Future Redbirds

This article indicates that the Cardinals will either be putting Isringhausen on the DL or possibly designating him for assignment. I would imagine that he would clear waivers at this point and his comments seem to indicate that he would accept a minor league stint to find a cure for what ails him. The corresponding [...]

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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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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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Kary Booher has an interesting story about Brandon Yarbrough, the man responsible for catching the up-and-coming pitching prospects in AA now that Bryan Anderson has moved up to Memphis. Yarbrough has aquitted himself well at the plate so far this season, putting up a .286/.375/.357 line in 80 plate appearances. It would be nice if [...]

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The organization went 3-1 on the evening, with a nasty blowout against Springfield being the bad news of the evening. Congrats to Jaime Garcia, his promotion to AAA is the big news of the day. One of my other favorite pitchers, Clayton Mortensen, struggled for his second consecutive start. It may be an overreaction on [...]

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Please accept my apology for the brevity of this intro - I am trying to write it in between tornado warnings and I half expect the power to go out at any minute. So, with no further ado, the system went 0-3 on the day (Quad Cities had the day off) and all the details [...]

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I had the opportunity to ask Will Carroll what he thought of the plan to stretch Springfield’s pitchers out to 120 pitches. He said that he thought it was an interesting concept and that he would be interested in seeing how it plays out. It was just a brief email exchange, but somehow I am [...]

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The organization has had its share of AAA filler in recent years (a trend that seems to be slowly reversing itself). While these guys were never really considered big time prospects, it is easy to get attached to them because they come off as underdogs. So, while guys like John Gall never really “made it” [...]

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The organization pulled a little switcharoo at Quad Cities, calling up three players from extended Spring Training, sending two players out to extended Spring Training and letting a player go. The affected players are as follows:
In: Quick D’Marcus Ingram (OF), Osvaldo Morales (1B), and Mark Diapoules (RHP)
Out: Beau Riportella (OF), Andres Rosales (RHP)
Gone: Charlie Pelt [...]

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Kevin Goldstein addressed a Jaime Garcia question in his chat today (I don’t know if Chris from St. Louis is an FR reader that saw Az’s request or if the question was serendipitous, but thanks to Chris for the question, either way):
Chris (St. Louis): Jaime Garcia is off to a great start. If his elbow [...]

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Kary Booher has a nice article in the Springfield News-Leader about Clayton Mortensen. Mortensen talks about staying away from websites that discuss minor league prospects (I guess that means he doesn’t read us) so that he won’t get caught up in the hype for himself, or the guys he is about to face. There is [...]

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Before we get to the meat of this post, let’s start off with some good news: neither Tommy Pham or Daryl Jones have any lasting injuries as a result of the outfield collision last night. Jones is going to be put on the DL because he had some swelling in his calf and he was [...]

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