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Looks like he's Ozzie's type of SS. Plays excellent D, good arm, lots of range, a bit of speed. Could be our utility man next year, if Valentin doesn't come back and we hav Willie and Uribe startin in the infield.

If we are calling up someone I'm going to actually say Baj. He's probably the best option we hav to call up someone for the pen, besides Wunsch who's on the DL. Garry Majewski and Jose Santiago could also be options.

More news on Valdez, this was from April 26 this season. Two shortstops in the Pacific Coast League better known for their gloves were making early impressions at the plate. Granted, Marlins farmhand Wilson Valdez plays at hitter's haven Albuquerque, but his .321 start, including a .354 on-base percentage and six stolen bases, was cause for encouragement. He's also a pure defender with excellent range and a plus arm.

I'm thinkin Ozzie probably saw sumthin of Valdez while he was down in Florida, looked like he was the Marlins' top infield prospect and would have replaced Castillo or Alex Gonzalez.

Found this on Valdez from an old BA chat wrap earlier this season, Triple-A middle infielder Wilson Valdez would get the first in-house crack at replacing Castillo, although he has even less pop than Louie.

I'm thinkin probably half of his $6 mill contract we are paying. Hopefully this will open up some payroll room for us to acquire a Freddy Garcia or Steve Finley type of impact player.

I predicted the Marlins would be interested in Koch, due to their bullpen problems. They wanted Contreas, but he's 3-0 in his last 4 starts, and might actually stay with the Pinstripes. It'll be very interestin to see how he does with the Fishies.

Boxscore Frederick vs. Winston Salem Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Frederick « 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 10 0 Winston Salem 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Log | Wrap | Box W:H.Penn(2-0) L:K.Ray(5-1) HR: FRE- W.Cliffords (1), C.Keylor (8), T.Johnson (14) WS- None Frederick AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG BJ Littleton cf 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .318 Mike Done 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Woody Cliffords lf 4 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .371 Branden Florence dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Cory Keylor rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 .266 &nbsp Cory Harris pr/rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Tripper Johnson 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 .291 Doug Gredvig 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Ryan Hubele c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .265 Gera Alvarez ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .249 Totals 34 6 10 1 0 3 5 3 5 &nbsp &nbsp Winston Salem AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI W K AVG Andy Gonzalez 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Pedro Lopez ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Ryan Sweeney rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Brian Anderson cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Casey Rogowski 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Thomas Brice dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 Darren Blakely lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .255 Josh Shaffer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Wally Rosa c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Totals 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 &nbsp E_W. Rosa. LOB_Frederick 5, Winston Salem 3. 2B_B. Florence (4). HR_W. Cliffords (1) off K. Ray, C. Keylor (8) off K. Ray, T. Johnson (14) off K. Ray. RBI_W. Cliffords 2 (17), C. Keylor 2 (41), T. Johnson (45). SB_B. Littleton (12). CS_R. Hubele. DP_Winston Salem 1. Frederick IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Hayden Penn (W 2-0) 7.0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1.56 Ryan Keefer 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4.05 Nick McCurdy 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.00 &nbsp Winston Salem IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA Kenny Ray (L 5-1) 5.0 8 6 5 2 4 3 4.17 Rob Purvis 3.0 2 0 0 1 1 0 5.09 Byeong Hak An 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.47 IBB_off K. Ray (C. Keylor). HBP_by B. An (B. Littleton). T_2:13. A_2906. powered by www.sportsnetwork.com.

Wow, this could mean no more Maggs to the Mets now, depending on how Hidalgo does.

Congrats to Jim and Queenie on becoming new mods here at S,L & P. I'm sure you two will do a fine job around here.

Kickass Star.

I could see the Cowboys maybe singin him instead to be our new RT.

The Duelling Episode: Lisa - "Mr. Carter, will you build us a house? We can't go back to ours." Jimmy Carter - "I'm sorry, these houses are only for the truly needy" Camera pans out to Cletus and his family Cletus - "Yeah get ur own house" Homer - "C'mon Carter ya lazy bum, build us a house already." Jimmy Carter - "You've insulted my honor, I challenge you to a" Homer - "AAAAGGGHHHH"

We'll see how we go against the Expos next series. If we struggle to score, dependin on Maggs recovery, Borch should be called up.

Twinkies Win.

Cabrera lines out to right. Inning over.

Johnson K's swingin, but Chavez steals 2nd.

In Colorado.

Vidro smokes one to right. 1 down.

Chavez singles to right.

Jackass Jones flies out to right. Expos got Chavez, Vidro and Nick Johnson up. Could be their big chance.

Hunter K's swingin.

Koskie K's swingin

Oops AP Article

Wilkerson flies out to center, we got extra innings.