March 28, 200422 yr iI bet there are some "interesting" decisions coming soon on where players are going to be placed in the system......
March 28, 200422 yr very much so......... There will be some players in AA that expected to be in AAA and others that end up back in Winston-Salem that expected to be in Birmingham...... Should be an interesting shakeout...... guess we'll know next Saturday
March 28, 200422 yr I see alot of new players in the system that i never heard of..... The Sox signed several free agents in the off season. Some will hurt existing guy's chances. I hate to say it, but your guy Spidale might be one of those guys that lose out. I think most of the others will be pitchers.
March 28, 200422 yr I think Baj may be a winner after the Ginter trade. The Knights pen will need a good righty reliever and he'd have to be the first inline at Bham to go up. My guess is he now starts the season in Charlotte. Plus, with Meaux and Munoz moving to the rotation, Bullard and Sanders are now 1 and 2 when it comes to lefty relievers.
March 28, 200422 yr I think Baj may be a winner after the Ginter trade. The Knights pen will need a good righty reliever and he'd have to be the first inline at Bham to go up. My guess is he now starts the season in Charlotte. Plus, with Meaux and Munoz moving to the rotation, Bullard and Sanders are now 1 and 2 when it comes to lefty relievers. That's exactly why it may just be a lefty that heads to Charlotte instead. Then again, depending on what they do with several minor league free agent pick ups, there may not really be an opening anyway. Overcrowding seems to be an issue with AA and AAA pitchers. I do think Bajenaru deserves his shot at AAA, so I can't disagree with you in principle.
March 28, 200422 yr Author My guy?? I just have seen him play alot ( as well as alot of players in my 55 years) and i think he has a big upside and potential. Great defensive player, alot of speed etc. Mike Morse is another guy i am a fan of. I'm probably partial because i live here and have seen this crew play.
March 28, 200422 yr My guy?? I just have seen him play alot ( as well as alot of players in my 55 years) and i think he has a big upside and potential. Great defensive player, alot of speed etc. Mike Morse is another guy i am a fan of. I'm probably partial because i live here and have seen this crew play. I like morse...if he can get more power out of his swing, he could turn into something. He is definately built unlike most shortstops.
March 28, 200422 yr My guy?? I just have seen him play alot ( as well as alot of players in my 55 years) and i think he has a big upside and potential. Great defensive player, alot of speed etc. Mike Morse is another guy i am a fan of. I'm probably partial because i live here and have seen this crew play. He's your guy because you have mentioned him several times...... You have seen him more than anyone else here. By the way, what are your thoughts in comparing Spidale and Normand Martel?
March 28, 200422 yr Author I remember Martel more from Kannapolis. Good player- contact left handed hitter with some speed....... Sorry, can't remember much more then that.
March 29, 200422 yr The Sox signed several free agents in the off season. Some will hurt existing guy's chances. I hate to say it, but your guy Spidale might be one of those guys that lose out. I think most of the others will be pitchers. you people will prolly think this question is so stupid...but by you saying spidale might be one of the guys who looses out do u mean losing out by being assigned to winston or being released?
March 29, 200422 yr you people will prolly think this question is so stupid...but by you saying spidale might be one of the guys who looses out do u mean losing out by being assigned to winston or being released? I am totally guessing...... but my hunch is he could end up back in Winston-Salem rather than heading to Birmingham, where we all thought he would be. This is only a hunch based on numbers. IF Reed, Borchard and Valenzuela are all in AAA, then you have to choose your AA outfielders from the following group: Scott Bikowski, Darren Blakely, Micah Franklin, Normand Martel, Nate Murphy, Jaisen Randolph, Eric Welsh and Mike Spidale. Charlotte will likely need two of those outfielders..... Micah Franklin will definitely be one. He is 30 and played professionally in Japan for four years, in addition to a lot of AAA time and a cup of coffee with the Cardinals in 1997. The 5th OF may be Bikowski, but that would leave him without much playing time. Murphy could be the 5th OF there, if they even have one. Remember AAA carries one less player than the Majors. Even if Bikowski stays in Charlotte, Blakely, Martel, Randolph, Murphy and Welsh are all possibles ahead of Spidale. Of course, a guy or two could be released or hurt (thought Bullard said something about Randolph not playing). Blakely has four years of AA under his belt, so he isn't likely to go to Winston. It becomes a numbers game when they sign a lot of free agents like they have (and do every year). Some guys get squeezed back a level.
March 29, 200422 yr Author gee rex you sure sound like you know the game! I can see you follow all this closely.
March 29, 200422 yr thanks for answering my question... i also predict that spidale will be in winston salem...just because they ahve alot of outfielders in the system
March 31, 200421 yr While rosters are still not completely set, I am told there will be some surprises on the Minor League rosters. I don't have details, but I was told Birmingham would be a very veteran oriented club. Some of the names discussed earlier in this thread may be changing places as well. There were several players released within the past few days from Minor League camp, but I have not yet seen a list in the transactions. Some may be slight surprises. Perhaps Mr. Bullard will be willing to discuss names in his chat. I don't know if they are encouraged to discuss those kinds of things or not.
March 31, 200421 yr That bites about Eric, but it's not surprising. He didn't get much playing time last year and mostly as DH. I can't remember numbers, but after 3 years at W-S, he was due to move up or out.
March 31, 200421 yr THe Bham roster looks like it is pretty much set. I think we can carry 24 active players. There is 27 on the roster right now, 2 on the DL This is what it looks like now: Pitchers: Starters- Honel, Meaux, Phillips, Munoz, Yofu, Wing(on DL for a month or so) Relievers- Bullard, Ulacia, McNichol, Baj, Smith, Keller, Allen, Fields(DL for a couple of weeks) Infielders- McNeal, Yan, Reyes, Morse, Shaffer, Sasser Outfielders- Spidale, Blakely, Franklin, Murphy Catchers- Maldonado, Aceves, Stewart
March 31, 200421 yr THe Bham roster looks like it is pretty much set. I think we can carry 24 active players. There is 27 on the roster right now, 2 on the DL This is what it looks like now: Pitchers: Starters- Honel, Meaux, Phillips, Munoz, Yofu, Wing(on DL for a month or so) Relievers- Bullard, Ulacia, McNichol, Baj, Smith, Keller, Allen, Fields(DL for a couple of weeks) Infielders- McNeal, Yan, Reyes, Morse, Shaffer, Sasser Outfielders- Spidale, Blakely, Franklin, Murphy Catchers- Maldonado, Aceves, Stewart So Reed is going to Charlotte, not Birmingham, from the looks of this...
March 31, 200421 yr Bull, by my count you have 25 players, plus Wing and Fields.... Thoughts on who goes and which direction? lol Any word on where Anderson and Sweeney will go? Will one be pushed to Winston?
March 31, 200421 yr What kind of injuries to Fields and Wing? I think Welsh was only in our system 2 years, so he was not at Win-Sal for 3. He was received in a trade with the Cincy org I think, cannot remember who we gave up.
March 31, 200421 yr What kind of injuries to Fields and Wing? I think Welsh was only in our system 2 years, so he was not at Win-Sal for 3. He was received in a trade with the Cincy org I think, cannot remember who we gave up. Derek Mitchell, I believe....
March 31, 200421 yr Bull, by my count you have 25 players, plus Wing and Fields.... Thoughts on who goes and which direction? lol Any word on where Anderson and Sweeney will go? Will one be pushed to Winston? I think that is what he was trying to say 25+2 DLs to make 27. So one more cut is to be made.
March 31, 200421 yr Will someone please tell me when Schaffer is ticketed for the bigs. Rex???? Can I defer to Bull on that one? LOL
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