CaliforniaRaisin

Wow, updates straight from the game! Thanks!

That's a misprint, he went from Peoria to West Tenn (AA).

I doubt Hendry is done. Hopefully he doesn't think the OF is good as is.

Strained muscle. He was probably placed on the DL in the last few days. Per Ron Potesta (and DJAXX who was listening at the time), it shouldn't be too serious and Sean should only miss one start.

Way to jinx Prior.

There's still a possibility that trade could end up being a bust for bust trade. Minor league performances are awesome and everything, but, you gotta go with ML performance to evaluate trades. I disagree. Even if Bay turns out to be a bust, the Cubs didn't optimize his trade value - they surely could have gotten more for him than Bartosh (and if not, they should have kept Bear). Yes, I just read the whole thread. :shock: Call me a sucker, but I still believe Bartosh will be a solid pitcher for the Cubs. Here is a listed of pitchers who are on the ML roster who have similar ht/wt as Bear Bay (non-Asian): Ezequiel Astacio 1.87/.357/9.47 Ervin Santana 1.62/.281/5.66 Casey Fossum .245/1.31/4.02 Chad Gaudlin 2.71/.453//12.19 And those numbers are BAA/WHIP/ERA. The ONLY one on that listed who is even having a remotely solid season is Casey Fossum, and he is ALREADY on his third team. Gaudin is 5'11, about 4 inches shorter then Bay. So really there are two pitchers are EXACT some measurement of about 6'3 and around 150-160 lbs. And those two kids have BLAH numbers. Both maybe talented, but like Bay they need to pack on the LBS so that injury doesn't become a problem. And gaining weight has been Bay's problem. I like the kid, but I believe Bartosh will produce more for the Cubs then Bay will for the Indians. First off, Ervin Santana is a very exciting prospect for the Angels who has had a couple of bad games. The odds are still against Bay succeeding in the big leagues, despite his great season at high A and AA (stats). But his season has increased his trade value, and right now, Bartosh's is not that high. My main point is that a bust-bust trade is not necessarily a wash, becauze it ignores the opportunity cost of the players traded.

Random note: Albuquerque's starting pitcher, Ariel Prieto, was taken with the 5th pick overall in the 1995 draft, one pick after Kerry Wood.

Iowa: RHP Todd Wellemeyer (1-2, 4.13 ERA) vs. RHP Ariel Prieto (6-4, 5.27 ERA) West Tenn: RHP Jae-kuk Ryu (7-4, 3.50 ERA) vs. RHP Enrique Gonzalez (8-6, 4.35 ERA) Peoria: RHP Matt Weber (4-8, 3.53 ERA) vs. RHP Karl Gelinas (5-6, 3.69 ERA) Boise: RHP Mike Billek (0-1, 2.08 ERA, 13 IP, 17 K, 4 BB) - 2005 3rd rounder Mesa: LHP Mark Pawelek (0-2, 0.00 ERA, 12 IP, 19 K, 6 BB) - 2005 1st rounder

Ouch:

In regards to the trade, ugh. There's still a possibility that trade could end up being a bust for bust trade. Minor league performances are awesome and everything, but, you gotta go with ML performance to evaluate trades. I disagree. Even if Bay turns out to be a bust, the Cubs didn't optimize his trade value - they surely could have gotten more for him than Bartosh (and if not, they should have kept Bear). Yes, I just read the whole thread. :shock:

All boxes posted, great game for Carlos Marmol. Corey Patterson walked twice and is now posting an IsoD of .101.

Sammy hit #584 today to jump ahead of Mark McGwire.

Argh, Brian Dopirak just missed a HR by about 6" to the left of the foul pole. :x Then he strikes out. Sarasota's Justin Mallet has struck out each of the first four Daytona batters he's faced. 0-0 in the second inning.

Neifi is no Kyle Farnsworth.

More solo HRs. Tsk tsk.

Link to more of Frese's stats at WT and Iowa

OMFG just send Cedeno down instead of rotting him on the bench. Who would you rather have as a back-up SS? Enrique Wilson?? Cedeno starting SS, Perez back-up until Garciaparra comes back. Dusty has already made it known that Neifi is his starting SS, so it's repeditively annoying everytime Cedeno is not in the line-up,someone has to complain about it. It is what it is, so get use to it. BTW, I would also rather see Cedeno in there everyday, but you don't here me b&c about it everyday. Add Nate Frese to the 40-man and make him the backup to Neifi. Return Ronny to AAA and let him play everyday.

Scott Moore ropes a 1-2 breaking ball for a 2-RBI double to RF (Walker and Rojas scored). Daytona leads it 3-2 here in the 5th. Now Moore steals third. And now Brian Dopirak walks. Runners at the corners and none out for DH Kevin Collins. Kevin Collins hits his 18th HR of the year on the first pitch. 6-2 Daytona.

Nor would I.

JR Mathes started game 1 of Daytona's doubleheader. Sarasota leads Daytona 2-1 after 3 innings.

Box Scores Iowa lost 4-0, box CF C. Patterson 0/2, 2 BB, K, SB (3) RF D. Kelton 1/3, BB, 2 K 3B M. Fontenot 1/3, BB C G. Soto 0/4, K 2B R. Lewis 0/3 SP R. Valdez 5.1 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 3/2, L (5-3) RP R. Rohlicek 1 scoreless and hitless IP, 0/1 West Tenn won 7-0, box CF D. Bacon 0/2, 2 R, 2 BB, K, 2 SB (26) 2B R. Theriot 3/4, 2 2B (22), 3 RBI LF M. Hoffpauir 1/4, R, HR (1), RBI, K 1B M. Craig 2/4, 2 R, HR (10), RBI 3B C. McGehee 2/4, 2 K RF B. Sing 0/3, R, RBI, BB SS B. Coats 1/4, 3B (6), RBI SP C. Marmol 7 scoreless IP, 2 H, 12/1, W (2-2) Daytona won game one 6-2, box CF C. Walker 2/4, R, K SS C. Rojas 2/3, R, 2B (4), BB 3B S. Moore 1/4, R, 2B (20), 2 RBI, K 1B B. Dopirak 1/3, R, BB, K DH K. Collins 1/4, R, HR (18 ), K RF JJJ 2/4, R LF P. O'Toole 2/3, 2B (5), SB (5) C J. Fox 1/4, RBI SP JR Mathes 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 6/1 RP L. Gwaltney 1.2 scoreless IP, 2 H, 1/1 Daytona won game two 1-0, box CF C. Walker 0/3, K, CS (5) 3B S. Moore 1/3, 2 K DH B. Dopirak, 0/2, BB, 2 K 1B K. Collins 1/3 LF J. Culpepper 1/2, R, BB C T. Richie 1/2, E (2) SS I. Salas 0/2, RBI, K SP J. Mateo 5.2 scoreless IP, 2 H, 4/0, W (7-4), E (2) RP N. Seveir 1 scoreless and hitless IP, 3/0, S (4) Peoria won 15-4, box CF S. Fuld 2/4, 2 R, 2B (23), 2 BB, K, SB (14) 2B E. Patterson 1/5, 2B (17) RF R. Harvey 2/4, 3 R, HR (16), 3 RBI, BB, 2 K DH J. Schmidt 0/3, R, 2 BB C O. Bernard 0/2, 2 R, 3 BB SS A. Granato 3/4, 3 R, HR (3 – GS), 5 RBI, BB, K LF B. Flowers 3/5, 2 R, HR (6), 5 RBI, 2 K SP S. Gallagher 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 10/1, E (3), W (10-3) Boise lost 14-13 in 10, box CF D. Gregg 2/5, 2 R, BB, K DH C. Gaskin 2/5, 2 R, HR (2), 3 RBI, BB 1B E. Puello 1/5, 2 R 3B B. Taylor 3/5, 2 R, 2 2B (7), HR (2), 3 RBI, BB C M. Reed 1/3, RBI 2B S. Hode 1/6, 2 RBI SP M. Avery 4.2 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 4/2 RP J. Hunton 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1/3, L (0-1) Boise blew an 11-1 lead, came back to score 2 to tie the game at 13 in the 9th and then lost in the 10th Mesa lost 6-5, box DH E. Serrano 1/5, R, 2B (2) 3B L. Rivera 1/4, R, SB (6) RF D. Lewis 2/4, R, 3B (4), RBI C O. Wick 2/3, R 1B R. Canzler 1/3, RBI, K, CS (3) CF R. Brown 2/4 SP A. Francisco 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2/1 Overall: 4-3 Iowa: LHP Raul Valdez (5-2, 4.45 ERA) vs. RHP Ismael Valdez (0-0, 0.00 ERA) – yes, that Ismael Valdez :shock: West Tenn: RHP Carlos Marmol (1-2, 5.40 ERA) Daytona (game 1): LHP JR Mathes (6-5, 3.27 ERA) Daytona (game 2): RHP Juan Mateo Peoria: RHP Sean Gallagher (9-3, 1.80 ERA) vs. LHP Joe Torres (1-4, 8.59 ERA) Boise: RHP Matt Avery (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 7 IP) - 9th round pick

Ugh. What happened? :( Strained muscle (I think). Ron said it wasn't serious and that he shouldn't miss more than one start. Hopefully it isn't too serious. All boxes posted.

Ugh. What happened? :(

What?? Did I miss a Detroit-KC game that I shouldn't have?

Just checking in to say Z needs to stop doing the barehand thing but the play where he knocked the ball down, barehanded it and threw through his legs to Lee who ended up doing the splits was awesome. Shows that Zambrano is quite an athlete.