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Well the best pitcher in college and player is Jared Weaver. Corey Pattersons brother is probably the best leadoff prospect out there. Rice has quite a few good players (names escape me right now..some are pitchers). Then there is Sowers, a LHP from Vandy if I think right whose pretty good. If there is any player I could see sliding to the Sox pick, it would be Sowers from Vandy. He is rated as better, but could slide down due to signing issues and such, although I still find it unlikely. He's a really good looking pitcher though. Nienman or something is another one of the very good players, I'm pretty sure from Rice. EVerything is kind of jumbled up in my head right now on the draft cause the picture is still only semi clear. I couldn't even tell ya who the good high school players are at this point in time.

The Intimidators were also rained out. Their game will be made up as part of a doubleheader tomorrow. Ryan Rodriguez will make his debut and Miller will pitch the other game.

Ya, the Sox have quite a few early picks. I think they select 17th (going off memory) and then they have two picks for losing Gordon and two early picks for losing Colon. They will have 2 supplementary first rounders and then they get the Angels and Yankees 2nd round pick if I recall. They will have a total of 6 picks in the 1st two rounds if I'm not mistaken.

I got to say, since were talking a bit about the draft...that Jared Weaver is as good as Prior was his senior year in college. This kid is going to be really special if he stays healthy. NASTY STUFF, amazing control. Its a darn shame the Sox couldn't take two or three of their early picks and move up with the Pads

Most of them are pay. I'm going to write a few articles leading up to the draft as things get closer on FutureSox. After the draft, I'm going to go out on a limb and say you won't find any site with a more comprehensive scouting report and analysis on the Sox draft then you will on FutureSox although it does usually take us a bit of time to get it up because its so demanding to research and get the info on every prospect. I think last year we had reports on 44 of the 50 selections. However, BA ocassionally has good stuff (www.baseballamerica.com) and teamonebaseball seems to be the best site in general for that type of stuff, although I've never read their pay content becuase its a pretty expensive site. But if you read the stories BA does on college players, you'll get a good insite to the draft.

Schnur came out of the gate hitting good, but then the injury broke up his rhythm and he never really got back into a groove. I really like Schnur, in fact, I think within a year he can establish himself as one of the best 3rd base prospects in all of baseball.

Well it works well for the Sox or at least I hope it does, since we got that righty predominant order.

The Warthogs game was rained out today. They will play a double hitter on Wednesday.

i could do that as well, if thats what the consensus is. The only thing with a subcategory is, considering the higher amount of pinned posts on the main board, it could end up with a ton of pinned stuff. if I were to do a seperate forum, then it would be the 2nd main forum in a sense. It would be directly below Pale Hose Talk on the directory.

UPDATED: Seems like everyone thought this was a great idea, so the board is now up and ADAM!!!! For a while we've thought about opening up a Minor League Specific Board. Minor leagues are a real popular subject and this could make it easier for everyone to keep track on those type of things. I also know that in the past some people didn't like the idea. With the board getting bigger, some of the threads are more easy lost in the shuffle and wanted to get an idea on what everyone thinks of it?

Honel is going to likely skip his next start and then will be back or at least thats what Rex reported. Nothing official out of Bham, everything seems to be quiet.

Didn't see it in either of the press releases I got from Winston. Will double check them when I get home tonight.

If he tore it that would be bad news. It definately be Baker related cause Prior's mechanics are smooth.

Happy 16th You can finally drive!!!!!

Oh ya, I got your email and I'll send it your way tomorrow. Was lazy tonight

Right now I think is too early to make any moves. Wright kept the Sox in the game against one of hte most explosive offense in the majors. I realize the Yanks offense has struggled thus far, but that is still an incredibly difficult lineup to navigate through. Bottomline, the team was in the game and thats all I can ask from my 5th starter. In fact, I think Wright is capable of going out and shutting a team down a few games, which is something you can't say about a lot of 5th starters. As a whole, if your back end starter keeps you in the games, then thats enough for me. Right now I keep Cotts in the pen to help ease his transition to the majors. I want to see him get consistent innings. Now if after 4 starts from Scho or Wright, we see that one has just been awful (hopefully both aren't) and Cotts has pitched good, then I'd make the switch. Until then, I say leave things the way they are. One thing I've learned as I watch baseball more and more is, people have to be patient. Sometimes people are way too patient, but most of the time they are too impatient.

Or it was because it was like his 4th start and he hadn't even pitched as high as AAA yet. Geeze, some people expect someone to come up and be Randy Johnson or Greg Maddux from the get go. It doesn't happen, pitchers still have to develop as they are up, every player does. You aren't just bam ready to produce, unless your name is Albert Pujols or Dontrell or Brandon Webb. Its very rare. If anyone is going to right off a young pitcher that made only 4 major league starts and only spent part of a season in AA and freaking dominated then all I'm going to say is its stupid. It was a given he had things to work on and his control is much better thus far this year then it was last year. Most importantly, his curveball is looking way better then it ever had. Him developing a third pitch is a huge key, plus he has the cutter as well (4th pitch).

I think this was the best offensive game of the season for the Sox. They hit the ball on the screws all day (Minus Dorn and Crede). I was shocked when some of those balls weren't going for hits or homers. Its a tough loss, but I think the Sox should of won.

Who knows, if people new that their wouldn't be much guessing in baseball. That person would be superior to any GM in baseball as well as any scout in baseball. Thats what makes it so hard. You just want to get as many quality players as you can so the odds are better that you get some really good players to develop. The other hard thing is, the Sox haven't had any incredibly high picks to get a guy like Prior, Mauer, or a Jared Weaver (This year's almost guarantee #1) so it puts you in a position where you really have to scout well.

Haigwood pitched 5 innings today for Kanny. I think he gave up 2 runs and Kanny lost. Still, very good outing considering its his first start since his injury. By 1st start, I mean first start that counts.

Felix has always thrown a fastball, slider and a plus changeup. Nothing wrong with his stuff and he is still pretty young. Rauch got hurt, case closed. He'll never be what everyone once expected him to be. Prospects get these projections when they are really young and when they don't meet them its turned into how big of bums they are. Most of the time, guys don't pan out near their potential level. If 10% of super star prospects panned out, each team would have 4-5 SUPERSTARS. And you want a two pitch pitcher, look at Randy Johnson. He's probably one of the best two pitch pitchers of all time. Jarrod Washburn is essnetially a one pitch pitcher (He's basically all fastballs).

Hey Brando...are you watching the games. The balls have been absolutely crushed. The Sox have hit like 4 balls to dead center to the track, about 400 feet. And they haven't been pop ups, they've been line shots. The Sox have hit the ball on the button every at bat. I realize you have something against Rooney and I'm not listening to him, Im listening to the Yanks guys, but the balls have been absolutely scolded. Get over it.

To add to that, he was shelled last season. Still has high upside and I don't consider it much of a concern.

The job of a 5th starter is to keep the team in the game. Last I looked the Sox are in the game and they were going up against the Yanks #1 pitcher. He may not of been great, but he gave up like 4 hits and 4 earned runs. I'll take it out of my 5th starter in New York.

Nachreiner and he's going to be in Great Falls this year. He'll be in Arizona until then (or I'm assuming thats where he'll be) working on his mechanics and such.