Jim Murphy (LWD-9/16/85) – (.285) – 2 for 4 with 2 HR (19), 3 RBI (60) and a K
Chris Duffy (GCL-12/17/87) – (.196) 0 for 3 with a run, BB and 2 K’s
Enderson Villegas (VSL-1/31/92) – (.259) 1 for 3 with an RBI (7), BB and a K
Second base
Carlos Perdomo (LWD-4/25/90) – (.232) 0 for 3 with a run and a BB
Carlos Valenzuela (GCL-9/18/90) – (.344) 0 for 3 with a BB
Jose Mayorga (VSL-8/20/92) – (.278) 1 for 1 with 2 RBI (21)
Third base
Travis Mattair (LWD-12/21/88) – (.253) 0 for 4 with a run
Geancarlo Mendez (LWD/11/17/89) – (.259) 0 for 5
Drew Hillman (GCL-5/4/89) – (.378) – 1 for 4 with an RBI (1) and 2 K’s
Trey Ford (GCL-7/25/90) – (.074) 1 for 4 with 2 K’s
Willians Astudillo (VSL-10/14/91) –(.356) 1 for 3 with a 3B (2), 2 runs and a BB
Shortstop
Edgar Duran (LWD-2/10/91) – (.254) 1 for 5 with a HR (4), 2 RBI (32), run and 2 K’s
Gustavo Gonzalez (GCL-1/23/91) – (.250) 2 for 4 with a K
Francisco Silva (VSL-5/12/91) – (.158) 1 for 4
Corner infield
(13) Domingo Santana (LWD-8/5/92) – (.264) 1 for 3
Anthony Hewitt (LWD-4/27/89) – (.238) 1 for 4 with a HR (10), RBI (37) and 2 K’s
Brian Pointer (GCL-1/28/92) – (.262) – 1 for 4 with a 2B (7) and 3 K’s
Jorge Castillo (GCL-1-/19/90) – (.211) 0 for 3 with an RBI (6) and 2 K’s
Rosmel Fajardo (VSL-7/19/92) – (.232) – 0 for 2 with a BB
Gregorio Machado (VSL-10/28/91) – (.214) 0 for 2
Centerfield
Zach Collier (LWD-9/18/90) – (.274) – 1 for 4 with a run
Peter Lavin (GCL-12/27/87) – (.299) 2 for 5 with a HR (1), 2B (6), RBI (13) and 2 runs
Herlis Rodriguez (VSL-6/10/94) – (.284) – 0 for 3 with an RBI (13)
Catchers
(17) Cameron Rupp (LWD-9/28/88) – (.250) – 2 for 4 with 2 2B (15), RBI (18), run and a K
Logan Moore (GCL-8/22/90) – (.143) 0 for 1 with a K
Angel Chavarin (GCL-11/22/90) – (.056) 0 for 3
Wilson Garcia (VSL-1/11/94) – (.275) 0 for 2 with 2 BB and 2 runs
Rupp is one o fthe gys that has me excited right now. maybe he’s figured it out. he’s hitting 350 post the all star break. If he can finish around 270, this would be a very successful year for him and bode well for our future catching needs.
Luis Gonzalez has done nothing so far this year. He’s a young (19) lefty from the DR. If 4 outings in the GCL he’s been terrible. He’s giving up 11 ERs in12 IP (14 runs overall). He has 10Ks and 10 BBs which is actually an improvement over last year in the DSL (29 Ks and 36 BBs in 37 IP). He’s started all 4 games he’s played in and hasn’t gone more that 3 2/3 innings. Opponents are hitting .362 against him. But he’s a 6’2″ lefty who will hopefully grow in the States. If you’re looking for a silver lining, he has given up a HR in either the DSL or in the GCL.
I had to follow up a negative piece with a positive one. Moises Rivas in the VSL has a good run in his last 6 games. Outside of an outing where he gave up 5 runs, he’s been pretty darn good. In the 5 other games he’s gone 29 innings and given up 10 hits and 3 ERs. He had 17 Ks and 11 BBs in those games. The walk seems to be his problem. In the games where he’s given up a lot of BBs, he get’s pounded. As an old pitching coach of mine used to say, “Nothing good comes from a walk.” We all know that isn’t exactly true. An intentional walk serves a purpose and a pitch-around walk has it’s moments. But the statement sums up a lot of guys careers. Rivas will be 21 in October so he has to show the goods now or never. Last year, in the VSL, he was very effective mostly as a reliever. His BBs were minimzed and he K’d almost a hitter an inning. Maybe that is where is future lies.
Dunno. His start yesterday wasn’t great, but as far as “bad” starts going, 5Ks in 5 IP with 0 BBs is a pretty good one. If he keeps doing that, his results will be good more often than not.
This is my list of this seasons biggest disappointments so far;
Tyson Gillies- has barely played.
Aaron Altherr- did bad in Lakewood and sent back to Williamsport after he did good there last year. I expected him to have a good season in Lakewood
Kelly Dugan- I expected him to start in Lakewood
Colby Shreve- Not doing bad but I thought he would be playing in Clearwater this year
Matt Way- hasn’t played this year. I expected him to be doing good in Clearwater or maybe even Reading.
Drew Naylor- hasn’t pitched and is out for much longer
D’Arby Myers- has similar numbers as he did last year after repeating Clearwater. I was expecting him to be in Reading.
I don’t disagree with your list but I’m wondering what Myers is still doing in the organization. He was injured early in the season but he hasn’t been given many ABs when he’s healthy. James liked him so I kept him on the radar. He played in 114 games in 2008, 83 in 2009, 66 in 2010 and 31 so far this year. He’s org filler but he might be blocking someone. I agree that Dugan was on my list for Lakewood. Hewitt could have gone to CLW because he’s not on any prospect list I know of and he’s not a guy they wanted to release yet.
Even a cursory look at the Clearwater roster will show that there are only 4 healthy OF’s at Clearwater now, including the considered marginal Michael Dabbs and Brian Gump. I think they can still keep D’Arby Myers playing for now. Even so, he still has talent and is a couple of months younger than the aforementioned Cameron Rupp, who is now being praised to the sky for getting his Batting Average higher than his weight, though even that is above most Philly minor leaguers. Myers, given increased playing time can always rise to the level of his physical talent and advance further. And with the current Clearwater crew, when everyone returns from injury, the starting OF should be James, L. Castro, and Myers. It is a better use of playing time alottment to continue with Myers than to try to coax from the marginal or give a premature advancement to the inexperienced to that level.
As to the advocacy of the premature advancement of Hewitt, Hewitt is advancing to the level of Home Run hitter, 10 now as opposed to 11 all of last season. Also more games without striking out, and superior defense in RF, or other OF. Something alot of people on here are unacquainted with, Value. A potential HR hitter has value, whereas OF with other things to offer are more easily replaced. The other candidates for the Lakewood OF, (now they should continue with Hewitt and Domingo Santana (Also HR potential) and a CF (Collier will do for now, though not a potential HR hitter). Now the other candidates you mention for Lakewood OF- Miguel Alvarez, not a HR hitter, Dugan not yet showing to be a HR hitter, Altherr washed out at Lakewood so far this season, and not likely to be a HR hitter. Collier also would not project as HR hitter- given his laudatory post draft thing- even that said a “Garret Anderson” Comp. So , even given the full development of these players the things they do can at some point be easily replaced by another player.
A HR hitter can not be easily replaced, because they are rare.
Through not fault of his own, I have Harold Garcia on this list for me. I had hopes that he could press for a big league bench job next year after another good season. Colvin has to be on this list so far but his last couple of starts hopefully show he’s back. Singleton also has to be on this list if he’s our #1 prospect. I understand all the qualifying reasons but the bottom line is that his stats are not worthy of his reputation at this point. Also, i was expecting James to approach 300 this year and he hasn’t come close.
Shreve have been a disappointment for me, not so much for the fact that he is in Lakewood but that he isn’t starting somewhere.
Garcia’s injury was certainly disappointing, as is Gillies and Eldmire not playing
Altherr not being able to stick at 3B was unfortunate, along with his performance with the bat.
yes, Rupp is batting .250, but this cannot be taken at face value. Rupp spent the majority of this season around .200. Recently he has raised his average considerably. An important stat is his average since this change in trend. I’d assume it’s around .300. Hopefully this new level of hitting is more representative of Rupp than the .200 guy. With prospects, guys can increase their production and this is not just a hot streak but a sign that a guy has turned a corner in his development. The same can be said for Cesar Hernandez. Are these hot streaks or new normals? The players will have to maintain it (in the case of Hernandez, he may have hit for so long that we no longer have the right to question his ability). In any case, the fact that a player can get this hot is indicative of some ability.
IMO, if he comes back just for the last 4/5 week stretch, I would seriously consider sending him to the AFL for 90/100 additonal PAs against quality pitching.
Josh Warner had a nice outing in the GCL today. He has a 7 inning 2 hitter giving up only one run (on a HR). 6 K’s and no BBs. Cota and Birmingham finished off the 2 hitter.
The current baseball labor agreement between players and owners expires Dec. 11. Understand the two sides have met for negotiations weekly, and saw were union chief Michael Weiner said he hopes for an agreement by the end of the World Series. One of the interesting subjects is future prospects. Bud Selig said that owners will push for slotting — predetermined bonus payments to draft picks — and the adoption of a worldwide draft. Union chief Michael Weiner indicated players will oppose slotting, at the least. However, the ‘worlwide draft’ benefits clubs like the Phillies who traditionally do not shelve out large bonus’ for Latin 16 year olds.
I don’t understand why players would be concerned about slotting… if anything, they should be for it because it allows teams to pay them more money at the major league level.
The players who would be effected by slotting have no say because they’re not a part of the union.
Would the players really oppose bonus slotting in the draft too emphatically? That’s the kind of thing that would effect players that aren’t yet in professional baseball, so the current group of players probably wouldn’t mind shafting the future draft picks if it meant gaining some other perks.
I feel like this is the kind of thing the current group would talk up as an issue, and then concede it for a benefit.
The players will not advocate hard slotting, on the principle of no hard and fast limitations on a contract. That is why I say it will not fly and is not necessary.
What they need is a pool tax based on total dollars spent on amateur talent. System I have been thinking out- all draft picks tradeable. 1st pick in draft- given an alottment of 5 million dollars- which would transfer if pick was traded- each subsequent pick would have a reduced by $100,000 down to last pick in 1st round which would be alotted at around 2 million. 2nd round allotment would be 1.5 million, 3rd round 1 million, 4th 1/2 million, and 5th 250,000. All other amateurs will be undrafted free agents. A team signing an undrafted free agent , if their contract exceeds 150,000 the entire contract would be subject to pool tax.
Example: team has first pick in draft and starts with an alottment of 5m + 1.5m + 1m. + 1/2 m + 250,000 or 8. 25 m total alottment. If said team exceeds this alottment on the 5 draft picks plus any UDFA’s getting in excess of 150,000 dollars , they would pay a pool tax of the full amount spent on amateurs in that offseason, less any UDFA’s signed for $ 150,000 or less.
This is the system they need, as it would not matter if any foreign countries withheld their players from the draft, few worthy players would be forced to college (as teams could have a mechanism negotiated in that would enable teams to retain players who opt for College enrollment until one full year past the end of their College play (used in NHL), and , most of all, teams would not feel obligated to draft sign and give playing time to College Veteran types.
Phuture Phillies 
First base
Jim Murphy (LWD-9/16/85) – (.285) – 2 for 4 with 2 HR (19), 3 RBI (60) and a K
Chris Duffy (GCL-12/17/87) – (.196) 0 for 3 with a run, BB and 2 K’s
Enderson Villegas (VSL-1/31/92) – (.259) 1 for 3 with an RBI (7), BB and a K
Second base
Carlos Perdomo (LWD-4/25/90) – (.232) 0 for 3 with a run and a BB
Carlos Valenzuela (GCL-9/18/90) – (.344) 0 for 3 with a BB
Jose Mayorga (VSL-8/20/92) – (.278) 1 for 1 with 2 RBI (21)
Third base
Travis Mattair (LWD-12/21/88) – (.253) 0 for 4 with a run
Geancarlo Mendez (LWD/11/17/89) – (.259) 0 for 5
Drew Hillman (GCL-5/4/89) – (.378) – 1 for 4 with an RBI (1) and 2 K’s
Trey Ford (GCL-7/25/90) – (.074) 1 for 4 with 2 K’s
Willians Astudillo (VSL-10/14/91) –(.356) 1 for 3 with a 3B (2), 2 runs and a BB
Shortstop
Edgar Duran (LWD-2/10/91) – (.254) 1 for 5 with a HR (4), 2 RBI (32), run and 2 K’s
Gustavo Gonzalez (GCL-1/23/91) – (.250) 2 for 4 with a K
Francisco Silva (VSL-5/12/91) – (.158) 1 for 4
Corner infield
(13) Domingo Santana (LWD-8/5/92) – (.264) 1 for 3
Anthony Hewitt (LWD-4/27/89) – (.238) 1 for 4 with a HR (10), RBI (37) and 2 K’s
Brian Pointer (GCL-1/28/92) – (.262) – 1 for 4 with a 2B (7) and 3 K’s
Jorge Castillo (GCL-1-/19/90) – (.211) 0 for 3 with an RBI (6) and 2 K’s
Rosmel Fajardo (VSL-7/19/92) – (.232) – 0 for 2 with a BB
Gregorio Machado (VSL-10/28/91) – (.214) 0 for 2
Centerfield
Zach Collier (LWD-9/18/90) – (.274) – 1 for 4 with a run
Peter Lavin (GCL-12/27/87) – (.299) 2 for 5 with a HR (1), 2B (6), RBI (13) and 2 runs
Herlis Rodriguez (VSL-6/10/94) – (.284) – 0 for 3 with an RBI (13)
Catchers
(17) Cameron Rupp (LWD-9/28/88) – (.250) – 2 for 4 with 2 2B (15), RBI (18), run and a K
Logan Moore (GCL-8/22/90) – (.143) 0 for 1 with a K
Angel Chavarin (GCL-11/22/90) – (.056) 0 for 3
Wilson Garcia (VSL-1/11/94) – (.275) 0 for 2 with 2 BB and 2 runs
Starting Right-handers
Lisalberto Bonilla (LWD-6/6/90) – (1-2, 1.82, 4 SV) – 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB and 5 K’s (win)
Moises Rivas (VSL-10/15/90) – (1-1, 3.59) 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB and 2 K’s
Left-handed Starters
Luis Gonzales (GCL-1/17/92) – (0-2, 8.03) 3.2 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 2 BB and 2 K’s (loss)
Right-handed relievers
Lendy Castillo (LWD-4/8/89) – (1-1, 3.07) 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB and 0 K’s
Ryan Duke (LWD-9/27/88) – (0-0, 4.50, 1 SV) 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, BB and a K
Tyler Knigge (LWD-10/27/88) – (1-3, 4.15, 3 SV) 1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB and a K
Craig Fritsch (GCL-12/29/87) – (0-1, 8.31) 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB and 0 K’s
Left-handed relievers
Andre Kinder (GCL-11/26/88) – (1-1, 1.35) 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, BB and 4 K’s
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I love the new format. But it says corner infield where I think it should say corner outfield. Thanks for these.
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Obviously i feel stupid for not reading the next comment.
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Thanks for adding Mattair. He is not much of a prospect, but 3B is a concern and hope springs eternal,etc.
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Obviously, it should read corner outfield.
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Rupp up to .250
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Good to see Rupp’s average steadily climbing. Hopefully the trend continues.
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Good to see him finally hitting.
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Rupp is one o fthe gys that has me excited right now. maybe he’s figured it out. he’s hitting 350 post the all star break. If he can finish around 270, this would be a very successful year for him and bode well for our future catching needs.
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Nice relief performance by Kinder. Good nights for Rupp and Bonilla.
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James, we need you back on twitter. Your game updates are hilarious.
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I’ll second that request. Twitter hasn’t been the same since you left.
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Any news on jair morelos? He hasn’t played since the fourth
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Luis Gonzalez has done nothing so far this year. He’s a young (19) lefty from the DR. If 4 outings in the GCL he’s been terrible. He’s giving up 11 ERs in12 IP (14 runs overall). He has 10Ks and 10 BBs which is actually an improvement over last year in the DSL (29 Ks and 36 BBs in 37 IP). He’s started all 4 games he’s played in and hasn’t gone more that 3 2/3 innings. Opponents are hitting .362 against him. But he’s a 6’2″ lefty who will hopefully grow in the States. If you’re looking for a silver lining, he has given up a HR in either the DSL or in the GCL.
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I had to follow up a negative piece with a positive one. Moises Rivas in the VSL has a good run in his last 6 games. Outside of an outing where he gave up 5 runs, he’s been pretty darn good. In the 5 other games he’s gone 29 innings and given up 10 hits and 3 ERs. He had 17 Ks and 11 BBs in those games. The walk seems to be his problem. In the games where he’s given up a lot of BBs, he get’s pounded. As an old pitching coach of mine used to say, “Nothing good comes from a walk.” We all know that isn’t exactly true. An intentional walk serves a purpose and a pitch-around walk has it’s moments. But the statement sums up a lot of guys careers. Rivas will be 21 in October so he has to show the goods now or never. Last year, in the VSL, he was very effective mostly as a reliever. His BBs were minimzed and he K’d almost a hitter an inning. Maybe that is where is future lies.
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PP, where’s Bonilla at this point in terms of your Top 30?
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Bonilla has come down to earth for awhile it appears.
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Dunno. His start yesterday wasn’t great, but as far as “bad” starts going, 5Ks in 5 IP with 0 BBs is a pretty good one. If he keeps doing that, his results will be good more often than not.
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He had another good start. Gave up a 3 run hr thats about it. 5 ip 5 k 0 bb
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Agree. If the three run homer was a double play, he’d have had a good outing. He wasn’t pounded and didn’t walk anyone. I like his work so far.
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Funny how much better Rupp batting .250 looks than the .240 range.
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I’m rooting for Pete Lavin because my sister worked with him in San Francisco. Good makeup, hard worker, hope he makes some noise in the GCL
Peter Lavin (GCL-12/27/87) – (.299) 2 for 5 with a HR (1), 2B (6), RBI (13) and 2 runs
I am also pretty sure he has 2 homers..
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This is my list of this seasons biggest disappointments so far;
Tyson Gillies- has barely played.
Aaron Altherr- did bad in Lakewood and sent back to Williamsport after he did good there last year. I expected him to have a good season in Lakewood
Kelly Dugan- I expected him to start in Lakewood
Colby Shreve- Not doing bad but I thought he would be playing in Clearwater this year
Matt Way- hasn’t played this year. I expected him to be doing good in Clearwater or maybe even Reading.
Drew Naylor- hasn’t pitched and is out for much longer
D’Arby Myers- has similar numbers as he did last year after repeating Clearwater. I was expecting him to be in Reading.
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I don’t disagree with your list but I’m wondering what Myers is still doing in the organization. He was injured early in the season but he hasn’t been given many ABs when he’s healthy. James liked him so I kept him on the radar. He played in 114 games in 2008, 83 in 2009, 66 in 2010 and 31 so far this year. He’s org filler but he might be blocking someone. I agree that Dugan was on my list for Lakewood. Hewitt could have gone to CLW because he’s not on any prospect list I know of and he’s not a guy they wanted to release yet.
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I gave up on Myers a few years back. Looked enticing after his brief debut, but in hindsight, that was a BABIP mirage.
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Phils fixation on speed?
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Even a cursory look at the Clearwater roster will show that there are only 4 healthy OF’s at Clearwater now, including the considered marginal Michael Dabbs and Brian Gump. I think they can still keep D’Arby Myers playing for now. Even so, he still has talent and is a couple of months younger than the aforementioned Cameron Rupp, who is now being praised to the sky for getting his Batting Average higher than his weight, though even that is above most Philly minor leaguers. Myers, given increased playing time can always rise to the level of his physical talent and advance further. And with the current Clearwater crew, when everyone returns from injury, the starting OF should be James, L. Castro, and Myers. It is a better use of playing time alottment to continue with Myers than to try to coax from the marginal or give a premature advancement to the inexperienced to that level.
As to the advocacy of the premature advancement of Hewitt, Hewitt is advancing to the level of Home Run hitter, 10 now as opposed to 11 all of last season. Also more games without striking out, and superior defense in RF, or other OF. Something alot of people on here are unacquainted with, Value. A potential HR hitter has value, whereas OF with other things to offer are more easily replaced. The other candidates for the Lakewood OF, (now they should continue with Hewitt and Domingo Santana (Also HR potential) and a CF (Collier will do for now, though not a potential HR hitter). Now the other candidates you mention for Lakewood OF- Miguel Alvarez, not a HR hitter, Dugan not yet showing to be a HR hitter, Altherr washed out at Lakewood so far this season, and not likely to be a HR hitter. Collier also would not project as HR hitter- given his laudatory post draft thing- even that said a “Garret Anderson” Comp. So , even given the full development of these players the things they do can at some point be easily replaced by another player.
A HR hitter can not be easily replaced, because they are rare.
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Through not fault of his own, I have Harold Garcia on this list for me. I had hopes that he could press for a big league bench job next year after another good season. Colvin has to be on this list so far but his last couple of starts hopefully show he’s back. Singleton also has to be on this list if he’s our #1 prospect. I understand all the qualifying reasons but the bottom line is that his stats are not worthy of his reputation at this point. Also, i was expecting James to approach 300 this year and he hasn’t come close.
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Yea, he’s on mine too. I guess I just forgot to mention him.
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Shreve have been a disappointment for me, not so much for the fact that he is in Lakewood but that he isn’t starting somewhere.
Garcia’s injury was certainly disappointing, as is Gillies and Eldmire not playing
Altherr not being able to stick at 3B was unfortunate, along with his performance with the bat.
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Please recheck Myers numbers for June and July. He is coming on
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yes, Rupp is batting .250, but this cannot be taken at face value. Rupp spent the majority of this season around .200. Recently he has raised his average considerably. An important stat is his average since this change in trend. I’d assume it’s around .300. Hopefully this new level of hitting is more representative of Rupp than the .200 guy. With prospects, guys can increase their production and this is not just a hot streak but a sign that a guy has turned a corner in his development. The same can be said for Cesar Hernandez. Are these hot streaks or new normals? The players will have to maintain it (in the case of Hernandez, he may have hit for so long that we no longer have the right to question his ability). In any case, the fact that a player can get this hot is indicative of some ability.
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I always like second half number. A player almost should have trouble adjusting.
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Anybody know what’s going on with Gillies? Any chance he comes back for any significant amount of time this year?
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IMO, if he comes back just for the last 4/5 week stretch, I would seriously consider sending him to the AFL for 90/100 additonal PAs against quality pitching.
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Josh Warner had a nice outing in the GCL today. He has a 7 inning 2 hitter giving up only one run (on a HR). 6 K’s and no BBs. Cota and Birmingham finished off the 2 hitter.
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Colorado agreed to terms with 16- year old right-hander Antonio Senzatela , looks like Sal A. missed out on this player.
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The current baseball labor agreement between players and owners expires Dec. 11. Understand the two sides have met for negotiations weekly, and saw were union chief Michael Weiner said he hopes for an agreement by the end of the World Series. One of the interesting subjects is future prospects. Bud Selig said that owners will push for slotting — predetermined bonus payments to draft picks — and the adoption of a worldwide draft. Union chief Michael Weiner indicated players will oppose slotting, at the least. However, the ‘worlwide draft’ benefits clubs like the Phillies who traditionally do not shelve out large bonus’ for Latin 16 year olds.
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I don’t understand why players would be concerned about slotting… if anything, they should be for it because it allows teams to pay them more money at the major league level.
The players who would be effected by slotting have no say because they’re not a part of the union.
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Good thing I read this comment before posting mine
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haha it happens. It’s good to know someone was thinking along with me!
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Would the players really oppose bonus slotting in the draft too emphatically? That’s the kind of thing that would effect players that aren’t yet in professional baseball, so the current group of players probably wouldn’t mind shafting the future draft picks if it meant gaining some other perks.
I feel like this is the kind of thing the current group would talk up as an issue, and then concede it for a benefit.
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The players will not advocate hard slotting, on the principle of no hard and fast limitations on a contract. That is why I say it will not fly and is not necessary.
What they need is a pool tax based on total dollars spent on amateur talent. System I have been thinking out- all draft picks tradeable. 1st pick in draft- given an alottment of 5 million dollars- which would transfer if pick was traded- each subsequent pick would have a reduced by $100,000 down to last pick in 1st round which would be alotted at around 2 million. 2nd round allotment would be 1.5 million, 3rd round 1 million, 4th 1/2 million, and 5th 250,000. All other amateurs will be undrafted free agents. A team signing an undrafted free agent , if their contract exceeds 150,000 the entire contract would be subject to pool tax.
Example: team has first pick in draft and starts with an alottment of 5m + 1.5m + 1m. + 1/2 m + 250,000 or 8. 25 m total alottment. If said team exceeds this alottment on the 5 draft picks plus any UDFA’s getting in excess of 150,000 dollars , they would pay a pool tax of the full amount spent on amateurs in that offseason, less any UDFA’s signed for $ 150,000 or less.
This is the system they need, as it would not matter if any foreign countries withheld their players from the draft, few worthy players would be forced to college (as teams could have a mechanism negotiated in that would enable teams to retain players who opt for College enrollment until one full year past the end of their College play (used in NHL), and , most of all, teams would not feel obligated to draft sign and give playing time to College Veteran types.
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