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  1. colbyjack
    I agree TooLiveBrew, Bonderman likely isn't going anywhere. However, after digging around a little bit, the Tigers aren't opposed to moving Guillen to 1B. That much seems to be more supported, coming from their own press and their own fans. And while the Tigers did make it to the WS with their current group, they started to fade during the stretch run, and they do need to improve their offense. Actually, they could be a destination for Barry Bonds. Dombrowski hasn't been shy about taking risks with free agents, such as Kenny Rogers and Magglio Ordonez, and he also has no problems negotiating with Scott Boras. EDIT: It should be noted that Rotoworld got their information from a Detroit newspaper, so it's not like they're pulling this one out of their backside.
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    That certainly is interesting. I would have never thought about Guillen moving to 1B, especially given all of the conversations here that are relative to a player's value at certain positions. Obviously a lot of people wouldn't be very intent on trading Billy Hall, but the opportunity to pick up a young pitcher like Bonderman would be hard for me to pass up. As for his pitches, I saw him throw a changeup on occasion, he just doesn't need it, similar to Sheets' and his power arsenal. As long as you have two really good pitches and pitch effectively using them, I think the 3rd pitch thing can get overblown sometimes. Curt Schilling has dominated games with his fastball alone because he's so good at putting it where he wants.
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    PG Crosschecker is at it once again, unveiling their top 100 draft prospects overall with pictures and scouting reports, their top 250 draft prospects overall (list only) and their top 250 college draft prospects (list only). Again, if you haven't subscribed at PG Crosschecker yet, and you're a fellow draft nut, you need to do so. They are providing a ton of information: PG Crosschecker
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    Interesting note from the game log vs. Sarfate: Michael Wilson turns around to bat right-handed. Did he start the AB batting left-handed? That's just an interesting comment, since Sarfate is a righty himself.
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    I take it there aren't many people listening to tonight's game, or you just didn't want to comment on Parra's start. Fortunately the Javelinas starter, Bobby Livingston, was just as shaky. Braun just hit a one-out single in the bottom of the 5th. He also has a walk and a run scored in three PAs. And Braun promptly got picked off first base...
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    The Tigers would be looking for an impact bat, without a doubt, if they decided to move Bonderman, which I don't think they will do. While Bill Hall would make sense as a starting point, they already have the one SS in MLB that was arguably better than Hall this past year in Carlos Guillen. Otherwise, I don't see the teams matching up very well. It's crazy that Bonderman is already arbitration eligible. It's another reason why you don't rush your prospects just to challenge them, as Bonderman spent the '03 season posting a 5.56 ERA as a 20-year old while learning the ropes at the big-league level instead of AAA or even AA (Bonderman never played at either level, as he was bumped up directly from A-ball).
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    I have wanted Javier Vazquez for a long time, and felt the White Sox got a pretty dang good pitcher when they acquired him last offseason. As for Gallardo vs. McCarthy, McCarthy's value has got to be higher, as he pitched in the bullpen due to a need, or at least an already full rotation, and as noted the White Sox may move one of their starters to make room for him. McCarthy's numbers last year serving bullpen duty were very solid, with very good peripherals, particularly since he turned 23 in July. Success like that at the big leagues always trumps success at AA IMO, no matter how dominant one was while at AA. Crawford for McCarthy makes a lot of sense for both teams. Adding Crawford to the White Sox starting lineup would give them one of the most lethal lineups outside of the Yankees while not hurting their pitching staff too much. And McCarthy would give the D-Rays a second, talented young pitcher to team up with Kazmir to bridge the gap until some of their pitching prospects catch up.
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    Capellan was very solid during the middle of the year before having an awful September. His overall numbers and splits are good, during his first full season in the big-leagues.
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    The Reds Scout Team, the pre-tournament favorites given the high level of talent on their roster, have won the 2006 WWBA World Championship held in Jupiter, Florida. Here's a picture from WWBA's site of the victors (Michael Burgess is shown squatting in front): http://www.worldwoodbat.com/ViewDocument.aspx The Reds Scout Team, not officially associated with the Reds but actually made up of players that played for the Midland Redskins, a very successful traveling scout team, had the most talent of any other team, which included five Aflac All-Americans (Burgess, Justin Jackson, Sam Runion, Derek Dietrich and Yasmani Grandal). Reds' outfielder Jeff Schaus was named tourney MVP by hitting .500, while East Cobb pitcher and Aflac All-American Josh Smoker was named the tourney's most valuable pitcher (Smoker, a LHP, touched 94 and struck out 21 battes in 9 innings of work). PG Crosschecker's Allan Simpson did a great job breaking down the stories as they happened day-by-day over on WWBA's site: Tournament Notebook, Day Four Top 10 Highlights, Day Three Tournament Notebook, Day Three Top 10 Highlights, Day Two Tournament Notebook, Day Two Top 10 Highlights, Day One Tournament Notebook, Day One Tournament Notebook, Thursday Handicapping the '06 Jupiter Tournament BaseballWebTV will likely have a ton of video to watch from this year's championship game in the next several weeks. Stay tuned...
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    Here's Weeks' profile as written up by BA after he was named the #2 prospect in the AFL two years ago (second to Delmon Young, and ahead of recognizable young talents such as Francoeur, Loney, Howard, Hermida, Street and McCann. As big as Braun has been in the AFL this fall, Weeks was arguably better overall two years ago. 2. Rickie Weeks, 2b, Scottsdale Scorpions (Brewers) The only thing that kept Weeks away from the top spot was his age, with the Brewers second baseman having three extra years on Young. Weeks rebounded from a mediocre regular season (he hit just .259 at Double-A) by hitting .382/.520/.737 in 76 at-bats. Will one additional plate appearance, he would have led the circuit in on-base percentage and slugging. His six homers nearly matched his regular-season total (8) in 400 fewer at-bats. Weeks also improved his plate discipline in the fall, walking nearly as many times (17) as he whiffed (18) . Weeks' greatest asset is his ultra-quick hands that allow him to turn on inside fastballs and handle pitches on the outer half and drive them the other way. He made strides defensively, though seemed to lack focus at times, and most scouts agreed that Weeks still needs to adjust to getting himself in a comfortable daily routine. His footwork, range and agility all make him a solid-average defender with the ability to turn in the occasional brilliant play.
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    BA profiles Ryan Braun's in today's Scout's View. The story is for subscribers only, but Chris Kline talked with a NL scout that still questions Braun's ability to stay at 3B. He also brings up Braun's weakness to turn on inside fastballs. www.baseballamerica.com/o...62733.html Here's one comment from that story: "His hands are adequate, but his feet can get tangled. His throws have venom but lack accuracy. With the type of attention he will need to play third base everyday in the big leagues, I would just make it easy on everyone and let him play a corner outfield position and rake." I still don't think that's enough to move him now, unless you wanted to keep Hall and Hardy on the left side of the infield. No one doubts Braun's ability to mash, which is very exciting.
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    Like I said before, it's easy to call Gallardo a better pitching prospect than Neugebauer was now. However, I am talking in context of how highly regarded Neugebauer was when he was one of the top pitching prospects in the game. It's easy to go back now and break down his stats and think "yeah, he wasn't as good as Gallardo is." As Chris mentioned, Neugie had a Randy Johnson-esque upside (he drew a lot of comparisons to Kerry Wood, and remember, we're talking about Wood comparisons from around the year 2000 when he was considered arguably the best young power pitcher in the game, not the Kerry Wood of today), and was talked about as a legitimate staff ace. Heck, one year (2000) he was even rated higher than Ben Sheets was. Again, when talking about Gallardo now versus Neugebauer then, it's hard to say that Gallardo is a better prospect and has a higher upside.
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    I think both Gallardo and Inman are better pitchers than Neugebauer, and I don't think Crawford is better than Beltran. To me, trading Gallardo for Crawford is a very difficult decision, which I will probably decline the trade. Gallardo's potential is higher than Neugebauer, and he has no injury history/problem. What if he turns out to be a Francisco Liriano? It's really easy to say that any prospect is better than Neugebauer now, but I think you're forgeting just how good of a pitching prospect Neugie was. The dude threw 100 mph with an absolutely wicked slider, and when his results started to catch up with his stuff, his name soared up BA's overall prospect lists, not just the Brewers'. His potential as a pitcher was higher probably than any other arm at the time, and while I really like Gallardo (and Inman), it is really hard to say right now that he/they is a better pitching prospect with a higher potential than what Neugebauer was four to five years ago.
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    In the thread that previously covered the top Latin American prospects available this year, I expressed my disappointment in the Brewers not signing any of the top projected prospects that were available. That disappointment was tempered a great deal when they ponied up to sign RJ Seidel, who so far has been a very solid pick/signing, and the signing of Perez has completely wiped away my previous disappointment. However, while I like this signing, it's important to note that Perez is a glove-first SS with a contact bat. He's not a high-profile SS, lacking in the impact bat that many of his international free agent peers possessed. As Mass Haas noted, I think Perez is a darkhorse to be the Brewers' utility IF to open the '07 season, but I think he has a lot of questions to answer offensively for him to be considered much more than a utility infielder on a team that needs to get average to above average production at every position on the field to be successful. Again, that isn't to take anything away from Perez, who could be a very valuable member of the team, if not next year, in years to come, even if he does serve a reserve role.
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    In the season ending Farm Hops, I identified Hinton as my minor league sleeper. I have heard from one scout that has seem him pitch in the FSL that he is a top 10 prospect in the Brewers system, even though he likely will not be identified as one when BA's top prospect lists come out. I think Rotoworld's assessment is a little off on Hinton, as saying he doesn't have remarkable stuff makes it sound as though he records outs via smoke & mirrors. Hinton has plenty good stuff, and a solid 3-pitch arsenal that could allow him to continue to be used as a starter heading into the '07 season. It was very nice to see him continue his success in Hawaii, and again, I think he's a name people should become more familiar with.
  16. colbyjack
    First of all, I would trade Gallardo for Crawford if the deal became available. I just think Crawford is that good and is getting that much better as a 24-25 years old to make such a trade. And while Inman has been incredibly impressive, and the numbers as you point out prove that, you just can't stack him up against Gallardo IMO given Yo's success this year at two higher levels. I personally have Ryan Braun as the team's 1A prospect with Gallardo as 1B, with Inman as a legitimate #3, and have wondered out loud what team out there has a better 1-2-3 prospect tandem at the top of their minor league system. The only one I can/could think of is the D-Backs. BA is all over the D-Rays system right now, and they also seem to like Rogers better than Inman at this point in time, but again, I think Inman is a better prospect than Rogers and I also don't think the D-Rays have a better top 3 prospects than the Brewers do. Back to the Gallardo-Inman breakdown, Inman needs to prove his worth next year at BC, and if he enjoys a similar jump as Yo did this past year, then we can have the discussion as to which prospect is better (that is, if Gallardo isn't already contributing at the big-league level).
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    You answered your own questions...Riggans is 26 years old and yet the D-Rays don't think enough of him to give him a regular chance to be their everyday catcher. Jaso is a 23 year old that hit well in the Cal League. Shawn Riggans and Jason Jaso are not going to stop the D-Rays from drafting Matt Wieters. David Price might. I think you're wasting your time profiling the Cubs and Royals catching prospects tomorrow, especially if they are in the same realm as the D-Rays catching prospects. Again, the only way Wieters falls to the Brewers is if he breaks his leg or is advised by Boras (possibly both need to happen for him to be available at #7).
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    Braun started tonight's game at 3B for the East in the AFL Rising Star's showcase. He is 0-2 (flyout, groundout) after 2 ABs going into the bottom of the 3rd.
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    Who do the D-Rays, Royals and Cubs have that would prevent them from drafting Wieters? As Gagne noted, can you imagine the Royals' lineup in a couple of years with Wieters somewhere in the mix with Butler & Gordon? How about the D-Rays lineup with basically a talented young player at every position, either already on the team or on the way up? The Cubs could use just about any big bat at any position other than 1B. And the Royals didn't let the presence of Mark Teahen affect their selection of Alex Gordon, and wisely so. You just don't let a talent like that slip because of someone else. Now, if Wieters is represented by Scott Boras, I could see him slipping, just like Jered Weaver, Stephen Drew and a long list of other Boras clients slipped, but not because of existing talent. As for a hard-throwing college righty, that is one area the draft crop for '07 is lacking. After Andrew Brackman, the only college RH-starter I have in my top 30 is Florida's Bryan Augenstein, and the only college RH-starter BA has in their top 30 is Jake Arrieta (a former Brewers draft pick). Obviously, a lot can change between now and next June, but college pitching is not perceived as a strength at this point in time, at least not RH-college pitching. And as Gagne points out, don't automatically eliminate the possiblity of another prep pitcher. Next year's draft is full of them, and one, if not all of Main, Harvey, Porcello and Ramirez should be available at #7. Toss in prep lefty Tanner Robles for kicks.
  20. colbyjack
    Already covered here: p092.ezboard.com/fbrewers...mp;stop=20
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    Arencibia makes a lot of sense for the Brewers. If he takes another step up next year while proving his worth defensively, he probably is one of the leading candidates for the Brewers pick. Michael Burgess is a perfect fit for the Brewers and their scouting preferences. I'm not sure he lasts until the 7th pick though. I really like Jason Heyward, a taller, lefty slugger with a solid tool-set. Josh Vitters is a great natural hitter. Arencibia's teammate, Julio Borbon, is a prototypical leadoff hitting centerfielder with great speed. Todd Frazier is a toolsy SS with big-time power that projects to play 3B or RF at the next level. Who would I take of this group? Hard to say right now, but these are my faves at this point in time. I haven't developed a true favorite, other than Wieters, but as you noted he's not an option.
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    BA's draft report cards for the NL Central are out. I am going to summarize the key notes below. As always, please do not copy & paste the content, as it is subscriber-based. Best Pro Debut: Gillespie, Errecart, Goetz (for leading the AZ League in steals) Best Athlete: Brewer, Jeffress, Seidel Best Pure Hitter: Gillespie Best Raw Power: Errecart Fastest Runner: Brewer, Haydel (DFE candidate) Best Defensive Player: Andy Bouchie Best Fastball: Jeffress Best Breaking Ball: Shane Hill Closest to Majors: Gillespie Best Late-Round Pick: Seidel (he signed for $415,000, first time we've seen the $$$) Also, Zach Braddock's grandfather was Jim Braddock, whom the movie "Cinderella Man" was based off of.
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    The changes they did make to the draft shouldn't be overlooked. It's not easy making changes to the draft, basically because neither the players nor the owners care that much about it. I don't think you will ever see a world-wide draft, as I've read comments that it would just be too hard to coordinate. Plus, how to you handle a situation like the posting process in Japan? Do teams draft based on the ability to negotiate with a player that is available via the posting process, or would you have to wait for that player to become a free agent entirely, which I don't believe happens until they are closer to 30 years old? I'm also not a big fan of trading draft picks. Maybe if you had a standarized slotting system, but as pogo alluded to, each team approaches the draft differently, and may not put as much value on those draft picks. Some people may respond by saying "who cares?," but I personally think it would cheapen the overall importance of the draft.
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    It's always fun to hear Jack Z's comments. In addition to the notes Mass already pointed out above, he also mentioned that Cole Gillespie in addition to Brewer has really shown a lot of exciting offensive tools in the instrux. Hearing continued reports of Seidel's improved velocity is also exciting.
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    An impressive note from BA's AFL notebook: Finally, the AFL went through its most offensive season in 2005 when Scottsdale Stadium, which was being renovated, wasn't a factor . The stadium is the most playable in the league at 360-feet down the left field line and 430-feet in center field. So far this season, just five balls have left the yard in Scottsdale--and Braun has two of those.
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