Trio o' tidbits
McCovey Chronicles —
... , and Baseball America has another edition of the Madison Bumgarner Report up on their site. Here’s enough ridiculous to get you through the weekend: ...
Scranton walks-off with a playoff spot
River Avenue Blues —
... you insist on torturing yourself, highlight where his stats should be … don’t say i didn’t warn you
Jason Stephens: 3.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 5-2 GB/FB
Rob Semerano: 2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-5 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston
Game 1 (2-0 loss to Columbus in 7 innings) makeup of yesterday’s rain out
Austin Romine: 1 for 3, 1 R - fresh of being named the 5th hottest prospect in the minor on BA’s Hot Sheet
Brandon Laird: 1 for 3, 1 E (missed catch)
rest of lineup: ...
Daily Farm Report 8/22/08
Future Redbirds —
... Best Reliever of the PCL
Jose Martinez, Best Defensive Second Baseman of the Texas League
Francisco Samuel, Best Breaking Ball of the Florida State League
I was taken back a bit with Boggs being rated the best pitching prospect in the league, but looking around the league it’s been a pretty down year for the PCL in that regard. Tim Lincecum took home that honor last year, and Jered Weaver the previous year before that.
In this week’s Hot Sheet, inexplicably no Cardinals were ranked, but Nico Vasquez ...
Minor League Scorebook
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog —
News
From this week's Prospect
Hot Sheet:
No. 6 IVAN DeJESUS, 2B/SS DODGERS
Team: Double-A Jacksonville (Southern)
Age: 21
Why He's Here: .440/.481/.600 (11-for-25), 7 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1
RBI, 2 BB, 4 SO, 1-for-1 SB
The Scoop: Now rocking a 15-game hitting streak, DeJesus has
all the ingredients to hit for a high average: he has quick bat
speed, he puts the ball in play and he has an excellent knowledge of
the strike zone. That plate discipline makes DeJesus and his .411
on-base percentage a valuable ...
Minor League Recap 8/23
Pending Pinstripes —
... yesterday and was put on the DL. He’ll be fine, so no worries.
Tampa’s game vs Sarasota postponed due to rain.
Game 1: Charleston pounds Columbus, 14-2 (7 innings)
Ryan Zink got the start and allowed a run on a homerun in 3 innings of work, striking out 5 in the process.
Craig Heyer allowed 2 hits but no further in his 3 innings of shutout relief.
Austin Krum was 2 for 4.
Mr. Hot Prospect Austin Romine was 1 for 4 with a double.
Jesus Montero was 3 for 4 and ...
Monday Midnight Minors Musings: Wrapping up the minor league season - edition
Athletics Nation —
... 1. James Simmons was mentioned in this week's in BA's Hot List. The blurb mentions that despite Simmons' lack of a true plus-out-pitch, he commands all four of his pitches for strikes and keeps the damage against him tolerable by limiting walks and homeruns. Chris Carter was of course mentioned in the "Not-So-Hot" part of the sheet even before he finished up his atrocious week. ...
Kyle Blanks the Hottest Prospect in Baseball
Baseball in Fort Wayne —
... Former Fort Wayne Wizards first baseman and designated hitter, Kyle Blanks has taken the top spot in Baseball America’s Prospect Hot Sheet: ...
Minor League Prospect Watch - Kyle Blanks
Hip 2 Da Game —
... shown he is not a think-homer-first kind of basher. And look at his 91 RBIs. They are second, behind 25-year-old Tommy Everidge's 108 and ahead of three others who are in their mid-20s. His 140 hits also are third-best in the league and, cementing his status has to be his home average. It's .328, in a ballpark hardly known to be kind to hitters. Blanks' defense also has not been lost on Texas League managers, who like his nifty foot work at first base (he's committed five errors). (Baseball America) ...
Wright gone for a man of the cloth
3:10 to Joba —
... return for Wright, whose departure was only a matter of time, the Yankees receive Eric Fryer. Fryer was drafted in 2007 by the Brewers as a catcher but is now an OF at the age of 23. You're probably wonder why I'm even bothering to talk about this, aside from the fact that Chase Wright almost put me in the grave in 2007 with that back to back to back to back HR thing he pulled, and the reason is that I think Cashman just pulled off a sneaky good deal. Consider this piece, written about Fryer in August of 2008. The Brewers drafted Fryer, 22, as a ...
