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While I am estatic about the promo's kinda has been a dismantling of a very successful year for BHam JPN. They have struggled a bit lately as the core they had before is pretty much gone but hey that is what the farm is for. Only Danks and Viciedo left to progress upward now in this current crop.

Beautox, Chapman has not signed with Torres. He is signed with another agent.

Will Chuck Norris volunteer to protect him??

Pumpkin, you are thinking of Aroldis Chapman, a flame throwing 100 MPH lefty who just defected in June. A ton of upside who has been heralded as the left handed Stephen Strasburg. I would not go that far just yet.

A little bit of upside I guess but all in all is he a potential solution for CF if he needs seasoning in AA/AAA? I say Danks has more upside.

Link: http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Yasser_Gomez Yasser Gómez spent 11 seasons in the Cuban leagues and achieved notice for his contact hitting and defense while displaying little power. He also spent 4 years with the Cuban national team, debuting for them at age 19, but failed to hit .270 or higher in any tournament with the squad. In the 1997-1998 Cuban Serie Nacional, Gómez made an impressive debut for the Metropolitanos. He hit .359 (5th in the league) and set a new rookie record with 112 hits. He won Rookie of the Year honors. In 1998-1999, Yasser moved to the Industriales and set an aluminum-bat era record for triples (12), including an amazing three in one game on January 23 in consecutive at-bats against Ciro Licea. The teenager made his Cuban national team debut in the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, going 0 for 2 as the backup CF to Yobal Duenas. Gómez still made an impact on the Cup in a very negative way. In the 11th inning, he lost a fly ball from Gary White in the sun, giving White the game-winning single as Peter Vogler raced home. In the 1999-2000 Serie Nacional, he hit .333 to tie Antonio Scull for third in the league. Gómez was Cuba's main center fielder in the 2000 Olympics; he hit .250/.250/.250 in 8 games; only Ariel Pestano hit worse for the traditional power. He went 0 for 4 with a strikeout against Ben Sheets in the Gold Medal game. Gómez hit .380/.481/.480 in the 2000-2001 Serie Nacional. He was well back of the league leader in hitting in a high-average year as Osmani Urrutia hit .431. The left-hander batted .240/.406/.280 in the 2001 Baseball World Cup, again serving as Cuba's main center fielder. He was 1 for 2 with a run in the Gold Medal game 5-3 win over Team USA before leaving for a pinch-hitter. During the 2001-2002 season, he batted .365/.430/.496 and was 7th in average. His 3 triples led the 2002 Super Liga. Gómez played his final games for the national team in the 2002 Intercontinental Cup; the 22-year-old batted .269/.406/.346 with 8 runs in 9 games and was caught stealing in both of his attempts. He was 0 for 3 in the Gold Medal game; for only the second time in four international tournaments, his Cuban team won Gold. Gómez batted .247/.307/.247 in reduced action in the 2002-2003 Serie Nacional. The young outfielder bounced back to .301/.369/.336 in 2003-2004. His 14 runs in the 2004 Super Liga tied Yoandy Garlobo for the lead. He played for the Cuban "B" team in the 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week and went 9 for 19 with 3 walks; he was second to Davide Dallospedale in average and OBP during the event. In 2004-2005, the Industriales flyhawk batted .330/.419/.398. 2005-2006 was a big year in limited time as he hit .403/.481/.484 in 48 games. In 2006-2007, Yasser produced at a .330/.438/.388 rate. In the 2007 World Port Tournament, he was 3 for 13 with a walk and a double. Gómez had a strong campaign in 2007-2008, hitting .394/.495/.511 to finish a career-high third in average behind Garlobo and Leonis Martin. He led the league with 8 sacrifice flies. He was left off the All-Star team as more well-rounded outfielders Alexei Bell, Alfredo Despaigne and Yoandry Urgellés were chosen. He was then excluded from Cuba's roster for the 2008 Olympics as they went with outfielders with significantly more power.

Dizz, do we store them in the car trunk for safe keeping?

Lujan does not have good numbers, I hope he can hold the lead. 1-4 with a mid 4.5 ERA. HMMMM.

JPN, when you get back from the game what is your analysis of Huddie's performance tonite??

Decent line tonite, 94 pitches, 7 K's, 1BB, and 6 innings up 2-0. Let's hope the bullpen holds for him. Another good outing.

Huddie gets out of a jam with a DP to end the 5th, BHam still up 2-0. He is struggling with pitch count tonite though. 79 thru 5. Wonder if he gets lifted now.

Is there a plan to bring him up? I had not seen that.

6 K's thru almost 4 innings, NASTY!!! But his pitch count is a little high (51 so far). He will probably go 7 if he can keep pitching well. BHam up 2-0 as Cook left the yard.

I wonder if KW has his eyes on either Marti, Gomez for CF, Yasser as the 5th starter. Marti has the most upside of both pitchers but I wonder. Just not sure if they are MLB ready. May the bidding and posting begin!!! Here is Twitter link: http://twitter.com/jorgearangure/status/3132383579

Dan, if he does not develop at least 1 good secondary pitch he is doomed to be a lifetime reliever. No doubt about it.

Maggs, this seems perfect. He is a typical get ahead in the count pitcher. What more could we ask for??

Huddie has 3 K's through 2 innings. Looks like another gem in the making if they can give him some offense. Viciedo not in lineup tonite.

Let's also hope Viciedo keeps getting better with his offense. He's made some strides in the last 2 weeks. I think no erros either although not 100% sure.

JPN, HUddie pitches tonight right? Hope he is lights out again!!

What about resigning Pods for one more year and hoping Mitchell has a really quick year in 2010 in AA/AAA? I kinda think if he keeps doing well in Kanny he will go to the AFL and tear it up and then get a ST invite and then AA. Kinda like Beckham.

Aroldis Chapman sorry.

Here is the latest chart of him spraying the ball in the short time he has been here. Can definitely hit to all fields.

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While I understand all the luv for Chris Getz and agree he is also having a good rookie campaign this thread is really about Slayer and his incredible season and how that makes him one of the top 3 favorites for ROTY. I don't take anything about Getz's ability to do the little things and his tough attitude towards playing the game but can that be the subject of it's own thread? I know we get sidetracked on topics because they are have relavance to each other in some way but I hope to just bring out how great Slayer has been in just over 60 games as a professional MLB player and how I (many others agree as well) he is getting better and making a clear cut case for the award.

I think Romero is going to fade as is Porcello.