Outshined_One

I'm still underwhelmed with the draft on the whole, but signing another big HS name or two would definitely help. I'd probably give it a C right now and will probably end up giving it a C+ overall once the last few signings are announced, unless they do something unexpected like sign Walker, Esquivel, Sheppard, and Whaley.

His previous suspension for steroid use gives me some pause when looking at the success he had early in his career. Moreover, while he is age-appropriate, his past production suggests that he should be pitching at a much higher level than the NWL. He's definitely an intriguing prospect and I wouldn't argue with someone for putting him in their Top 20. However, from my perspective, I'd prefer to wait and see.

*Fist pump!*

Box Scores Iowa lost 3-2 Box Score SS A. Miles 0/3, RBI, E (5, fielding) LF J. Dubois 0/4, K 1B M. Craig 0/4 C C. Robinson 1/4, K LF/3B B. Scales 1/3, BB CF/2B M. Camp 0/3, BB, Assist (3B) 2B D. Barney 1/4, R, 2B (7), K P M. Atkins 1/2, R, RBI, HR (1) PH/3B N. Spears 1/1 SP M. Atkins 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 4/2 K/BB, HR, HBP, 7-7 GO-FO RP BJ Ryan 1 scoreless, 0 H, 0/2 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP V. Perkins 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1/3 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO RP G. Reinhard .2 scoreless, 2 H, 1/1 K/BB Tennessee won 7-2 Box Score SS J. Mota 1/4, BB, R, K, E (12, missed catch) CF J. Adduci 2/4, R, SB (23), CS (7) C G. Soto 1/2, BB, RBI, K C W. Castillo 0/1, K RF T. Colvin 1/4, RBI LF T. Wright 0/3, BB, R, K 1B B. Lalli 1/4, R, 2B (19) 3B M. Smith 0/2, 2 BB, R 2B T. Thomas 3/3, BB, R, RBI, CS (13), PO (1B) PH R. Canzler 0/1, K PH D. Deeds 1/1, R, 4 RBI, HR (6) SP A. Cashner 6 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 8/1 K/BB, 3-7 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 2 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 3-0 GO-FO RP J. Ruhlman 1 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1-2 GO-FO Daytona won 6-3 Box Score CF T. Campana 2/4, 2 RBI, SB (44) 1B J. Opitz 0/4 SS S. Castro 0/3, BB, K, SB (22), CS (11) DH R. Chirinos 1/4, R RF B. Guyer 1/4, R, K 3B M. Gonzalez 2/2, 2 BB, 2 R, CS (6), E (14, throw) 2B J. Made 2/3, RBI, K, PO (1B) SP J. Leverton 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, WP, 7-8 GO-FO RP D. McDaniel .2 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2/0 K/BB RP D. Sasser 1.2 scoreless, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 3-2 GO-FO RP D. Cales .2 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Peoria lost 5-3 Box Score CF B. Jackson 0/3, 2 BB, R, K 3B R. Flaherty 1/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (16), K 1B R. Ridling 0/5, K RF K. Burke 0/4, BB, 2 K SS DJ LeMahieu 1/3, RBI, K DH J. Rosa 2/4, 2B (6) C M. Brenly 1/3, BB, 2B (13) 2B J. Lake 0/4, K LF N. Perez 2/3, BB, R SP J. Bristow 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6/0 K/BB, HR, 5-4 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 2 scoreless, 0 H, 3/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP M. De Leon 1 IP, 2 H, 3 ER, 1/1 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO Boise lost 4-1 Box Score DH HJ Lee 1/4, K 2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, 2B (9), K, E (7, missed catch) 3B R. Wagner 1/4, K 1B J. Bour 1/4, RBI, 2B (5), 2 K LF D. Fitzgerald 1/4, K C R. Jones 0/4, 3 K RF R. Davis 1/3, 2B (3), K SS G. Matheus 1/3, CS (4) CF J. Valdez 0/3, K SP J. Nagel 3 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 7-1 GO-FO RP J. Lansford .2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2/1 K/BB, HR AZL Cubs won 4-3 in the 10th Box Score CF F. Guzman 0/5 RF J. Morelli 3/5, 3 R, RBI, 3B (2) DH B. Snyder 0/2, BB, 2 K 1B C. Thomas 2/4, BB, 2 RBI, K 3B J. Petraitis 1/5, K 2B B. Springfield 1/4, R, 2 K, E (5, fielding) SP T. Matchulat 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 3 WP, 2-1 GO-FO RP J. Pena 3 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2/1 K/BB, WP, 2-5 GO-FO RP J. Schmidt 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3/1 K/BB RP G. Pineda 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 lost 4-3 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 7-5 Box Score OVERALL: 3-5

I'm still not 100% sure what to think about Tony Thomas. On the one hand, his strikeouts are slightly down, his walks have increased noticeably, and he's hitting more HRs. On the other hand, his batting average and power numbers are not a whole lot different from last year. I have to keep reminding myself that he turned 23 less than a month ago and is still relatively young for AA. However, considering a number of us thought he had a really disappointing season last year, and he's putting up somewhat comparable numbers in AA this year, I'm not quite sure where he fits rankings-wise in this system.

There's a range of guys roughly from 7-15 who could be ranked pretty much in any order. Colvin would be among them, imo.

Going to see him when the Chiefs return to Peoria; possibly next week depending on how my schedule pans out. I really want to see him, LeMahieu, and Archer.

And none too soon! You think they can compete for the Pacific Coast League Championship with that kind of production from their second baseman?

They know ASL?

Box Scores Iowa lost 3-1 Box Score 2B A. Miles 1/3, BB, CS (2) CF M. Camp 1/2, BB, R LF J. Dubois 0/1 1B M. Craig 0/4, K RF/3B B. Scales 0/3 C S. Clevenger 0/3 3B/SS N. Spears 1/3 SS D. Barney 0/3 SP C. Fossum 5.2 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 6/3 K/BB, HR, 6-5 GO-FO RP J. Gaub 1.1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP B. Parker 1 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1/1 K/BB, WP, 2-0 GO-FO Tennessee won 11-1 Box Score SS J. Mota 1/1, BB, 2 R, RBI PH/SS N. Samson 1/2, RBI CF J. Adduci 1/4, R, RBI, K CF D. Deeds 0/1 LF T. Wright 2/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (16) RF T. Colvin 3/5, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR (9) 3B M. Smith 3/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (29) 1B R. Canzler 1/5, K C W. Castillo 2/3, R, RBI 2B T. Thomas 1/2, 2 BB, 2 R, 2B (21) SP J. Papelbon 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 8-4 GO-FO RP M. Mateo 2 scoreless, 0 H, 3/0 K/BB, 0-3 GO-FO RP C. Lambert 1 scoreless, 0 H, 2/1 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO Daytona lost 3-2 Box Score LF T. Campana 0/3, 2 K, Assist (2B) 3B J. Opitz 1/3, BB, R, E (14, fielding) DH S. Castro 2/4 CF B. Guyer 1/3, BB, RBI, 2B (12), SB (17), PO (2B) SS M. Gonzalez 1/4, RBI, 2 K, E (13, throw) 2B J. Made 2/4, R SP C. Muschko 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HR, 5-5 GO-FO RP J. Pina 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1/0 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO, E (1, pickoff) RP L. Sommer 2 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 1-1 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 1 H, 1/0 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO Peoria won 5-4 Box Score CF B. Jackson 1/4, BB, R, K, 2 SB (4) SS R. Flaherty 1/3, 2 BB 1B R. Ridling 2/5, R, 2 RBI, K RF K. Burke 2/4, BB, R, K, SB (12) 2B DJ LeMahieu 2/4, R, 2 RBI, 3B (1) 3B J. Rosa 0/4, 2 K DH J. Lake 0/4, K LF D. Rundle 0/2, BB, K PH/LF N. Perez 1/1, R SP J. Antigua 5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 5-5 GO-FO Boise lost 2-1 Box Score SS HJ Lee 0/4, 2 K CF J. Valdez 0/4, K RF JH Ha 0/4 DH J. Bour 1/4, 2 K 3B R. Wagner 0/3, K, E (1, fielding) 1B G. Rohan 1/4 LF D. Fitzgerald 2/3, BB, R, PO (1B) C R. Jones 1/2, BB, K, E (1, throw) C M. Williams 0/1 2B G. Matheus 1/3, RBI, K, E (12, fielding) SP R. Hernandez 5.2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 9/3 K/BB, 4-4 GO-FO RP R. Sontag 1 scoreless, 2 H, 1/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO AZL Cubs lost 4-2 Box Score CF F. Guzman 0/3, BB, CS (6) SS W. Darvill 0/3, BB, E (6, throw) LF B. Snyder 0/4, 2 K, E (1, fielding) RF J. Morelli 0/4, R 3B J. Petraitis 1/4, R, K 1B C. Thomas 2/4, RBI, 2B (6) 2B R. Bautista 0/3, 2 K SP L. Liria 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, WP, 3-3 GO-FO RP C. Rojas 3 scoreless, 1 H, 4/0 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP D. Encarnacion 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3/0 K/BB, HR, 2 HBP, 1-1 GO-FO Both DSL teams with the day off. OVERALL: 2-4

I want Tim to start a Hall of Fame Thread Forum. This one needs to be preserved in the annals of history for others to experience and enjoy.

Must not have lost any weight, guess he can just stay there till he does.... Eh, he was fairly pudgy in summer of last year. I don't think the weight is that much of an issue. http://northsidebaseball.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=55237#p2255593 Woooosh O_O I think you owe me a beer at the upcoming Chiefs game for that one :D I can never keep straight who's said what about Soto! Regardless, there shall be shenanigans afoot at that Chiefs game.

As mentioned here, Soto is set to begin his rehabilitation in Tennessee, which should last about three days. He's playing for the AZL Cubs tonight.

Must not have lost any weight, guess he can just stay there till he does.... Eh, he was fairly pudgy in summer of last year. I don't think the weight is that much of an issue.

And here's your post-game Village People music video!

Maybe we can finally move Soriano to 2nd and Fox to LF if Lou can predict where the hitter will hit the ball every time and move Soriano to the oposite position. It'd be kind of fun to watch a baseball game with the players shuffling all around the field after every AB. We could even have Hill and Fox swap gear between at bats!

Hit on his elbow in his AB, then taken out while stumbling around a bit and holding his head.

Good win. Let us never speak of it again.

Also, Soto is in the lineup for the AZL Cubs, so it looks like his rehab is on schedule for a return next week.

Meanwhile, Michael Brenly hit a HR tonight for the Chiefs. Prepare for unnecessary amounts of gushing tomorrow night.

The biggest rule I've learned from Bob Brenly is to never mess with catchers.

I like to think of these games as learning experiences. We need constant reminders that life is painful and chaotic, and yet somehow enjoyable despite those things.

Fixed. Maybe they can trade him to the Bears.

Can we just release the entire bullpen and bring up the AAA pitching staff tomorrow? What a [expletive] joke.

There is no God.