Who do you think will have a better career Salcedo or Juan Duran?

Are there any other  recently signed international players that you think can even touch these 2?

I am a big fan of jr Towles and feel he could have a russ martin like rise at the catcher position in the national league. I don't see him on alot of top prospect lists . I think he could hit .280 with 15  hr's and 10 steals this season. Great numbers for a rookie catcher . How much pt is ausmus going to take from him? What do you think he can do stat wise this season? What seem to be his weaknesses? Who do you compare him to?

anyone think your ball club could use this kid on your 40 man roster....i like him as a reserve type 300 ab guy. Think he could be an upgrade for several teams off the bench. Baltimore fan what do you think of this kid....as a Royal fan he reminds me of Lubanski in some ways.

He has had two cups of cofee with the big club in 05 and 06 and was definitely brought up too early but i think he could be a nice guy to have on the ready in AAA in 08 with a chance to be a fixture in the future

The Royals signed catcher Miguel olivo today....do you think Dayton has a trade in the works that includes Buck  or do you think they are satisfied with this tandem in 08.... they are very similar players who both throw out around 34% of base stealers....and can hit for some pop...Buck does not like to walk but Olivo really does not like to walk....what do you think?

There is a pretty nice debate on scout.com page for the Royals about the value of David Dejesus. He is rumored to be going to the Braves for Chuck James or possibly to the Rangers(i do not have players involved on this rumor)
I do not rate Dejesus nearly as high as alot of the members on that board. Personally, i would trade Dejesus for James straight up but Royals fans think the Braves should include Lillibridge. I told them that Dejesus is not held in high regard by the rest of the league. Where do you rate Dejesus and what would you think he would be worth in a trade if you were the Braves or Rangers?

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here is the situation....you our the gm of your favorite team you can take one player in the rule 5 draft.....who do you take, and how does he fit into your teams plans from 2008?

you can take anyone-even if your team has a late selection (suppose you have made a move to get a higher pick)

you can play gm for more than one team if you'd like

I keep reading that the Rocks are looking at several catchers if Yorvit does not return. Kendall and Barrett are the two i see mentioned the most. Granted Iannetta could pull thru and beat out the ever declining Kendall. What happened to all the love for this kid. I never heard any of the broadcasters during the playoffs mention that Yorvit entered as the #2 but when the rookie struggled he took the job....does Chris Ianetta become another JD Closser and disappears into obscurity or is their still a chance this kid could be a solid major leager

I have never asked for fantasy advice...but i am in a 5x5 league and i have been offered $18 dollar Felix Hernandez for 1$ Chad Billingsley. I want to hear from people that have an opinion when it comes to $ and an opinion if Hernandez is clearly better than Bills. I think that Hernandez is a stud but will he really be better the rest of the season than Bills who is finally getting his shot at the rotation. So let me know your opinion....I am $20 under the cap but do have Harden($23) and T.Gordon($15) coming back soon...I could take Felix and bench Andruw Jones($25) to make room for my cap....ok alot of info here....but let me hear an opinion please

Sweeney is going back on the D.L (big surprise) Do you guys think Butler will actually play 1B this time around or should we expect him to get all his ab's at DH? Obviously, he is joining the team in STL so I don't see him starting. If Huber was healthy do you think he would have received the call? Is Brazell even an option? Or is Brazell another Graham Koonce, Pickering, Burkhart 4A Slugger?

I am starting a diary to discuss players past and present that you think never got a fair shot in the big leagues....Guys, that for whatever reason (maybe they were blocked by a star or had bad gm's that did not see their talent) faded away into baseabll obscurity. I thought of this because I had wondered what had happened to Jamal Strong and why he never got a chance in Seattle despite having the ability to get on base steal bases and play solid defense. There have been a ton of guys like this and I am sure that some greay tales could be told why they never made it....

a few others:

OF-Bombo Rivera put up decent numbers in part time play but never got much action in the bigs after his 27th birthday

C- Mike Rose always seems to be able to hit from the left side of the plate (i have seen him 3 times in spring and he is raking the ball)

INF-Pete Coachman seemed to be a pretty decent prospect with the Halos but never got a shot

anyway just a few guys....would love to hear some of oyour thoughts. I know there are tons, but these are a couple of names that popped up in the useless information part of my brain