Future Shock: AL West Notebook by Kevin Goldstein

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Yankees Pummel Stunned Rangers Staff, Win Series Finale 18-7
Published 7/3/2008 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
... into uncharted personal territory. His three steals Tuesday night pushed him to 23 for the season, matching his career high set last year with almost half a season to go. His minor league high was 19 at Oklahoma City in 2005. He has been caught only once this season and that was on a pickoff play. He hasn’t been caught by a catcher since last September. His 95.8 percent success rate (23-of-24) is second in the majors. Baseball Prospectus: Future Shock: AL West Notebook All but ...

Minor League Scorebook
Published 7/3/2008 by Rob (noreply@blogger.com) at 6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog
... pretty typical at this level, which is weird because the teams are all club-owned. Andruw Jones hopes his knee will hold up; the team's planning on having him come back after the All-Star break, but he would like to come back earlier. Rafael Furcal will miss at least eight weeks (and probably more) due to back surgery. Similar surgeries to Eric Gagne and Kevin Brown resulted in lost seasons. From Kevin Goldstein's Future Shock column at BPro: Tough Times On The Farm: The Angels are ...