Domonic Brown Scratched

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Matt Gelb is reporting that Domonic Brown has been scratched from the Lehigh Valley lineup today and will be called up to the Phillies.  This, of course, adds to increased speculation that Shane Victorino will be a Dodger by 4pm today, if not sooner.

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    2. I can see them sitting him against tough lefties (Gio Gonzalez types), but I think that will be worked out as regular days off.

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    1. Lindblom hs allowed 38% of inherited runners to score, is on a contender who is willing to trade him, has a high BB/9 highest HR/9 for all RP so he will fit right in!

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        1. LOL thats why I said he will fit right in, I do like his Arm and maybe it was the pressure of pitching in 7th and 8th trying to win. Who knows how it will work out!

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      1. Lindblom according to rotoworld is a fly ball pitcher with an away era of like 4 1/2. Home ERA of around 2 1/2

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  3. quality young middle reliever for a FA to be…why not? Any chance alex castellanos is the additional player?

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        1. My bad, read it too quickly. However, looking at his stats, I would really hope he isn’t part of the trade. The Phillies have enough guys like him in the system already (defensively challenged, AAAA types). Remember, his numbers come from the PCL so need to be greatly discounted. I would hope they could do much better.

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  4. Hearing that the Phils – Orioles trade for Blanton is gaining momentum and complexity. Looks like the Phils will send Blanton and a minor leaguer to the Orioles for Schoop. The challenge to this deal is that the O’s top 2 prospects are too good in exchange for Blanton, Schoop is their #3 and the Phils and scouts really like him but the O’s won’t give him up for Blanton even if the Phils pay all of Blanton’s salary. The O’s #4 prospect is a 3B in Low A ball who is having a bad year, and their 4 and 5 prospects are pitchers who have arm injuries, so not an option. Most of their prospects in the 6-10 range are either low cieling guys or Low A ball guys playing in Delmarva. So looks like the way the Phils get Schoop is to throw in a prospect and probably pay part of Joe B’s salary.

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    1. Considering I would rank him probably Top 5 in our if not Top 3 I would give up anyone outside the Top 20 to make this deal happen. Outside of someone on their major league roster I wouldn’t be too interested in anyone in the Orioles system if the Philles are paying Blanton’s salary.

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        1. I’ve heard “definitely not a SS, likely can handle 2B or 3B, might be better suited for 2B but shouldn’t be a liability at either of those positions”

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      2. I would play him at SS, he is blocked there by Machado so his projection has been 2B, he was once a good SS.

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  6. Sorry for the Blanton thing in the Dom thread, but back on topic….I’m really looking forward to seeing Domonic Brown play in the big leagues. Assuming Pence and others stay through the deadline, I’d really like to see Charlie plug Domonic into the #2 hole in the lineup but my guess is he’ll bat him 7th or 8th. Hitters tend to see better pitches to hit in the 2 hole vs the 7 or 8 hole but we’ll see. Either way, I hope to see him play everyday vs RHP and get some looks against the non-nasty LHP’s of the NL. Should be very interesting.

    As for Lindblom, I suspect he is in the same grouping of the Stutes and JDF’s of the world, which I think is a nice addition. Hopefully the minor leaguer coming is a decent prospect.

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      1. I don’t see Pierre playing much even if they keep him, which is unlikely. I presume Mayberry will probably platoon in CF the remainder of the year with Pridie or Mini Mart, with Mayberry getting the bulk of the time. I think they will play Brown in LF every day and I can’t see Pierre with that arm playing CF at all, even if the games don’t matter much at this point.

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    2. He would be a strong get. I think most of the *rumors* are coming from people that read ESPN insider from a few days ago that suggested LA should make this exact offer.

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  8. Zolecki is reporting Blanton less likely to be dealt at all. Money seems to be biggest stumbling block.

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    1. Looks like SF is picking up the bulk of the salary in the Pence deal for this year, which will allow the Phils to send $ and a mid range prospect to Baltimore with Blanton to get Schoop. Basically they will get the better prospect from Baltimore that the Pence deal will enable with $ to stay under the tax.

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  12. Ethan Martin can supposedly bring some serious heat. Jim Bowden says he can throw 95-100. Seems like 2 good arms for a guy they were letting go at the end of the year.

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    1. plus a PTBNL – hopefully LA’s version of Domingo Santana hahahahahah…..wishful thinking

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    2. Much more than I expected. We were being told last week that the pirates wouldn’t send us a lesser reliever for him straight up.

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  18. martin has an ERA of 3.58 this year in double AA, with almost a strikeout an inning. lots of walks, though.

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    1. He cut his walks by nearly a third this year compared to the last several years. Improvement, or just a blip?

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    1. It would be nice to plug Gary Brown into Dom’s spot with LHV and hopefully along side him next year. We shall see if anything materializes

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    1. I agree, if they can’t work out the prospects to make the Phils pick up the money I can see an almost straight salary dump with the Phils getting very little (which wouldn’t be a loss just not as much as a win). If someone told me at the beginning of the season there would be a Blanton trade market I would have laughed them away.

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  21. Ethan martin was a top notch 3B in high school………. senior year Georgia player of year… hit .508 with 18 HRs and 50 something RBIs……….

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  22. so I asked John Manual where he would be ranked in the Dodgers system today.

    @sleepinggiantZZ Might have been No. 2 or No. 3. Better pure stuff than Zach Lee, similar to Webster, very encouraged by decreased BB rate

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  25. Lindblom now becomes our youngest current big league reliever asides from De Fratus, great move RAJ

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    4. Tommy Joseph’s in it according to Knobler.

      Bowden isn’t a guy who’s reports I put a lot of stock in though. I’m disapointed if we’re not getting Brown.

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      1. I love Bowden’s proposed trades. they are terrible. I’m not going to put a whole lot of stock in the opinion of a guy who ran the terrible nationals/expos for awhile and did the Colon for Lee/Philips/Sizemore trade

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        1. Pretty sure that was Omar Minaya who made the Colon trade. Bowden was the Reds GM when they traded for Griffey I believe.

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  28. Ethan Martin: a righthander with great stuff and questionable command/mechanics. He’ll fit right in at the top of the Reading rotation with May and Colvin.

    Just spitballing here, but I wonder if this is a prelude to packaging either him or May in a deal for someone like Chase Headley. You could see the thinking, if Amaro had a deal in place for Headley that involved May, that he would want to get back a similar arm.

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    1. It could happen, I was curious why Ethan Martin was in the deal. It doesn’t seem like he really fits, they could also look at Cleveland’s Shin-Soo Choo.

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      1. You’d think Shapiro would be wary of Phillies prospects after the Lee trade!

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      2. highly projectable starting pitcher with serious command issues who definitely needs another year or 2 on the farm… “fit” is irrelevant, you just stockpile those kind of players and hope some hit.

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    1. If San Francisco decides to move Posey to a less grueling position, Joseph has the tools to take over behind the plate. If not, he can fit in the lineup at first base. He’ll begin 2012 in Double-A.

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    2. Valle could be out the door in a trade for Choo/Headley. I personally don’t want Joesph. Would rather throw in a Prospect like Julio Rodriguez in exchange for Belt or Brown

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    3. That makes no sense to me, unless they’re really convinced they’re going to let Chooch walk at the end of this contract. Or … it’s a prelude to trying to move Howard at some later date. I realize that sounds absurd, but then again, the Jays got someone to talk Vernon Wells, so anything is possible. Howard might make sense down the line for a team that has limitless resources and wants to upgrade at DH, like the Yankees.

      Of course, that whole wild theory is premised on a completely unconfirmed report.

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      1. Andrew, there was a rumor about a year ago that the Milwaukee Brewers would be interested in Ryan Howard if the Phillies paid part of his salary. I don’t the reality of the rumor but it shows there is some interest in Howard. Lastly, could they move Chooch to 3B as he has played sparingly there before?

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      2. It makes a lot of sense I love chooch but he is 33 and this kid is 21 in AA and almost mlb ready

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    1. Valle has officially been blocked at Catcher. I’m guessing Joesph will backup till 2015, till Chooch retires, and as much as Valle needs experience spending three years at AAA wouldn’t help, maybe move him to Third and have him play 3B/C?

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        1. The more I think about it we should keep him, he is big league ready, we can dump Schneider, have Kratz be 3rd Catcher next year then Valle the next. As we saw this year, it would really suck to have no catching depth.

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  33. From MLBTradeRumors.com

    3:59am: The Diamondbacks are trying to swing a blockbuster for an unknown ace starting pitcher, reports Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports. One rival executive “received indications that the Phillies and Diamondbacks had discussed a deal involving Cliff Lee and Justin Upton,” but that scenario is unconfirmed and it is not known whether the D’Backs are among the 21 teams to which Lee can block a trade. Plus, Kevin Towers and company would need serious assistance covering the $95.1MM guaranteed to the Phillies’ lefty through 2015.

    Wha????

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    1. I would describe that as a good trade for an outfielder who has 1/3 of a year left on his contract and who would not have been tendered after the season was over. In the offseason, Bourn will probably be their first target, but it wouldn’t surprise me if they signed Vic back on a 2 year deal with a third option year or just a one year contract.

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  36. Now RAJ is trying to convince Arizona they need a LH starting pitcher to get Pence and Victorino out in those September divisional matchups…..

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    1. I dont think he needs to convince Zona, think he needs to convince Lee to take them off his no trade List

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      1. Lots of obstacles for that to happen – the no trade protection, players, money, etc. Would be hard to do in a short time frame.

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  37. Todd Zolecki on MLB Network says Schierholtz would come from SF too. I like him, he is a versatile 4th outfielder who hits left handed, a little better than David Murphy who we wanted from Texas.

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    1. Not sure why we need a 4th outfielder back in the deal. I’d rather it include another prospect. Maybe they’re hoping he’ll hit better in a smaller park? Although his career home/road splits are almost identical.

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        1. They could sign one in the offseason. They’re not especially hard to find. Since they’re not going anywhere this year I don’t think it would be such a disaster to have Jason Pridie fill that role the rest of the season.

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      2. Somebody has to take over in the Outfield. Schierholtz would play Right. Then when we sign Bourn, he will become 4th Outfielder.

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  40. A few comments.

    First, can anyone remember the last time that our top 30 prospects looked demonstrably BETTER after the trade deadline? This sure is different.

    Second, Nate Schierholtz looks to join the Roy Hinson school of mediocre players acquired primarily because they kicked the ass of the Philadelphia team acquiring them

    Third, Tommy Joseph may be 21, but, good God, his MiLB.com picture makes him look as old as Ty Wigginton.

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  41. Diamondbacks managing partner Ken Kendrick dismissed talk of acquiring Lee, Jack Magruder of FOXSportsArizona.com reports (Twitter links). “He is owed $100MM. If they want to keep $90MM” Kendrick said. “Really problematic to move him.”

    yea sure dbag, just take cliff lee for $2 million per year

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    2. Telling you guys, Schoop will happen, I really think it will, just needed the $ in the SF trade to go through first. Blanton, prospect, and $ to Balt for Schoop.

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      1. Knowing RAJ, that prospect will be Adam Morgan, or Cody Asche. Whenever you hear that he is dealing propects, it makes you want to kill yourself

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    1. If they just got Joseph, Valle may be in play. I suspect Colvin, Wright, Rodriguez and even May are trade bait right now.

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  46. I get the Victorino trade complete but, honestly, if the goal is to contend next year, I don’t understand the Pence trade. Now they really have to acquire another outfielder who can hit. Who will that be? Do you think it will be someone who hits better than Pence? I doubt it. They can easily afford him at $14 million next year and would have received a pick had they decided to let him go after 2013.

    Now, if Tommy Joseph is really a stud, it lessens the impact of the trade quite a bit (I am assuming he is in the trade), but what does the outfield look like in 2013? Perhaps this is just a play to acquire players to obtain Chase Headley (a good player to be sure, but doesn’t he seem ridiculously over-hyped?). Who knows?

    Well, at least they didn’t trade Lee (at least not yet).

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    1. The good thing about Headley is that his OPS on the road is way better than his home OPS, both this year and for his career. I still think some posters here have overrated him, but leaving Petco would probably do him good.

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  47. I think Nate Schierholtz is the kind of guy that Pat Gillick would acquire. A fairly young, talented player who hasn’t been given a full opportunity by his current team, and hitting in a very pitcher friendly park. I really believe his upside is better than a 4th OF, I think he could be a great defensive OF who could easily hit 6th or 7th in our batting order and drive the ball at CBP. If Tommy Joseph can play 3B, that would be amazing, but I think we have to wait and see what the plans are for him with the Phils. Hearing mixed reports on what positions he can and can’t play.

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    2. A reliever all season until his last 5 starts. I wonder what the Phillies would see him as if he is in the deal. Not a fan if he’s just a future maybe-bullpen piece.

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        1. Jon Mayo comparing him to Madson, Big Fastball, and good changeup, no third pitch, and can help sooner than later.

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  50. I’m surprised Pierre hasn’t gone anywhere, I’m guessing he will stay put now that Vic and Pence are gone

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    1. I think they could move him after the deadline if they wanted to, but they might hang on to him if they don’t trust Nix to play in the OF. Otherwise i suspect the OF will be Brown-Mayberry-Schierholtz

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