Says we'd take Zimmerman and that Gordon would have then been taken by Cleveland, still in the first round. I think when I look at the situation, I sometimes overlook the fact that he'd still be a top-half of the first round pick, even in retrospect. All too often, picks plummet and fail to justify selection in the first 20 rounds.

I know we talk about this all the time, but it's so crazy to see how "off" each round of the draft can be.

Hulet seems like he just casually "checked in" on Crow by going back and looking at his stats so far. I'll be the first one to say they aren't pretty, but hardly a reason to panic. Besides that, it's still way too early. One thing of note though, he's got a GB rate of 70%. He's also given up 6 HRs off of a 16% HR/BIA so that seems a little unlucky.

What do you guys feel about his start so far?

Like we couldn't see that one coming.

Not the most detailed article. I just found it fitting that the one catcher bashed would be JK. Go figure.

Superman that Catcher...

I agree that Alex is likely to play, but does anyone feel that Hillman will coddle him in the upcoming weeks? I just have this suspicion that we'll see him missing some starts or something, like a Bloomquist at 2b and Callaspo at 3rd with Gordon on the bench versus lefties. I'll pull my hair out.

On the bright side, out of the group of players performing over their heads right now, Callaspo's not one of them, and his play doesn't seem likely to threaten Gordon for a spot at 3rd. I'd hope that's a moot point with Getz on the DL, but as long as Bloomy roams the mlb clubhouse, we'll have room for uncertainty.

That being said, what does everything think Alex is going to do in his next 5 games?

"OF Brian Anderson informs #Royals that he wants to become a pitcher after failing to make club. Will get the chance at the lower levels."

The Yanks got their starter.

Melky and Mike Dunn to the Braves for Javier Vazquez

This is a follow up to part one posted last week

I love seeing our team get some national press when I go to the cover pages of some website.

Our man Hillman offers some insight in this long video on Yu Darvish a pitcher on his old Japanese team.