July 23 MiLB

ajake57 — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:43:38 -0000

Today's Probables Include:

AAA - Carlos Carrasco, Andy Sonnanstine, Chris Tillman and Hector Rondon

AA - Junichi Tazawa, Tim Alderson v Brad Holt, Trevor Reckling and Kasey Kiker

A - Tim Hudson (second rehab start, could be an impact for the Braves down the stretch?), Chris Carpenter, and Tim Melville

SS - Matt Hobgood

and there are also many others, of whom I know nothing about. There was also some early action today, but I didn't see much of note in there.

Phillies Rotation Situation

ajake57 — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:52:26 -0000

Brett Myers is seeking out a second opinion on his hip, which forced him to exit his last start, and will, more than likely, force him to miss at least one surgery. The initial diagnosis seemed to indicate that surgery would be required to repair his labrum, which would obviously cost him a bulk of the remainder of the season, if not all of it. With the Phillies most currently hyped (maybe?) pitching prospects, Drabek and Knapp, both in A ball, how do you think they would replace Myers in the rotation? Feel free to discuss trade possibilities as well.

Poll

If Brett Myers does end up having surgery to repair his hip, who do you think should replace him in the rotation?

Antonio Bastardo

22 votes

Andrew Carpenter

4 votes

Carlos Carrasco

58 votes

Rodrigo Lopez

2 votes

Chan Ho Park

13 votes

other

7 votes

106 votes | Poll has closed

Sim League Draft Complete

ajake57 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:06:43 -0000

This is the 5 Round Amateur Draft my 30-team sim league just completed. I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on it, both in general and on anything specific (who went where or whatever).

Only players who made their debut in affiliated ball in the states in 2007 were eligible, hence, no Price, Wieters, or Porcello. We follow Rule V guidelines, as far as keeping these guys is concerned.

Round 1
1 Paris Texas - Daisuke Matsuzaka,P,BOS
2 Sacramento - Joba Chamberlain,P,NYY
3 Las Vegas - Hidecki Okajima,P,BOS
4 Stark County - Mike Moustakas,SS,KC
5 Detroit - Angel Villalona,3B,SF
6 Kennesaw - Josh Vitters,3B,CHC
7 Chicago - Matt LaPorta,OF,MIL
8 Kentucky - Akinori Iwamura,2B,TB
9 Horton City - Ross Detwiler,P,WAS
10 Indianapolis - Jason Heyward,OF, ATL
11 El Monte - Carlos Triunfel,SS,SEA
12 Houston - Lars Anderson,1B, BOS
13 Gilroy - Fautino De Los Santos, P, CHW
14 Pennsylvania - Max Scherzer,P,AZ
15 Longfellow - Beau Mills,3B,CLE
16 Eastern Illinois - Michael Burgess,OF,WAS
17 Cypress - Jordan Walden,P,LAA
18 Whigville - Matt Latos,P,SD
19 Keyesport - Josh Donaldson,C,CHC
20 Utah - Michael Main,P,TEX
21 Vero Beach - Cole Rohrbough,P,ATL
22 Latrobe - Brett Cecil,P,TOR
23 Leinenkugel - Julio Borbon,OF,TEX
24 Norridge - Brett Anderson,P,OAK
25 Santurce - Tim Alderson,P,SF
26 Silvio - Ben Revere,OF,MIN
27 South Beach - Chris Withrow,P,LAD
28 Oceanside - Kevin Ahrens,3B,TOR
29 Louisville - Todd Frazier,SS,CIN
30 Dog River - Daniel Moskos,P,PIT

Round 1 (supplemental)
31 Stark County - Aaron Poreda,LHP,
32 Detroit - Joe Savery,P,PHI
33 Chicago - Casey Weathers,P,COL
34 Kentucky - James Simmons,
35 Horton City - Devin Mesoraco,C,CIN
36 El Monte - Pedro Baez,3B,LAD
37 Houston - Wes Hodges,3B,CLE
38 Gilroy - Jhoulys Chacin,P,COL
39 Pennsylvania - Tony Thomas,2B,CHC
40 Longfellow - J.P. Arencibia,C,TOR
41 Cypress - Matt Dominguez,3B,FLA
42 Utah - Oscar Tejeda,SS,BOS
43 Norridge - Jesus Montero,C,NYY
44 Oceanside - Nick Noonan, 2B/SS, SF
45 Louisville - Danny Worth, SS, DET
46 Dog River - Josh Smoker,P,WAS

Draft: Round 2
47 Paris Texas - Corey Brown,OF,OAK
48 Sacramento - Pete Kozma,SS,STL
49 Las Vegas - Nick Schmidt,P,SD
50 Stark County - Nick Hagadone,P BOS
51 Detroit - Jordan Zimmerman,P,WAS
52 Kennesaw - Eddie Kunz,P,NYM
53 Chicago - Brandon Hicks,SS,ATL
54 Kentucky - Wes Roemer,P,ARI
55 Horton City - Engel Beltre,OF,TEX
56 Indianapolis - Ronny Morla,P,OAK
57 El Monte - Kyle Orr,1B,LAD
58 Houston - Neftali Soto,3B,CIN
59 Gilroy - Charlie Culberson,SS,SF
60 Pennsylvania - Austin Romine,C,NYY
61 Longfellow - Jack McGeary,P,WAS
62 Eastern Illinois - Danny Duffy,P,KC
63 Cypress - Tommy Hunter,P,TEX
64 Whigville - Daniel Bard,P,BOS
65 Keyesport - Kelvin Kulbacki,OF,SD
66 Utah - Jose Martinez,OF,CWS
67 Vero Beach - Brian Rike,OF,COL
68 Latrobe - Clayton Mortensen,SP,STL
69 Leinenkugel - John Ely,P,CHW
70 Norridge - Nicholas Barnese,P,TB
71 Santurce - Cale Iorg,SS,DET
72 Silvio - Justin Jackson,SS,TOR
73 South Beach - James Adkins,P,LAD
74 Oceanside - Josh Reddick,OF,BOS
75 Louisville - John Tolisano,2B,TOR
76 Dog River - Jon Gilmore,3B,ATL

Draft: Round 2 (supplemental)
77 Sacramento - Travis d'Arnaud,C,PHI
78 Stark County - Barry Enright,P,AZ
79 Chicago - Jonathan Lucroy,C,MIL
80 Kentucky - Kyle Lotzkar,P,CIN
81 Houston - Juan Ramirez,P,SEA
82 Pennsylvania - Carmen Angelini,SS,NYY
83 Longfellow - Andrew Lambo,OF,LAD
84 Vero Beach - Jess Todd,P,STL
85 Latrobe - Reynaldo Navarro,SS,AZ
86 Norridge - Jake Smolinski, OF/3B, WAS
87 Santurce - Young Il-Jung,P,LAA
88 Silvio - Brandon Hamilton, SP, Det
89 Oceanside - Travis Mattair,3B,PHI
90 Louisville - Sean Doolittle,1B, OAK
91 Dog River - Jackson Williams,C,SF

Round 3
92 Paris Texas - Carlos Pimentel,P,TEX
93 Sacramento - Nathan Vineyard,P,NYM
94 Las Vegas - David Kopp,P,STL
95 Stark County - Zack Cozart,SS,CIN
96 Detroit - Brant Rustich,P,NYM
97 Kennesaw - Andrew Walker,C,PIT
98 Chicago - Tim Bascom,P,BAL
99 Kentucky - Brad Suttle, 3B, NYY
100 Horton City - Wilmer Font,P,TEX
101 Indianapolis - Eric Barrett, P, ATL
102 El Monte - Freddie Freeman,1B,ATL
103 Houston - Ed Easly,C,AZ
104 Gilroy - Yamaico Navarro,SS-3B,BOS
105 Pennsylvania - Corey Kluber,P,SD
106 Longfellow - Caleb Gindl,OF,MIL
107 Eastern Illinois - Duke Welker,P,PIT
108 Cypress - Esmailyn Gonzalez,SS,WAS
109 Whigville - Simon Castro,P,SD
110 Keyesport - Grant Desme,OF,OAK
111 Utah - Scott Moviel,P,NYM
112 Vero Beach - Mike McCardell,P,MIN
113 Latrobe - Brock Huntzinger,P,BOS
114 Leinenkugel - Sam Runion,P KC
115 Norridge - Drew Cumberland,SS,SD
116 Santurce - Collin Delome,OF,HOU
117 Silvio - Danny Carroll, OF, SEA
118 South Beach - Mike Stanton, OF, FLA
119 Oceanside - Stephen King, SS, WAS
120 Louisville - Matt Mangini, 3B, SEA
121 Dog River - Ryan Dent,2B,BOS

Draft: Round 4
122 Paris Texas - Yohannis Perez, ss, MIL
123 Sacramento - Cory Luebke,P,SD
124 Las Vegas - Josh Horton, SS, OAK
125 Stark County - Rob Bryson, RHP, MIL
126 Detroit - Nick Hill,P,SEA
127 Kennesaw - Stephen Clyne,P,NYM
128 Chicago - Matt Mitchell,P,KC
129 Kentucky - Julian Sampson, P, PHI
130 Horton City - Anthony Rizzo, 1B, BOS
131 Indianapolis - Travis Jones, 2B, ATL
132 El Monte - Mike Watt,P,LAD
133 Houston - Juan Miranda, 1B, NYY
134 Gilroy - Charlie Furbush,P,DET
135 Pennsylvania - Darin Holcomb,3B,COL
136 Longfellow - RJ Seidel, P, MIL
137 Eastern Illinois - Brian Friday, SS, PIT
138 Cypress - Tyrell Worthington, OF, AZ
139 Whigville - Ruben Tejada,SS,NYM
140 Keyesport - Brandon Waring, 3B , CIN
141 Utah - Jairo Heredia, P, NYY
142 Vero Beach - Damion Sublett,2B,NYY
143 Latrobe - Matt West, 2B, TEX
144 Leinenkugel - Dallas Buck, P, AZ
145 Norridge - Nevin Griffith, P, CHW
146 Santurce - Kei Igawa,P,NYY
147 Silvio - Mitch Canham C, SD
148 South Beach - Will Kline, P, TB
149 Oceanside - Matt Angle,OF,BAL
150 Louisville - Eric Eiland, OF, TOR
151 Dog River - Danny Payne,OF,SD

Draft: Round 5
152 Paris Texas - Darwin Barney, SS, Cubs
153 Sacramento - Denny Almonte,OF,SEA
154 Las Vegas - Brad Chalk, OF, SD
155 Stark County - Marc Rzepcynski, LHP, TOR
156 Detroit - Wilber Burcado,P,SF
157 Kennesaw - Matt Spencer,OF,PHI
158 Chicago - Pedro Viola,P,CIN
159 Kentucky - David Robertson, P, NYY
160 Horton City - Cristian Santana, C, TEX
161 Indianapolis PASS
162 El Monte - Danny Rams,C,MIN
163 Houston - Mario Martinez, SS, SEA
164 Gilroy - Jeremy Hefner,P,SD
165 Pennsylvania - Scott Carrol,P,CIN
166 Longfellow - David Lough, OF, KC
167 Eastern Illinois - Sam Demel,P, OAK
168 Cypress - Luis de la Cruz, C, STL
169 Whigville - Mason Tobin,P,LAA
170 Keyesport PASS
171 Utah Trevor - Reckling,P,LAA
172 Vero Beach - Adrian Alaniz,P,WAS
173 Latrobe - Steve Souza,SS,WAS
174 Leinenkugel - Balbino Fuenmayor, 3B, TOR
175 Norridge - Tyler Kolodny, 3B, BAL
176 Santurce - Francisco Pena, C, NYM
177 Silvio PASS
178 South Beach - Emilio Ontiveros,SS,FLA
179 Oceanside - Kyle Kaminska, P, FLA
180 Louisville - Adrian Ortiz, OF, KC
181 Dog River - Eric Niesen,P,NYM

Round 5 (supplemental)
182 Stark County - Paulo Espino, P, CLE
183 Horton City - Jeudy Valdex,SS,SD
184 Latrobe - Fernando Cruz,3B,KC

If you're looking for Baseball related reading

ajake57 — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 06:46:53 -0000

head over to baseballamerica and check out Dirk Hayhurst's non-prospect diary. It's insightful and good for a laugh. He's been doing it for about the last year, but I don't know how much longer he'll keep it up. Here's a link to his latest: http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/prospect-diary/2008/265480.html

oh, and it's free content

Conundrum!

ajake57 — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 01:35:48 -0000

With my sim league's draft a few weeks away I have began a huge undertaking I have never bothered to attempt before: a big board for the entire draft. This is a full 30-team league with complete minor league systems, so the draft is a pretty big deal. It involves only players who made their American affiliated professional debuts the previous season (so it includes guys like LaPorta, L.Anderson and Matsuzaka this year, for example).

The difficulty I am having is sorting out the top of the draft. I find that as you dig deeper the talent becomes less distinguishable, and, therefore, less relevant to judge correctly.

What I'm wondering is who would be your top 10 picks in such a format.

Here's my list, as it stands now:

Daisuke Matsuzaka
Joba Chamberlain
Hideki Okajima
Mike Moustakas
Matt LaPorta
Lars Anderson
Jarrod Parker
Ross Detwiler
Max Scherzer
Jason Heyward

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