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Well, Tony Pena didn't come out of near-anonymity, unless you meant that no one knew his real name. When he was called Adriano Rosario and was thought to be three years younger, he actually was a rather highly thought of prospect. Then age-gate hit him. Even as Tony Pena, however, he wasn't nearly as anonymous as Peguero; the latter, ironically, chose the Dbacks because they promised him a 40 man roster and because of his friendship with Junior Noboa. Junior's brother, Ivan Noboa, was involved in the Adriano Rosario-to-Tony Pena conversion.
You gotta feel bad for Krynzel. Once, he was thought of as another Johnny Damon. Then, he gets DFAed for the "Real Deal", who in turns gets DFAed 2/3 of an inning later. At this point of time, I don't see Krynzel reaching the majors with AZ again, and he hasn't done anything in AAA to even remotely accumulate some trade value. Am afraid he's done.
It's great to see Green to well in AA this year. I was having flashbacks to Garret Mock, who really never made the transition to AA after a tough year in high A. I won't be surprised to see Green in AAA the second half of the season. Brooks Brown is doing well in high A, which makes him the rare pitching prospect not named Bed or Breakfast to succeed there so far this year. Matt Torra hasn't taken to life in high A much, and that's a shame. I had hopes for him, but the Dbacks might need to send him down to low A to salvage anything left of that $1m bonus. And Dallas Buck is actually doing OK in high A, despite not pitching last year after refusing to have a TJ surgery and rehabbing instead. His fastball is in the high 80s now, however, and he's relying more on sink than velocity to get his outs. Maybe one day he'll regain his sophomore year velocity, but I'm not holding my breath.
Man, the kid is good. If the Dbacks sign Scherzer, their 2006 draft will look pretty damn good.
That's 18 K/G. Not too shabby. The latest is that the Dbacks are trying to see if he drop his arm and throw sidearm, and improve his control that way. At least that's what the word out of extended spring training is. One day, he'll be AZ's BH Kim the 2nd. And then AZ will trade him to the Red Sox for Kevin Youkilis. Neighborgall was drafted two picks ahead of Micah Owings, fwiw.
The kids will be all right. See them both in Arizona in 2009.
I heard it was a medical condition (not related to pitching) which may even force him to retire. Not sure what it is, but I wish Ryan the best.
Is Fred Lewis worth picking up in an NL only league?
On the season, he has 50K/5BB ration in 41 1/3 IP, zero homers and 1.74 ERA. And about 2.5 GO/FO ratio. He's ready for the majors, coach.
I am not a big Lewis fan. He has shown an ability to get on base in the minors, and if he gets playing time he will probably put up a .330-.350 OBP. He hasn't shown much power at all, although he seems to be swinging for power this year in Fresno, to the detriment of his OBP and average. He is supposedly a crappy fielder. He can recover from bad routes with his speed, but he has been playing LF in the minors because he sucks in CF. That isn't a good sign. His SB% isn't terribly impressive either. Lewis is 26 and not a real prospect.
The Giants will mix it up in the OF, but it will mostly be Bonds in LF, Winn in CF, and some combination of Lewis, Ortmeier, and Sweeney (yeah) in RF. Lewis will pick up some time when Winn is off (sore back right now?) and when Bonds gets a day off. Lewis will pinch-run a lot because the Giants are slow and Bonds usually comes out after his last walk of the night.
Schierholtz would have come up if he hadn't crashed into the wall the other night, but I suspect Lewis would have too, with Ortmeier staying in Fresno. Schierholtz is the best prospect of the bunch, as he has some legitimate power, is only 23, and apparently has a real RF arm. When he is ok, he will likely come up and get the bulk of the playing time, unless someone else catches fire.
I would say "no" to picking up Lewis. Obviously, this means he will hit .400/.500/.600 with 18 SB next month, but he just isn't that good.
Mr. Kevin Goldstein, say hello to my little friend.
Since he's not on the 40 man roster, the Dbacks will have to make a corresponding move. One option is releasing or trading Callaspo; another option is trading or DFAing a AAA reliever of the Daigle variety. Curious to see what happens.
The Dbacks made several other moves today: DFAed Casey Daigle aka Mr. Jennie Finch (about time); transferred Jeff DaVanon to the 60 day DL; claimed INF Jason Smith from Toronto. Smith will join the Dbacks tomorrow in Denver, at which time I assume they'll DFA Sadler, potentially adding Callaspo back to the 40 man roster and sending him to AAA (unless they trade him).
Also, from Kevin Goldstein's chat today:
Kevin, apology accepted.
.358/.404/.868 (1.271 OPS), with 5 doubles, 2 triples, 6 homers in 53 at bats. His OPS would be the best in the Southern league if he had enough at bats to qualify (former Dback Josh Kroeger has an 1.012 OPS; he's trying to right himself up after a couple of disastrous years)
I'd like to see him improve on his 3BB/15K ratio, but the AA pitchers will stop throwing him strikes soon enough, so the kid will start taking a free pass to first base
BTW - only one walk against 7 Ks in CarGo's last ten games. . . and LHPs are carving him up.
I don't want to go all shoewizard on you, but I am officially skeptical w/r/t Gonzalez. I was thinking Upton, on the other hand, may just be in Phoenix this September. Your quote from Goldstein all but guarantees that won't happen - he's been dead wrong on this kid.
For all of you Jason Neighborgall fans, AJ's got the latest:
94 mph sidearm? Put him in, coach, he's ready to play...
And if a frog had wings, he wouldn't bump his butt when he hopped, either.
-- MWE
You haven't been this down on a Dbacks farm-hand since Bill Murphy made the Team USA roster...
I don't know anything about Aaron Cunningham. Emeigh, a penny for your scouting report/thoughts?
I do know that Emeigh isn't very impressed with Richar...
I've heard Cunningham has good all around skills and tools but isn't exceptional in any one area.
I didn't know Nieghborgall is working sidearm now. Interesting, even though its hard to be anything but pessimistic on the kids now
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