Box Score Recap 6-12-2012

Box Score Recap

Hey, looks like Brody Colvin’s back in the rotation in Clearwater.  And he took a no-hitter into the sixth last night.  ALL HAIL COLVIN. 

Ok, that might be a bit premature.

LV Rain  REA Rain  CLR  LKW Rain  DSL  VSL

34 thoughts on “Box Score Recap 6-12-2012”

  1. Can anyone clue me in on what goes wrong with Colvin when hes bad??? When hes bad, hes realllllllllllllllllly bad, but then he can throw up a line like this. Obviously not trying to trade any prospects for immediate help right now, but with May and Biddle seemingly untouchable it would be nice to have him as trade chip to improve the offense. Gottttttttttttta ton of holes.

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    1. I’m going to guess his mechanics fall apart. Maybe they saw him doing something mechanically this year and decided it was easier to fix in the pen then the rotation.

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    1. Actually he had a great start to his rehab. If I remember correctly, 2 HR, 2 2B, a 1B and a walk in two games in EST. This wasn’t a good night to be sure, but any game where he is playing is a step in the right direction.

      Hey, Utley is the Gillies of the big league team!

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  3. Asche keeps doing well….reports conflict here on his speed…he is on pace for approx 20 steal year Hard to make what kind of wheels he has……maybe JSlasher or any first hand observers can give us more of an insight.

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    1. Asche actually does have decent speed…he’s not a true burner but in my opinion he’s also faster than those guys that just “pick their spots” too…I think part of the reason he doesn’t get a ton of stealing chances is that it seems like he’s often singling somebody up to second, or the guy batting after him swings first pitch and puts in play…things like that.

      He definitely likes to run though – yesterday he hit that first single and easily stole second on the first pitch to the next batter.

      Colvin looked really dominant last night…like brand said, he had the no-hitter going into the sixth inning. The reason he’s back in the rotation is due to the Morgan injury – he had a good run in the bullpen there too so maybe somebody said something that clicked. His fastball looked sharp and velocity-wise he was just blowing it by the batters.

      He tends to get in trouble by just totally losing command and walking guys, then he seems to lose his composure and will overthrow and start getting hit around. But last night he looked really solid and even though he walked a few guys and went 3-0 on others, he battled back and hung in there great.

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    2. The way for measuring how fast a player runs is a calculated speed score measured by his performance. It is published on fan graphics for all major league and minor league players. A number of factors are used in calculating speed including: number of stolen bases, stolen bases success rate, percentage of triples per plate appearance, percentage grounding into double plays and defensive range calculated by putouts and assists above normal. The speed score is published on a yearly basis. I have taken the yearly info and applied weighed averages to compute their career averages. Cody Asche score is 3.5 which is slightly above the speed of most catchers. I will include the speed scores of all of the Phillie prospects and traded prospects and the speed scores of all major leaguers who have had at least 1,000 plate appearances in the last 10 years. Note most of the scores are calculated thru the first two weeks of May while I have updated Code Asche’s score thru yesterday. I am sorry in advance for the length of this post.

      Name Spd
      Brian Pointer 8.2
      Tyson Gillies 7.8
      Zachary Collier 7.5
      Leandro Castro 7.5
      Harold Garcia 7.3
      Anthony Hewitt 7.3
      Kyrell Hudson 7.3
      D’Arby Myers 7.1
      Aaron Altherr 7.1
      Jiwan James 7.1
      Peter Lavin 6.8
      Miguel Alvarez 6.7
      Mike Spidale 6.5
      Cesar Hernandez 6.3
      Kelly Dugan 5.7
      Freddy Galvis 5.7
      Derrick Mitchell 5.4
      Edgar Duran 5.4
      Gustavo Gonzalez 4.9
      Tyler Greene 4.5
      Harold Martinez 4.2
      Brandon Tripp 4.0
      Tim Kennelly 3.9
      Brock Stassi 3.8
      Steve Susdorf 3.7
      Jeremy Barnes 3.6
      Cody Asche 3.5
      Darin Ruf 2.9
      Sebastian Valle 2.8
      Robert Stumpo 2.7
      Maikel Franco 2.5
      Cody Overbeck 2.4
      Logan Moore 1.8
      Cameron Rupp 1.4

      Name Spd
      Anthony Gose 8.5
      Jonathan Villar 7.7
      Michael Taylor 5.4
      Adrian Cardenas 5.1
      Domingo Santana 4.8
      Travis D’Arnaud 3.9
      Jonathan Singleton 3.4
      Matt Rizzotti 2.3

      Name Spd
      Shane Victorino 7.7
      Jimmy Rollins 7.5
      Juan Pierre 7.3
      Chase Utley 6.1
      Hunter Pence 4.8
      Mike Fontenot 4.5
      Placido Polanco 4.3
      Ty Wigginton 3.5
      Ryan Howard 3.0
      Carlos Ruiz 2.7
      Jim Thome 1.8

      Name Spd
      Brett Gardner 8.6
      Jose Reyes 8.5
      Dave Roberts 8.4
      Carl Crawford 8.4
      Michael Bourn 8.1
      Rajai Davis 8.0
      Carlos Gomez 7.9
      Cameron Maybin 7.8
      Andres Torres 7.8
      Austin Jackson 7.7
      Jacoby Ellsbury 7.7
      Shane Victorino 7.7
      Will Venable 7.6
      Kenny Lofton 7.6
      Emilio Bonifacio 7.5
      Jimmy Rollins 7.5
      Juan Pierre 7.3
      Scott Podsednik 7.2
      Nyjer Morgan 7.1
      Angel Pagan 7.1
      Willy Taveras 7.1
      Curtis Granderson 7.1
      Luis Rivas 7.0
      Drew Stubbs 7.0
      Dexter Fowler 7.0
      Corey Patterson 7.0
      Cory Sullivan 6.9
      Carlos Gonzalez 6.9
      Denard Span 6.9
      Ryan Freel 6.9
      Rafael Furcal 6.9
      Chone Figgins 6.9
      Chris Getz 6.7
      Alex Sanchez 6.7
      Alcides Escobar 6.7
      Tony Gwynn 6.7
      Fred Lewis 6.7
      Kaz Matsui 6.7
      Grady Sizemore 6.7
      Coco Crisp 6.7
      Tony Womack 6.6
      Alexi Casilla 6.6
      Elvis Andrus 6.6
      Endy Chavez 6.6
      Eric Byrnes 6.6
      Joey Gathright 6.5
      Willie Bloomquist 6.5
      Willie Harris 6.5
      Matt Kemp 6.5
      Rickie Weeks 6.5
      Hanley Ramirez 6.5
      Ichiro Suzuki 6.5
      Andrew McCutchen 6.4
      Erick Aybar 6.4
      Brian Roberts 6.4
      Esteban German 6.3
      Rocco Baldelli 6.3
      B.J. Upton 6.3
      Ian Kinsler 6.3
      Carlos Beltran 6.3
      Jeff DaVanon 6.2
      Alfredo Amezaga 6.2
      Nate McLouth 6.2
      Alex Rios 6.2
      Felix Pie 6.1
      Tike Redman 6.1
      Ryan Braun 6.1
      Chase Utley 6.1
      Johnny Damon 6.1
      Mike Aviles 6.0
      Justin Upton 6.0
      Josh Barfield 5.9
      Brendan Ryan 5.9
      Miguel Cairo 5.9
      Nick Punto 5.9
      Jason Bartlett 5.9
      Julio Lugo 5.9
      Ian Desmond 5.8
      Seth Smith 5.8
      Cliff Pennington 5.8
      Lew Ford 5.8
      Stephen Drew 5.8
      Corey Hart 5.8
      Kelly Johnson 5.8
      Chris Young 5.8
      Cristian Guzman 5.8
      Sean Rodriguez 5.7
      Chris Burke 5.7
      Akinori Iwamura 5.7
      Reggie Sanders 5.7
      Ben Zobrist 5.7
      Maicer Izturis 5.7
      Brandon Phillips 5.7
      Mike Cameron 5.7
      Starlin Castro 5.6
      Gerardo Parra 5.6
      David Dellucci 5.6
      Alfonso Soriano 5.6
      Wilson Valdez 5.5
      Eric Young 5.5
      Shin-Soo Choo 5.5
      Howie Kendrick 5.5
      Craig Counsell 5.5
      Luis Castillo 5.5
      Randy Winn 5.5
      Derek Jeter 5.5
      Chris Coghlan 5.4
      Luis Matos 5.4
      So Taguchi 5.4
      Adam Jones 5.4
      Marcus Giles 5.4
      Ryan Theriot 5.4
      Jayson Werth 5.4
      Jason Bay 5.4
      Orlando Hudson 5.4
      Mitch Maier 5.3
      Larry Walker 5.3
      Steve Finley 5.3
      Franklin Gutierrez 5.3
      Angel Berroa 5.3
      Omar Vizquel 5.3
      Adam Kennedy 5.3
      Colby Rasmus 5.2
      Tony Graffanino 5.2
      Rob Mackowiak 5.2
      Tadahito Iguchi 5.2
      Adam Everett 5.2
      Jamey Carroll 5.2
      Gary Matthews Jr. 5.2
      Carlos Guillen 5.2
      Bobby Abreu 5.2
      Ryan Roberts 5.1
      Reggie Willits 5.1
      Desi Relaford 5.1
      Michael Tucker 5.1
      Mark Teahen 5.1
      Cesar Izturis 5.1
      David DeJesus 5.1
      Matt Holliday 5.1
      Orlando Cabrera 5.1
      Matt Joyce 5.0
      John McDonald 5.0
      Jerry Hairston 5.0
      Miguel Olivo 5.0
      Felipe Lopez 5.0
      David Wright 5.0
      Jason Heyward 4.9
      Nate Schierholtz 4.9
      Jeff Baker 4.9
      Marlon Anderson 4.9
      Nelson Cruz 4.9
      Asdrubal Cabrera 4.9
      Darin Erstad 4.9
      Nomar Garciaparra 4.9
      Ray Durham 4.9
      Dustin Pedroia 4.9
      Melky Cabrera 4.9
      Omar Infante 4.9
      Michael Cuddyer 4.9
      Gabe Kapler 4.8
      Jose Valentin 4.8
      Scott Hairston 4.8
      Alex Gordon 4.8
      Josh Hamilton 4.8
      Alex Cora 4.8
      Troy Tulowitzki 4.8
      Hunter Pence 4.8
      Bill Hall 4.8
      Marlon Byrd 4.8
      Alex Rodriguez 4.8
      Michael Young 4.8
      Josh Wilson 4.7
      Ryan Raburn 4.7
      Bret Boone 4.7
      Ryan Spilborghs 4.7
      David Murphy 4.7
      Emil Brown 4.7
      Aaron Boone 4.7
      Jonny Gomes 4.7
      Reed Johnson 4.7
      Mark Ellis 4.7
      Lastings Milledge 4.6
      Ramon Santiago 4.6
      Jody Gerut 4.6
      Chase Headley 4.6
      Ronny Cedeno 4.6
      Royce Clayton 4.6
      Juan Encarnacion 4.6
      Mark Reynolds 4.6
      Jay Payton 4.6
      Edgar Renteria 4.6
      Vernon Wells 4.6
      Jeremy Reed 4.5
      Mike Fontenot 4.5
      Sean Burroughs 4.5
      Matt Diaz 4.5
      Jacque Jones 4.5
      Clint Barmes 4.5
      Eric Hinske 4.5
      Gary Sheffield 4.5
      Aaron Rowand 4.5
      Larry Bigbie 4.4
      Ian Stewart 4.4
      Ryan Langerhans 4.4
      D’Angelo Jimenez 4.4
      Craig Wilson 4.4
      Ramon Vazquez 4.4
      Evan Longoria 4.4
      Brad Wilkerson 4.4
      David Eckstein 4.4
      Torii Hunter 4.4
      Julio Franco 4.3
      Scott Spiezio 4.3
      Gabe Gross 4.3
      Rick Ankiel 4.3
      Alex Cintron 4.3
      Cody Ross 4.3
      Khalil Greene 4.3
      Russell Martin 4.3
      Craig Biggio 4.3
      Milton Bradley 4.3
      J.D. Drew 4.3
      Placido Polanco 4.3
      Terrence Long 4.2
      Abraham Nunez 4.2
      Matt Lawton 4.2
      Gerald Laird 4.2
      Bobby Crosby 4.2
      Ivan Rodriguez 4.2
      Scott Rolen 4.2
      Brandon Inge 4.2
      Fernando Tatis 4.1
      Matt Murton 4.1
      Neil Walker 4.1
      Marquis Grissom 4.1
      Ryan Sweeney 4.1
      Brady Clark 4.1
      Jose Cruz 4.1
      Alexei Ramirez 4.1
      Aaron Miles 4.1
      Jeff Francoeur 4.1
      Brian Giles 4.1
      Marco Scutaro 4.1
      Jack Wilson 4.1
      Keith Ginter 4.0
      Nick Green 4.0
      Travis Lee 4.0
      Preston Wilson 4.0
      Kosuke Fukudome 4.0
      Ben Broussard 4.0
      Conor Jackson 4.0
      James Loney 4.0
      Shawn Green 4.0
      Yuniesky Betancourt 4.0
      Nick Markakis 4.0
      Derrek Lee 4.0
      Bobby Higginson 3.9
      Robb Quinlan 3.9
      Blake DeWitt 3.9
      Jeff Bagwell 3.9
      Ben Francisco 3.9
      Mark Bellhorn 3.9
      Daric Barton 3.9
      Mike Lamb 3.9
      Laynce Nix 3.9
      Cliff Floyd 3.9
      Delmon Young 3.9
      Josh Willingham 3.9
      Jose Bautista 3.9
      Aaron Hill 3.9
      Kevin Youkilis 3.9
      Nick Hundley 3.8
      Daniel Murphy 3.8
      Richard Hidalgo 3.8
      Garrett Jones 3.8
      Corey Koskie 3.8
      Ryan Church 3.8
      Skip Schumaker 3.8
      Frank Catalanotto 3.8
      Shannon Stewart 3.8
      Mark Grudzielanek 3.8
      Robinson Cano 3.8
      Adrian Beltre 3.8
      Jason Lane 3.7
      Andy LaRoche 3.7
      Tony Batista 3.7
      Jay Bruce 3.7
      Alberto Callaspo 3.7
      Jeff Conine 3.7
      Joey Votto 3.7
      Edwin Encarnacion 3.7
      Jeff Kent 3.7
      Eric Chavez 3.7
      Jermaine Dye 3.7
      Joe Mauer 3.7
      Andruw Jones 3.7
      Melvin Mora 3.7
      Jason Kendall 3.7
      Vladimir Guerrero 3.7
      Lance Berkman 3.7
      Dustan Mohr 3.6
      Chris Woodward 3.6
      Gordon Beckham 3.6
      Bobby Kielty 3.6
      Jose Castillo 3.6
      Martin Prado 3.6
      Kevin Mench 3.6
      Jeremy Hermida 3.6
      Jason Michaels 3.6
      Luke Scott 3.6
      Mark Kotsay 3.6
      Chipper Jones 3.6
      Raul Ibanez 3.6
      Carlos Lee 3.6
      Albert Pujols 3.6
      Mark Sweeney 3.5
      J.T. Snow 3.5
      Ross Gload 3.5
      Neifi Perez 3.5
      Mike Napoli 3.5
      Moises Alou 3.5
      Mark DeRosa 3.5
      Freddy Sanchez 3.5
      Ryan Zimmerman 3.5
      Hank Blalock 3.5
      Juan Uribe 3.5
      Ty Wigginton 3.5
      Miguel Tejada 3.5
      Chris Shelton 3.4
      Chris Davis 3.4
      Jeff Cirillo 3.4
      Greg Dobbs 3.4
      Carl Everett 3.4
      Jose Molina 3.4
      Barry Bonds 3.4
      Carlos Quentin 3.4
      Yorvit Torrealba 3.4
      Craig Monroe 3.4
      Austin Kearns 3.4
      Dan Uggla 3.4
      Orlando Palmeiro 3.3
      Timo Perez 3.3
      Tim Salmon 3.3
      Damion Easley 3.3
      Chris Iannetta 3.3
      Wily Mo Pena 3.3
      Pablo Sandoval 3.3
      Todd Walker 3.3
      Jeromy Burnitz 3.3
      Yunel Escobar 3.3
      Jim Edmonds 3.3
      Andre Ethier 3.3
      Brad Hawpe 3.3
      Ronnie Belliard 3.3
      Carlos Pena 3.3
      Casey Blake 3.3
      Jose Hernandez 3.2
      Chris Gomez 3.2
      Trot Nixon 3.2
      Morgan Ensberg 3.2
      Shea Hillenbrand 3.2
      Geoff Jenkins 3.2
      Luis Gonzalez 3.2
      Jose Lopez 3.2
      Garret Anderson 3.2
      Jose Guillen 3.2
      Alex Gonzalez 3.1
      Gaby Sanchez 3.1
      Wilson Betemit 3.1
      Jeff Keppinger 3.1
      Dmitri Young 3.1
      Nick Johnson 3.1
      Jason Kubel 3.1
      Xavier Nady 3.1
      Mark Loretta 3.1
      Pedro Feliz 3.1
      Aubrey Huff 3.1
      Mark Teixeira 3.1
      Chris Duncan 3.0
      Jack Hannahan 3.0
      Jeff Mathis 3.0
      Brendan Harris 3.0
      Bill Mueller 3.0
      Chad Tracy 3.0
      Rich Aurilia 3.0
      Alex Gonzalez 3.0
      Ryan Howard 3.0
      Adam Dunn 3.0
      Luis Rodriguez 2.9
      Ryan Klesko 2.9
      Rondell White 2.9
      Michael Barrett 2.9
      Brad Ausmus 2.9
      Paul Lo Duca 2.9
      Jason Varitek 2.9
      Jhonny Peralta 2.9
      Miguel Cabrera 2.9
      Matt LaPorta 2.8
      Deivi Cruz 2.8
      Tino Martinez 2.8
      Edgardo Alfonzo 2.8
      Vinny Castilla 2.8
      Bernie Williams 2.8
      Kurt Suzuki 2.8
      Ryan Ludwick 2.8
      Sean Casey 2.8
      J.J. Hardy 2.8
      B.J. Surhoff 2.7
      Josh Phelps 2.7
      Jarrod Saltalamacchia 2.7
      Mike Jacobs 2.7
      Carlos Ruiz 2.7
      Ryan Doumit 2.7
      Doug Mientkiewicz 2.7
      Russell Branyan 2.7
      Mike Sweeney 2.7
      Kevin Kouzmanoff 2.7
      Troy Glaus 2.7
      Mike Lowell 2.7
      Magglio Ordonez 2.7
      Hee Seop Choi 2.6
      Juan Castro 2.6
      Adam Lind 2.6
      Matt Stairs 2.6
      Garrett Atkins 2.6
      Lyle Overbay 2.6
      Hideki Matsui 2.6
      Aramis Ramirez 2.6
      Chad Moeller 2.5
      Michael Morse 2.5
      Robert Fick 2.5
      Erubiel Durazo 2.5
      Javy Lopez 2.5
      Jason LaRue 2.5
      Jorge Cantu 2.5
      Prince Fielder 2.5
      Nick Swisher 2.5
      Todd Helton 2.5
      Ramon Martinez 2.4
      Paul Bako 2.4
      Kendrys Morales 2.4
      Phil Nevin 2.4
      Dioner Navarro 2.4
      Wes Helms 2.4
      Casey Kotchman 2.4
      Travis Hafner 2.4
      Justin Morneau 2.4
      Manny Ramirez 2.4
      Willy Aybar 2.3
      Rafael Palmeiro 2.3
      Joe Randa 2.3
      Marcus Thames 2.3
      Jose Vidro 2.3
      Geoff Blum 2.3
      John Buck 2.3
      Carlos Delgado 2.3
      David Ortiz 2.3
      Eric Munson 2.2
      Matt Treanor 2.2
      Miguel Montero 2.2
      David Bell 2.2
      Ken Griffey Jr. 2.2
      Juan Rivera 2.2
      Brian McCann 2.2
      Yadier Molina 2.2
      A.J. Pierzynski 2.2
      Kenji Johjima 2.1
      Adam LaRoche 2.1
      Jorge Posada 2.1
      Richie Sexson 2.0
      Joe Crede 2.0
      Kevin Millar 2.0
      Ramon Hernandez 2.0
      Adrian Gonzalez 2.0
      Pat Burrell 2.0
      Ken Harvey 1.9
      Gary Bennett 1.9
      Henry Blanco 1.9
      Casey McGehee 1.9
      Jay Gibbons 1.9
      Jack Cust 1.9
      Gregg Zaun 1.9
      Humberto Quintero 1.8
      Daryle Ward 1.8
      Mike Redmond 1.8
      Ryan Garko 1.8
      David Ross 1.8
      Mike Lieberthal 1.8
      Damian Miller 1.8
      Sammy Sosa 1.8
      Jason Giambi 1.8
      Jim Thome 1.8
      Mike Matheny 1.7
      Billy Butler 1.7
      Rod Barajas 1.7
      Greg Norton 1.6
      Ramon Castro 1.6
      Matt Wieters 1.6
      Dan Johnson 1.6
      Geovany Soto 1.6
      Ronny Paulino 1.6
      Brian Schneider 1.6
      Victor Martinez 1.6
      Javier Valentin 1.5
      Kelly Shoppach 1.5
      Scott Hatteberg 1.5
      Paul Konerko 1.5
      Jason Phillips 1.4
      John Olerud 1.3
      Tony Clark 1.3
      Josh Bard 1.3
      Bengie Molina 1.3
      Edgar Martinez 1.1
      Johnny Estrada 1.1
      Toby Hall 1.1
      Mike Piazza 1.0
      Chris Snyder 1.0
      Frank Thomas 1.0
      Matthew LeCroy 0.7

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      1. So Brian Pointer is a future 50 base stealer. You heard it here first.

        Seriously though, interesting post. Most of the numbers seem to be in fline with what we’d expect.

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        1. I disagree, actually. Speed does not (always) translate into SB success or defense. For defense, look no further than Brown. We all know he’s got plenty of speed, but his defense would have actually lowered his score based on this metric. As for stealing bases, that gives a better idea of a player’s speed, but still not a great one. Think about it; SB success has a lot to do with other factors than speed, including, but not limited to, catcher’s skill, pitcher’s ability to keep runners close, and runner’s ability to pick up a pitcher’s motion. Utley is a ridiculously successful base stealer (when he does it). He is also an elite defender. As such, he scored well above Pence in the above metric. The problem with that is I’m willing to bet Pence would beat Utley in a foot race.

          My point being, this presented metric is useful for demonstrating how a player USES what speed he has, but if the point is to figure out who the fastest players are it is very flawed. You wanna know how fast a player is? Get a stopwatch.

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          2. Right. And not even flawed, but irrelevant. U want to know how fast a player is? Get your stopwatch out. But even raw speed is not an absolute indicator of a player’s ability to steal bases. Theft on the base paths is as much about technique as raw speed.

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          3. You’re right, but for most purposes the most interesting question is what a player does with his speed. Hence the arguable value of the metric.

            I say arguable because the metric is an imperfect measure of effective speed. Its weights its factors arbitrarily, it includes at least one factor of arguable validity (runs/times on base), and it ignores other relevant factors (defense, infield hits, base running events other than stolen bases).* Personally I think the metric on balance is more misleading than not.

            More useful metrics – albeit by design answering a more limited question – have recently been designed focusing purely on base running.

            To the extent that this discussion stemmed from a discussion of Asche’s batting average and BABIP, I assume the relevant question is whether he has the speed to get a lot of infield hits (which would boost his BABIP and batting average in the long run). I don’t know the answer to that, but knowing that his speed score is a low 3.5 doesn’t help us answer that question.

            *I’m going by the version of speed score introduced by Bill James many years ago. From NEPA’s description, it sounds like the metric being used now may be better, though still pretty flawed.

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      2. Thanks NEPA. Didn’t see an entry for Eldemire whom I thought was supposed to be extremely fast.

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        1. Eldemire’s current speed score is 7.6. Pointer’s score is somewhat a product of small sample size and luck. Last year in 169 plate appearances in rookie ball he had 8 stolen bases without being caught and 4 triples. These number extrapolated over a full season amount to 32 sb and 16 triples with 0 caught stealing. The #’s I listed above were thru the first two weeks of May since then Pointer has been caught stealing twice and has grounded into several double plays thereby lowering his career speed score to 7.8.

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        1. You ever see Matt Lecroy play? Once he lost 15 HR power his career was over, because the infield could set up on the outfield grass and still throw him out at first. Having a nice minor league managing career so far though.

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          1. No, I never did. I just looked at his career stats though, and he seemed to be a fairly decent role player type of guy. Zero steals for his career. To be slower than Estrada is quite an achievement, so that guy must’ve have been *historically* slow. At least Lecroy attempted to steal a base occasionally – Estrada played 612 games without ever being caught stealing (0 for 0 in his career). That’s a DiMaggio-like streak, if you think about it. Utley has probably run up a couple of streaks well into the 200s without be caught stealing. Of course, he would steal around 20 bases during those stretches 😉

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  4. I know it is a small sample but it is fun following the Phillies in the VSL and DSL–some interesting numbers by Hiciano in DSL and a number of young guys in the VSL–Gracia, Herrera, Olivera as well as some of their pitchers. One can only hope–in looking back a few years, Lisalberto Bonilla was in the DSL and Cesar Hernandez in the VSL. It was also interesting watching two Phillies draftees in the Super Regionals-Tim Carver for Arkansas and Josh Ludy for Baylor. Some people were concerned about Ludy’s size for a catcher, but he is about the same size as Yogi Berra and Roy Campanella-5 feet, 8 inches-he did hit 15 home runs with a high BA for Baylor this year and he did show a good patience with 4 walks in the final game. Hopefully, he wil sign.

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      1. ehh, it was only a matter of time before the “is this guy a prospect/he’s too old for Clearwater/we need to challenge him” post appeared. They’re always good for a chuckle, though

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        1. I appreciate the renaming to “Chet” as opposed to other not-as-funny names.

          Apologies to any Chets who may read this.

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    1. I do not know how up to date the Phillies website is with signings–last signing listed was on June 10. The Olympian, a paper in Washington, reported that both Mitch Guellar and Andrew Pullin signed and will report to Clearwater. The Coastal Source, a paper in Georgia, said that Zach Taylor signed with the Philles. Hopefully that information is accurate.

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      1. I propose we nickname Zach Taylor “Young Rough and Ready”. I also hope he lasts longer than 16 months. #history

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      2. Squire is keeping a pretty acurate, up to date list at philliesphans.com. page 1 of the draftpick/signings thread.

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