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I think the chances of Zambrano attempting to decapitate Jason Bay at some point in this game are about 2-1.

Sweet! Get Hendry on it!!!

Tough 1-0 loss for Iowa and JK Ryu tonight; Bizarro Derek Lee had a two hit CG SO. West Tenn knotted at 2 heading into the bottom of the 9th. Scott Moore got the start at SS. Daytona got clobbered 8-1 with Ryan Harvey getting the lone Daytona RBI. Peoria with a good showing in tonight's game, winning 3-1. Almost everyone chipped in with hits, walks, and quality contributions. Robert Hernandez got off to a rough start in Mesa, giving up 3 runs, 6 hits, and 2 BBs in 3 IP. Mesa is losing 3-1 in the 4th.

Box Scores Iowa lost 5-4 Box Score CF F. Pie 0/4 2B E. Patterson 0/2, 2 BB, 2 R, 2 K DH M. Restovich 1/4, R, K 3B C. McGehee 2/4, E (13, fielding) RF B. Coats 0/3, BB, 2 K LF L. Montanez 1/4, K C J. Reyes 2/3 SP R. Wells 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, 4-7 GO-FO RP C. Rapada .1 scoreless, 1 H, 1-0 GO-FO, E (2, throw) West Tenn lost 3-1 Box Score CF C. Walker 1/5, R, 2B (22), K 3B S. Moore 1/4, BB, K 1B B. Sing 1/3, 2 BB RF M. Negron 3/5, 2B (18), CS (5), Assist (Home) 2B R. Lewis 0/4, BB, K PH J. Fox 0/1, K SP JR Mathes 5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2/2 K/BB, 10-2 GO-FO RP T. Atlee 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 2-3 GO-FO RP A. Mendez 1 perfect, 1/0 K/BB, 0-2 GO-FO Daytona cancelled: Hurricane. Peoria lost 3-0 Box Score 2B V. Heredia 1/4, 2B (1), K, SB (2), E (1, fielding) SS R. Chirinos 0/3, BB, K 1B R. Norwood 0/4, K 3B K. Reynolds 0/4, 2 K LF A. Garcia 1/3, BB, 3B (3), SB (2) C M. Reed 0/3, BB, PB (4) RF Y. Carter 1/3, K CF D. Gregg 1/3, Assist (Home) SP F. Jimenez Angulo 5 IP, 9 H, 3 ER, 2/1 K/BB, Balk, 2 HBP, 4-7 GO-FO RP J. Yepez 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2/0 K/BB, WP, 2-2 GO-FO Boise won 9-4 Box Score CF M. Camp 2/5, R, 2 RBI, 2B (11), 2 SB (20) LF T. Colvin 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (7), 2 K 1B R. Canzler 3/4, 2 R, 3B (4), K RF A. Joseph 0/2, 2 BB, 2 R, K, SB (8), 2 Assists (2B, Home) 3B J. Lansford 2/4, R, 3 RBI, 2 2B (7), K 2B S. Clevenger 1/3, R, RBI 2B P. Lopez 1/1 DH DJ Lewis 0/4, R, K SP B. Muldowney 5 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3/2 K/BB, HR, HBP, 6-5 GO-FO Mesa with an off day. OVERALL: 1-3

David Price, here we come!

Thanks for the pics! They're spiffy. :D

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Sorry about that folks, I fell asleep with my hw last night. Law school is rough. :(

Can we fire Dusty now? Please?

I jush wanna kish you...

Rick Sutcliffe is wasted.

Ohman is awesome against lefties. Against everyone else...that's another matter altogether.

He's listed at 6'3 240 pounds. I take it there's room to lose some of the baby fat and add muscle?

HR/9, BB/9, and WHIP. He doesn't strike me as a future ace due to the lack of Ks, but as long as he keeps those three things in line, he should have a good future. Whether or not he does is anyone's guess, but a 19 year old performing at this level is always a positive thing.

Malone is done for the year. He will leave Peoria in the AM to see the Cubs doctors tomorrow and then head to Mesa to start rehab/get ready for surgery if its needed. Tough loss for the team and obviously a tough situation for Ryne. Aw man, that stinks. :( He was doing really well, especially considering where he was drafted. Here's hoping he makes a full recovery soon!

In order for the trade to go down, the Cubs would have to receive prospects not on the Phillies' 40 man roster or the Phillies have to pass their own guys through waivers. I have trouble seeing the latter scenario happening. The Phillies' farm system sucks, by the way. Most of their top positional prospects have slumped badly this season.

Is that even a possibility? If Ramirez opts out and leaves, I could see this team being almost completely blown up and started over from scratch next season. This team needs his bat in the absolute worst way. I simply cannot see many situations in which he could leave and the Cubs would be able to pick up his slack (Soriano and Carlos Lee?). However, I don't think that'll happen. Hendry would be run out of town if he let Ramirez walk away.

Some of those decisions are rather questionable, although I think starting Nolasco and Johnson in the minors would have been justified. Johnson and Nolasco spent significant portions of last year in AA and could have benefited from some more seasoning in AAA (especially since Nolasco bombed at AAA when the Cubs tried him there). I can't say Girardi's going to be the perfect manager, but it's clear he would be an upgrade and would provide some much-needed accountability.

Age-wise, he's fine for AA (currently 22). The question everyone has is whether or not Moore can stick at 3B. While a number of people (including Former Daytona broadcaster Bo Fulginiti and current West Tenn broadcaster Ron Potesta) say that he actually is much better than people give him credit for, Moore has a number of errors on the season that are cause for some concern. If he can stick at the hot corner and keep those errors to a minimum, no doubt he'll be a fine 3B in the majors given his power and patience. However, if he has to move to 1B or the OF, his value drops significantly. He'll likely make almost all Cubs prospect top 10 lists this season. He's arguably the third best position prospect in the organization behind Felix Pie and Eric Patterson. Personally, I'd rate Moore ahead of Patterson. Hence the arguably part. :P

Age-wise, he's fine for AA (currently 22). The question everyone has is whether or not Moore can stick at 3B. While a number of people (including Former Daytona broadcaster Bo Fulginiti and current West Tenn broadcaster Ron Potesta) say that he actually is much better than people give him credit for, Moore has a number of errors on the season that are cause for some concern. If he can stick at the hot corner and keep those errors to a minimum, no doubt he'll be a fine 3B in the majors given his power and patience. However, if he has to move to 1B or the OF, his value drops significantly. He'll likely make almost all Cubs prospect top 10 lists this season. He's arguably the third best position prospect in the organization behind Felix Pie and Eric Patterson.

Man, I really would have loved to make it out to the QC today to see two of the top pitching prospects in this organization!

Box Scores Iowa won 2-1 Box Score CF F. Pie 0/3, IBB, K, Assist (2B) 2B E. Patterson 1/4 RF M. Restovich 1/3, BB, R, 2B (27) 3B C. McGehee 1/4, RBI LF L. Montanez 1/4, R, RBI, HR (6) C J. Reyes 1/2, K, HBP, E (2, throw) PH G. Soto 0/1, K SP S. Marshall 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 7/3 K/BB, WP, 11-1 GO-FO RP C. Rapada 1 scoreless, 1 H, 3-0 GO-FO West Tenn lost 5-4 Box Score CF C. Walker 1/4, 3B (11), RBI, BB, SB (45) LF J. Fox 2/4, 2 R, 2B (15), K 1B-3B S. Moore 2/4, RBI, CS (7) RF-1B B. Sing 1/2, R, 2B (9), 2 BB SS C. Rojas 2/4, R, 2 RBI, K SP I. Pavlik 5 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 4 K/3 BB, 2-9 GO-FO RP L. Holdzkom 2 scoreles IP, 1 H, 0/1 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO Daytona with an off day. Peoria lost Game 1 of their DH 6-4 Box Score DH V. Heredia 1/3, BB, R, CS (1) 2B R. Chirinos 0/1, 3 BB, R CF J. Valdez 0/4, K 1B R. Norwood 2/4, 2 RBI, 2 2B (27) 3B R. Parker 0/4, 2 K SS K. Reynolds 1/2, R, HBP LF A. Garcia 1/3, R, 2 RBI, HR (5), K RF Y. Carter 0/2, BB, K SP S. Taylor 5+ IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 4-10 GO-FO RP M. Avery 1 IP, 3 H, 4 ER, 0/2 K/BB, HR, 1-2 GO-FO Peoria lost Game 2 of their DH 6-3 Box Score 2B V. Heredia 2/4, K DH R. Chirinos 1/4, RBI CF J. Valdez 0/3, BB, RBI 1B R. Norwood 2/4, R, 2B (28), K LF A. Garcia 2/3 SS K. Reynolds 0/2, BB, K 3B R. Parker 0/2, HBP RF Y. Carter 0/2, BB, R, E (8, fielding) C M. Reed 0/2, BB, R SP M. Atkins 5+ IP, 7 H, 4 ER (2 inherited), 3/2 K/BB, HR, 3-8 GO-FO Boise won 14-2 Box Score CF M. Camp 2/5, 3 R, RBI, 2B (10), SB (18), HBP PH/SS P. Lopez 0/1, K LF T. Colvin 1/5, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR (6), 2 K 1B R. Canzler 1/3, BB, 2 R, RBI, HR (15), SB (6), HBP RF A. Joseph 2/5, R, RBI, 2B (14), K 2B S. Clevenger 2/5, R 3B E. Puello 1/5, R, RBI, 2B (9), 3 K, 2 E (11, fielding, throw) DH C. Gilbert 1/4, BB, R, 2 RBI, 2B (1), 2 K SP M. Pawelek 5 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6/1 K/BB, 6-3 GO-FO Mesa won 5-4 Box Score 2B L. Rosario 0/3, R, RBI, BB, SB (12), CS (3) CF D. Rundle 2/4, R, 2 2B (9), RBI C W. Castillo 2/4, R RF C. Andersen 1/4, RBI, K 1B L. Murphy 2/4, R, 2B (5), 3B (1) 3B C. Valentin 2/4, R, 2B (4), K, E (10, throwing) SP T. Parker 5 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 7 K/2 BB, 4 GO-4 FO RP R. Dolis 2 IP, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 HBP, 4 K/1 BB, 1 WP, 1-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 3-3

Roast, re-pick. The Panthers were off the board.

Considering Hill's age and the amount of time he's been pitching, I'm guessing that two seamer ain't happening any time soon. It could be that his four seamer looks EXACTLY like his curveballs. It could have to do with his arm angle, delivery, and mechanics. It could be that he tried it and hitters picked up on it really easily. Whatever the case may be, I don't see it happening. He'll be able to have a good career with his two curves, four seamer, and change.

Okay everybody, let's do it in unison! Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!