Future Redbirds

A few news and notes around the Internet concerning some of the draft prospects I thought were worth mulling over a little bit.

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Today was an off day for Memphis and a travel day for me. I am a bit out of the loop on what has been going on since I have been out of town since Saturday (which is ironic since I was actually in St. Louis). From the looks of things, though, Springfield is really [...]

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Joe Mather is on a tear as of late, and what the heck is going on with Kenny Maiques?

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J.J. Cooper puts together the Indy League All Star team, a compilation of independent leaguers who either began their careers in the indy leagues or were found in indy ball after being released from A ball or below. The reason it make mention of it is current Cardinal Josh Kinney and former Cardinal Jason Simontacchi [...]

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The next edition of “Three up, three down” should be up tomorrow. I’ve been a little busy lately so I haven’t really had time to put together any midday post ideas. So when in doubt, why not do a prospect ranking? The lazy bloggers’ way out! Don’t get me wrong, I’ve taken some time and [...]

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I don’t think I’ve seen this posted before but Keith Law unveiled his top 60 prospects in the upcoming draft. He noted that it’s not a projection but simply who he thinks the best 60 players are.
Shane Robinson was the Texas League position player of the week. He was also discussed in Goldstein’s [...]

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We are only 3 weekends away from the draft, so the guys are running out of time to impress. The top of the draft has been locked in for a while, but there are some new names popping up in the late first round. One of those guys stretched it out a little [...]

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Shaun Garceau takes over Tyler Herron’s spot in the Palm Beach rotation. Daryl Jones is one of Palm Beach’s most eligible bachelors. Also, it seems that Dr. Suess is an licensing Nazi.
Kary Booher takes a look at Allen Craig as he begins to heat up at the plate. Personally, I love cold [...]

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Happy Mother’s day. Sorry for the delayed post, WordPress had some maintenance issues last night.
Moves confirmed: Isaias Garcia and Steve Hill were sent to AA, Luke Gorsett, Josh Dew and AJ Van Slyke are on their way down to Palm Beach.
How’s Trey Hearne been doing in Mexico? Well, tonight he threw 7 innings of one [...]

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This is an Izzy free zone. Happy thoughts. (I do feel for the guy, though. As much as we get riled up over these sorts of things as fans, I don’t think anyone on the team who feels worse over failure then Izzy. No matter what happens to him between now and when he hangs [...]

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Jeff Luhnow, Vice President, Amateur Scouting and Player Development, in the midst of preparing for the draft and the dozens of other things that come with his hectic job, was kind enough to do a little Q and A with me over email. Thanks go to out to him for his thoughtful answers. Enjoy.

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Baseball Prospectus continued its ‘PECOTA Takes On…’ series with third base prospects today. This article is probably for subscribers only, but I think I can go so far as to mention that David Freese made the list as a “Very Good Prospect” (which is odd, because that list actually ranks below the list of “Good [...]

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