Future Shock: NL West Notebook by Kevin Goldstein

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Jamie D'Antona: The Next Great 4A To Break Through?
Published 7/23/2008 by IMHO (noreply@blogger.com) at Rotisserie Baseball Musings
From Kevin Goldstein at Baseball Prospectus (free for all through the 28th!): More Than Just A Four-A Guy: Jamie D'Antona, a 26-year-old corner infielder, has had an explosive .367/.407/.612 season at Triple-A Tucson, but he's been written off by many as just a minor league performer, although at least one scout is convinced that D'Antona has big-league value as a bench player. "You know, I always thought he was overrated back when he was grouped with [Carlos] Quentin and [Conor] Jackson back in the day, but now I'm convinced that guy could help somebody off ...

Three Catchers! Stop the Presses!
Published 7/23/2008 by E.L.M. at El Lefty Malo
... * Speaking of BP, prospect guru Kevin Goldstein has quotes from anonymous scouts about Madison Bumgarner and Angel Villalona. Read them in full here, but a couple excerpts: On Bumgarner, who had another outstanding game last night for low-A Augusta: “He's young for the year, he has above-average velocity, his control is outstanding, and his command is getting there… I like him a lot and think he'll move fast.” On Villalona, Bumgarner’s teammate who now has 12 home runs: “His raw power is just off the charts. It's massive raw power—he'll ...

BP News on Giants Prospects
Published 7/25/2008 by obsessivegiantscompulsive (noreply@blogger.com) at obsessivegiantscompulsive
Baseball Prospectus is having a free week, so I checked out their latest prospect musing on the Giants (link won't work after Sunday 7/27 I believe). They had two items: ...