Comments on: Daily Farm Report 4/27/08

By: Superseve

Superseve — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:29:14 +0000

Molina better start hitting.

The more I think to Molina’s contract, the more I believe that is made to make him tradeable to make room for Anderson.

GO CARDS!!!

By: fewgoodcards

fewgoodcards — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:30:26 +0000

great news. he definitely earned it.

By: southeast redbird

southeast redbird — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:19:15 +0000

Here s an interesting article on Wainright’s 125 pitch count and comments from TLR.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-pitchcount042708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns

By: cardsfan1

cardsfan1 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:18:55 +0000

Bryan Anderson was promoted to AAA.

By: azruavatar

azruavatar — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:57:49 +0000

NASA - Garcia already had a complete game during his last outing. It was a loss though.

I haven’t heard anything about Greene’s knee but he’s driving everything into the ground. His GB% is way up and his LD% is way down to the point that his BABIP is at .226 and is pretty much on target. Something in his swing would seem to be off right now (or so the stats would suggest) but he’s yet to show the ability to hit for average in his pro career.

By: the red baron

the red baron — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:27:07 +0000

237? Wow. That is an efficient 80 inning outing. Get that man up here; he’ll solve all of our problems.

By: NASA

NASA — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:15:45 +0000

Garcia was cruising through six and deserved to come out for the seventh. I like the move, and hope to see a complete game from him before the end of the season.

Is Tyler Greene really healthy? I think his knee is not fully healed and his average is certainly showing it.

By: Merry Crasmus

Merry Crasmus — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:05:11 +0000

cdb,

I was wondering the same thing. They called it “classic mechanics”.

I know it’s a tough balance between getting your prospects truly ready for a big league workload and protecting your assets. My thing is that, no matter where you stand on that spectrum, you’d think we’d all agree that Garcia probably warrants a little more guarded approach than just about anybody else. If not for the whole season, at least for the first month or 2 of the season. No?

I’m perfectly content to just see Garcia get through the season healthy. Hold back on him, just a little. And then next year you can give him a full fledged audition in AAA with an eye towards a promotion if all goes well.

Seems like the reasonable approach, but also seems like he’s being pushed aggressively right out of the gate. I hope he holds up well late summer.

By: Swirls_AEPi

Swirls_AEPi — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:52:37 +0000

I believe Brent Strom is the name you were thinking of.

By: cdb

cdb — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:27:35 +0000

could this pitcher usage be an adjustment that is being employed organization wide (except the piggyback I guess) reflecting the new instructor that was present in spring training? I can’t remember the guys name (someone will pick me up I am sure) - but there was an emphasis on finding that natural motion, that pure form, with each individual pitcher having his own motion that offers the least stress on the body. Is ’stretching out’ the pitcher for longer outings part of this philosophy? Not suggesting it is, just asking if anyone knows….