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If he replaces Walker in Boston, let me be the first to say he hits .275 with 20-25 homers.

Would make Izturis available.

Dransfeldt in no way is replacing Graffy, if we lose Graffy we need a replacement, not this guy, no friggin way he is worthy of replacing Graffy.

I agree, not bad for a good #4 starter who can work up higher in rotation with another year or two experience. Not everyone gets it together in one or two years.

These guys are just AA and AAA roster fill, nothing more nothing less.

Lackaff is one of our best fielding infielders, he was a very clutch hitter too his first season. I had very high expectations before he had bad knee injury, then he missed most of next season hurt again. Just seems to be injury prone, otherwise I liked him better than Hummel.

Dransfeldt cannot field with Dellaero, and cannot hit much better. But he will be better than Nunez was at SS for Charlotte, if he makes roster in Chicago, we are hurting. Saw Mike Bell in Tucson last spring training, he was ok, but he will not make the team either. All AAA roster fill

Agree, take a shot with him, now if we added 5 FAs and needed one spot, he could be released. Someone mentioned 4 openings yet on the 40-man, I like that, that means we may be aggressive.

s***, if his price drops everyone is interested in him, not like it would be just us jumping on the wagon.

Rauch was NEVER considered a power pitcher, not even in his one great season. None of the scouting reports out of college even listed him as a power pitcher.

Rex, having fun are ya?

Just say no to Sidney Ponson, my guess is he is a rotator cuff surgery within next full season, supposedly it is already frayed.

Nice game for Cotts, Majewski and Bikowski SCOTTS. SCORPIONS AB R H BI AVG PEORIA JAVELINAS AB R H BI AVG E.Bruntlett CF 3 0 1 0 .192 J.Strong CF 4 2 2 1 .185 C.Kotchman 1B 3 0 1 0 .258 S.Bikowski RF 4 1 2 3 .409 S.Smitherman LF 3 0 0 0 .317 D.DeJesus DH 4 1 1 0 .400 B.King 3B 4 0 1 0 .250 M.Tonis CAT 4 0 1 1 .282 S.Santos SS 4 0 2 0 .244 J.McKinley CAT 0 0 0 0 .158 J.Mathis CAT 4 0 0 0 .161 J.Bubela LF 4 0 0 0 .342 C.Snyder DH 4 0 2 0 .259 H.Brown 3B 4 0 1 0 .280 N.Gorneault RF 4 0 1 0 .226 L.Broadway 1B 4 0 0 0 .174 T.Whiteman 2B 4 0 0 0 .000 D.Rich 2B 3 1 1 0 .200 G.Powell PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 R.Adams SS 3 1 1 0 .133 T.Nall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Cotts PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Steffek PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 P.Bauer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.DeJong PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Thornton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Majewski PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 33 0 8 0 TOTALS 34 6 9 5 SCOTTS. SCORPIONS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 8 1 PEORIA JAVELINAS 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 X- 6 9 0 E--S.Santos. DP--SCOTTS. SCORPIONS 0, PEORIA JAVELINAS 2. LOB-- SCOTTS. SCORPIONS 9, PEORIA JAVELINAS 4. HR--S.Bikowski (2). SB-- D.DeJesus (5). HBP--C.Kotchman. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA SCOTTS. SCORPIONS G.Powell (L,0-2) 3.0 7 5 5 0 0 1 5.52 T.Nall 3.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 3.00 B.Steffek 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6.14 PEORIA JAVELINAS N.Cotts 4.0 5 0 0 2 3 0 3.07 P.Bauer (W,1-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9.00 J.DeJong 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 8.22 M.Thornton 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 11.12 G.Majewski 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9.45 HB--M.Thornton. WP--N.Cotts. SO--S.Smitherman 2, B.King, S.Santos, C.Snyder 2, N.Gorneault 2, T.Whiteman 2, D.DeJesus, H.Brown, D.Rich. BB--E.Bruntlett, S.Smitherman. T--2:09. A--103

Bikowski took Reed's place and played yesterday (hit a homer)

I thought I read that Borchard is getting married this winter and turned down winter ball to the chagrin of the brass.

Man, I do not think of it as being stuck with Jose, he is a gamer. He has had a tremendous year defensively. I will keep him and spend money to keep others. Hell with Tejada

Should have posted Dunn's AAA ERA for Angels, worse than Francisco's AA ERA.

Jiminez was the worst 'baseball' player I have ever witnessed, Rios not far behind. How Rios could swing at that first pitch when pinch hitting for ARow on Sunday is beyond me. Nothing wrong with swinging at first pitch if it is one you can handle. Stupid baseball.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minor...12mauerpoy.html

Reed was one of 10 nominees, but Mauer won it.

I disagree, keep Jose for 2-3 more years, and spend money on pitching, pitching and pitching. After 2-3 years Valido or someone else will be available.

My guess is we could lose Majewski, Ulacia and possibly Fields to Rule V draft this year.

LYNCHBURG AB R H BI AVG WINSTON-SALEM AB R H BI AVG B.Chaves SS 5 0 1 1 .136 R.Yan 2B 4 0 1 1 .190 J.Keppinger 2B 4 1 1 0 .227 M.Spidale CF 4 0 0 0 .381 R.Doumit CAT 4 0 1 1 .333 E.Welsh 1B 4 0 0 0 .263 W.Young DH 3 0 0 0 .211 C.Rogowski 1B 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Bautista 3B 4 0 1 0 .375 B.Becker DH 4 1 1 0 .143 J.Cortes LF 3 0 0 0 .200 D.Holt LF 4 0 1 0 .263 Y.De Caster 1B 4 0 0 0 .294 N.Martel RF 2 0 1 0 .368 V.Buttler RF 4 1 1 0 .263 E.Storey 3B 2 1 1 1 .200 N.McLouth CF 3 0 2 0 .286 M.Morse SS 3 0 1 0 .368 J.Lopez PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Stewart CAT 3 1 1 1 .273 H.Owens PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 K.Honel PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 M.Torres PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Ulacia PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 J.Fields PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 34 2 7 2 TOTALS 30 3 7 3 LYNCHBURG 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0- 2 7 0 WINSTON-SALEM 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 X- 3 7 1 E--R.Yan. DP--LYNCHBURG 0, WINSTON-SALEM 1. LOB--LYNCHBURG 8, WINSTON-SALEM 5. 2B--J.Keppinger (1), R.Doumit (2), J.Bautista (3), D.Holt (2). SB--V.Buttler (1). SH--J.Cortes. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LYNCHBURG J.Lopez 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 0 1.50 H.Owens (L,0-1) 0.2 2 2 2 1 1 0 10.80 M.Torres 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 WINSTON-SALEM K.Honel (W,2-0) 7.0 6 2 2 2 7 0 1.29 D.Ulacia 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 J.Fields (S,5) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0.00 WP--K.Honel. SO--B.Chaves, R.Doumit 2, W.Young 2, J.Cortes 3, Y.De Caster 2, R.Yan, E.Welsh, B.Becker 2, N.Martel, E.Storey. BB--W.Young, N.McLouth, N.Martel, E.Storey. T--2:36. A--1261

The Winston-Salem Warthogs earned their Carolina League record 11th title on Monday in a 3-2 win over Lynchburg in game 3 of the Mills Cup series. The Warthogs swept the three game series from the Hillcats, the defending champion. Kris Honel earned his second post-season win. Honel gave up two runs on six hits in seven innings. Josh Fields earned MVP honors, saving all five games in the Warthogs perfect 5-0 post-season run. Hillcats' reliever Henry Owens suffered the loss for the Hillcats. Lynchburg took an early 1-0 lead after the top of the first. Jeff Keppinger doubled and scored on Ryan Doumit's double. The Warthogs tied the game in the bottom of the 2nd. Brian Becker singled and went to second on Normand Martel's single. Eric Storey followed on and RBI single tying the game at 1. The Hillcats took a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh. Vic Buttler reached on a bunt single and stole second base. Brandon Chaves knocked Buttler in with an RBI single to right center. The Warthogs took the tied the game and took the lead in the bottom of the seventh. With one out, Storey walked and went to second on a Mike Morse single up the middle. Chris Stewart singled to left center, scoring Storey, but Morse was thrown out at the plate for out two. Stewart took second on the throw home. Melqui Torres then came into pitch and gave up an RBI single to Ruddy Yan, scoring Stewart. Dennis Ulacia came into pitch and registered a perfect top of the eighth. Fields pitched the ninth, giving up a two out single to Nate McLouth. Field followed with a strike out of Brandon Chaves. Fields finished the post-season with five saves in five chances, 5 2/3 innings pitched, three hits, 11 strikeouts and no walks. The title was the first for a Winston-Salem franchise since 1993.

Majewski ERA in 2nd half of season must have been outstanding, he was over 6 with quite a few innings.