1B, so his arm strength is basically irrelevant. I'd feel much more comfortable projecting Morris' discipline (and therefore his in game power) to improve than projecting Davis' overall skillset to improve. Morris has the higher ceiling, without a doubt. He has two big things going against him: he can't play defense in the OF and he has so far to go with toning down his aggressiveness that it is a true hindrance to his value. He's a 22.5 year old 3-year D1 starter in A ball. He flat-out should have more than 14 walks, or certainly more than a .314 OBP, in A-ball. I see both of them as part-time MLB players right now, and like I said, I'll always take the guy with the better idea at the plate. But how the Brewers have treated Davis and being so slow to promote him in spite of plenty of other players should tell you what they think about him. I don't think they think he's a MLB-regular prospect, which he probably isn't. I just don't think Morris is, either.

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I'd say the only place Morris has Davis legitimately beat is in the power department, but that more raw power than game power. Davis gets the best out of his power due to his patience - he simply has a better approach at the plate - while Morris is so aggressive that his game power may never meet is raw power potential. Neither of them have a truly dominant power tool. Morris gets a lot of his power from ripping at the ball, while Davis gets his power from hitting mistakes well. Neither have premium bat speed. I'm not big on frame. Lots of tall guys suck, and lots of short guys don't. Morris is 3-4 inches taller, but he's also had weight problems. Morris, IMO, certainly has more upside due to his power, but Davis is more likely to reach his upside, and I believe that upside is good enough to be at least a part-timer at the MLB level. They're pretty close overall. I'll take the guy with 35 more walks this year to break the tie.

Alan Williams is currently en route to the Rattlers in Michigan. He should officially be added to the roster tomorrow, which will then officially be at the Midwest League limit of 25.

A broken clavicle can take anywhere from 4-12 weeks to heal, plus any rehab time. Surgery is actually pretty rare. Gomez could be back by the end of August, or he could be done for the year. Tough to say right now. FWIW, Charles Woodson did not have surgery on his broken clavicle suffered at the Super Bowl.

Carroll plays phenomenal defense. When he's in the major leagues, he has the best throwing arm in the major leagues.

Is the Power 50 production based? We're still high on Rivas, Rogers, Nelson, Gennett, Kentrail Davis, et al. It certainly helps if you're producing, but we take tools and ceiling into account just as much as, or more than, stats. Good writing, by the way. I enjoyed reading it.

Haudricourt: He was the 2nd round pick, but good news.

I'm slightly worried that the Brewers might think that that sentence shouldn't be in blue.

Ramirez' defense at first base is fine. Not a lot of range, but he picks it pretty well. He's limited to 1B, though. He won't go to a corner OF, or at least shouldn't.

Garfield was subsequently demoted to the AZL Brewers. The Rattlers are now two players under the Midwest League limit.

Ramirez reminds me somewhat of a less-crouchy, bigger Geoff Jenkins. Has some of the same mannerisms at the plate and like Jenkins, gets good loft on his swing. I like him a lot more since I saw him play against Idaho Falls. Steve didn't say anything about Toledo's velocity.

Toledo threw a scoreless inning. Had some command problems, which Steve Wendt chalked up to nerves. Meanwhile... Yadiel Rivera singles (his third hit) and Nick Ramirez launches his second home run of the night to drive him in. Wendt said Ramirez' first home run went "almost 500 feet."

Tommy Toledo is making his pro debut for Helena currently.

He wouldn't burn an option if he weren't sent down. As it is, he doesn't have to stick with the big club until 2014 if added to the 40-man right now and then optioned. That's some time to make a decision on him. Because Gamel did X, we should therefore be fearful that Green will do X? I don't buy it.

The Timber Rattlers have activated C Cameron Garfield from the DL and placed RHP Dan Britt on the DL, retroactive to July 16th. As Jim noted, the Rattlers' roster is one man short of full. You'd think a pitcher will be added to the roster soon.

In Nashville, RHP Zack Segovia comes off the DL and RHP Justin James goes back on the DL, retroactive to July 15th. This is James' 3rd trip to the DL this season.

There are plenty more of examples of that not happening. http://www.poormojo.org/pmjadaily/archives/Blank-Facepalm.gif

Guessing that since this appearance, as well as the 6/29 appearance that happened after 19 days off, were multi-inning outings, Perez isn't hurt, or at least his arm isn't hurt. Could be working on the side on a new pitch or something. Not too worried about him.

There was a big dust storm that blew threw Phoenix.