Daily Archives: January 4, 2008

Matt Smith DFA’ed

Other Stuff

per rotoworld.

Smith isn’t really a prospect at this point, and he’s going to miss most of 2008 recovering from TJ anyway. But now any hopes of saving face on the Abreu dump rests squarely on the shoulders of Carlos Monasterios and Jesus Sanchez. When they represent our opening day battery in 2012, we’ll be having the last laugh!

Also wanted to add this tidbit, found in the Red Sox prospect chat today at BA

Q: samuel from haverhill, MA asks:
I saw lincoln Holdzkom pitch a lot in pawtucket and was very impressed. Will he be a loss to the red sox and what are his chances of making the phillies bull pen.
A:

Jim Callis: Classic million-dollar arm and 10-cent head. It all comes down to Holdzkom figuring out his command and taking baseball seriously, and he never has done either. He cost the Red Sox nothing and I don’t think they’re too worried about losing him. Sure, he could make the Phillies as a Rule 5 guy, but I think he’s more a tease than anything.

Depth Charts; 1B

Depth Charts

Yesterday we looked at the catcher position, one of relative strength for the Phillies, and today we look at a position of relative weakness, first base. In general, you don’t see as many true 1B prospects, because it’s basically the last stop on the defensive spectrum, and guys who start out at 1B need to have exceptional offensive capabilities to really be considered upper echelon prospects. Nevertheless, we’ll need to rank our guys. We can try to come up with 5 guys here, but 3 might better serve our purposes. I’ve added a link on the top bar of the page to the depth chart page. I might tinker with the layout, but it will serve the purpose for now.

Guys to consider; Charlie Yarbrough (23), Doug Morales (21), Matt Rizzotti (22), Michael Durant (22), Karl Bolt (22), Francisco Murillo (21)