News-Leader.com: Springfield Cardinals Add Left-handed Pitcher
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Baseball Primer Newsblog —The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Wednesday, May 06, 2009 News-Leader.com: Springfield Cardinals Add Left-handed Pitcher The roster moves keep coming for the Springfield Cardinals. The club acquired left-handed pitcher Joe Williams today from the Independent League. A minor transaction, notable in that this is Joe Williams the Mike Marshall disciple. Tony H. Posted: May 06, 2009 at 01:33 PM | 0 comment(s) Related News: General , Minor Leagues , St Louis Reader Comments and Retorts Go to end of page Statements posted here are those of our readers ...
Daily Farm Report 5/11/09
Future Redbirds —
If you haven’t seen the four part Prospect Evaluation primer over at South Side Sox, you are missing out. I think it quantifies very well what a lot of us amateur scouting directors look for in the stats of prospects.
I’ll attempt to highlight each part here, but you should really read it all, because it is just great stuff.
Part 1 – Age and Park Factors matter.
Part 2 – K/BB and doubles are predictive of success hitters.
Part 3 – K/BB and GB% are predictive of success for pitchers.
Part 4 – Prospects need to show improvement.
A thousand pardons if you have seen these before, but they are really ...
Can Dr. Marshall Make Your Staff Injury-Free?
SportsFilter —
... says he can through physics and special exercise. A straight-line delivery is the key, and former Mets prospect Joe Williams wants a chance to prove Marshall's theories. Williams is currently pitching for the Springfield Cardinals, St. Louis' AA farm team. ...
