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Holmberg's velocity climbed quite a bit towards the end of the high school season. I believe he was hitting the 90-93 MPH range.

Do you know that for sure?

Interesting. I wonder if he stays in the rotation or is moved to the bullpen which is where I think he'll eventually be at the major league level.

He is in extended spring training and will probably be in Great Falls, but those rosters have not yet been released.

Figure this listing would be nice for people who are from the site and visiting Chicago or for those that live in the city and check out a different place.

Interesting. You'd figure home games would be cheap to do.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Jun 16, 2009 -> 02:20 PM) More like a week to either Great Falls or Bristol. It could be that he plans on finishing school or doing something else prior to joining the organization. Given that he was such a late draft pick I don't think it matters a whole heck of a lot whether he's on this years short season squad or if he spends time in extended spring next year as an organizational guy.

Apparently its a massive mess and the Dash are only averaging 456 fans a game. They also layed off a ton of employees who had been hired in anticipation of the new stadium. I guess this is why they were going to stop doing radio broadcasts of all road games.

Nevermind, I found another article. Park is sitting half done.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=208 Since I'm a tard, are they playing in the park already or are they still at Ernie Shore and slated to begin play in the new park next year? I thought the name change coincided with the new stadium but I might be wrong.

QUOTE (Cubano @ Jun 16, 2009 -> 01:23 PM) Viciedo was suceptible to outside breaking pitches in Cuba too. I have a couple of videos about him. He should learn to layoff from those pitches. Can you name some of these players you are refrring to on this post? Thanks, The giants have Anderson or Alderson and than Baumgauter. I'm sure I botched the spelling.

I think Phelgey is going to get the bulk of the at bats. There is a huge difference between a 2nd round pick and an 8th round pick. Phegley also has a very ready bat. I guess it depends on what the club thinks of Dubler. There isn't any harm to having him work with the high school pitchers in Bristol or being in Great Falls as a backup for a short time until Phegley moves up to Kanny. However, since Dubler, an 8th round pick out of college, didn't end up playing in Kanny at all this season, I'd say the Sox aren't that high on him or he's out with some sort of injury none of us are aware of. It isn't a good sign if a college player repeats short season, unless it is because of an injury.

Good luck Shingo!!!

Bristol will get guys like Holmberg and some of the other prep arms we signed. If we get Thompson signed soon you'll see him in Bristol as well.

You'll see a flurry of guys get signed shortly and than as guys get signed there names will be added to the rosters. Per FutureSox Twitter, Chris Cron has indicated that Josh Phelgey, Brian Morgado, and Kyle Bellamy will be on the Great Falls roster when they sign. I would expect Phelgey to potentially make it to Kanny by the time the season is done (if he signs quickly). Bellamy also has the potential to jump up quickly to the next level. Morgado is more of a project so I figure he'll stay in Great Falls.

Plaxico doesn't cost us draft picks and has never thrown his QB's under the bus. (Marshall hasn't). He also isn't near the thug that Marshall is. We can't afford to give up more high draft picks, therefor, just go out and spend the cheese on Plax.

The Sox could take the money saved and sign the Cuban lefty Arguelles. As long as they have a plan on what to do with the money and can get someone to take Contreras contract and give us a decent piece, than I'm on board. But I've written this team as it currently stands off anyway. If it turns things around it will be because young players have really stepped up, imo.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 16, 2009 -> 01:23 AM) I'm surprised we have Hudson promotion talk so soon. Sure he's strung 3 very good starts together, but I don't see the need to rush him. If he makes the streak 9 maybe, but there isn't much point otherwise. I say it because I don't think there is a major difference between High A and Low A so I believe that you usually see a guy that is pitching above the level move up very quickly when your talking about a guy that has now a good number of very good starts combined between Low and High A. It would be different if it was between A and AA.

Excellent news. Thanks for the info. Excited to get a young arm in our system.

QUOTE (chisoxfan09 @ Jun 16, 2009 -> 03:14 AM) Hi all, first time poster. I just started a similar thread on another board but a couple of things jump out at me. Is Birmingham´s park known for being home run friendly (I thought Charlotte´s ballpark is where baseballs fly out much like the Cell)? Also as noted his OBP is now slightly above .300 which is good steady and quiet progress. I know the prototype is to jack balls out of the park but with Dayan still trying to develop plate discipline after being brought up in the Cuban system it may take a bit more time as they are taught baseball fundamentals differently (Maybe CUbano can comment on this). But a step in the right direction is the the 2 part formula (Plate discipline/pitch recognition) of which he seems to be progressing as far K´s is concerned and also not swinging at pitches down and away. Taking pitches and pitch recognition should come along. What I asked in the other forum if he does very well from now until the end of July and gets his OBP up to say .340-.350 is that worthy of a promo to AAA? I also think the home runs will come but I personally do not forsee 35-40 per year but more like 15-20 with very good RBI potential. That seems to be his pattern right now at AA (Low HR but decent RBI). Not sure if that also equates into him improving with the RISP statistic. Thoughts? First off, I want to say welcome aboard. Secondly, when talking about Viciedo we all need to remember that he is still one of the youngest players in AA currently (the Giants have a couple guys that are a bit younger but right after them its pretty much Viciedo in terms of age). Not only was he young but he's coming from a different country and had a definate growing period where he had to not only get used to the American culture but the way the game is played in America. Pitchers pitch different here than they do in Cuba just like they pitch different here than they do in Japan (ie, tendencies, for example, in the Asian leagues pitchers are much more willing to put a guy on base than in the states). Viciedo has gotten much better every month he's been here and is hitting for more power than a lot of the big ML HR hitters today did when they were 20 and in the minors. So while the stats may not show him crushing the ball, we must remember the tools he has and he has tremendous bat speed and more importantly massive power to all fields. The ball jumps off his bat and the reports we've gotten from JPN (who is our resident Barons expert and season ticket holder) is that he has power to all fields but also is concerned with the average and is working on going opposite field. I think we can expect to see Viciedo's power continue to increase throughout the season just like we've seen his average and walk rate increase. I also expect the Sox to promote him to AAA if they believe Viciedo has trouble hitting breaking pitches as you tend to see guys with much more command of the breaking ball in AAA than you do in AA. Talent wise AA is elite, but pitchability is much better in AAA. However, I also believe the Sox will be careful and make sure Viciedo doesn't try to rework his swing to try and just kill the ball in the homer happy Charlotte stadium. Oh and you are correct, Birmingham is one of the biggest pitchers parks in the minor leagues, whereas Charlotte is one of the biggest bandboxes in the minors.

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QUOTE (SoxFan101 @ Jun 15, 2009 -> 06:05 PM) I wonder if there is any chance we see Hudson in Birmingham this year. Im expecting/hoping that Carter gets the callup once some of the draft picks are signed and whatnot. If Hudson puts together another 4-6 good starts, we'll definately see him in Bham. In fact, I wouldn't be shocked if it is closer to 3-4 more starts.

QUOTE (Dam8610 @ Jun 15, 2009 -> 06:26 PM) Opposite field hit! It's a single, an RBI, and a 2 base error, as Mitchell goes all the way from first to third on a throwing error. 3-4 2 2B, RBI on the night. That opposite field single was a beautiful at bat and wow could he run. He ended up on 3rd base on a single due to an over throw by the outfielder.

Would have been nice...at least they put up a fight. Still, really thought we had the squad to win it all so I'm dissapointed.

QUOTE (chunk23 @ Jun 15, 2009 -> 01:47 PM) The signability is questionable simply because IIRC he was a senior, and therefore had little leverage. He was a junior and signability was a big part of it but it was true that scouts also questioned his power as he didn't hit for near as much power as people had expected when UT).