baseballprospectus.com - 8/15/2008
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Problematic pitching prospects for Pittsburgh, blossoming blue-chippers for the Red Sox and Tigers, and a strange slip of a catcher.
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Junkballing: Booing, Injuries, Waivers and Minors
The Detroit Tiger Weblog —
A hodgepodge of all the stuff that went down this week that just didn’t fit anywhere else:
Much ado about a boo
A lot of disgruntled fans did a lot of booing this week. Gary Sheffield received his share when culmination about frustration with his production collided with Sheff being Sheff. That was noisy, but not too surprising. Sheffield responded somewhat, and was still a little misguided.
“Compare me to me,” Sheffield said. “If you’re looking for .300, 30 [home runs] and 100 [RBIs], then I look pretty awful right now. I ain’t the only .220 hitter in this game. I ...
Monday Morning Minors Musings: Is there anyone left to callup? - edition
Athletics Nation —
... 4. Goldstein also had a blurb about recently-signed minor league free agent Mike Benacka who is pitching for the Ports. Benacka dominated the independent Frontier League and the A's took a chance on him. A scout Kevin talked to mentioned that he pounds the strikezone with "funky, fringe stuff." He could be an interesting story, but I usually don't get too excited about 26-year old relievers putting up only so-so numbers in A-ball. ...
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fangraphs.com 8/15/2008 — Ryan Strieby’s 2008 performance has taken a lot of people by surprise.
The Detroit Tiger’s fourth round selection in 2006 had an off-season in his first full year in 2007 in A-ball with a line of .253/.347/.422 with 16 homers in 443 ...
Dodgers Tied For First In Spite Of Joe Torre
firenedcollettinow.com 8/15/2008 — Is it just me or does that picture look like they are all paying homage to Mexican Jesus? I dunno.
Anyway, i'm gonna recap this game in 'The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly' format.
The Good: The Dodgers are now tied for first in the NL West after Nomar's walk-off home run in the bottom of the 9th. Andre Ethier continues to justify my cries for him to start everyday, and Manny Ramirez is ...
Jayson Stark Should Stick To Useless Information
firenedcollettinow.com 8/15/2008 — In his column on ESPN, Jayson Stark blasts Manny Ramirez and takes an odd shot at Dodger fans.
"Hey, we couldn't be happier for those Los Angeles Dodgers, who are selling about 30,000 tickets a day now that they've moved their home games to Planet Manny. But we'd like to ask one little question of all those people in L.A. who are showering their man Manny Ramirez with so much love:
What
