Amaury Marti is currently hitting .424/.509/.633 in 39 games for the Mexican Red Devils of the Mexican League, also known as Liga de Amaury Cazana. Bud Selig ordered the Cardinals to banish him to there, in fear of the major leagues losing competitive balance.
Amaury also refuses to accept the watch curse. He has the power to curse, and the power to bless.
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Nick Stavinoha opened some eyes the season before last after being drafted in the 7th round out of LSU to hitting .344/.398/.564 for the Quad Cities in his debut. I actually got to see him first hand and I came away impressed with his hitting abilities. I was pleased to see him move up to [...]
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I was shocked to see Future Redbirds was nominated for best Cardinal blog in the baseball preview edition of SI. GCF was also nominated, which sort of embarrassing, being that it hasn’t been properly updated in months and I’ve moved to new quarters at Fangraphs.
What I found was a shame for Si is that they [...]
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As the new season draws ever so close, here’s 10 things I’ll be watching closely in the 2007 season:
1. How quickly can Colby adjust to AA? He was slow to get going both at the low and high A level last season. If he has a bad April I won’t worry too much, if he’s [...]
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It’s a do or die season for Reid Gorecki, who went from being the 2004 organizational player of the year to being removed off of the Cardinal 40 man roster this fall. He has an interesting blend of skills but has yet to put it all together, and his expiration date is approaching at age [...]
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lboros had an excellent interview with Jeff Luhnow. There’s some pretty interesting stuff there, including insight on the Cardinals mixed philosophy on their draft strategy of scouting and stats, drawing wisdom from the likes of Sig Mejdal (famous stat head from Sam Walker’s Fantasyland) and Joe Alvarez. Luhnow’s a very sharp guy, and there’s a [...]
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It’s a tourney for the best minor league name at MiLB.com. My vote: Sharlon Schoop all the way. I would’ve voted for Jorge Poo Tang, but I can’t find him at First Inning or the Cube, so until then I have to believe he’s made up.
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Matthew Leach reports that Nick Webber and Mark Michael both will be moving to the bullpen this upcoming season. This isn’t a surprise for Webber, who had the lowest K/9 rate of any qualifying starting pitcher in the FSL (4.34). Last season for Palm Beach Webber struck out 65, walked 63 and allowed 63 runs [...]
Filed under: Mark Michael, Nick Webber, Shane Robinson | 2 Comments »
In light of recent developments which I’ll discuss in a bit, here’s my latest “Top 10″, take it for what it’s worth:
1. Colby Rasmus
2. Jaime Garcia
3. Chris Perez
4. Bryan Anderson
5. Blake Hawksworth
6. Adam Ottavino
7. Jon Jay
8. Tyler Greene
9. Dennis Dove
10. Cody Haerther
Rasmus and Garcia are still on top, Chris Perez soars up to #3. Reason [...]
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How the heck does one post a 5.3 K/BB ratio and not get noticed? That’s exactly what Matt Scherer did for Palm Beach last season. With all the talk about Dennis Dove with his 97 mph “2 Seam Fastball of the Apocalypse” and Submarine Sillman, Matt Scherer went on to complete quite the troika of [...]
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Ross Detwiler went 8 strong innings Friday night against South Dakota State, striking out 5 and allowing one unearned run only 3 walks and only 2 hits. He took a no hitter into the 9th before allowing a double. Detwiler now has an ERA of 0.93 and has only allowed 13 hits in 28 innings [...]
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Yep, the minor league teams have spring training too, and the beat writers at the PD and MLB.com have the scoop at their respective blogs regarding the intra-farm action, as Springfield took on Memphis and Palm Beach took on Quad Cities. Leach has on on the spot account, and he was pretty impressed with Hearne’s [...]
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Yesterday I was pleased to find out I will continue to get free games on the WB affiliate here where I live in Iowa, despite KSDK being the new flagship station. I’m still miffed with the number of games being cut in half and moved to Foxsports Midwest (which Mediacom, my cable co., does not [...]
Filed under: Brendan Ryan, Colby Rasmus, Dennis Dove, Rick Ankiel, Ryan Ludwick, Tagg Bozied, Travis Hanson | 4 Comments »
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