Outshined_One

Hughes is a year away. Assuming health, he'll pitch many more innings this season than he has in his professional career. With a guy like him (especially considering his injury history), the Yankees should take it easy with him. They can more easily monitor his pitch counts in the minors. If he gets called up, they'll be tempted to overuse him and tax his arm for a pennant run. Holy crap Martinez is a whale.

I don't expect anything resembling quality from ESPN announcers. One Yankees prospect nearly takes the other's head off.

Kottaras with a nice HR, 7-4 US leads.

I find it hilarious that Dusty didn't name Bynum and Pagan as "kids", considering their experience in the majors.

Markakis is the best position prospect the Orioles have had in years. You're trashing Cedeno and he'd clearly be a step down from Tejada. Prior hasn't put together a non-freak injury season since 2003. Dempster is good, but not nearly good enough to tie together that package. Again, why the heck would the Orioles do that trade?

That was pretty much akin to Barrett punching out AJP, imo. Italy had it coming, it was highly inappropriate, and incredibly hilarious. What a way to go out. Wow.

It's the Cubs.

You might want to check Baseball Discussions. this is gonna hurt isnt it? A lot.

Zidane's got cajones.

You might want to check Baseball Discussions.

The Daily is pumping for a LA team to Z! Yellow journalism at its finest. Of course if the Dodgers or Angels want to give the Cubs their top 5 prospects Hendry ought to think about it. If those 5 are overall top 50 guys that is. Chad Billingsley, Matt Kemp, Scott Elbert, and Joel Guzman would be a nice starting point.

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Marshall, Cedeno, and Dempster for Tejada. So...why exactly would Baltimore do that?

Gotta love random references to the 1936 Olympics.

Welcome aboard!

Not a bad line in his debut. 8)

It might just be that the Cubs trying to rebuild his arm strength since he's been so plagued with injuries during his relatively short career. Granted, he might have an easier path to the majors as a reliever, but I wouldn't quite head to this conclusion yet. If he's still relieving by next year, then things will be a little bit more clear on that front.

Box Scores Iowa won 4-2 Box Score 2B R. Theriot 2/4 CF F. Pie 1/4 2B M. Fontenot 1/4, RBI, E (7, fielding) RF M. Restovich 2/4, R, RBI, HR (14), 2 K DH M. Hoffpauir 1/3, BB, R, 2B (5), K 3B C. McGehee 1/3, R, K C G. Soto 1/3, RBI, 2 K SP R. Wells 7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 5/2 K/BB, HR, 8-7 GO-FO RP M. Wuertz 1 perfect, 2/0 K/BB, 1-0 GO-FO West Tenn is off until the 12th Daytona lost 8-7 Box Score DH S. Fuld 0/4, BB, R 2B J. Simokaitis 2/4, 2 R, K PH N. Spears 0/1, K 1B M. Craig 1/4, BB, R, 2 RBI RF R. Harvey 0/3, BB, 3 K C J. Muyco 1/3, BB, RBI, K, PO (3B), E (3, throw) SS J. Mota 0/4, R, K SP M. Holliman 2.2 IP, 9 H, 6 ER, 2/2 K/BB, HR, 1-4 GO-FO Peoria lost 4-2 Box Score CF D. Gregg 1/3, BB, SB (19), CS (10) 2B R. Malone 0/3, BB 1B R. Norwood 1/4 3B K. Reynolds 0/3, K, HBP RF Y. Carter 0/3, HBP DH A. Garcia 1/4, R, K PH M. Reed 0/1 SS D. Johnston 1/1, R, RBI SS R. Chirinos 1/2, K SP M. Atkins 4.2 IP, 4 H, 4 ER, 4/4 K/BB, 7-3 GO-FO Boise lost 9-2 Box Score CF M. Camp 0/3, BB. E (1, throw) LF T. Colvin 0/4, 3 K 1B R. Canzler 0/3, R, 2 K, HBP 3B J. Lansford 1/4, R, 2 RBI, HR (1) RF A. Joseph 1/2, BB, 2B (5), SB (4), HBP DH DJ Lewis 1/4, K SP B. Muldowney 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 4/1 K/BB, 7-4 GO-FO Mesa won 6-2 Box Score 2B/3B V. Heredia 0/5, K RF C. Andersen 1/6, R, 3 K CF D. Rundle 0/4, BB, R, 4 K, HBP, CS (1) PR/2B L. Rosario 2/2, 2 R, RBI 1B L. Murphy 0/3, BB, 2 K PR P. Lopez 0/0, R LF W. Inoa 1/3, 2 BB, RBI, 2 K, CS (1), HBP SS C. Valentin 1/3, 2 K PH/SS M. Gonzalez 0/3 SP J. Renshaw 2 scoreless, 3 H, 2/0 K/BB, 3-1 GO-FO RP R. Hernandez 3 scoreless, 2 H, 3/0 K/BB, 2-4 GO-FO RP L. Holdzkom 2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 3/1 K/BB, WP, 3-1 GO-FO RP D. Walters 2 perfect, 3/0 K/BB, 1-2 GO-FO OVERALL: 2-3

Maybe it's time to make Guzman a closer candidate. i say we just take him out back and shoot him. Nah, we should do that with Hill instead. :P

Mark Reed is probably the guy you want out of that list. He's probably the best hitting prospect down there, which is a major plus considering his D at catcher. He needs to work on his patience a bit, but he projects to hit for decent power and already has established himself as a potential .300+ AVG guy, much like his brother Jeremy. Out of everyone else on Nate's list, it gets a bit more questionable. Carter has a powerful bat with surprisingly good patience so far, but his average needs work. Johnston is the most intriguing guy since he has one of the best IsoDs in the system (.109), but needs to work on upping his average to a respectable level (although, he's holding his own for a 19 year old in the MWL). Valdez makes me leery because of his lack of walks, but he's shown himself to be a good high contact guy. Norwood needs to get moved up at some point, but again, the lack of walks make me curious. As for Reynolds, he might not hit enough to be an everyday 3B. I'd agree with Nate's rankings. As things stand right now, Reed has the best chance to come up and be a good everyday guy. In terms of ceilings as hitters, Carter's is the best due to his good power.

Ligtenberg is 35 years old and has sucked in his last two years. He's nothing special.

Oh great, now Bud is in the booth.

Nah, he'd likely end up lumped in the Smith/Martin/Bettis group of guys who were consistent and healthy for a long period of time. If I need four yards to get a first down, give me Payton or Brown. If I need a guy who's a threat to score every time he touches the ball, give me Barry or Bo. If I need a guy to catch a pass out of the backfield, give me Brown, Faulk, or Payton. If I need a guy to block, give me Payton. If I need to run a gadget play, give me Payton or Tomlinson.

My post was during the game! :P Murton blew it in the OF on the first double, but Marmol will be lucky if he goes four innings with the way he's been pitching.

Zambrano has three kids?! :shock: If he has daughters, Lord help the men who date them.