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Hudson started the season out in low-A Kannapolis and absolutely dominated there going 1-2 1.23 ERA 22IP 2BB and 30K. Not a bad line. He has now earned a promotion to high-A Winston-Salem. This is a big jump in talent so we'll see what he's all about this summer, whether or not he's a legit prospect.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ May 4, 2009 -> 05:30 PM) Charlotte's having a conhole tournament, so ha. you mean cornhole??

nother HR for Viciedo, he's put together a pretty decent stretch this past week.

QUOTE (Reddy @ May 1, 2009 -> 03:52 PM) what the hell does that mean? /defensive Iowan he didn't spend three years in an elite college program/ less refined player

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Apr 30, 2009 -> 05:57 PM) Hudson is ridiculous. I am not sure about his stuff, but his peripherals would suggest they are very good, prolly the ceiling of a 2. read his AAP page he has 30 k's and 2 bb in 22 IP so far this season. is 15:1 a good k to bb ratio?? i don't know much about the sabermetrics stuff.

Allen and Viciedo go back to back!!!! Way to go Dayan!

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Apr 26, 2009 -> 03:12 PM) Christopher Marrero. You're right, I knew that, I always just come up with Eli for some reason, prolly b/c it is a familiar name

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 26, 2009 -> 02:43 PM) Marrero also threw a runner out at home from RF today. Might be time to consider this guy a legit prospect. He's the same age as Beckham and Danks, and he's put up solid numbers since being signed in 2006. I'm surprised he wasn't even drafted back then. He's from Miami. I believe that he was drafted by us as a draft-and-follow player (whatever the hell that means) the previous season. FYI, he is the brother of Nationals 1B Eli Marrero

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 23, 2009 -> 08:58 PM) JD's pecs are weak. seriously. not much to look at with his shirt off

Charlotte v. Norfolk This is a pretty bad team, the bright spot for me has been Dony Lucy bouncing back from a potential career ending knee injury. Good to see him playing well, he even stole a base today. Birmingham v. Jacksonville Beckham sucks, good outing for McCullough W-S v. Potomac Nice game for Danks, looks like he's starting to adjust. Morel already has 5 SB, he must have some wheels. Kanny v. Greenville KW2 has a 2 game hit streak. He's ready for A+ ball.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 11:30 AM) I agree with Ozzie when he said Q isn't even locked in yet! You can tell by some of the swings he's taking at the plate. He is tremendous, hopefully he gets his AL MVP this year. I can't stop laughing everytime I see Eric Byrnes Eric Byrnes is a grinder though

CQ got the Palestinians and Israelis to sign a peace treaty merely by saying "you don't want me to have to come over there do you?"

On his trip to the White House CQ anointed himself the new Secretary of Pain.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 11:03 AM) So I did not see Carlos working on his swing at the White House... He hit a copy of the national budget with his bat so hard that afterwards it balanced itself.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 21, 2009 -> 05:30 AM) How was Wassermann "recalled"? I don't get that. Also, sad to see Bunky Kateon released. Isn't he the guy that was all set to go to law school, and the Sox convinced him to give playing a shot? law school is still there for him. i'm just sad to see our organizational players named Bunky number drop to zero.

you all need to play nice. As far as Viciedo, I just read an article that says the biggest adjustments that cuban players have to make are the lifestyle which i'm sure is quite the culture shock for them and also the way the pitchers pitch. american pitchers work their pitches in different sequences and throw diff. stuff in certain situations than they do in cuba so it's a big change for him and he's just guessing at the plate right now. I think the fact that he's not striking out a s*** ton and has a decent average tells me that he's not totally overmatched which is a really good sign considering that he's a 19 year old playing AA ball which is generally where you find the players with the most raw talent in any minor league level. I'll give him to the all star break, if he's regressing then you look to make a change, otherwise give the kid some time.

QUOTE (JPN366 @ Apr 20, 2009 -> 10:06 AM) Well, it's only three games, I imagine something will occur Thursday or Friday. If they want him in the majors, then Jerry Owens could be on borrowed time. If they want him in Charlotte or to continue his rehab up there, Keith Ginter may be in trouble. I'm not sure if he has any options left to be sent to AAA unless it's still considered a rehab assignment. If not we have to send him up to the big club or put him on waivers and with the way he played in spring he prolly won't make it through.

QUOTE (scenario @ Apr 20, 2009 -> 12:26 PM) Although, I could see a scenario where he becomes BA's backup soon. According to JPN, Nix just started a 3-day rehab assignment in Birmingham. If he's ready to come back, I could picture Nix taking Owen's spot on the roster... which would probably result in Lilli getting time in CF. sounds about right

QUOTE (flavum @ Apr 18, 2009 -> 04:59 PM) Beckham snapped out of the 0-10. 2-2, single, double, stolen base. I still think that he's washed up

This is just an organizational depth move. Their junk for our junk, our junk is younger and may turn into an effective reliever someday (prolly not) and their junk is older with no ceiling to speak of. The main difference is that their junk has had some AB's in the majors and our junk has never been above AA. So the junk that we got is more useful to us in the immediate future.

QUOTE (Felix @ Apr 13, 2009 -> 09:08 PM) One question: Why not? see what i wrote above about Jose Canseco's escapade onto the pitcher's mound. Position players aren't pitchers and don't have their arms/shoulders/elbows on the same strengthening program as full time pitchers do. if they get a dumb idea and try throwing some offspeed junk the probability of an injury is much greater

Canseco did that when he played for the Rangers, he blew out his elbow throwing some offspeed junk and missed the rest of the season.

Fields' not Fields's

QUOTE (BearSox @ Apr 9, 2009 -> 06:30 AM) Sounds about right, but you gotta swap Kuhn and Escobar. Escobar was supposedly a pretty good defensive SS last year, and from everything I read about Kuhn, he won't be able to cut as a SS. I really like Kuhn, he seems very similar to Chris Getz, IMO. thats what i was thinking. kuhn is a offensive player and escobar is considered one of the best defensive infield prospects in the organization

opening day of baseball, basketball playoffs about to start, march madness and the nfl draft. this is the most amazing time of the year for the sports fan, i watched 4 baseball games and the ncaa championship game yesterday