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QUOTE (Heads22 @ Jun 16, 2008 -> 08:53 PM) Yeah, but he's in CF in name only. Playing it in that bandbox named Knights Castle is a bit different. The Cell might be a smaller bandbox.

Changing hitting coaches isn't going to do anything, these players are who they are and theres nothing that can be done. Any pitcher with a good change up or sinker absolutly dominates them. Anytime I here Hawk say "you gotta make him get the ball up" I might just turn off the TV and do something better with my time.

Why does Jerry Owens get so much love? His numbers were terrible last year, his numbers are terrible this year (in AAA) and he will never amount to anything in the big leagues. Guys like him are a dime a dozen. Yeah this team needs speed but guys with only speed who can't get on base at a .350 clip and can't get find a gap every once and a while are worthless.

my top 10 young pitchers (one year or less) 1. Edinson Volquez (until Dusty ruins his career) 2. Tim Lincecum 3. Joba Chamberlain 4. David Price (only reason he's not #1 is because he's only pitched 11 innings in high A, shut out innings though) 5. Clayton Kershaw 6. Clay Bucholz 7. Neftali Feliz 8. Johnny Cueto 9. Max Scherzer 10. Justin Masterson (definatly a sleeper, his sinker is Webb/Wang esque)

QUOTE (BearSox @ May 25, 2008 -> 07:03 PM) Here is my 1st round mock draft as of May 25th. 01. Tampa Bay Rays: SS Tim Beckham, HS-Georgia 02. Pittsburgh Pirates: 3B Pedro Alvarez, Vanderbilt 03. Kansas City Royals: 1B Eric Hosmer, HS-Florida 04. Baltimore Orioles: LHSP Brian Matusz, San Diego 05. San Francisco Giants: C Buster Posey, Florida St. 06. Florida Marlins: C Kyle Skipworth, HS-California 07. Cincinnati Reds: RHSP Aaron Crow, Missouri 08. Chicago White Sox: 1B Justin Smoak, South Carolina 09. Washington Nationals: MI Gordon Beckham, Georgia 10. Houston Astros: RHSP Shooter Hunt, Tulane 11. Texas Rangers: 1B/3B Brett Wallace, Arizona St. 12. Oakland Athletics: 1B Yonder Alonso, Miami 13. St. Louis Cardinals: RHSP Tim Melville, HS-Missouri 14. Minnesota Twins: LHSP Christian Friedrich, Eastern Kentucky 15. Los Angeles Dodgers: RHP/3B Ethan Martin, HS-Georgia 16. Milwaukee Brewers: RHCL Josh Fields, Georgia 17. Toronto Blue Jays: C/3B Brett Lawre, HS-Canada 18. New York Mets: OF Zach Collier, HS-California 19. Chicago Cubs: SS/RHP Casey Kelly, HS-Florida 20. Seattle Mariners: OF Aaron Hicks, HS-California 21. Detroit Tigers: CL Andrew Cashner, Texas Christian University 22. New York Mets: C Jason Castro, Stanford 23. San Diego Padres: OF/1B Ike Davis, Arizona St. 24. Philadelphia Phillies: SS/OF Anthony Hewitt, HS-Conneticut 25. Colorado Rockies: RHSP Jake Odorizzi, HS-Illinois 26. Arizona Diamondbacks: 2B/OF Jemile Weeks, Miami 27. Minnesota Twins: 3B Conor Gillaspie, Wichita St. 28. New York Yankees: RHSP Gerrit Cole, HS-California 29. Cleveland Indians: RHSP/CL Ryan Perry, Arizona 30. Boston Red Sox: SS/3B Reese Havens, South Carolina I don't see the Sox passing on Beckham, I also want them to get a lot of highschoolers after the first round just to get the system younger.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 30, 2008 -> 04:20 PM) A poster over at SSS brought him to my attention. He is a 22 year old righthanded starting pitcher at Kanny. Here are his stats for this season thus far... 5-1, 1.92 ERA, 56 1/3 IP, 38 H, 3 HR, 9 BB, 61 K's, 0.83 WHIP That ERA, BB/K ratio, and WHIP are tremendous. I hope he makes AA before the season is over, and then AAA by 2009 season, and maybe make a bid at the rotation by 2010. I am getting a little ahead of myself, but his numbers are nasty right now. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/st...&pid=457580 I personally like Poreda and Ely better even though their numbers are worse just because of their draft positions. Hopefully he pans out but lots of pitchers dominate low A. (remember Ray Liotta? god I wish he made the bigs)

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 1, 2008 -> 03:43 PM) Go with this lineup: OC, Thome, CQ, AJ, Dye, Swisher, Konerko, Crede, Ramirez I think Crede or Konerko would be the most likely to be delt(other than the worst player in baseball, Uribe). Line up changes create trivial differences, same can be said about a hitting coach. Their minor league system is awful(even Fields is struggling) so theres no call ups or trades that I see happening.