Boise Hawks

[Bear Cub]

I am looking forward to the Boise Hawks roster being announced. Their season begins on June 17.

[Guest]

Roster is out, 26 of 30 spots have been filled: http://boise.hawks.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110614&content_id=20463322&vkey=pr_t480&fext=.jsp&sid=t480

 

No Jesus Moreli, Blair Springfield, Dong-Yub Kim or Dustin Geiger. Willengton Cruz makes the squad.

[Guest]

The Boise rotation is probably the most exciting since the days of Dontrelle and the Gooz:

 

Luis Liria

Ben Wells

Austin Reed

Jin-Yeong Kim

Yao-Lin Wang

Willengton Cruz

 

The bats won't be too uninspiring: Reggie Golden and Wilson Contreras should provide some nice power and Yaniel Cabeza did get a hefty bonus.

[Guest]

The Boise rotation is probably the most exciting since the days of Dontrelle and the Gooz:

 

Luis Liria

Ben Wells

Austin Reed

Jin-Yeong Kim

Yao-Lin Wang

Willengton Cruz

 

The bats won't be too uninspiring: Reggie Golden and Wilson Contreras should provide some nice power and Yaniel Cabeza did get a hefty bonus.

If we sign a bunch of the overslot HS guys from this draft, the bats could be fantastic next year. I'd love to see Vogelbach hitting in the thin air up in Boise.

[Guest]

Arizona Phil wirh Mesa's roster:

 

PITCHERS (19)

* Hunter Ackerman

Rafael Diplan

P. J. FRANCESCON

Ramon Garcia

Ryan Hartman

Alvido Jimenez

PETE LEVITT

CASEY LUCCHESE

* SHELDON McDONALD

Jon Nagel

Amaury Paulino

Felix Pena

Starling Peralta

JAMES PUGLIESE

Colin Richardson

Jean Sandoval

* Brian Smith

* Luis Villalba

Joe Zeller

 

 

CATCHERS (3):

Johan DeJesus

# Brian Inoa

* Alberto Mineo (MLB EUROPEAN ACADEMY)

 

 

INFIELDERS (6):

Gioskar Amaya

TRAVIS GARCIA

Dustin Geiger

Gregori Gonzalez

# Marco Hernandez

Max Kwan

 

 

OUTFIELDERS (4):

* Eduardo Gonzalez

Dong-Yub Kim

Blair Springfield

# Oliver Zapata

 

Hunter Ackerman back at Mesa after being drafted out of a JC last year and Blair Springfield starting his 3rd year at Mesa are not good signs for their futures.

 

Also, Phil says Jesus Moreli is on Boise's DL.

 

http://www.thecubreporter.com/2011/06/14/your-2011-boise-hawks-and-your-2011-azl-cubs

[Little Slide Rooter]

COACHES:

Frank Castillo

Jason Dubois

Gian Guzman

Rick Tronerud

 

I was wondering what The Creature was up to.

[craig]

The Boise rotation is probably the most exciting since the days of Dontrelle and the Gooz:

 

Luis Liria

Ben Wells

Austin Reed

Jin-Yeong Kim

Yao-Lin Wang

Willengton Cruz

 

The bats won't be too uninspiring: Reggie Golden and Wilson Contreras should provide some nice power and Yaniel Cabeza did get a hefty bonus.

 

1. I assume you're speculating as to who will start? I'd guess the same names, I think.

2. I think the OF could be pretty productive for the league, regardless of how they project as major leaguer. I think that Ping-Chieh Chen could be a pretty high-average hitter, and I assume that Klafczynski should be quite productive relative to that league. I wouldn't be surprised if Golden was a .230 hitter, but if he hits too, the OF could be effective.

 

Will be fun to see how they actually produce in box-score games.

[Guest]

The Boise rotation is probably the most exciting since the days of Dontrelle and the Gooz:

 

Luis Liria

Ben Wells

Austin Reed

Jin-Yeong Kim

Yao-Lin Wang

Willengton Cruz

 

The bats won't be too uninspiring: Reggie Golden and Wilson Contreras should provide some nice power and Yaniel Cabeza did get a hefty bonus.

 

1. I assume you're speculating as to who will start? I'd guess the same names, I think.

2. I think the OF could be pretty productive for the league, regardless of how they project as major leaguer. I think that Ping-Chieh Chen could be a pretty high-average hitter, and I assume that Klafczynski should be quite productive relative to that league. I wouldn't be surprised if Golden was a .230 hitter, but if he hits too, the OF could be effective.

 

Will be fun to see how they actually produce in box-score games.

I'm really hoping Golden makes enough contact at Boise to hit better than .230. If not, I won't have much hope at all for his future. Boise is a darned good place to hit.

[craig]

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I'm really hoping Golden makes enough contact at Boise to hit better than .230. If not, I won't have much hope at all for his future. Boise is a darned good place to hit.

 

I hope so too. But I've always considered Arizona to be a pretty good place to hit, too, and every spring we hear reports about how breaking balls can't break in Arizona Cactus League, etc.. But from Az Phil's box scores, which I did not read faithfully so I may have a very coincidentally and selectively unfavorable batch, but I got the impression that Golden was kind of the Soriano/Ryan Harvey of XST, K-K-K-K-K. Maybe I just saw some box scores from a couple of his worst games, and he's ready to roll now.

[Guest]

The Boise rotation is probably the most exciting since the days of Dontrelle and the Gooz:

 

Luis Liria

Ben Wells

Austin Reed

Jin-Yeong Kim

Yao-Lin Wang

Willengton Cruz

 

The bats won't be too uninspiring: Reggie Golden and Wilson Contreras should provide some nice power and Yaniel Cabeza did get a hefty bonus.

 

1. I assume you're speculating as to who will start? I'd guess the same names, I think.

2. I think the OF could be pretty productive for the league, regardless of how they project as major leaguer. I think that Ping-Chieh Chen could be a pretty high-average hitter, and I assume that Klafczynski should be quite productive relative to that league. I wouldn't be surprised if Golden was a .230 hitter, but if he hits too, the OF could be effective.

 

Will be fun to see how they actually produce in box-score games.

 

Yeah, those are just guesses on the rotation but I imagine all 6 will either start or piggyback.

[wvcbxl]

Mineo to Mesa is kinda surprising - I was expecting him to be sent to the DSL.

Not complaining though.

[Guest]

Mineo to Mesa is kinda surprising - I was expecting him to be sent to the DSL.

Not complaining though.

 

You know, Arizona Phil also noted that Mineo was in the MLB European Academy so I'm not sure if he's made it to Mesa or not.

 

That said, Asian and European kids normally aren't sent to the DSL, even if they might not be ready. What's the point of sending them to a different foreign nation with a different foreign langauge when they'll have to get used to the USA soon enough?

[series65cubsfan]

Mineo to Mesa is kinda surprising - I was expecting him to be sent to the DSL.

Not complaining though.

 

You know, Arizona Phil also noted that Mineo was in the MLB European Academy so I'm not sure if he's made it to Mesa or not.

 

That said, Asian and European kids normally aren't sent to the DSL, even if they might not be ready. What's the point of sending them to a different foreign nation with a different foreign langauge when they'll have to get used to the USA soon enough?

 

happened to me, doesn't mean I endorse it but you adapt and get on.

[wvcbxl]

That said, Asian and European kids normally aren't sent to the DSL, even if they might not be ready.

 

As far as I can tell, it has become a pattern in recent years to send young Europeans to the DSL or VSL first.

Thirteen Dutch nationals (i.e. including those from the Dutch Antilles) are currently active in those two leagues.

[craig]

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I'm really hoping Golden makes enough contact at Boise to hit better than .230. If not, I won't have much hope at all for his future. Boise is a darned good place to hit.

 

I hope so too. But I've always considered Arizona to be a pretty good place to hit, too, and every spring we hear reports about how breaking balls can't break in Arizona Cactus League, etc.. But from Az Phil's box scores, which I did not read faithfully so I may have a very coincidentally and selectively unfavorable batch, but I got the impression that Golden was kind of the Soriano/Ryan Harvey of XST, K-K-K-K-K. Maybe I just saw some box scores from a couple of his worst games, and he's ready to roll now.

 

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/06/16/1690851/hawks-raw-prospect-seeks-return.html

 

Limited by a hamstring injury, Golden played just four games in rookie ball last year. He hit .333, but struck out seven times in 15 at-bats. This year, he has worked on developing a better approach at the plate, more consistency in his swing and taking better routes on fly balls in the outfield.

 

“This year, I’ve learned more than twice as much as I had in my whole life,” Golden said. “I’m starting to feel myself when I do bad, when I do wrong. In high school, I really didn’t have an approach.”

 

At 5-foot-10 and 210 pounds, the 19-year-old Golden has the look of a powerful running back. Instead, his combination of speed and power should play in right field. Hawks manager Mark Johnson compared him to Hall of Famer Kirby Puckettand current Chicago Cub Marlon Byrd, both outfielders with thick bodies and all-around games.

“He’s going to be really fun to watch. He can do it all. He’s an exciting player,” Johnson said, while singing Golden’s praises off the field, too. “He’s a great kid with a great work ethic. I can’t say enough about how respectful and how good a kid he is. He just needs to play.”

 

Nice to get the enthusiastic comments by the manager. The great kid, great work ethic, respectful, how good a kid he is, that's encouraging to read from the manager.

 

AsPhil hasn't painted that picture for us previously. The article includes a picture of Golden in a Boise uniform, so I assume it's current and from this week. (He didn't play at Boise last year.) He could well have a little blubber underneath the shirt, but he certainly doesn't look fat, as Phil had described him earlier this spring.

 

Hopefully he'll be able to hit. It would sure be refreshing if he could.

 

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/06/16/1690851/hawks-raw-prospect-seeks-return.html#ixzz1PTVBn2ZX

[Guest]

Yeah, Golden doesn't look overweight:

 

http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2011/06/15/23/55/vG8K5.St.36.jpg

[Tryptamine]

Yeah, Golden doesn't look overweight:

 

http://media.idahostatesman.com/smedia/2011/06/15/23/55/vG8K5.St.36.jpg

 

Jesus, with that upper body he could potentially be huge when he gets older.

[Guest]

PDF file with brief bios of the Boise players posted on the Boise web site. Some of the bios are actually pretty interesting: http://mlblogsboisehawksradio.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/2011hawksbios.pdf

 

Also a preview of the Hawks from their PBP announcer: http://boisehawksradio.mlblogs.com/2011/06/14/your-2011-boise-hawks/

[imb]

out of shape doesn't necessarily mean like obese or something.

[craig]

Mineo to Mesa is kinda surprising - I was expecting him to be sent to the DSL.

Not complaining though.

 

Az Phil has a note about him today. Said he's formally on the roster, but that he's actually staying at the European baseball academy, or something like that.

[wvcbxl]

Mineo to Mesa is kinda surprising - I was expecting him to be sent to the DSL.

Not complaining though.

 

Az Phil has a note about him today. Said he's formally on the roster, but that he's actually staying at the European baseball academy, or something like that.

 

That makes sense - it probably also allows him to finish high school as the academy is in Italy.

[Guest]

Looks like Boise's starting rotation will be:

 

RHP Ben Wells

RHP Yao-Lin Wang

RHP Jin-Young Kim

LHP Willengton Cruz

RHP Luis Liria

 

Wonder when Austin Reed will be piggybacking.