Transmogrified Tiger

I thought it would be fun to see if there were any big deviations in the splits of some of our best prospects. First up, Eric Patterson. Home: .242/.312/.293/.605 (~110 PA's) Away: .330/.383/.585/.968 (~121 PA's) IMO, this is very good news for Eric. His patience is down a bit away from Pringles park, but he's hitting for quite a bit of power, and obviously for much more average. His BABIP corresponds to this change, with the difference(.397 to .308) being similar to the difference in the batting average. Patterson's L/R splits aren't near as extreme. Now, Felix Pie. LHP: .316/.400/.509/.909 (~65 PA's) RHP: .250/.311/.405/.716 (~169 PA's) This split is both a good and bad sign at the same time. While in a short sample, it shows Felix can hit LHP, which is a concern for many left handed hitting prospects when they reach higher levels. On the other hand, it masks that Pie has been struggling with RHP in many more of his PA's, which lends the question of how ready he is. In other Pie splits, he appears to be unlucky with BABIP at home this year. Next, Rich Hill. v. LH: .300/.344/.300/.644 (7 IP) v. RH: .161/.215/.241/.456 (24.7 IP) Another reverse split, although this one is pretty good all around. Hill has been unbelievable against RHP, and still hard on LHP despite giving up some baserunners. Certainly bodes well if Hill gets another shot at the rotation. On the topic of lesser prospects: Sam Fuld is crushing RHP, and hitting well with no power against lefties. Same story with Home(crushing) and Away(hitting with no power) Scott Taylor is getting Rocked by left handed batters, and away from Home. Jae-Kuk Ryu has been better at home than away from Iowa. Same with Gallagher to minor extent. Jake Fox is hammering RHP, with similar preference for his home park. Donnie Veal REALLY likes pitching at home(.301 OPS against vs. .714 on the road) Jerome Williams is getting slaughtered by LHP at Iowa, and he seems to be facing an inordinate amount of them(18 IP v. LH, 16 IP v. RH).

Pie isn't ready to come up. Stick Pierre at the bottom of the order, hope he can improve some and get us a pick when he leaves at the end of the year.

Why in the world would you put Teasley on a ballot over Veal?

and Julian Tavarez and Travis Harper and Jose Valverde Gagne. Are you guys being serious, or making fun. I really cannot tell. My point is while not ignoring that usage exists, trying to speculate who did or didn't use is pointless because no one can tell. What do you suggest be done? I agree that aimless fingering pointing is not the answer, but what is the solution? I was mainly trying to get the aimless finger pointing to stop.

Woohoo, we drafted Parker! He's nothing special though.

and Julian Tavarez and Travis Harper and Jose Valverde Gagne. Are you guys being serious, or making fun. I really cannot tell. My point is while not ignoring that usage exists, trying to speculate who did or didn't use is pointless because no one can tell.

What about e? Well, he is riding a hot streak.

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and Julian Tavarez and Travis Harper and Jose Valverde

My money's on Dontrelle Willis, Gabe White, Brad Lidge, and Boof Bonser. Yeah Lidge. Borowski too. Probably not David Wells. C.C. Sabathia, Aaron Small, Terry Mullholland, and Felix Hernandez, don't forget them.

My money's on Dontrelle Willis, Gabe White, Brad Lidge, and Boof Bonser.

No, he was getting hit hard.

Hoffpauir is the new Richard Lewis.

Mabry just hit the crap out of that ball.

Hold on, are you guys telling me a Major League baseball player hit a home run, during a game? And there were people on base too? Cintron has a .583 OPS, if you want the White Sox to lose then you should hope to see a lot of him.

He didn't get a full swing on it yet there was never any doubt the ball was gone to center field.

Blue, you raise your hand and say strike when a pitch lands there.

AAAA trade plz

wtg Krazy Karlos the second

Pierre now at the .599 OPS. Soooooo close to achieving awfulness and he just can't quite reach it.

Nope, just a freshman this year.

It is a LH starter, I'd rather have Barrett(Whoops: Walker, Nevin, and Ramirez) and Murton hitting in front of him in that case.

Cripes, the guy hit .358 and his OPS is only .843, and he made 11 errors in 56 games at second. No patience, no power, and apparently no defense.

Has Andy Oliver been taken yet? I just scanned the first 7 rounds at BA and didn't see him, and they don't have any more listed.

This doesn't make sense to me. The Cubs had a second base prospect that flamed out before, so you assume all future ones will be the same unless proven at the Major League level?