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Tampa Bay Top Prospect Matt Moore Tosses No-No

  Montgomery Biscuits left-hander Matt Moore gave himself an early birthday present last night.  The Tampa Bay Rays’ top pitching prospect, who turns 21 on Saturday, tossed a no-hitter against the Mobile Bay Bears, a AA affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.  … Continue reading

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Carlos Carrasco Turning the Corner in Cleveland

  I watched a bit of the Yankees/Indians game the Monday night on ESPN when Carlos Carrasco pitched seven shutout innings in Yankee Stadium against the Bronx Bombers. Carrasco loaded the bases in the first and allowed a couple of runners … Continue reading

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Oakland A’s Chris Carter Back on Track in Sac

Click here to see the Chris Carter 1/1 Superfractor auction! Oakland A’s 1B/OF/DH monster masher Chris Carter has finished his rehab stint at High-A Stockton (three HR in six games) and rejoined his teammates at AAA Sacramento on Monday night where he singled, … Continue reading

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Dustin Ackley To Be Promoted?

I was taking my daily stroll through the minor league box scores when I happened upon the results of the Tacoma Rainiers and Sacramento River Cats game.  Immediately I became aware of the change. Michael Saunders batted leadoff and Sean … Continue reading

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10/22 Arizona Fall League Report

Stephen Strasburg’s second outing went much differently than his first as three Peoria Javelinas took him deep and he was touched up for eight runs in his 2.2 innings of work.  Talented as Strasburg is, he is not immune from the steep learning … Continue reading

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Brian Matusz to Make His MLB Debut Tonight

We’ve been musing about it for a while now and, while I expected this move to happen in September, the Baltimore Orioles have called up their prized southpaw and #4 overall pick from last year Brian Matusz to make his … Continue reading

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Pirates/M’s and Cliff Lee Trade Analyses

The Cardboard Connection has posted my article I wrote in the wake of the Matt Holliday deal.  While the trade is now old news, here’s the link to the article for your viewing pleasure. I also stayed up late last … Continue reading

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Market Implications of Wednesday and Thursday’s MLB deals

Pardon my delay in getting this out.  I have been dealing with a wicked ear infection over the past three days that has affected my use of anything brain-related.  I have been following the trade deadline transactions with great intrigue … Continue reading

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6/15 Low-A Minor Legue Report

After a long absense, I’ve taken a gander at the progress of today’s Low-A prospects and have a few things to report.  Toronto Blue Jays OF prospect Johermyn Chavez hit his 11th HR of the season, driving in four runs … Continue reading

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Giant Trio Earns Big AA Promotion

The San Jose Giants will start Thursday night’s game minus a significant amount of talent as LHP Madison Bumgarner, RHP Tim Alderson, and SS Brandon Crawford were promoted to AA Connecticut Wednesday evening.    Bumgarner, the headliner of the list, … Continue reading

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