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What's he got?

Multiple writers from ESPN as Gammons really made a conscious effort...Even Karl Ravech on Baseball Tonight would troll the dummies like Kruk. Now yeah...ESPN is just happy to make everyone a little more dumb evey morning and evening.

Antigua might be interesting...Solid numbers last year in High A and he's the right age forAA (22). What's he throw?

Oh yeah forgot about Gammons...he got in fairly early and tried to understand more than most of the writers of the time.

A decade ago (so around the time I started HS? [expletive] that was ten years ago? Jeebus) when I read Moneyball, bought the James Abstract, and started reading Rob Neyer and Fire Joe Morgan. Of course now stats are a dime a dozen and it's all coming back and molding together like it should have from the start, but sometimes it takes time. Us for that to happen everything had to start being quantified and put out there as a number. That's where you get your velocities, LD%, swinging strike%, and all those little numbers that quantify what scouts see. Evolution....

In other news the ancient Cliff Lee, 33, is kicking ass and taking names: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/daily-notes-a-more-better-cliff-lee/ Even MORE ancient Roy Halladay, 35, is still doing just fine for himself: http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1303&position=P Come ooooon Cole Hamels 2013! Make it happen Ricketts/Epstein/Hoyer!

I saw Raley's name and got a chill down my spine. His start nights are going to be teeeeeense-Ish.

To be fair Buchholz has a 6.83 FIP and 5.23 xFIP. Remember when Justin Smoak was supposed to be good? Guy was barely league average last year and this year he just plain sucks. He's got a .421 OPS at home and a .669 OPS on the road this year so maybe he hates SafeCo. Problem with that is last year he OPS'd .771 at home and .674 on the road. He's not even showing some patience this year. I'd still try to buy low on him if I was a crappy team barren of talent and power potential. He might be able to resurrect a career somehow, but things are just not going as expected right now for this guy.

Current it kid Junior Lake was 2/4 with a walk today.

I do think there's a point in there, but on my phone this late I don't really care. Stewart isn't good but he's not The Problem right now. Not exactly a bunch of viable replacement options lying around.

When his luck normalizes what line can I expect? I'm too lazy to check and I think a lot of people here know anyway so I don't mind asking. I do think they should fix the OF and pitching before 3B since Stewart has some shot to be a decent role player in a more talented lineup.

Shudup! *hangs head* I'm a contrarian, what do you want? It went away fast as more and more pitching videos hit the Internet.

Total aside, but no need to feel so chippy (saw the comment you deleted about vaguely specific scouting reports). We're on a site talking about baseball. Not exactly the most important thing in the world. I type fast, and I type a lot ... every sports site that I've been on knows that I don't type like kids do these days, with shorthand of some sort. I mean, you can go on Sickels and see my insanely long Cubs write-up for an insanely long post I made sports related (although I actually started that at the end of the season, so it really wasn't like I sat down and did that in one writing). I apologize if you find my length of typing to be offensive ... but seriously, relax. It isn't you ... I just picked up CR's discussion on Raley/Rosario. I'd do that on a number of other topics as well. It's people talking about baseball. I don't find it offensive, keep doing it. Ita fun to chip (what's that?) at but this place is better for it. Why even bring up the deletion? I took that out because I thought it was smarmy and really all scouting reports end up being more vague and generic than wanted/expected. Plus, don't you notice that I type many words as well? I've been on Sickels forever (I created the first successful/tasteful thread about religion on the Internet there back when it was newish) and I was SenorGato on BCB last year. Words are fun and I like good debate (which those twats at BCB don't offer, it's a gang mentality in there), especially baseball.

This Bruno chap...can he LeMahieu? Hmm....more compact than LeMahieu at 5'9". Season line of .370/.425/.569...211 ABs/ 47 R/ 20 2Bs/ 13 BBs/ 21 Ks/ 2 HR/ 10-13 on SBs Sounds interesting. No LeMahieu, but sounds interesting.

Shucks, definitely one of the HS bats that sounds like...sorry...my kind of prospect/player. Size, defense, "pure hitter," power potential...be still my beating heart. I need to find some more interesting bats for this draft.

As awful as Betances has been this year, they'd have to be very desperate for pitching to trade him for a rental, but if they did I'd take it and run. I actually don't think the Yankees feel too attached to him. Well, OK thats a excessive but i just don't think they view him as a long term starter with them without more work than the Yankees might feel they should put in. They also have consistently shown they pay well in prospects to get what they need. I'm bored. I should just call it a night.

Cherry equaled the way, the truth, and the light.

Dempster to the Yankees for Dellin Betances: Realistic or keep dreaming? Think maybe they can trick the Yankees into giving up Angelo Gumbs (their not quite as badass, but more 2B-y version of Javier Baez)?

That really is scary/ridiculous to see so many K's. Maybe it's just a phase? Did he get punched in the eye at some point and doesn't want to tell anyone he's blind in one eye? Too much time staring at screens straining his eyes?

What do you guys think Stewart's long term future is as a Cub? How long do you see him holding down 3B?

That aside sounds like he's just growing up as a pitcher. The 2 seamer and changeup are two pitches that have become hugely popular in the past decade amongst big leaguers along with the cutter. Both pitches have their logic...neither is as bad for the arm, 2 seamers get more groundballs/quick outs, chaneups are a safer offspeed alternative...They should be in everyone's arsenal and as guys get older they usually find their way in. Here's a quote: http://projectprospect.com/article/2010/12/17/jarrod-parker-interview-part-1 Sounds like you might have guessed right with foot placement, but that's hardly an indictment on a young pitcher's overall mechanics. Anyone and everyone has an issue or two coming into the pros. I specifically remember Parker got much praise for his arm action coming out, though there was some worry that it might be "too" whippy (hence the elbow injury). Since the surgery he's tightened it up, but these problems don't sound like anything extreme or out of the ordinary. I hope this doesn't have to go on for another 100,000 words.

Parker had bad mechanics/arm action? Coulda fooled me...a little whippy early on but loose and easy to me. Like any and every pitcher who has had TJ surgery he's bettered his mechanics since, but I don't think anyone thought he was poor mechanically before that.

Mariners prospect Kyle Seager has a brother in this draft who sounds interesting. Projects to play 3B as a pro. Mayo mentioned him in an article...: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120521&content_id=31889410&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&tcid=tw_article_31889410

Is my memory poor or is this two bad starts in a row for Garza? What's going on?

Craig's got it...basically hoping Raley offsets his mediocre velocity with better command and control of more pitches, which can be equally important in the world of pitching. So far this year he's doing alright, albeit repeating AA so so far so good. Agreed Ha's bat will determine his future, as it probably should.