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6/23 Rookie of the Day: Michael Pineda

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The New & Improved $100 Project

 Today is June 23rd, the first day of the new and improved $100 project.  For those of you who are new to this blog, I underwent a personal challenge a couple of years ago to put my money where my mouth is … Continue reading

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Coming Soon #2: Dustin Ackley

I am a devout reader of Ron Shandler’s annual Baseball Forcaster, and the statistiacl analysis that he and the rest of the Baseball HQ staff does is, in my mind, second to none.  However, I literally laughed out loud at … Continue reading

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Coming Soon #3: Mike Moustakas

I had half-written this blog post about Moustakas before it was announced that he was going to be called up to make his major league debut with the Royals on Friday. It has been announced by manager Ned Yost that … Continue reading

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Coming Soon #6: Dayan Viciedo

Last season “The Tank” gave us a brief glimpse of his raw power potential, as he hit .308 with 5 HR and 13 RBI in 38 games with the White Sox.  After a ho-hum start at AAA Charlotte this past April … 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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10/21 Arizona Fall League Report

I was looking through some of my past posts and saw that the scoreboard section of each entry is a little mushed together, making it difficult to discern the final scores of each game.  I will try to do better … Continue reading

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10/20 Arizona Fall League Report

Yesterday’s AFL results are littered with four hit performances from the likes of Bryan Petersen, Starlin Castro, Jon Lucroy, and Carlos Rivero, not to mention HR’s by Grant Desme (#3), Brad Emaus, Chris Parmelee, Matt Dominguez,  and Russ Mitchell (#3).  … Continue reading

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10/17 Arizona Fall League Report

Saturday saw Brandon Snyder, Corey Brown, Mike Moustakas and C.J. Retherford put another multi-hit game under their belts while bright catching prospects Wilin Rosario (Rockies) and Wellington Castillo (Cubs) joined Mike Stanton in hitting their first HR’s of the young … Continue reading

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10/16 Arizona Fall League Report

Russell Mitchell homered and drove in four RBI for the second consectutive day and Scott Sizemore hit his third HR of the young season.  Andrew Lambo collected four more hits and Michael Stanton’s three hits and third stolen base continues to … Continue reading

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