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Reading at Bowie MD, May 28-30. DC Area Meet-up?

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For those of you who live in the MD/DC/Northern VA area, or those who like to hit the road for whatever reason, I am thinking about trying to set up a meet-up for one of the late-May Reading games in Bowie. It’s a Tuesday-Thursday series after Memorial Day, and all three nights are 7:05 starts.  I’d prefer to wait until it gets closer so we can at least make an effort to go see one of our preferred prospects on the mound. 

So I guess for now, just drop comments here so I can see if people are interested at least in the abstract.  Then as we get into early May I’ll ask again, pull your email addresses from WordPress, and we can work on a plan via email.

General Discussion – Week of February 4 – the OH SO CLOSE!!! Edition.

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Here is your weekly general discussion. Guys are arriving for camp already. Good times.

General Discussion – Pre-Reader-Top-30-Weekend Edition

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Just a fresh discussion thread for all of you who are itching for somewhere to talk about Brett Myers passing his physical in Cleveland.

Head to Head – Young Infielders

Green, Zach, Other Stuff, Pullin, Andrew, Walding, Mitch

And so, we’ve come to the last of these head to head comparisons.  I wanted to look at a couple interesting names in the infield.  Obviously we’ve all been through discussions of Roman Quinn, Maikel Franco and Cody Ashce, and we know a lot about some of the older guys like Cesar Hernandez and Darin Ruf, (if you want to call him a 1B still, which I guess you could).  The rest of the top 30-ish infielders are young guys, drafted in 2011 or 2012.  So let’s talk about Zach Green, Mitch Walding and Andrew Pullin.

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Head to Head – Young Pitchers

Gueller, Mitch, Other Stuff, Vargas, Franklyn, Watson, Shane

Today I wanted to very briefly discuss the three young starters in the system I think have the highest upside.  That’s two 2012 draftees, Mitch Gueller and Shane Watson, and recent international signing Franklyn Vargas.

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Head to Head – Advanced Level Outfielders

Collier, Zach, Dugan, Kelly, Gillies, Tyson, Other Stuff

Just a couple days away from the crowning of the Reader #1.  I have a guess who it might be…(cough Biddle cough cough)…Jesse Biddle.  Sorry for the coughing.  I’ve been sick.

So today, I’m going to take a brief look at Kelly Dugan, Zach Collier and Tyson Gillies, and where they appear on my top 30.

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Head to Head – Recent College Starting Pitchers

Brady, Kevin, Milner, Hoby, Other Stuff, Wright, Austin

We move on to a group of guys that were 2011-2012 draftees out of big college programs and have thus far been starting pitchers in the Phils organization.  I could include Adam Morgan in the group, but there’s not much to debate with him.  He’s a top 5 prospect easily after his incredible season and the concensus of the scouting community seems to project him as a mid-rotation starter in the relatively short term.

So who does that leave?  I have 3 guys in or near my top 30: Austin Wright at 17, Kevin Brady at 24, and Hoby Milner at 32. 

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Head To Head – Low-Level Outfielders

Cozens, Dylan, Greene Jr, Larry, Other Stuff, Tocci, Carlos

In the run up to the Reader Top 30 Poll, I’m going to start a couple conversations about similar players who appear in clusters on my personal, (and still not settled) Top 50.  I hope this will help get everyone geared up for voting in the first full week of January.

In the next couple weeks, I’ll take a look at some recent college draftees who’ve stayed as starting pitchers, a couple upper-level outfielders, and lower-level infielders and starting pitchers.  But first up: low-level outfielders.  Carlos Tocci, Larry Greene Jr., and Dylan Cozens. 

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General Discussion – Week of December 17 – “The Future Is Now” Edition

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Remember in 1994, Upper Deck came up with a “The Future is Now Twenty-X Years Old” collection.  It was like Mike Piazza Future is Now 24 Years Old or Ken Griffey Jr. Future is Now 23 Years Old or whatever.  And it was just extra filler cards of nice young MLBers that you waded through in the hopes of getting a Michael Jordan?  This is kind of like that, except The Future Is Now us talking about stuff we would have talked about anyway and the title of the post is December 17, which is in THE FUTURE!!!  And what you’re really hoping for is the BA Org Top Ten on Monday and a reasonable contract for Nick Swisher.

Enjoy!

General Discussion – Week of December 3 “Why Are They Called The Winter Meetings When It’s Still Fall” Edition

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Here is your weekly general discussion.  I think Matt has a Rule 5 preview coming up, also, but here’s a fresh thread for the Winter Meetings conversation and beyond.