Daily Archives: February 2, 2012

The Cubs sign Gerardo Conception for $7M

You can cross him off your winter wishlist. I wrote a bit about him here, and he ended up signing for right in the range I had speculated. Another one bites the dust.

2012 Reader Top 30, #25

Austin Hyatt pushes ahead of Perci Garner for the #24 spot. As a semi-spoiler for my top 30 list (which will come in about 2 weeks), I will have Austin Hyatt in my Top 15. J.C. Ramirez received the most write-in support so he will enter the voting for #25. As a reminder on eligibility for the list, to be eligible the player must have fewer than 130 AB or 50 innings pitched. So far we have

01. Trevor May, RHP
02. Jesse Biddle, LHP
03. Sebastian Valle, C
04. Brody Colvin, RHP
05. Freddy Galvis, SS
06. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
07. Jon Pettibone, RHP
08. Justin De Fratus, RHP
09. Maikel Franco, 3B
10. Julio Rodriguez, RHP
11. Tyler Greene, SS
12. Larry Greene Jr, OF
13. Jiwan James, OF
14. Tyson Gillies, OF
15. Lisalberto Bonilla, RHP
16. Roman Quinn, SS/OF
17. Cesar Hernandez, 2B
18. Austin Wright, LHP
19. Brian Pointer, OF
20. Mitchell Walding, SS
21. Carlos Tocci, OF
22. Aaron Altherr, OF
23. Cameron Rupp, C
24. Austin Hyatt, RHP
25.

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