Link Report for Games of Thursday, June 9th

[Mass Haas]

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[Mass Haas]

Thursday's Daily Menu:

 

All times Central; pitchers subject to change --

 

Nashville: RHP Jose Capellan at Iowa (Cubs), 6:45 PM pre-game; 7:05 gametime

 

Audio link:

www.nashvillesounds.com/listenlive/

 

Huntsville: LHP Dana Eveland at Chattanooga (Reds), 7:00 PM pre-game, 7:15 PM gametime

 

Audio link:

www.espn1450.com/

 

If that link is down for bandwidth, use:

specs.eyecentric.com/pres...opup.shtml

 

Brevard County: TBD at St. Lucie (Mets), 7:00 PM; no audio for this series

 

West Virginia: TBD at home vs. Lexington (Astros), 6:05 PM

 

Audio link:

www.wlxg.com/WLXG.asx

[Mass Haas]

Links to follow Thursday's action as it happens:

 

Nashville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1

 

Huntsville:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1

 

Brevard County:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_sluafx_1

 

West Virginia:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...a_iowaaa_1

 

The Bad News Bears, er Power

Jack Bogaczyk

Charleston Daily Mail Sports Editor

 

It was advertised by the West Virginia Power as the first "Businessmen's Special."

 

Actually, a sweat-stained Wednesday afternoon game at Appalachian Power Park wasn't anything special. If you've been to the park in its two-month history, you've seen it before.

 

It was business as usual for Charleston's baseball team.

 

You win some. You lose some. The Power has lost twice as many as it has won. The Milwaukee Brewers' low Class A farm team remains about as far south as you can go in the South Atlantic League.

 

Lexington rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to win, 9-7, after blowing a four-run lead in the fifth and sixth. It was the fourth time the Power has gagged with a lead after eight this season.

 

West Virginia had 12 hits. Lexington had four errors and used five pitchers, allowing seven walks. It was a typically Powerful way to lose, with 11 men left on base.

 

At this point, it isn't so much that the Power (20-39) loses -- we've become accustomed to that -- but how it does so.

 

The season is two months old, and the SAL first-half has only 11 games remaining, but the Power continues to make the same mistakes it made in early April.

 

The starting pitchers nibble and work into far too many deep counts. The batters' situational hitting is woeful. How does about .200 with runners in scoring position and two outs sound? Fielders often treat cutoff men like cigar store Indians. The base runners, watching the ball instead of coaches, well ...

 

In the first, Charlie Lozada ran through Manager Ramon Aviles' stop sign at third, trying to score on a Carlos Corporan single. Lozada ended up in a third-home rundown, and was out 9-4-5-2-5 if you're scoring ... which is a good idea, because it's a helpful distraction at Power ball.

 

Yes, caught in a pickle pretty much describes the season.

 

The Power is the Bad News Bears of the SAL, except Aviles, unlike Mr. Buttermaker, can't go to his trunk and get a cold brew when the team makes the same fundamental gaffes it did two months ago.

 

I'm tired of hearing from Power management how this club is much younger than other SAL teams. It's a good thing Charleston has a new, inviting ballyard, because the Power isn't going to put anyone in the seats with the way it plays.

 

The Brewers don't have any answers here. If they did, we'd already have seen it. It's going to take more than sending in roving instructors in multiples. The organization already has switched hitting coaches in Charleston.

 

The Power has used 33 players in two months. Last season, at Beloit in the low Class A Midwest League, Milwaukee used 39 players in an entire season.

 

Maybe, when Power club management sold everyone on the quality of the Brewers' farm system, some us should have had a clue. After all, Bob Uecker is on the cover of the Milwaukee media guide.

 

That pretty much sums up the Power ... just a bit outside.

 

On the eve of Opening Day, Power General Manager Andy Milovich, discussing potential affiliations eschewed for Milwaukee, told me, "Really, who wants the Mets?"

 

Well, the Mets are in Hagerstown in the SAL, and the Suns have pounded the Power and are battling Lexington for the first-half Northern Division title.

 

Milwaukee has the second-worst record in minor league systems. Only the Phillies are worse. Yes, the Power has improved in May and June, but when you start 0-7 and have a 4-18 April, there's only one direction you can go.

 

I agree there are future big leaguers with West Virginia. You don't see a middle infield duo in the low bushes like Hernan Iribarren and Alcides Escobar every day. Some of the new faces have matured the club and improved it ... but the same mistakes are being made, repeatedly.

 

Who's to blame? Aviles? Brewer brass? After every game, the Power has a closed-door clubhouse meeting. Some are lengthy.

 

They don't seem to be doing much good. The next day, the Power makes the same mistakes it did two or three days earlier.

 

Last season, Charleston had a bad ballpark and a good (84-56) team, although we've since learned through suspensions that some of those Alley Cats were juiced. This year, West Virginia has a great park and a bad team.

 

The business day attendance of 1,681 was the first home crowd under 2,000 for the Power this season. West Virginia will eclipse 100,000 in home attendance Friday night with a sellout.

 

Not that the Power has done anything on the field to earn that. Milwaukee has a chance to make changes when the SAL second-half season begins June 21. Everyone is 0-0 again then.

 

If the Brewers don't have players to send, ship in Uecker for a night. At least he's earned the laughs.

 

It's about time Milwaukee delivers here. Otherwise, Charleston has every right to give the Brewers a powerful different kind of business.

[ja002h]

I have an inkling, but could Jack confirm how he really feels? It wasn't coming through very clearly there.

[Mass Haas]

Link while active, text follows:

 

www.dailymail.com/news/Sp...005060914/

 

Rookie League starting point for Brewers' picks

Matt Lockhart

Charleston Daily Mail Sportswriter

 

Sure, Milwaukee stockpiled its future in this week's Major League draft.

 

But what does that mean for the low Class A West Virginia Power?

 

Well, if history dictates future, it most likely means, "See you next year."

 

Not a single player from the Brewers' 2004 draft was sent to start the season in low Class A right after the draft. They all began in Rookie League.

 

Then, only three of the 19 players signed last year by Milwaukee even made it to Class A in their first professional season.

 

Looking at the numbers, Milwaukee's 2005 draft compares similar to last June.

 

Last year, nine of the 19 signed players were from high school, two were from junior college and eight from a four-year college. Seven were position players and 12 were pitchers.

 

In the top 19 picks of this draft, the Brewers took eight high schoolers, six junior college players and five guys from four-year institutions. Nine are position players this year, while 10 are pitchers.

 

Generally, Milwaukee has started all players off in Rookie League, especially the high school kids.

 

First-round picks Rickie Weeks (second overall in 2003) and Prince Fielder (seventh overall in 2002) were no different, even though Weeks played just one Rookie League game.

 

Weeks, an established college player, went to Class A after one game and eventually got called up to the big league team for a short late-season stint. Fielder, though, was a high school player who spent 42 games in Rookie League before ending the year in Class A ball.

 

"If you went to college, it is pretty much the same," said Power outfielder Will Lewis, about the difficulties of Class A pitching. "You're facing pretty good pitchers every night. You have to do it every night -- day in and day out. It becomes a grind. You're body gets tired.

 

"I don't know about high school guys," Lewis said after Wednesday's 9-7 loss to Lexington.

 

"This might be a whole big experience for those guys."

 

High school players and young junior college prospects might not have the experience of playing so many games deep into the summer.

 

And from a history standpoint, college players are a little more fine tuned, which is why it's likely Milwaukee's top draft pick Ryan Braun (fifth overall) could end up in Charleston sometime.

 

There's a chance it might not be as soon as some think, even though the Brewers' front office has spoken publicly about the lack of organizational depth at third base.

 

The third baseman, who some project will eventually switch to outfield, will finish his college postseason with the 14th-ranked University of Miami before signing.

 

If the Brewers opt to send him to Rookie League first, it could be late July or August before he gets a shot with the Power.

 

POWER PLUGS: Lexington's 22-year-old centerfielder Hunter Pence leads all of professional baseball with 21 homers. Five of those long balls have come against the Power. ... Wednesday's game lasted 3 hours and 3 minutes. ... The Power (20-39) led 7-6 entering the ninth, before Lexington put up three runs on reliever Robert Hinton. ...

 

It took more than 50 games, but Power players are finally climbing into the South Atlantic League leaderboard. Injured shortstop Alcides Escobar was 10th in the league with a .312 average entering Wednesday's game. He is expected to return from an ankle injury this weekend. Second baseman Hernan Iribarren ranks fourth in the SAL with 21 stolen bases. Escobar and Iribarren both are tied for first in the SAL with five triples apiece. ...

 

Appalachian Power Park will go over the 100,000 attendance mark Friday, which only has standing room seats available. In just 28 home games, the Power has drawn 94,874 for an average of 3,388. In Watt Powell Park's sendoff last year, only 128,158 came to see the Charleston Alley Cats.

[Mass Haas]

Heading into Thursday's activity:

 AM-NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB MEMPHIS REDBIRDS (ST.LOUIS) 30 29 .508 [b]NASHVILLE SOUNDS (MILWAUKEE) 30 30 .500 .5[/b] OMAHA ROYALS (KANSAS CITY) 27 33 .450 3.5 IOWA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 25 35 .417 5.5

 NORTH DIVISION W L PCT GB CAROLINA MUDCATS (FLORIDA) 39 18 .684 WEST TENN DIAMOND JAXX (CHICAGO CUBS) 38 20 .655 1.5 TENNESSEE SMOKIES (ARIZONA) 23 36 .390 17.0 CHATTANOOGA LOOKOUTS (CINCINNATI) 23 36 .390 17.0 [b]HUNTSVILLE STARS (MILWAUKEE) 23 37 .383 17.5[/b]

 EAST DIVISION W L PCT GB VERO BEACH DODGERS (LOS ANGELES DODGERS) 34 23 .596 JUPITER HAMMERHEADS (FLORIDA) 32 26 .552 2.5 DAYTONA CUBS (CHICAGO CUBS) 28 27 .509 5.0 PALM BEACH CARDINALS (ST.LOUIS) 27 31 .466 7.5 [b]ST. LUCIE METS (NEW YORK METS) 22 33 .400 11.0[/b] BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES (MILWAUKEE) 22 37 .373 13.0

 NORTHERN DIVISION W L PCT GB LEXINGTON LEGENDS (HOUSTON) 36 23 .610 HAGERSTOWN SUNS (NEW YORK METS) 35 23 .603 .5 LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS (CLEVELAND) 34 26 .567 2.5 KANNAPOLIS INTIMIDATORS (CHICAGO WHITE SOX) 30 30 .500 6.5 DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS (BALTIMORE) 25 35 .417 11.5 HICKORY CRAWDADS (PITTSBURGH) 21 35 .375 13.5 LAKEWOOD BLUECLAWS (PHILADELPHIA) 21 37 .362 14.5 [b]WEST VIRGINIA POWER (MILWAUKEE) 20 39 .339 16.0[/b]

[pogokat]

Injured shortstop Alcides Escobar was 10th in the league with a .312 average entering Wednesday's game. He is expected to return from an ankle injury this weekend.

 

Just pulling this out, in case anyone missed it in the article

[Mass Haas]

Nashville Media Notes for Thursday:

 

www.nashvillesounds.com/pdf/notes.pdf

[NastyTwig]

Hunter Pence with his 22nd homer on the year... Too bad he's the same age as Weeks and in A ball. The Astros really need to move that guy up a level or two.

[ThePurpleStorm]

Capellan and Eveland both pitching very well.

[Katuluu]

Kloosterman with consecutive solid starts but WV is being no-hit. :/

[ThePurpleStorm]

There goes Jose's good night.

[hardytheman]

Man, whats up with Carlos Villanueva?

 

This guy is just dominating.

 

For some reason I feel he gets a little underrated in our system, currently 35th on the P50.

 

Here is something I just dont understand,

 

this is Tobys comment on the power 50.

Home runs are not your friend, Carlos, and the sooner you learn that, the quicker you'll move

 

Maybe Im reading into this wrong, but has he even given up a homer this year? It says 0 on his profile and 1 total in his career, thats gotta be wrong.

 

But anyways. This guy is just smoking this year and looking at his career, he has been pretty dominant, especially his walk to strikeout ratio.

 

Am I missing something? Whats this kids ceiling? He doesnt seem to be too old for High A ball.

[edod]

According to www.minorleaguebaseball.com he's given up 6 HR's in 9 games, I assume that's before tonight.

 

He did throw a nice game tonight, but he lost the W in the 9th.

[pogokat]

he's given up 6 this year...

[Mass Haas]

Final: Huntsville 4, Chattanooga (Reds) 3

Very pleasurable audio choice this evening -- just wrapped up -- Stars' site summary a bit later on...

 

Huntsville Box Score:

Dana Eveland with seven very solid innings, gave up a three-run HR, but pitched better than his very good line shows...

 YTD YTD HUNTSVILLE AB R H BI AVG CHATTANOOGA AB R H BI AVG C.Crabbe 2B 4 0 1 0 .231 N.Hopper CF 3 0 1 0 .355 K.Bibbs CF 0 0 0 0 .282 J.Ruiz RF 4 1 0 0 .000 K.Bibbs LF 5 0 2 0 .282 D.Jimenez SS 3 1 0 0 .231 V.Rottino 1B 5 1 2 0 .277 J.Bannon 3B 4 1 2 3 .276 N.Cruz RF 4 1 1 0 .300 R.Hanigan CAT 4 0 0 0 .299 B.Vn Idrstne LF 3 1 1 0 .264 S.Smitherman LF 4 0 1 0 .161 A.Gwynn PH 0 0 0 0 .285 K.Howard 2B 4 0 2 0 .276 A.Gwynn CF 1 0 1 0 .285 B.Anderson 1B 3 0 1 0 .233 T.Zuniga 3B 3 1 2 2 .262 L.Caraccioli PIT 0 0 0 0 .067 J.Vandn Berg CAT 1 0 0 0 .247 R.Asadoorian PH 1 0 0 0 .209 E.Cruz SS 4 0 1 1 .286 J.Bruksch PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Eveland PIT 2 0 0 0 .080 J.Renick PH 1 0 0 0 .121 M.Stetter PIT 0 0 0 0 .500 D.Shafer PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Peterson PH 1 0 0 0 .241 TOTALS 32 4 11 3 TOTALS 32 3 7 3 HUNTSVILLE 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0- 4 11 1 CHATTANOOGA 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0- 3 7 2 E--T.Zuniga, D.Jimenez, S.Smitherman. DP--HUNTSVILLE 1, CHATTANOOGA 1. LOB--HUNTSVILLE 8, CHATTANOOGA 6. 2B--V.Rottino (11), T.Zuniga 2 (7). HR--J.Bannon (10). SB--C.Crabbe (11), B.Vn Idrstne (2), K.Howard (8), B.Anderson (1). CS--K.Bibbs, D.Jimenez. SF--T.Zuniga. SH--C.Crabbe, J.Vandn Berg, D.Eveland, L.Caraccioli. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA HUNTSVILLE D.Eveland (W,6-4) 7.0 7 3 3 2 2 1 3.03 M.Stetter (S,5) 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2.57 CHATTANOOGA L.Caraccioli (L,5-4) 6.0 8 4 3 1 5 0 3.78 J.Bruksch 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.56 D.Shafer 2.0 2 0 0 2 2 0 6.39 WP--D.Eveland. SO--K.Bibbs 2, V.Rottino 2, N.Cruz, J.Vandn Berg, D.Eveland, R.Hanigan, S.Smitherman, J.Renick. BB--J.Vandn Berg 2, M.Stetter, N.Hopper, D.Jimenez, B.Anderson. T--2:35. A--3285

Huntsville Game Log:

Eveland's final inning, the 7th, showed his moxie with a one-run lead; the Stars wasted a golden opportunity for an insurance run in the top of the 9th -- Mitch Stetter saw to it that it wouldn't matter...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_cngaax_1

[hardytheman]

According to www.minorleaguebaseball.com he's given up 6 HR's in 9 games, I assume that's before tonight.

 

He did throw a nice game tonight, but he lost the W in the 9th.

 

Yeah, I thought that was wrong on his profile.

 

I guess Im not a big hater on homers given up. I mean, look at sheets. I think its a sign of someone who attacks hitters instead of trying to be coy and deceptive, which I think is a good thing in the long run.

[Mass Haas]

Final: Lexington (Astros) 6, West Virginia 0

Will Lewis gets the Power's first hit in the 7th...

 

West Virginia Box Score:

Yes, Hunter Pence (22nd HR and on his way to a South Atlantic League MVP season), was the Brewers' 40th round pick (juco) in 2002; Hasan Rasheed with the urban sombrero -- wait, that's a Seinfeld reference; Derek Decarlo not only struggled, but had a zero-to-eight ground ball / fly ball ratio - ugh; Greg Kloosterman does have a Chris Capuano-like pickoff move...

 YTD YTD LEXINGTON AB R H BI AVG WEST VIRGINIA AB R H BI AVG J.Ash DH 4 1 0 0 .330 H.Rasheed LF 4 0 0 0 .273 B.Triplett 3B 5 1 2 0 .257 F.Parejo CF 4 0 0 0 .226 H.Pence CF 4 1 2 1 .347 W.Lewis 2B 3 0 1 0 .290 B.Zobrist SS 2 0 0 2 .291 C.Corporan DH 3 0 0 0 .242 O.Sheldon 1B 4 0 0 0 .333 G.Richardson 1B 3 0 0 0 .236 F.Caraballo RF 4 1 1 0 .276 A.Festa 3B 3 0 0 0 .091 C.McGill 2B 3 1 1 0 .182 J.Murray SS 2 0 1 0 .195 M.Einertson LF 3 1 1 3 .217 C.Lozada CAT 3 0 0 0 .140 L.Santangelo CAT 3 0 0 0 .231 A.Mannon RF 3 0 0 0 .161 T.Patton PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Klosterman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 C.Reineke PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 D.Decarlo PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 32 6 7 6 TOTALS 28 0 2 0 LEXINGTON 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3- 6 7 0 WEST VIRGINIA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 0 2 2 E--G.Richardson, A.Festa. DP--LEXINGTON 1, WEST VIRGINIA 1. LOB-- LEXINGTON 6, WEST VIRGINIA 2. 2B--B.Triplett (4), F.Caraballo (11). HR--H.Pence (22), M.Einertson (5). SB--H.Pence (8), L.Santangelo (3). CS--M.Einertson. SF--B.Zobrist 2. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA LEXINGTON T.Patton (W,4-0) 6.2 1 0 0 1 8 0 0.98 C.Reineke (S,4) 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.53 WEST VIRGINIA G.Klosterman (L,3-8) 6.1 4 2 2 1 8 1 4.70 D.Decarlo 2.2 3 4 3 4 0 1 4.46 SO--J.Ash, B.Zobrist, O.Sheldon, F.Caraballo 2, C.McGill 2, L.Santangelo, H.Rasheed 4, G.Richardson 3, A.Festa, J.Murray, C.Lozada, A.Mannon. BB--J.Ash, H.Pence, C.McGill, M.Einertson, L.Santangelo, J.Murray. T--2:22. A--10103

West Virginia Game Log:

Total domination...

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_wvaafx_1

[Katuluu]

Toby is intractable when he gets someting in his mind. If Carlos keeps it up all year he'll make a move up, but Toby will make him work for it. After 4 years of Power 50, you kinda get used to it.

 

STEVE MOSS!!!!

[scoop53714]

I know Dan Kolb pretty well sucks but, does it bother anyone that Capellan blows? What happened to his 101 mph heater? I didn't think AAA hitters were supposed to mash vs the number 1 pitching prospect in the galaxy.

 

He isn't the pitcher Melvin thought he was getting.

[Mass Haas]

Final: St. Lucie (Mets) 2, Brevard County 1, 11 innings

This is getting painful -- this team oozes with close but no cigar...

 

Brevard County Box Score:

Give up an unearned run in the bottom of the 9th (minor league vet Wandel Campana's been dreadful defensively as of late), and then Nick Slack hits the first man he faces in the 11th -- this cannot be a happy clubhouse...

 YTD YTD BREVARD COUNTY AB R H BI AVG ST. LUCIE AB R H BI AVG T.Ezi CF 3 0 0 0 .253 C.Ragsdale SS 5 0 0 0 .243 W.Campana 2B 5 0 0 0 .261 L.Milledge CF 5 0 1 0 .291 D.Anderson LF 5 1 2 0 .291 C.Stewart RF 3 2 1 0 .270 A.Heether 3B 4 0 1 0 .290 A.Wilson 1B 5 0 1 0 .271 L.Palmisano CAT 5 0 0 1 .246 J.Slack LF 4 0 0 0 .271 J.Eure 1B 4 0 0 0 .213 J.Hill DH 4 0 1 1 .211 C.Medlin DH 4 0 0 0 .277 S.Bowman 3B 4 0 3 1 .195 O.Chavez SS 3 0 1 0 .237 T.Piazza CAT 4 0 0 0 .220 R.Deevers RF 4 0 0 0 .167 K.Rios 2B 4 0 1 0 .154 C.Villanueva PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Walker PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Hall PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 H.Owens PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 B.Wolfe PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 E.Camacho PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 L.Stockman PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 G.Belson PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 N.Slack PIT 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTALS 37 1 4 1 TOTALS 38 2 8 2 BREVARD COUNTY 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- 1 4 1 ST. LUCIE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1- 2 8 2 E--W.Campana, C.Ragsdale, S.Bowman. DP--BREVARD COUNTY 2, ST. LUCIE 2. LOB--BREVARD COUNTY 7, ST. LUCIE 9. 2B--L.Milledge (9), A.Wilson (13), J.Hill (10), S.Bowman (9). SB--D.Anderson (7), O.Chavez (4), C.Stewart (2). CS--K.Rios. HBP--C.Stewart 2. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA BREVARD COUNTY C.Villanueva 5.0 4 0 0 1 6 0 2.06 B.Hall 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3.89 B.Wolfe 1.0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0.00 L.Stockman 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.50 N.Slack (L,0-4) 0.2 1 1 1 1 1 0 9.53 ST. LUCIE B.Walker 5.0 2 1 1 3 2 0 4.85 H.Owens 4.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.15 E.Camacho 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3.13 G.Belson (W,1-1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.00 HB--C.Villanueva, N.Slack. WP--B.Walker. SO--T.Ezi, W.Campana 2, A.Heether, R.Deevers, C.Ragsdale, L.Milledge, C.Stewart, A.Wilson 3, J.Slack 3, J.Hill, S.Bowman, K.Rios. BB--T.Ezi 2, A.Heether, O.Chavez, J.Slack, J.Hill, S.Bowman. T--3:07. A--1774

Brevard County Game Log:

Manatees with a nice 2-3-6 defensive putout of Lastings Milledge in the 4th; has Lou Palmisano given us a reason to be excited since accepting his Pioneer League MVP trophy almost two years ago?

 

www.minorleaguebaseball.c...x_sluafx_1

[Mass Haas]

In progress: Nashville 8, Iowa (Cubs) 8, top of the 8th in Des Moines

Crazy eights! Sounds trailed 7-0 after five innings -- it's 10:00 PM Central, listen in if you can...

[clancyphile]

Vandeb Berg's got some great plate discipline. Two walks today...

 

And this is when he isn't getting really regular PT.

 

Do they need a catcher in Nashville? Send him up...

[H0FFY]

re Capellan, Scoop, Atlanta are famous for hyping their pitchers and then fobbing them off on unsuspecting buyers.

 

At least Kolb proved he could do something. Capellan has never even done that.