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  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    Let's trade Pierre to the Marlins for Nolasco, Pinto and Mitre. :evil:
  2. CaliforniaRaisin
    Didn't see this mentioned earlier. It's a subscriber-only mock, so I'll just cut and paste the Cubs' pick: They have Andrew Miller going first and Luke Hochevar going 5th to the Mariners.
  3. CaliforniaRaisin
    What does going to USC have to do with it?
  4. CaliforniaRaisin
    I honestly can't say those two are disappointments - I wasn't expecting much out of them, sadly. Gallagher and Hoffpauir are easily the players of the year thus far (Fox right behind Micah).
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    Probable Starters: Iowa: TBD @ RHP Jason Windsor (2-0, 3.18 ERA) Daytona: RHP Grant Johnson (4-4, 4.85 ERA, 42.2 IP, 24/19) vs. LHP Phil Coke (0-3, 3.00 ERA) Peoria: RHP Todd Blackford (3-1, 5.36 ERA, 42 IP, 19/16) vs. LHP Brian Duensing (2-1, 2.06 ERA) I'd guess Ryu or Baez would start for Iowa today.
  6. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah, that's what I have him for. And a .195 BAA. Great to see him bounce back so well from the injury.
  7. CaliforniaRaisin
    Except for 65 innings at Iowa last year, and a few more this season, Hill has never shown very good control. His limited stretches of good control may be more attributable to luck and/or a small sample size than any real improvement. Still, he's a lefty with a mouth-watering K rate and there just aren't very many of those lying around. He's too old to be prospect but too young to be done, a situation many of us can sympathize with. I think he'll be a 4th starter, but probably not with the Cubs. Actually, he showed very good control all last season in the minors, not just in Iowa (57.2 IP at West Tenn, 8 IP at Peoria and 65 IP at Iowa).
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Clearly, Ron needs to be the one saying "The Don!" if Veal's going to respond in this manner.
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    Just checking in...I'm shocked and impressed the Cubs scored twice. Hopefully Aramis is starting to heat up.
  10. CaliforniaRaisin
    four times. billingsley's the better prospect. Why because he can throw the ball harder then Marshall? Well...so can Angel Guzman. And I DO consider Angel is the same class with Billingsley. So, yeah...Billingsley is the better "prospect", but the Cubs IMO, have the better PITCHER. How do you know? Have you seen Chad pitch or know what he pitches like? I doubt it. Billingsley does throw harder (92-96 mph). But, like Marshall, he has good movement on his FB (especially when it's in the 92-94 range). His slider is phenomenal and he has a plus curve (like Marshall). His change has improved dramatically this year, giving him four solid major league pitches. Chad is a future #1 pitcher, something Sean isn't. Billingsley is one of the top pitching prospects in the game and is a better prospect and pitcher than Marshall. And this coming from probably one of the biggest Marshall fans around the board and one of the few people who was a big fan of his last season.
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    He can play 2B.
  12. CaliforniaRaisin
    Hill has been much better down at AAA than Jerome. It'd be much smarter to leave Hill in the rotation and let him try to learn to throw strikes and improve his control at the big league level. There's not much more he can do in Iowa. Marmol has the better ceiling, but Gallagher is more likely to reach his ceiling. Marmol still needs time in the minors to work on his control, Gallagher is still in high-A (needs to work on improving his secondary pitches) and Veal is in low-A. Outshined, Marmol has recently been hitting the high 90s (97, 98 mph) in starts.
  13. CaliforniaRaisin
    Likely a blow out game. Yeah, it was a blow out.
  14. CaliforniaRaisin
    Probable Starters: Iowa: LHP Les Walrond (4-1, 2.15 ERA, 46 IP, 30/23) @ RHP James Garcia (4-1, 6.18 ERA) West Tenn: RHP Randy Wells (2-1, 1.59 ERA, 28.1 IP, 23/5) vs. RHP Jose Oyervidez (1-4, 4.86 ERA) Daytona: RHP Mark Holliman (2-3, 3.50 ERA, 43.2 IP, 45/20) vs. William Horne (2-1, 3.65 ERA) Peoria: RHP Scott Taylor: (1-2, 2.08 ERA, 21.2 IP, 13/2) vs. RHP Kyle Waldrop (3-2, 3.99 ERA)
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    Did he ever scorch that GW hit.
  16. CaliforniaRaisin
    If Barrett had the tools of Neifi Perez, Freddie Bynum, or Jose Macias, Baker would be helping him out all over the place. AJP would have killed any of those 3 with a relatiation punch.
  17. CaliforniaRaisin
    If the ball was cut off, Barrett would have stopped blocking home plate. I agree that AJP should have slid, but honestly, it's what AJP did after scoring that caused the fight (slapping home plate, taking a circutious route to his helmet via Barrett). And Barrett had every right to get pissed over what AJP did after steamrolling him.
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    Marshall never touched Iowa. Yep, didnt he only make it to single A, there might actually come a point when too much teaching ruins a great talent Marshall was also at AA last season.
  19. CaliforniaRaisin
    I'm up for that. :D
  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/prospects/features/261283.html
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    Second 10 K-outing of the season for Veal!
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Who cares? The team doesn't have the heart to hit a batter.
  23. CaliforniaRaisin
    Ugh. He'd been pitching fantastic this season.
  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    Yeah, but that probably won't be a long-term thing since Raul Valdes was cut.
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    I would. It's been a year at AA for Marmol (and his major concern is his walks) and Gallagher has shown he's ready for promotion with a half season of dominance in the FSL. If that happens, I'd send the remaining person in the rotation from Walrond/O'Malley to the pen (leaving Iowa with a rotation of Guzman/Ryu/Hill/Williams/Marmol).
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