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Daily Farm Report - 7/10/08
Posted on July 10, 2008 by roarke49
Erik chiming in here with a quick update: Friend of the blog Keith Law will be on with Jeff Gordon on 590 The Fan at 12:30pm today.
This is old, but I had not seen it before. The Hardball Times analyzes the top draft picks, including scouting video. The bit on Brett Wallace is interesting, [...]
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Q and A with Ben Chiswick
Posted on July 10, 2008 by erik
Ben Chiswick is the director of broadcasting and media relations for the Quad Cities River Bandits. He handles the play-by-play which you can catch for free at the River Bandits site. Some of you may have also read his post game recaps at milb.com, which provide some much needed color to the box scores, and [...]
Filed under: Brett Wallace, Charlie Kingrey, Francisco Rivera, Interviews, Mark Diapoules, Nick Additon, Paul Vasquez, Pete Kozma, Richard Castillo, Tommy Pham | Tagged: Ben Chiswick | 4 Comments »
Daily Farm Report - 7/9/08
Posted on July 9, 2008 by roarke49
Kevin Goldstein’s Future Shock [subscription only] series hit the NL Central today and he gave an update on what his Top 11 Cardinals prospects have been up to. I know that no matter what he does, someone will complain - and it is nice that he covered a lot of ground, talking about more prospects [...]
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Minor Improvements
Posted on July 9, 2008 by azruavatar
Maybe it’s just me. Maybe my interest in the minor league system has arisen over the last year and so I figure everyone else’s has too even though they haven’t. But I’m guessing that’s not the case. . . There are several factors that can be attributed to the growing interest in minor [...]
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Daily Farm Report 7/8/08
Posted on July 8, 2008 by erik
I have to think the Cardinals could have surpassed the Cubs offer for Rich Harden and still not lost any of their top four or five prospects. I’m not saying necessarily that they should have; Harden is a ticking time bomb. I just hope Mo doesn’t feel any extra pressure to do anything crazy. [...]
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The ever dangerous mid-season prospect ranking
Posted on July 8, 2008 by erik
I call it dangerous because I’m sure I may end up looking back on these and think to myself “what was I smoking?”. I have a love-hate relationship with prospect rankings. It’s just that they can so debatable, which makes them fun and also makes them mind-numbing. And I think some sites out there just [...]
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Daily Farm Report 7/7/08
Posted on July 7, 2008 by azruavatar
I don’t want to be John Mozeliak right now either [/lying] but if Rasmus is traded, I’ll be collecting donations for bail.
Meet the future catchers — Bryan Anderson is first up.
Slow news day — let’s get right to it. Palm Beach was postponed & Johnson City had the day off so it’s an abbreviated [...]
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A quick look at Josh Wilson
Posted on July 7, 2008 by erik
One of you asked if we can take a look at RHP Josh Wilson of the QC. Ask and ye shall receive.
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Daily Farm Report 7/6/08
Posted on July 6, 2008 by azruavatar
Off topic: Went and saw the movie Hancock tonight starring Will Smith, Jason Bateman and the stunning Charlize Theron. The movie was ok — I’d suggest just waiting for it to come out on DVD — but I have to issue a warning. You may remember that when I went to “see” [...]
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Daily Farm Report - 7/5/08
Posted on July 6, 2008 by roarke49
[erik update: Recently I was approached by the folks at the Batavian and was asked to provide a who's who on the Muckdogs roster. It's not for pay or anything, so here's the link.]
Here is a profile of Andrew Brown from Kary Booher. Brown has come on strong this season, hitting for power and average [...]
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Luhnow on the July 2 signings
Posted on July 5, 2008 by erik
I asked Jeff Luhnow if he could provide us with details on the new Latin American signees, and he was kind enough to oblige. Here are his words on the newest Cardinals:
Filed under: Cesar Valera, Dennis Montero, Grabriel Hernandez, Jeff Luhnow, Jose Weffer, July 2 intn'l signing period, Roberto De La Cruz, Santos Franco | 17 Comments »
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