Peter Gammons: The road to success begins with youth
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
Peter Gammons: The road to success begins with youth The commissioner’s office has tried to convince clubs not to spend on the draft, to limit the salaries of front-office and development personnel and shrink budgets, which has hurt several franchises. The Padres are still feeling the effects of owner John Moores’ going along with the commissioner and refusing GM Kevin Towers the right to select Stephen Drew and ending up with Matt Bush. The Pirates are digging out from the center of the earth because of slot drafts. Wayne Krivsky and now Walt Jocketty are rebuilding a bankrupt ...
[THE HANGOVER] The One Where We Discuss Price’s Rough Outing, McGee’s Return And The Neverending Quest For A 5th Starter
Rays Index —
Time to bring back the GBT - The Good, The Bad and The Telling sandwich, where The Bad is nice and lean and the The Telling is ripe.
THE GOOD: Gabe Gross. Gross is heating up at the right time, hitting a home run for the second straight game…James Shields. James the Greater rebounded from the embarrassment of his last start to pitch 4 innings, giving up only 1 run, striking out 4 and walking just 1…Carl Crawford. CC’s wheels are just fine thank you, as he stole his 8th base of the spring…Joe Nelson. Nelson had his best outing of the spring ...
Lazy Sunday Looking Forward to the Season
The DiaTribe —
... In terms of how the youth is becoming a valuable commodity in MLB and how it pertains to the Indians, Sweet Pete Gammons brings the topic to the Indians’ situation saying that: ...
