Will Swisher prevent a play for Tex?
Pinstripe Alley —
... Cash might be thinking about the future, when Posada, Arod (and maybe even Montero) will need a place to play. In that case, it doens't make sense to give Tex a 10-year deal, but they should still remain open to 6-7 years.
- If you have a chance, check out Yankees Hot Stove on YES. Real good show. The writers don't seem as 'douchey' as they do in print (except for George King). By the way, does anyone blink more than Tyler Kepner?
- Phil Hughes' latest start: 5 ip, 2 h, 0 r, 1 bb, 6 k.
11/15 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
In the AFL the Peoria Javelinas beat the Surprise Rafters 8-6: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Juan Miranda went 0-for-4 with a walk and a run scored. Phil Hughes started for the Javelinas and pitched very well. In 5 innings pitched he held the rafters scoreless on two hits, he also walked one and struck out six. He threw 80 pitched on the day, 52 for strikes. Here's a few quotes from Hughes about his outing from MiLB.com: "I felt good, I felt strong. I haven't felt strong like this in a while, so it felt good up there." "Everything feels good right now. I feel ...
The First Day Of Free Agency...Washington Nationals Edition.
Federal Baseball —
... Washington Nationals' pitching prospect, 23-year old left-hander Cory VanAllen, improved to (2-1) in Arizona Fall League action, leading his Peoria Saguaros to an 8-0 shutout win over the Scottsdale Scorpions with 4.0 innings of work in which he allowed 2 hits and 4 walks while striking out 6. ...
Daily Farm Report 11/14/08
Future Redbirds —
DG is rounding out his reader top 30, with Mitch Boggs and Jaime Garcia looking to lock up the 9 and 10 spots. I know I’ve struggled as to where I rank Garcia given the fact he won’t have anything to offer the club next season, but with the success rate of Tommy John surgery, he will eventually be back, and possibly even better than ever.
Arizona Fall League
Brett Wallace doubled and struck out three times in 5 AB.
Playing 2B, Tyler Greene went 2-for-4 with a walk.
Hawaii Winter Baseball
Arnoldi Cruz and ...
Free Agent Watch...The Washington Nationals' Relatively Insignificant Signing.
Federal Baseball —
... of the ninth with Peoria trailing Scottsdale 4-2, and Leonard Davis, who started the inning with a pinch hit single, already on base. Davis moved to second on Rhinehart's hit and Cards' '08 1st Round pick Brett Wallace drove Davis in with the third straight single off Scottsdale reliever (and Red Sox' farmhand) T.J. Large, who gave up two more singles, to Padres' IF/OF prospect Sean Kazmar, and St. Louis' Shane Robinson, who capped off the comeback with the walk-off winner. Peoria prevails, 5-4 final. ...
Daily Farm Report 11/15/08
Future Redbirds —
Hat tip to Matt, who referred me to these rather awesome videos of Cardinal players in the AFL.
Wallace
Greene
Shane Robinson
Brad Furnish
Fiske
Norrick
I didn’t see Ottavino or Hill anywhere in there, not yet at least. I’m no scout, and I’ve only watched each video once with the exception of Wallace’s, but I’m asking around for some opinions. Greene looked pretty rough; despite his numbers I don’t think he’s taken a huge leap forward like we may have hoped.
AFL
Shane ...
11/16 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
In the AFL the Peoria Javelinas lost to the Surprise Rafters 10-8: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Kevin Russo went 0-for-5. Austin Jackson went 1-for-5 with a double and three RBI. Kevin Whelan pitched one shaky inning in relief. He allowed three runs - all earned - on three hits, walked one and struck out two. He threw 27 pitches, 17 for strikes. In HWB the Waikiki BeachBoys beat the Honolulu Sharks 5-4: Box Score - Recap Damon Sublett went 1-for-1 with a RBI. Austin Romine went 0-for-2. Melky Cabrera made ...
Waikiki takes home the title
River Avenue Blues —
James Donten has been been photographing High-A Sarasota Reds’ games for the last two seasons, and finally put together a website for his work. You can check out his gallery of Tampa Yanks’ players here.
AzFL Peoria had a scheduled off day.
HWB Waikiki (5-1 win over West Oahu) Waikiki wins the HWB Championship, the first in franchise history, including the league’s first go-around (’93-’97) … the title game was rained out last year and North Shore was given the title by default, so at least this year they actually got the game in
Damon Sublett: 0 for ...
Cubs AFL Report: Solar Sox 13, Javelinas 6
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
... but someone else) laid a little joke on the small assemblage when announcing the attendance: at first he said "13,297", then adjusted it to 297 (and that must have included the 15 or so scouts, both teams and the employees behind the one concession stand that was open, and though the ticket price was cheap, the food was not: full major league prices for the limited selection). Those of us enjoying the above-average 78-degree game-time temperature and completely cloudless skies saw the Solar Sox beat the Javelinas 13-6 in a game that wasn't that close -- it was ...
11/18 Winter Ball Report
Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog —
In the AFL the Peoria Javelinas lost to the Mesa Solar Sox 13-6: Box Score - Recap - Game Story Kevin Russo went 1-for-5 with a run scored. Austin Jackson went 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. Juan Miranda went 2-for-4 with 2 home runs, 5 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Humberto Sanchez pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief, he allowed a hit, walked one and struck out one. He threw 21 pitches, 15 for strikes. Other Yankees are playing in the Venezuelan, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Dominican winter leagues. Here's a run down of the players in each ...
Hughes busts out
River Avenue Blues —
Eh … eh … you see what I did there? I had to get one last jab in.
Phils’ prospect Jason Donald won the 2008 Stenson Award, Kevin Russo was one of the six finalists.
AzFL Peoria (5-0 win over Scottsdale) Peoria has one more game left in the season and they’re 4.0 GB of a playoff spot, so they’re basically done
Kevin Russo: 1 for 4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Phil Hughes: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 3-2 GB/FB - 53 of 76 pitches were strikes (69.7%) … wraps up his fall league season with 21 H, 13 BB, 38 K in 30 IP with a 3.00 ERA & .198 avg against ...
