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Comment on Dear National Baseball Media by TC

TC — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 03:11:29 +0000

We completely agree with you. The Astros have some excellent baseball people in place, namely Bo Porter and Quinton McCracken (Director of Player Development). They will right the ship.

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Comment on Dear National Baseball Media by Kin Gill (@kingill)

Kin Gill (@kingill) — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 13:52:18 +0000

I would like to know where the people worried about The Integrity of the Game were when we were forced to move to the American League.

Comment on Astros 1B Prospect Zach Johnson by sarajean81

sarajean81 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:48:27 +0000

Congrats Zach!

Comment on Astros 1B Prospect Zach Johnson by sarajean81

sarajean81 — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:41:13 +0000

Reblogged this on sbradfordblog and commented: This is my cousin Zach, we're so proud her in Maine!

Comment on Post Hype Prospect – Matt Bush by Will the #Royals Trade Wil Myers? « The Futurists

Will the #Royals Trade Wil Myers? « The Futurists — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 16:08:51 +0000

[...] make sense: It has become increasingly difficult to totally hide a prospect’s misdoings (think Matt Bush), his performance was so strong and his future is so bright that Baseball America named him their [...]

Comment on Non-Hype Prospect – Ben Zobrist @thezobrists by knowhitter

knowhitter — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:17:17 +0000

Great read!

Comment on Post Hype Prospect – Mark Prior and Joe Mauer by Non-Hype Prospect – Ben Zobrist @thezobrists « The Futurists

Non-Hype Prospect – Ben Zobrist @thezobrists « The Futurists — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:09:36 +0000

[...] MLB All-Star Game and placing eighth in the MVP vote, despite having a WAR higher than the winner, Joe Mauer (about 30% of Zobrist’s WAR was attributable to playing second base). Zobrist was also the [...]

Comment on Favorite Prospect Struggling? This could be a big problem. by Non-Hype Prospect – Ben Zobrist @thezobrists « The Futurists

Non-Hype Prospect – Ben Zobrist @thezobrists « The Futurists — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:09:33 +0000

[...] For 2006, Zobrist was assigned to the AA Corpus Christi Hooks of the AA Texas League, where he continued to hit, putting up a 327/434/473 line before being dealt to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Mitch Talbot in exchange for Aubrey Huff and cash. As a show of respect for the prospect status of Zobrist and Talbot, ESPN referred to the Devil Rays’ newest acquisitions as “two minor league prospects” and did not refer to them by name until the fifth(!) paragraph. Zobrist played for the Durham Bulls of the AAA International League for the next two weeks, when he was called up by the Devil Rays to play shortstop. Zobrist appeared in 52 games, putting up a 224/260/311 line for the remainder of the season. After the season, Baseball America ranked Zobrist as having the “Best Strike Zone Discipline” in the Texas League, but did not rank him otherwise as he had exhausted his prospect eligibility when he lost his rookie status. Despite only playing 83 games for Corpus Christi, Zobrist was named to the Texas League All-Star team as its Utility player (the All Star at shortstop was Brandon Wood). [...]

Comment on Post Hype Prospect – Kerry Wood – @KerryWood by Post Hype Prospect – @Rangers Adrian Beltre « The Futurists

Post Hype Prospect – @Rangers Adrian Beltre « The Futurists — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 13:22:42 +0000

[...] uber-prospect Ben Grieve and Dodgers 1b/3b prospect Paul Konerko, though ahead of Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and Pirates 3b Aramis [...]

Comment on Post Hype Prospect – @RedSox Jarrod Saltalamacchia by PostHypeProspect

PostHypeProspect — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 18:34:34 +0000

I agree to an extent. Having watched Mackey Sasser deal with the yips for a number of years with the Mets, I have learned one thing: if you hit, they’ll ignore the yips. I think the yips were an issue, but his offensive woes were the death knell. I have a feeling the Dallas media intentionally didn’t report it to stay in the good graces of the Rangers’ management. I didn’t mention it because I didn’t feel it was particularly relevant – if he were hitting he would have played even with the yips.