SB Nation User Blog: ken from alexandria

Martin Shines at AAA Syracuse

ken from alexandria — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:18:32 -0000

Martin Shines at AAA Syracuse

J.D. Martin has paid some serious dues, and it pleases me to see him have some success. Here is a link to his 2009 stats. 58 K's against 7 BB's is pretty awesome.

Weglarz en fuego

ken from alexandria — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:31:18 -0000

Weglarz en fuego

Baseball America lists Daddy Wegz #1 on its "Prospect Hot Sheet" this week. When he's hot, he's hot. When he's not, he's like Trey Haley, also mentioned in this BA piece (free content).

Blake Gopnik on Baseball Art

ken from alexandria — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:20:32 -0000

Blake Gopnik on Baseball Art

In today's Washington Post, Blake Gopnik reviews new installations of art at Nationals Park. Sorry about the earlier botched FanShot.

Tribe signs Tim Fedroff

ken from alexandria — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:48:51 -0000

Baseball America is reporting that the Indians have signed UNC right fielder Tim Fedroff for $725,000, which is well above slot for a 7th rounder. Of this year's Cleveland's draftees, only first-rounder Lonnie Chisenhall ($1.1 million) has signed for more.

BA says that Fedroff "has strong forearms and wrists and packs a powerful punch at the plate." He has good speed, but his arm is likely to make him "more of a candidate for left field at the pro level."

Your mission, should you decide to accept it....

ken from alexandria — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:29:28 -0000

Your mission, should you decide to accept it....

Baseball America' is reporting (subscribers only) that 2b Cord Phelps, our third-round pick in the recent amateur draft, has signed for $327,000. Here is a link to his Stanford profile.

Pigging Out on Minor Leaguers

ken from alexandria — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:40:20 -0000

Pigging Out on Minor Leaguers

Tony Lastoria has posted his photo gallery (some 600 images collected in Winter Haven this spring). My mancrush on Santo Frias continues, but then there's (N.B. Voltaire!) Candido Jesus.

Taxidermy's Gain

ken from alexandria — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:37:08 -0000

Taxidermy's Gain

Jason Davis released by Rangers, 03/28/2008

P.S. Sorry, gang, I'm just trying to learn how to do FanShots.

Consolation

ken from alexandria — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:58:18 -0000

In case you hadn't noticed, a player-development obsession helps to ease the pain of MLB post-season disappointment.

Adam Miller and David Huff led the Surprise Rafters to an Arizona Fall League win today. Read all about it here: http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071023&content_id=2279705&vkey=news_mlb&fext=. jsp&c_id=mlb

Peralta seeing the ball better....

ken from alexandria — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:02:18 -0000

Here's a link to a national story: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news;_ylt=Ap1xVN6BKJsc0lWRGuacvRsRvLYF?slug=ap-playoffnotebook&prov= ap&type=lgns

Not a single word, of course, about how he overcame paralysis in his left side. How typical!!!

And now for the sake of the character count:

Not a single word, of course, about how he overcame paralysis in his left side. How typical!!!

Salcedo Weighs Offers

ken from alexandria — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 23:11:53 -0000

The rest of you guys can get all excited about the post-season and stuff, but here in kenfromalexandriaville, the prospect watch never sleeps.

Chris Kline is reporting in BA that the Indians are among the active suitors of Edward Salcedo, a 16-year-old Dominican mega-prospect (according to his agent, Scott Boras). Kline says the asking price is #3.5 million.

Here's a link. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=599