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Or maybe that Huntsville team you are referring to had so much talent that they all just fed off one another since just about everyone from that team but Gamel and Salome are playing in MLB. David Price was one of the pitchers that season who shut them down early when the full line-up was intact and in that game Gamel homered off of him. Here's a link to that team, look how many bolded names are that list, it's unheard of to have that many prospects on 1 team at the same time. http://www.baseball-refer...ors/team.cgi?id=69f58fd1 If you look at the SL leader boards for hitting, you'll find 2-3 players in a given year with an OPS over .900 and they are usually decent prospects, though there are players way too old for the league having success as well. The players above an .800 OPS are mostly a who's who of legitimate position prospects in the league... Alex Liddi, Josh Bell, Desmond Jennings, Mike Stanton just to name a few. Of course you'll always find some non prospecs having success in any given year as well. The farthest year back MiLB has is 2005 and the biggest name now on the OPS leaderboard then, Dan Uggla with an .880 OPS for qualified batters, there were actually 4 players with an OPS over .900 that year. Farther down the list were Russell Martin, Delwyn Young, and Elijah Dukes. Year in and year out the Southern League has fantastic talent in it. In 2003, the year Hart won the league MVP, there were nine players with more than 400 PAs in the League with a higher OPS than him, Miguel Cabrera had a 1.038 OPS in 303 PAs but was promoted directly to MLB and the rest is history. Jeremy Reed had an even better season than Miggy, in 3 less games at the level. It's too bad he's never hit at MLB like he did in the minors. Had the better prospects stayed in the league all season he wouldn't have won the award, he had some good fortune to be the youngest player with the most ABs left standing. The league hasn't changed much over the years and basing your claim that it has based on the relative success of 1 HVL team seams unresearched at best.

That's why I picked him for my breakout player, he's a got plus fastball and decent stuff, but he sure is inconsistent and it's disappointing he is back down in R ball again. Rivera is holding his own nicely though, he even walked tonight... hopefully the OBP goes up as he learns to be more selective at the plate.

So, you're saying that when the Mets called Melvin and offered him K-Rod, Melvin should have said: "Sorry, call me back in few weeks, I have to build up the left side of infield first." I'm saying 30 innings of K-Rod will have the same effect as 30 innings of Linebrink. You don't fix what's wrong with the team in 30 innings. If the Brewers manage 2 draft picks out of the deal and don't have to give up anything significant then the trade was alright, it's just not a season changing move. If we give up someone like Kris Davis I'll be livid... It's impossible to rate the trade without knowing what the Brewers actually gave up. I don't give a hoot about acquiring name players, I care about talent and ultimate value, which is why I usually find myself on other side of the argument from most of the posters on this site, and why I have no use for Melvin in general.

Wow.....some of you have just lost your mind. This team is still the best team in the division and the 2nd best team in the NL Yea it's tough being out here in crazyville... Then again, maybe some of us fall into the cautiously optimistic category and are willing to call a spade as such when we see it. I don't see how it's fair to claim the Brewers are the 2nd best team in the NL when they likely won't be in first of their own division after the game. Maybe on paper or looking at the team with Brewer goggles, but this team still has plenty of holes even after all the trades Melvin has made.

I read it, you did a nice job.

That's why you'll never see me championing any trade for a reliever, build the other areas of your roster first. It wasn't Narvy, but the every other inning trend continues.

I'm growing to despise good defense out of our opponents. I used to just accept it as the way the game should be played, but the left side of the Rockie infield has made at 4 plays tonight that the Brewer IF doesn't.

Dang, that might be the hit streak.

It's all luck and random chance! If it can't be quantified by a metric, it's just "noise". So if Narvy comes out for the 7th does the giving up a run every other inning trend continue?

Nelson is trending well but his overall stat line still stinks for a college pitcher in A ball. It could just be a hot streak or it could mean better things are to come.

Nelson with another good outing and Gagnon with quite the debut.

Gah, I actually liked Tulo before the game, but now he's just starting to irritate me by playing so well.

Narvy has actually pitched well until I started typing this post.

Can we hit the ball at someone other than Tulo please? This is getting old.

Rillo didn't highlight the main difference... Betancourt bends at the waist, Tulo bends at the knees so he's in a better position from the start, that's why the feet were wider.

well Morgan was bound and determined to make an out on the bases, and he finally did.

well that was a nice break, though a bad decision in my opinion

Because he can't make the throw that Tulo did to start that DP. Tulo threw a strike off the wrong foot across his body, it was a very nice play.

Another game, more of the same defensively which gives up an unnecessary run.

Covered in this thread.

...and another power arm here for the Rockies... they've tried everything else, power arms make the most sense for them at home. Too bad they are hard to find and develop.

great... another WMLW game... love 'em to death.

Green is essentially a scratch defender right now.

Why would we ever want to spend that money on a relief pitcher? 14 million is just as outrageous as 17.5...

Care to explain that please?