Injury Report for 9/27/2008
Butch Reed SWB ML 15-Day 9/26/2008 PM2 to 10/6/2008 PM2 - Reed was having a career year until this injury. Out for over a month the question will be if he can regain his form.
Gus Whitaker SCZ ML 15-Day 9/25/2008 PM to 10/15/2008 PM - Whitaker is on the 15 day list but it could have been the 60 day. A spot reliever he can probably reclaim is roster spot once healed, but it was a shakey roster spot even before the injury.
Bobby Dorsey SF ML 60-Day Out for the season - Dorsey needed the full season to make some progress towards his potential. The season ending injury threatens his career as his borderline control and health both have taken a major hit.
Cody Flynn NY2 ML 60-Day 9/22/2008 AM to 10/12/2008 AM - While nominally a SP Flynn has been earning his living as a reliever/closer. His injury will not change his status.
Vance Lincoln LAA ML 60-Day Out for the season - Lincoln was playing hisself to the bench before the injury. He will be lucky to retain a spot as starter/pinch hitter position against left hand pitchers. His Career is in jeopardy.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The AL East
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Dover White Cliffs (43-28 – last season: 94-68)Quick take: According to unnamed sources in Dover, the team’s owner was busy with personal matters and coach hiring in a different World during the days preceding the draft. A rather bland, lackluster draft was the result for the Al East’s defending champions.The good news: The World’s best run producing team in Season 9 (currently leading the Majors in Runs, 2Bs, HRs, BBs, AVG, OBP and SLG) added some nice pitching depth with 5 pitchers taken in the first 5 rounds. 4 of the 5 look like they may eventually get at least a cup of coffee at the ML level.The bad news: Dover has won the division 5 years running and has lost in the World Series twice during that time. In order to win it all, the deepest organization in the AL East doesn’t need more depth, it needs more stars. And it’s unlikely that anyone from this draft will ever make a ML All Star team. Cesar Pulido would have been an inspired choice in the supplementary round, but more than a few eyebrows were raised when his name was called in the first round. Likewise, supplemental pick Walt Durham was a bit of a reach. His potential value is predicated on his ability to eat innings out of the bullpen – but whether or not this is the guy they want to be doing the eating remains to be seen.Best value pick: Kevin File. The left hander projects with good control, decent splits and 5 pitches, only one of which can be described as “plus”. Even so, he could eventually make it as a 4-5th starter or a long reliever – not bad for a late second rounder. Throw in excellent endurance, health and makeup, and he could be the best of a rather unimpressive lot.Worst value pick: Cesar Pulido. You want your #1 pick to have Ace potential, and he just doesn’t have it. His upside is probably a #3 starter that’ll give you no more than 150 IP a year.Grade: C-. Some decent players, but not really what they needed.
Boston Brontoraptors (42-29 – last season: 82-80)Quick take: Boston invests in pitching.The good news: Lefty Gary Voyles will be murder on LHBs and should develop into a solid SP that’ll give Boston 200 IP a year without injury. RP Benito Maduro projects to having a very nice combination of control, velocity and splits.The bad news: After Voyles and Maduro there’s not much to talk about. Boston will have to get quality players deeper in the draft if they want to return to the playoffs on a regular basis. Furthermore, Voyles will really need to hit or exceed his vRHB projections if he’s going to succeed as a ML SP. In any case, he is coming out of high school, so it’ll be a while before he can contribute.Best value pick: Maduro. A really nice pick up in the second round. The only draw back is that he’d need another plus pitch to become a ML closer.Worst value pick: Troy Skinner. He’s basically Voyles-lite, and that means that it’s extremely unlikely that he’ll ever be able to get out ML RHBs on a regular basis. On good teams there’s a place for third rounders that can contribute. Unfortunately, Skinner can’t. Grade: C. Some help is on the way, but not enough.
Philadelphia Phantoms (27-44 – last season: 66-96)Quick take: A good, deep draft for Philadelphia.The good news: First rounder Lawrence Stankiewicz projects as a legitimate CF that hits like a corner. He may not make it to Cooperstown, but he’ll play in several AS games. Gene Scutaro and Zoltan Hammonds are both going to be solid ML pitchers, and rubber-armed Joe Burch may provide a whole lot of relief innings pitched from the 4th round. Even 5th rounder Leonardo Butcher has ML potential. And they also picked up some nice MiLB arms in rounds 6-9 to help fill out the organization.The bad news: It’ll take a few more drafts like this one before Philly can challenge Dover and Boston on a regular basis.Best value pick: Leonardo Butcher. Any time you find a 5th rounder that has a decent shot at making the Bigs you’ve done a good job.Worst value pick: Zoltan Hammonds This is a nitpick for the sake of nitpicking. Hammonds can pitch, but his combination of stamina/endurance makes him a ‘tweener without a natural role.Grade: A.
Toledo Chicken Hawks (24-47 – last season: 47-115) Quick take: It all depends on Byrne.The good news: Toledo had the first pick and picked Chris Byrne. Supplemental pick Geoffery Watson combines a good stick with legitimate 2B projections. Sparky Gaetti looks more like a RF than a 2B, but will hit well enough to play there in the Majors, if not as a regular. Esteban Rosa should provide some nice defense at SS and may be good enough to provide the RHB side of a platoon.The bad news: Byrne has yet to sign and everyone and his aunt are waiting to see his Advance Scouting report.Best value pick: It all depends on Byrne.Worst value pick: It all depends on Byrne.Grade: Incomplete. It all depends on Byrne.
From:
carnivore
To:
grivfmd1
Received:
9/25/2008 7:43:00 AM
Subject:
RE: No quitters blog - a little help wanted/needed
Message:
Dover White Cliffs (43-28 – last season: 94-68)Quick take: According to unnamed sources in Dover, the team’s owner was busy with personal matters and coach hiring in a different World during the days preceding the draft. A rather bland, lackluster draft was the result for the Al East’s defending champions.The good news: The World’s best run producing team in Season 9 (currently leading the Majors in Runs, 2Bs, HRs, BBs, AVG, OBP and SLG) added some nice pitching depth with 5 pitchers taken in the first 5 rounds. 4 of the 5 look like they may eventually get at least a cup of coffee at the ML level.The bad news: Dover has won the division 5 years running and has lost in the World Series twice during that time. In order to win it all, the deepest organization in the AL East doesn’t need more depth, it needs more stars. And it’s unlikely that anyone from this draft will ever make a ML All Star team. Cesar Pulido would have been an inspired choice in the supplementary round, but more than a few eyebrows were raised when his name was called in the first round. Likewise, supplemental pick Walt Durham was a bit of a reach. His potential value is predicated on his ability to eat innings out of the bullpen – but whether or not this is the guy they want to be doing the eating remains to be seen.Best value pick: Kevin File. The left hander projects with good control, decent splits and 5 pitches, only one of which can be described as “plus”. Even so, he could eventually make it as a 4-5th starter or a long reliever – not bad for a late second rounder. Throw in excellent endurance, health and makeup, and he could be the best of a rather unimpressive lot.Worst value pick: Cesar Pulido. You want your #1 pick to have Ace potential, and he just doesn’t have it. His upside is probably a #3 starter that’ll give you no more than 150 IP a year.Grade: C-. Some decent players, but not really what they needed.
Boston Brontoraptors (42-29 – last season: 82-80)Quick take: Boston invests in pitching.The good news: Lefty Gary Voyles will be murder on LHBs and should develop into a solid SP that’ll give Boston 200 IP a year without injury. RP Benito Maduro projects to having a very nice combination of control, velocity and splits.The bad news: After Voyles and Maduro there’s not much to talk about. Boston will have to get quality players deeper in the draft if they want to return to the playoffs on a regular basis. Furthermore, Voyles will really need to hit or exceed his vRHB projections if he’s going to succeed as a ML SP. In any case, he is coming out of high school, so it’ll be a while before he can contribute.Best value pick: Maduro. A really nice pick up in the second round. The only draw back is that he’d need another plus pitch to become a ML closer.Worst value pick: Troy Skinner. He’s basically Voyles-lite, and that means that it’s extremely unlikely that he’ll ever be able to get out ML RHBs on a regular basis. On good teams there’s a place for third rounders that can contribute. Unfortunately, Skinner can’t. Grade: C. Some help is on the way, but not enough.
Philadelphia Phantoms (27-44 – last season: 66-96)Quick take: A good, deep draft for Philadelphia.The good news: First rounder Lawrence Stankiewicz projects as a legitimate CF that hits like a corner. He may not make it to Cooperstown, but he’ll play in several AS games. Gene Scutaro and Zoltan Hammonds are both going to be solid ML pitchers, and rubber-armed Joe Burch may provide a whole lot of relief innings pitched from the 4th round. Even 5th rounder Leonardo Butcher has ML potential. And they also picked up some nice MiLB arms in rounds 6-9 to help fill out the organization.The bad news: It’ll take a few more drafts like this one before Philly can challenge Dover and Boston on a regular basis.Best value pick: Leonardo Butcher. Any time you find a 5th rounder that has a decent shot at making the Bigs you’ve done a good job.Worst value pick: Zoltan Hammonds This is a nitpick for the sake of nitpicking. Hammonds can pitch, but his combination of stamina/endurance makes him a ‘tweener without a natural role.Grade: A.
Toledo Chicken Hawks (24-47 – last season: 47-115) Quick take: It all depends on Byrne.The good news: Toledo had the first pick and picked Chris Byrne. Supplemental pick Geoffery Watson combines a good stick with legitimate 2B projections. Sparky Gaetti looks more like a RF than a 2B, but will hit well enough to play there in the Majors, if not as a regular. Esteban Rosa should provide some nice defense at SS and may be good enough to provide the RHB side of a platoon.The bad news: Byrne has yet to sign and everyone and his aunt are waiting to see his Advance Scouting report.Best value pick: It all depends on Byrne.Worst value pick: It all depends on Byrne.Grade: Incomplete. It all depends on Byrne.
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