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Carlos Rivero: A case study in signing international talent

May 25, 2011Other Stuffgiventofly41

I’ve been meaning to write up an article on Carlos Rivero, but more specifically, an article about the risk of signing 16 year old free agents out of Latin America, and how their developmental time frame is different from US born prospects subject to the draft. And with Rivero’s solid May, I thought now would be a good time to finally write this piece, because I think it will cover a number of interesting concepts. Well, you can be the judge of that. Anyway, let’s get after it.

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Box Score Recap, 24 May 2011

May 24, 2011Box Score Recapgiventofly41

Tonight’s box scores belong on Desolation Row. At least the VSL Phillies showed a little organizational pride!

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Box Score Recap, 23 May 2011

May 24, 2011Box Score Recapgiventofly41

23 innings. A loss. Wow. No other words. We can analyze this box score for a week.

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Box Score Recap, 22 May 2011

May 22, 2011Box Score Recapgiventofly41

You want the truth about today’s minor league games? You can’t handle the truth! If you can, check below the fold.

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2011 MLB Draft Preview, Part 1

May 22, 20112011 Draftgiventofly41

Welcome to my first look at the 2011 draft from the Phillies perspective. In past years, minorleaguebaseball.com had lots of scouting reports and videos available, making it easy to check out a bunch of the top 100 prospects. This year, it seems they’ve decided not to do that, instead just posting a few videos and no detailed scouting reports. Maybe they’ll have more before the draft, hopefully they will. Instead, I’ve had to go and do a bit more digging, hence, this piece being delayed a bit. Also, with the Phillies not having a first round pick, my desire to dig in to the draft has been diminished slightly. That said, its still one of my favorite events of the year, and I have plenty of thoughts. I’m planning on putting up a few more draft pieces before the actual draft takes place, then of course we’ll have an open draft day discussion, and I’ll compile all of the picks, as well as info on all of the picks and then my instant analysis. For now, check below the fold for my first look at the 2011 draft and what to expect from the Phillies.

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Box Score Recap, May 20+21

May 22, 2011Box Score Recapgiventofly41

I got hung up with other things Friday night, so I’m combining both nights into one. Its a monster graphic, with lots of good news. Also, check back later today for my first piece on the 2011 draft.

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Box Score Recap, 19 May 2011

May 19, 2011Box Score Recapgiventofly41

You’re a box score junkie, and I’ve got your fix.

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Box Score Recap, 18 May 2011

May 18, 2011Box Score Recapgiventofly41

Its a wild world. A wide world filled with box scores. Before I get to that, 2 notes. I’ve now included the VSL box score in the daily recap. Second, I will be working on a draft piece this weekend, hopefully with some guys that I find interesting, some video, some scouting blurbs, etc etc. So look for that. Also, am I looking in the wrong place, or has minorleaguebaseball.com not uploaded any scouting reports yet for draft prospects? Last year I thought they started putting stuff up in early April, this year, nothing. What gives? Anyway, the box scores.

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