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Anderson was pretty impressive in BP, from what I hear. Had six homers.

Well, at least Almonte's ERA changed from 6.66.

E-Lo for Hamels and Floyd/Myers.

Not yet, but Anderson is sure to sign. Dunno about Sweeney.

.255 average, OBP below .320. Yeah, he's not the problem. His ass needs to be traded.

7 IP 65 pitches. That's amazing.

If Frank keeps this up, All-Star anyone?

Frank is really tearing the cover off the ball lately, maybe because of his move to 1B? Jerry, just maybe? As of now, his average is .278, but a few days ago it was .270. Frank looks REALLY good up there, just wish he'd annihilate some first ball fastballs.

4th round selection Robert Valido, who was said to be the best defensive shortstop in the draft, has made it pretty clear that he will sign with the Sox. His close friend, Guillermo Martinez who was his teammate at 2nd, might not. Linkage!!! http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb...t=.jsp&c_id=cha Sign Valido, and then get King and Sweeney inked!

Office Space > Noaln Ryan + Ventura

I saw him moving his hands just a bit, but I think he was still way out of it.

Epstein won't move him. He's probably going to be the two-sacker for the BoSox for a while.

That's a pretty nice concussion right there.

Owned.

111 MPH, rofl. Sure that wasn't 101 or something? I don't think the Stummster could throw it that hard with all his surgeries, rofl!! Also, sox 61382, Diaz is a really good prospect. he's only 22, I believe, and his pitches are flat out filthy.

I appreciate the feedback, too. It's good to know some ballplayers are reading my stuff, if they like it or not. In retrospect, I probably gave the most flak to West, but that's the way I am. If someone is struggling, like apparently West is right now, I'm going to say that he is struggling. I'm not going to beat around the bush, I'm going to say that he is struggling. But, just because I say he is struggling and that he doesn't deserve to be in AAA (West could most likely be in AAA, but I don't think anyone in their right mind would want to try new stuff in that ballpark, bleh) doesn't mean I don't respect you guys. Hell, without you guys, I wouldn't be interacting and writing stuff about you. If you see West, throw him a message that if he feels pissed off or anything, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to piss anyone off or anything, I just write what I think, harsh or not. Also, how's the OBP man, Scott Bikowski doing? Oh, and for Cotts, West, Bullard, etc. please get promoted to Charlotte in August; Jason, Mario, and I will be Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Kannapolis and we'd love to see ya. Birmingham is just out in the middle of nowhere compared to WS, Charlotte, and Kannapolis.

Here is my report of West. To repeat, it is mine; not Jason's, not Mark's, mine. Any criticism and/or death threats should be thrown at me 24. Brian West, 22 - RHP, SP – Birmingham Barons (AA) 2003 (Charlotte-AAA): 1-0, 5.40 ERA, 5.0 INN, 2 K, 2 BB 2003 (Birmingham-AA): 2-4, 5.56 ERA, 45.1 INN, 31 K, 24 BB 2002 (Birmingham-AA): 9-11, 4.34 ERA, 149 INN, 91 K, 71 BB 2001 (Winston-Salem-A): 7-12, 3.46 ERA, 169 INN, 130 K, 70 BB 2000 (Winston-Salem-A): 0-1, 11.37 ERA, 6 INN, 3 K, 6 BB 2000 (Burlington-A): 8-9, 3.78 ERA, 148 INN, 90 K, 73 BB 1999 (Bristol-R): 1-2, 10.50 ERA, 18 INN, 17 K, 14 BB 1999 (Arizona-R): 0-1, 13.50 ERA, 5 INN, 3 K, 2 BB Brian West’s year in AA Birmingham can be simply described as both good and bad. The good? West improved on limiting the amount of hits he gave up: his Batting Average Against dropped almost 50 points from the previous year to .236. The bad? West’s strikeout total dropped dramatically from 130 in 170 IP two years ago to 91 in 149 IP last year. West has been forced to spend another year in Birmingham, and the results so far have been downright awful. West has yielded 48 hits and 15 walks in only 34 2/3 innings in his second season with the Barons. Unless West makes drastic changes to his approach to pitching, he will most likely fall by the wayside as a non-prospect. Oddly enough, West was actually promoted to AAA Charlotte, but I suspect this was only a fill-in start. As of right now, West does not deserve to be in AAA.

Happy B-Day Tony G! I also hope that they have a moment of silence for the soldiers lost at D-Day tonight, because that day was the bloodiest, but most courageous day in our history as a nation. IMO.

What a load. When I read Martinez's comments in the trib today, the only thought that popped into my mind was, 'What the hell is he thinking?" Do we need to explain to you, Pedro, how he did 'roids and such? Or is that racially motivated, too?

No way, man. I could have sworn it topped out in the low to mid 90's.

Ok, let me disect your post, guy, because even though it seems like you guys ripped me a new one, I actually appreciate it. Constructive criticism never hurts, in my mind. I almost always go by numbers, the majority of the time. Of course, when you have talents like Webster, Gonzalez, etc. you have to factor the upside and potential that they have. I have never seen Brian West pitch, and I wrote that synopsis/review of him based on his last year in Birmingham, and the beginning of the current year. Since I haven't seen any games, just box scores, your view is most likely true of this year. I would love to know, however, what happened last year for Brian so that his walks increased from 70-71 in 20 less innings pitched. Strikeouts are not overrated whatsoever. The more strikeouts you induce, the less balls are put in play, the less of a chance the batter reaches base. Since you strike out the batter, the percentage of an error happening is greatly reduced, and thus an out is easier to compile. And guys, we know that the season is long. This is by no means the only update we're going to issue. Every month until the end of the season we will update the rankings accordingly. Quote myself or Jason or Mark where we said we have all the answers. These are OUR opinions, and you obviously have your own, and we stick by them. We by no means label ourselves as experts, and it is completely farfetched and asinine to assert we should already be in the organization. We're fans, we have the right to our opinion, and more importantly, the right to criticize or show disgust to someone. If you're getting wound up over three kids' views of you, I'd hate to see your reaction when numerous newspapers plaster you for performing sub-parly, if you do so.

DEAR LORD, PLAYERS READ THIS!!! /me runs to the basement!!!

Ask Backman and then Razor Shines. There, you asked a black guy.

http://www.theonion.com/onion3921/bush_vis...uss_truman.html Owned.

He's still not letting it go. Some scouts have said that he lost 5 MPH and a ton of bite on his curve.