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  1. the splendid splinter
    Yeah quit saying he was 19, oops he was 18.
  2. the splendid splinter
    Questionable defense? I dont think so, ask Thomas doubleplay partner Darwin Barney. If anything last year Thomas might have overdone it with his fielding helped by Bobby Dickerson and Ryne Sandberg in the fall of 07. The results were great, Thomas in his 1st full season made a total of 6 errors. He got off to a good start at the plate and then really struggled. In the FSL playoffs in over 40 at bats Thomas hit well over 400 and close to 500 and was the FSL MVP of the playoffs. Personally I'm writing off Hawaii because it was a long 1st season. I'll bet Thomas and Barney will play well in Tenn this season.
  3. the splendid splinter
    (Craig) Good job on Ty Wright, he's really slipped under the radar. 1st full year @Daytona and played the last two months with a sports hernia which was operated on after the season and FSL championship.
  4. the splendid splinter
    Imagine this, of these players, you have a total of one month of major league baseball. Christensen, Brownlie, Montanez, Pawelek, Harvey and Doparik. All 1st rounders or close to.
  5. the splendid splinter
    Law said 27, it was mostly due to the drafts which included 2005 which he stated "the cubs may not have a big leauger from the 05 draft. So like alot of people have been saying that the 2003 to 2005 drafts were very thin and to couple that with lost picks of 2,3,4 in 2006 and 2 in 2007 it makes for a thin system, its lucky what we have when you consider there's not one pick except for Mitch Atkins that makes anyones top 10 lists from the 2003 to 2005.
  6. the splendid splinter
    Breakout players. Guyer, Leverton, and Marwin Gonzalez. Nagel was in last years draft 2008. 6'5 230 Rp out of Independence CC in Missouri. 17th round, had Tommy John before he was signed. Suppose to have big stuff, like 92-95 with a decent breaking ball and would have possibly went 2nd to 4th round.
  7. the splendid splinter
    I'm going with David Rosario's statement of an overpowering slider. Ill let the rest of baseball prognosticators have Manuel, Cooper, Sickles and Callis.
  8. the splendid splinter
    I've read reports that his fb is 90-95 with avg around 92-93 and his fb can be straight but has good control to it. I've read he's got a very good slider and that his cb and change are avg pitches. Havent read about his lack of downward plane but have read that he's very upright in his delivery and with the combination of being somewhat straight and upright in his delivery it would depict some high non moving fastballs which could spell trouble with thee exception of his power slider can equalize some hitters sitting on a high fastball.
  9. the splendid splinter
    1st of all Dopirak was an older 19 yr old in his 2nd yr at Boise. and Harvey was 20 yrs old in his 2nd yr which was at Boise. Vitters played most of his 2nd yr at 18. Ab K's Avg xbh Vitters 259 45 328 32 Dopirak 192 58 240 17 Harvey 231 78 264 22
  10. the splendid splinter
    Didnt know that 6'1 is short?
  11. the splendid splinter
    Plus Donaldson made his improvements at a higher and more competitive level. Which makes me wonder sometimes. He never really struggled anywhere before that and maybe he got in a rut and this was like a new lease on life for him.
  12. the splendid splinter
    Just look at the lack of production in the 2003-2005 drafts and couple that with losing picks 2,3,4 in 2006 and the 2nd round in 2007 and its a wonder that we've got anything in the system. Thank heavens we drafted Donaldson with our sandwich pick in 2007 or we wouldnt have had the chip to get Harden, because without him we cant make that deal, according to articles quoting Oakland team sources.
  13. the splendid splinter
    New rumor with Dunn has him going to Toronto, after making up with his new buddy JP Ricciardi.
  14. the splendid splinter
    True and we have zero media darlings! Check down the road, they'll be alot of misses in that group and its like MLB.com and Baseball America are grudgingly giving some attention, because of the past yrs skepticism of Samardzija and dont want to admit their mistakes.
  15. the splendid splinter
    Strikeouts arent even close to Branyan and Branyan was toolshed without the contact. Barbarian player.
  16. the splendid splinter
    Could you explain who would be decent, just curious?
  17. the splendid splinter
    Maestri, struck out the last hitter with bases loaded in the 9th for the save for the Italians, the story line said, " that he had walked the bases full before striking out the last hitter for the save".
  18. the splendid splinter
    USA beat Panama 7-0, it was their 2nd straight win and both by shutouts (beat Mexico 3-0 in 1st game). Colvin didnt play in the 1st game and went 1-4 with a double and one run scored. Laroche had 3 hits with two doubles and four rbi's. Longoria had 2 hits including a home run and two rbi's. Team USA had 10 hits. Wright pitched 6 shutout innings, giving up 3 hits and striking out 5.
  19. the splendid splinter
    Well our present scouting director has taken a everyday player from Clemson and high school player from Southern California #1 the last two years and their both aways from Dunedin, Notre Dame and Virginia. Botttom dollar says he wont take a 1st rounder from those three places. Anyone want to bet? note: by the way, your scouting director is from Dunedin and his picks have come from many places.
  20. the splendid splinter
    Still like the guy we got from the Orioles, which tops all of these players that have been listed. Some guy named Hart.
  21. the splendid splinter
    I did hear that Roquet has acquired a hernia and has been sent home to have an operation for his hernia. Also I did hear that Renshaw was tossed into the deal with Baltimore as the extra guy, it was all pending that if the Cubs made into the playoffs, there would be another player involved and it sounds like Renshaw was the player.
  22. the splendid splinter
    Clevenger has decent feet and agility, he's just not real quick and doesnt have much speed, which makes him a good project for catching. If you look at last yrs draft that makes, Colvin, Sammy, Lansford and Clevenger! Sounds like there was a good plan going into the draft and throw in Huseby and Roquet, its not too bad. (Roquet was signed before the draft of 06 because he was a 5th yr senior out of Cal Poly)
  23. the splendid splinter
    I guess my point is that the Cubs ought to fix their problems drafting and developing American talent as well as focusing on foreign shores. For the time being, the impact of Latin players has been far greater than Japanese or Korean. Hopefully that's what Tim Wilken and his staff are here for and acquiring American talent.
  24. the splendid splinter
    Clevenger has been added to the Mesa club in the Arizona Fall League as a Catcher.
  25. the splendid splinter
    I'm pretty sure Peavy is it with that class. When you get up to AA, it's not hard to get a few stars right from anywhere in 1-20 since they're all so close to the big leagues and you have so many teams involved. Looks like the SL was kind of weak 5 years ago. Here are the 5 years ago from the other leagues the Cubs are in: Rookie - AZL: Short-season A-ball - NWL: Low-A - MWL: High-A - FSL: Notice some of the players you listed and the Southern League report. Southern League had Mason and Brignac and five yrs ago in the Florida State League you had Rios which you could argue thats he's better than anyone on this list, only exception might be Reyes, by the way these are players associated with Wilken and the 4 players in the Northwest League.
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