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Post by widewordofsport on May 21, 2013 19:57:50 GMT -5
We all have our pet prospects, and guys we overrate and can't stand to see traded, or else underrate and go on to have success elsewhere. *Stolmy Pimentel: 6,6,5 ER his last three starts raising his ERA above 1, and 2, and 3. Shocking. *Raul Alcantara: 2.81 ERA in the midwest league, 31K/5BB in 51 IP. Averaging over a hit per inning though. *Casey Kelly: done for the year *Kyle Weiland:  not pitching? injured? *Stephen Fife: 7.71 MLB ERA, 4.41 at AAA *Che Hsuan Lin: .259BA, .389OBP, .345 SLG at AAA (PCL though). The IsoD/BBs are really nice, but hard to walk at MLB level unless you hit enough to deserve pitchers' respect *Trayvon Robinson: .754 OPS in AAA this year *Tim Federowicz: hits at AAA, but a .399 OPS for the Dodgers *Jerry Sands: .571 OPS at AAA *Ivan De Jesus Jr: .327/.387/.452/.838 at AAA. Mind have been valuable to have over Ciriaco right now, hindsight, of course *Chih-Hsien Chiang: .623 OPS at AA *Reymond Fuentes: .321/.405/.455 in his second go-around at AA Not surprisingly, Mark Melancon and Jed Lowrie are both have a ton of success right now, in situations that have a bit less pressure. Now that Rizzo is hitting well enough to stay in a MLB lineup, I'm interested to see what his ceiling is. |
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Post by ramireja on May 21, 2013 20:52:40 GMT -5
any updates on Miles Head?
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Post by jimoh on May 21, 2013 21:03:24 GMT -5
any updates on Miles Head? It's fun to type "Miles Head cube" into google: .197 .264 .265 529 in AA at age 22. also, rotoworld on Lowrie on May 19: "Lowrie pounded the ball in April, batting .333 with a .938 OPS and 15 RBI in 102 plate appearances. The 29-year-old suffered a strained neck at the end of the month and hasn't been the same since, batting .232/.328/.286 with no homers, four RBI and one run scored over 56 May plate appearances. It's possible that the oft-injured infielder is trying to play through a malady that would be better treated by rest. " |
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Post by Chris Hatfield on May 21, 2013 21:12:31 GMT -5
Wait, you're saying that his numbers in the California League were perhaps not indicative of his true talent? Get outta here!
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Post by fenwaythehardway on May 21, 2013 21:21:42 GMT -5
Wait, you're saying that his numbers in the California League were perhaps not indicative of his true talent? Get outta here! Ah, the CaLOLfornia league. Long live Bubba Bell! So glad the Red Sox got out of that circuit. Sean Coyle would be slugging .873 right now, everyone would be screaming to trade Pedroia... |
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Post by charliezink16 on May 21, 2013 22:31:11 GMT -5
*Ivan De Jesus Jr: .327/.387/.452/.838 at AAA. Mind have been valuable to have over Ciriaco right now, hindsight, of course While Ciriaco's D has been pretty bad too, DeJesus also has 10 errors on the season, and 105 of his 127 attempts have come at 2B. Not what you want in a utility man. |
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Post by widewordofsport on May 21, 2013 22:36:08 GMT -5
I forgot about Miles Head. Another good one, but one I never got sucked into. I can't say the same for Raul Alcantara when he was mowing down the GCL (facepalms self). I've always liked Lowrie, always thought he had an ability to have productive at bats, drive runners in (I know, RBlahI). But his value is always tied to his health. Sort of like Nava, in that a few nagging injuries have often had a really bad effect on numbers. Lars "untouchable" Anderson: .282 OBP, slugging .273 in AAA. www.examiner.com/article/no-1-red-sox-prospect-lars-anderson |
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Post by widewordofsport on May 21, 2013 22:38:30 GMT -5
Head actually did have decent numbers in half a season at AA after dominating the CALL. But a .530 OPS isn't what Oakland was hoping for the second season there.
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Post by amfox1 on May 22, 2013 7:36:40 GMT -5
We all have our pet prospects, and guys we overrate and can't stand to see traded, or else underrate and go on to have success elsewhere. *Kyle Weiland: not pitching? injured? Weiland had (minor) shoulder surgery last year and developed an infection. To my knowledge, he was not ready to begin throwing during spring training. I have not seen any timetable for Kyle's return, which obviously is not a good sign. |
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Post by patrmac04 on May 22, 2013 17:37:26 GMT -5
This might not be the right place to ask, but it was the closest I could figure.
He is not on another team, but what the heck happened to Alex Hassan? He was listed as having a calf strain and a 7 day DL stint, but he hasn't played yet this year. Since he is taking up a spot on the 40 man... what gives?
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Post by DesignatedForAssignment on May 22, 2013 17:55:27 GMT -5
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Post by James Dunne on May 22, 2013 17:59:29 GMT -5
Raul Alcantara has a 2.81 ERA in 51 innings in the Midwest League with a K/9 rate under 1.0. 31 strikeouts to only five walks.
I don't think Lowrie has done anything that's surprised the Red Sox since his trade. He's been alternately pretty good and hurt, same as he was for his entire time with Boston.
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Post by pedroelgrande on May 22, 2013 19:17:16 GMT -5
Engel Beltre, AAA: .273/.318/.339 0 HR, 12 XBH, 10 SB/8 CS, 12/39 BB/SO Oscar Tejeda, AAA: Not worth posting them Oh thy Cal-league Bubba Bell vs 16 y/o Oscar and Engel(Angel at the time we didn't even know his name  ). Looks silly now heh? at least one of my guys may still be get to the big leagues. |
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Post by GyIantosca on May 23, 2013 7:33:07 GMT -5
Last year's draft Brandon Magee went into the football draft and he didn't get picked but the Dallas cowboys gave him a bonus as a undrafted free agent to attent camp.
I didn't hear anything about K. Cooper.
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Post by ibsmith85 on May 29, 2013 11:34:02 GMT -5
Its a forkball, its a knuckleball, no, its a WTF! Old friend Robert Coello is having a great year (SSS of just 10.1 innings aside) with the Angels. In those 10.1 IP Coello has allowed only 6H 1R and 1BB while striking out 18. Yahoo had a funny story on him today including a really cool slow-mo video of this crazy pitch that he holds like a forkball, spins like a knuckleball, and is referred to as the WTF by his catcher, and muttered by his opposing hitters. "When considering a name for the pitch he rescued from extinction, Los Angeles Angels reliever Robert Coello at first settled on its historic label: a forkball, jammed deep between his index and middle fingers and released, amazingly, with next to no spin, like a knuckleball. Such an incredible pitch, of course, deserves a far greater name, so Coello has settled on the three-letter acronym that ballplayers blurt when he unleashes it. "The WTF," Coello said. "Catchers call it that. Hitters say it." sports.yahoo.com/news/angels-pitcher-robert-coello-s-mystery-pitch-leaves-hitters-muttering-under-their-breath-185910466.htmlsports.yahoo.com/news/angels-pitcher-robert-coello-s-mystery-pitch-leaves-hitters-muttering-under-their-breath-185910466.html |
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Post by jmei on May 29, 2013 21:08:35 GMT -5
Good find. I always liked Coello and am glad to see him doing well. That pitch is crazy.
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Post by widewordofsport on May 29, 2013 22:33:09 GMT -5
Good find. I always liked Coello and am glad to see him doing well. That pitch is crazy. Crazy, and also not true. If you cover up the ball, and look at the background, the camera jumps. Sorry to ruin the fun. When in doubt, assume the laws of physics are intact... The second video shows a more accurate representation of it, a forkball that dances like a knuckler because it has no spin. |
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not pitching? injured?
). Looks silly now heh? at least one of my guys may still be get to the big leagues. 
