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  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    C Mario Mercedes promoted to Boise. They now have 3 catchers on the roster. Samardzija gives up 1 run in his first professional inning (a Will Thompson solo HR). Gets out of the inning thanks to a diving web gem by Alfred Joseph. Boise down 1-0 after 1. Samardzija: 1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, HBP
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    Well---I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on it then. I turn a very skeptical eye to what I consider to be the hysteria of an approaching draft and what it does to players and their value. I'd go with the original ranking, which is based off a much larger body of work---pretty much his entire young career as a player, rather than the spurt, which is based on supposed "enlightenment" which occurs right before a draft. I've seen these things happen quite a bit, and because of my perception on it, I believe Colvin is a huge reach. The articles I quoted earlier are from some folks who I believe are doing the same thing: disregarding the momentary hysteria of the draft in favor of what they consider to be the true, earlier assessment of the player. It's like when you get into a court room with a witness who suddenly changes his/her testimony. Do you just believe the brand new stuff in the heat of the moment? Not me---I tend to go with what was solidified during much, much cooler times. That said, it's about opinions and I really do hope Colvin works out. I don't want anyone to think I'll be rooting against him or something. Far from it. Unlike the NBA and NFL drafts, in MLB these guys are still playing come draft time, so it's far more believable when they go up the draft boards. They aren't rising up because of strong performances in individual workouts or combines here. An improved performance during the season would more likely be able to carry over than the rising stock of a combine warrior. On the whole, quick risers are more likely in the MLB draft than in NBA/NFL since players fade or become top prospects so much more quickly (it's really easily to suddenly gain or lose 5 mph on the fastball or gain or lose HR power). I never doubted you would be rooting against him, nor will I even though I don't think the Cubs should have picked him.
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    How much would we have to give up for them though? I'd be willing to give up ARam, Murton, and any one of the young pitchers except Marmol and I don't think that'd be enough to get it done. The Cubs don't have what it takes to get them (outside of Lee and Z).
  4. CaliforniaRaisin
    Wow, France scores.
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    Eww. The Padres score 8 in the 4th, 7 unearned against Jose Martinez and 1 earned against Matthew Maradeo. In the middle of the 5th, Peoria leads Mesa 13-6.
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    Bargnani would be nice. Or, of course, Roy.
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    Really? I never realized the AL actually based it off turnstiles. Good for them. Of course, they still have the DH, so forget them.
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Mesa leads it 6-5 after getting one in the third (Cody Gilbert doulbed in Ryan Lilly who had doubled to lead off the inning). Julio Castillo has a rough first start of 2006: 2 IP, 5 ER, 4 H, 1/2. Jose Martinez, down from Boise, pitched a shutout 3rd.
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    And Julio Castillo gives back those 5 runs to AZL Peoria. After 2 in Mesa, it's 5-5.
  10. CaliforniaRaisin
    C'mon guys, let's keep giving WNWS hell for this sort of nonsense. (Premium)
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    Daytona leads it 5-1 in the 8th. Mark Holliman continues his hot play: 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 7/1, HBP. He has lowered his ERA to 2.78. Mesa exploded for 5 against the Peoria Padres in the first and leads it 5-0 after 1:
  12. CaliforniaRaisin
    The Pirates would move Kendall to the Augusta-equivalent in their system (or promote him to the next level). All Pirate players would remain under their control, the pirates have just lost control of playing their home games at that level in Augusta. Basically, the team has moved. The Cubs did this before last season, having their MWL A-affiliate move from Lansing to Peoria.
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    Kemp and Billingsley, plz.
  14. CaliforniaRaisin
    Daytona up 5-1 after 5 innings. Matt Craig with 3 RBI, Holliman: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4/0, HBP.
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    Probable Starters: Iowa: LHP Ryan O'Malley (4-3, 4.01 ERA, 67.1 IP, 46/16, 1.32 WHIP) @ RHP Andrew Good (2-6, 6.45 ERA) West Tenn (game 1): RHP Juan Mateo (4-3, 2.25 ERA, 58 IP, 46/17, 1.07 WHIP) @ LHP Greg Smith (1-1, 3.27 ERA) West Tenn (game 2): LHP Chris Shaver (4-4, 2.37 ERA, 76 IP, 62/32, 1.26 WHIP) Daytona: RHP Mark Holliman (5-4, 2.88 ERA, 81.1 IP, 75/35, 1.09 WHIP) vs. LHP Eric Haberer (4-5, 3.63 ERA) Peoria: RHP Wade Miller (rehab; 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 IP, 3/1, 1.33 WHIP) @ LHP Jose Escalona (4-7, 4.59 ERA) Boise: RHP Jeff Samardzija (2006, ND: 8-2, 4.33 ERA, 97.2 IP) tag teams with RHP Brett Jackson (0-1, 11.25 ERA, 4 IP, 3/3, 2.25 WHIP) Mesa: RHP Julio Castillo (0-0, 6.75 ERA, 2.2 IP, 1/2, 2.25 WHIP) Jeff Samardzija will make his professional debut and work 2 innings. Daytona will not have a doubleheader today, they will make up their rained out game from yesterday on July 16th. Even though it's an afternoon game, you can listen to Daytona's game on the Internet at 7 pm ET.
  16. CaliforniaRaisin
    Let us know how the paper bags work out, Vance. I will take credit for the idea since I was the first to post it in this thread. 8-)
  17. CaliforniaRaisin
    Not the Reds!? Brian, nice sig. Actually, at times like these, I tend to just tune into minor league games a whole lot more. The DJaxx and Chiefs are fun because they are playoff contenders, but my favorite is actually the Boise Hawks (mainly because I can watch all their home games).
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    How much harder do you think Petrick was throwing? And Papelbon? I would have thought you could add a couple of mph on. Petrick topping out in the low 90's, Papelbon in the low 80's. BTW-Does anyone know what Papelbon throws? He really had SK off balance. They never really got a good AB against him. If Petrick is back throwing in the low 90s, that's fantastic (given his labrum surgeries, etc.). How good was his slider? (Sorry for so many Petrick questions, he's one of my faves.)
  19. CaliforniaRaisin
    He's a part of Wilken's great track record. And you said Wilken hadn't ever draft an all-star position player. Now you want a time limit on when he can draft his all star position players? I don't disagree that Colvin is a reach and that he really doesn't seem like a top-13 pitck. I'm just pointing out there's merit to the talk that he was rated too low by BA. This same thing happened with Lance Broadway last year, and the White Sox ended up taking him in the first round. Right now, he's doing pretty well at AA. There is merit to the late, quick-rising college player. Given the body of writing that has come out since draft day, I think you're wrong. At least two other clubs would have taken him in the first round (one being the White Sox) and scouts rated him the second best college OF behind Stubbs and heck. It's still a reach and a disappointing pick, but not the monumental reach you want to make it out to be. As for you saying Callis should change the way BA ranks their players (which you said earlier but I just noticed now), I don't know why they should have to do that when they screw up ranking a couple of players a year: they do this because they don't release another ranking of prospects the day before, mainly because they are tending to the phones to do a last minute mock draft (which tends to have an 80%+ success rate).
  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    How much harder do you think Petrick was throwing? And Papelbon?
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    What Callis is trying to say is Colvin was still rising after BA finished its last rankings, 2 days prior to the draft. He wasn't the 170th rated player anymore, closer to the 30th rated player. Obviously still a reach (and a pick I didn't like), but not as colossal a reach as the 170th best player in the draft. Uhh, I believe Wilken's biggest first round reach - Vernon Wells - has made the all-star game before.
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    No point right now. But they could move him to the all-former-position-player-pitching-roster and I can hope to see them all take the field at one time someday. I think Harvey will make the conversion to the mound after next season. I'm betting after THIS season. The Cubs are sure being creative in finding replacements for the lost pitching class of the 2002 draft. I can't see the Cubs giving up on Harvey as a hitter this soon, considering how highly he was thought of coming into the draft.
  23. CaliforniaRaisin
    Oneri said he would start, The Idaho Statesman said they weren't sure whether he will start or not. I'm not sure who to trust. :P Ha. I was referring to local Indiana papers; he's a Valpo boy (and you know the rest). Ohhh, I thought you meant the local Boise papers. #-o
  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    Angels, then the A's. The Dodgers are quickly gaining, thanks to Kemp and Billingsley.
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    <3 Petrick. Ground ball after ground ball. He should be done now with Papelbon warming up. His final line: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 5/0, HBP, 8-4 GO-FO
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