Just a quick note here. I’m looking for someone to take care of the Reading duties. You’ve seen the great work that Dan, Jeff and Gregg do here for Lakewood, Clearwater, and Lehigh Valley, I’m looking for someone to do similar work with Reading. You don’t have to attend games, though I will give some preference to someone who can get to games if I have a lot of interest. You only need to have good writing skills and the ability to publish one report a week on Thursdays. If you’re interested, send me an email with “Reading Correspondent” in the title.

I’m short on time today, so just a few general thoughts for you, and you can use this as an avenue to discuss today’s games.

* I jinxed Lou Marson by devoting an entire section of the site to him. Clearly the baseball gods saw this and punished Lou. I’ve removed it, so I expect that after a brief waiting period, he will resume raking.

* Sabastian Valle, who doesn’t turn 18 for another month, already has 4 extra base hits in 2 games. Not bad eh? With Marson, Jaramillo, d’Arnaud and Valle, we have four prospects that could make a case for our top 30. Can anyone remember a time when our minor league system had better catching depth?

* After another poor outing for Josh Outman, my belief that he should have been left a starter and Carpenter converted to relief has only strengthened. Outman’s arm is too good to languish in the bullpen, and he hasn’t proven he can’t start. Carpenter, on the other hand, has fringy stuff, and seems like the type of guy who’s stuff would actually play up a tick as a reliever. Sure, he’s not lefthanded, but it doesn’t really matter at this point if Outman can’t get guys out either. Carpenter is back in Clearwater, and while he’s shown some positive results since coming off the DL, it really doesn’t tell us anything, as he did the same thing there last year. He needs to get back to Reading and prove he can get out AA hitters, or he needs to be converted to a reliever where he can help the big league club.

Any other random thoughts are welcome, sorry for the briefness of this. Happy Monday.