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  1. Hairyducked Idiot
    I'm very intrigued by this article: http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=19653 I mean, we all know that pitching injuries are bad for pitchers, but the math is still jarring. Makes me want to pass on a Garza extension.
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    Baker has been diagnosed with a "right elbow strain" and will be shut down for a month. So, mid-to-late June at the earliest, I would think, for his debut. Ian Stewart will take two more weeks off before beginning a rehab stint.
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    Cedeno to the Astros. Darn then for being so much better than us at everything. Stupid Theo and Jed.
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    Jason Parks ‏@ProfessorParks now Billy Hamilton w/ a 3.41 on drag bunt (foul); 3.74 on chopper. There is fast and then there is [expletive] fast and then there is Hamilton
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    Jackson isn't healthy. If anything, they may want him to just get a few at bats before going back. I think I read he may still be a week away. He could get healthy and get some at-bats in the minor league camp just as easily.
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    I can't help but notice Brett Jackson hasn't been cut. I still have this weird feeling we might trade DeJesus or Soriano and give Jackson the job out of nowhere.
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    *If* we re-sign Garza and the health issues on the MLB side aren't too bad, we should have a very solid rotation in 2014, agreed.
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    Vizcaino is the only presently sore-armed prospect I mentioned, and Garza is the only presently-injured vet of the 7 good-armed guys I mentioned (Samardz/Jackson/Garza/Vizcaino/draftee/Johnson/Paniagua). I'm not assuming 5-7 of those 7 will look good in July 2014. But right now we've got two good arms (Samardz and Jackson) and 3 filler spots. I think it's reasonable/plausible that by July 2014, we might have four of those seven guys healthy enough and advanced enough to be in the rotation, and need only one filler guy. I'm not assuming it will work out. All seven might be injured by then, or all of those that aren't might be wild and performing poorly. But there's at least a reasonable plausible possibility (possibility, not expectation) that we could have good arms than fillers in the rotation by next summer. Pierce Johnson is a sore-arm too, isn't he? If I had to project a median for how many good starting pitchers we get from that group in 2014, 3 seems about right.
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    I'm a lot more bearish than that on our medium-term rotation outlook. That's a whole lot of 30+ pitchers (by then) and sore-armed prospects to be counting on.
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    Jenifer Langosch ‏@LangoschMLB 1h Motte shut down, expected to begin the season on the DL because of a mild strain in right elbow. Boggs to open season as #STLCards closer. Retweeted by Will Carroll
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    I think it's the logo.
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    Talked to the guy who writes about prospects for the Astros' SB Nation blog on Twitter, and he seemed convinced they were going with Appel.
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    Maybe it's just me, but I think the "weak draft" stuff should be going away. Besides the fact that we hear it 3 years out of every 4 anyway. I'm starting to come around on Gray.
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    I must have caught him during his bad inning. He had a walk and looked pretty wild during the one I caught.
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    Obviously predicting 3+ years into the future is an inexact science at best, but I was very surprised that the Cubs would not be considered a 2016 contender. Many people seem to be predicting a competitive team in 2014 and potential contender in 2015, so does Callis not buy into the Cubs rebuilding plan? http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/column/2013/2614788.html This is something I've noted lately. The Cardinals are pretty freaking set at everything (except, oddly enough, SS, the one position we are overflowing with talent at). The Reds have an excellent MLB team, a farm system that is nearly as good as ours, aren't really all that small-market these days, and are run by a very good baseball guy. The Pirates seem to be lining everything up for their brief window of competitiveness in the next few years. Even when we decide we want to go for it, it's not like it'll be a cakewalk. It's not hard to imagine our playoff drought going for several more years.
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    Casey Kelly will have Tommy John surgery.
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    Why do we get to project injuries only for Gray and not Appel? Throws insanely hard, some conditioning questions in his past, not considered to have a real polished delivery. I just don't trust him.
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    How long of a DL stint are we counting in the Gray projection?
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    Ian Stewart will never be ready to be anything other than bad at baseball, more likely than not.
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    Chone Figgins.
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    I can't believe how awful our infield bench is that I'm actually a little sad that Ian Stewart is hurt.
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    I think that means Takahashi wins the last bullpen spot, unless I'm forgetting about someone. Wade, possibly. Bogusevic going down must mean that Stewart isn't starting the year on the DL, right? Or am I misunderstanding the machinations and they'll bring back one of Bogusevic/Maysonet/Watkins/etc once they're forced to place Stewart on the DL? The infield bench would be Lillibridge and Clevenger, presumably.
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    I think that means Takahashi wins the last bullpen spot, unless I'm forgetting about someone.
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    A couple of those guys were in serious discussion to make the team. Complete opposite of last year: I agree with every single roster decision so far.
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