Category Archives: 2006 DFE’s

Draft and Follow deadline is tonight

PGCrosschecker and Baseball America didn’t think much of our DFE’s this year, which isn’t surprising, except that Rashad Taylor did have a pretty good season all around at Skyline CC. Nick Morreale’s father checked in today in an old thread … Continue reading

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Draft and Follow Update

Time for another update on our final DFE class. Here is a piece on Shawn Epps, talking about his recent performance, and noting he’s touched 94 mph this spring. Rashad Taylor: 145AB — .434/.520/.724 — 11 2B — 3B — … Continue reading

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Light Sunday reading

The Blueclaws are developing a disturbing pattern, losing heartbreakers in the late innings….sounds a bit like the big league club. Also in the article, Adrian Cardenas talks about making adjustments and dealing with the transition from high school ball to … Continue reading

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Nice Rashad Taylor article

Thanks to e-mailer BC for sending me this article on Rashad Taylor, our top draft and follow prospect. The article talks about the hardships Taylor had to overcome as a child, losing his father when he was only 5, as … Continue reading

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Draft and Follow Report, 4/5

I mentioned Rashad Taylor a few days ago, but I wanted to give an update on all of our DFE’s at this point. So here we go. Rashad Taylor (as of 3/30): .444/.543/.808 in 99 AB, 5 2B, 5 3B, … Continue reading

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Two nice Rashad Taylor articles

Rashad Taylor, our top draft and follow for this season, has really put up some solid numbers thus far this season, and people are noticing. This article, from the San Francisco Examiner, talks about Taylor in depth and his season. … Continue reading

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Draft and Follow Update

Thanks to emailer Dave, I have an update on Patrick Murray, one of our numerous draft and follows. Murray is playing at Golden West College, a solid program in a solid league, and is off to a nice start .443/.494/.543 … Continue reading

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Draft and Follow Update

It looks like Rashad Taylor is trying to show the Phillies he’s worth a bigtime bonus, as he continues to rake for Skyline Community College. In 15 games this season, Taylor’s batting line looks like this: 50 AB, .460/.575/.880 with … Continue reading

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Real Quick Draft and Follow Update

Yazy Arbelo and Rashad Taylor are both off to flying starts,  both with an OPS over 1.000. I created a spreadsheet to track all the draft picks, and I’ll share it here for anyone that wants a copy. Click this … Continue reading

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Quick Draft and Follow Update

Thanks to minor league/draft guru SQUIRE for bringing it to my attention, but the JuCo season is under way, and some of the Phillies prospects are off to a flying start. In 3 games, Rashad Taylor has scored 9 runs, … Continue reading

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