SB Nation User Blog: krgrecw

Derosa traded to Cleveland

krgrecw — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:51:42 -0000

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3802342

not one of the guys the Cubs got back where on Johns list or HQ's list of the Indians and none of the 3 of them even got honorable mentioned on either list. So who the hell are they? I guess I'll post more since I have to make this 75 words long. I wish John could turn this filter off. Thank you

kyle blanks

krgrecw — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:36:37 -0000

whats the drawback to this guy? I never see him mentioned on any prospects list. is it his size? at 6'7'' he can carry 270 lbs better than Prince fielder can. At age 21 in a full year at AA his walk rate went up and his strikeout rate went down which has some value. Does his lack of power hold him back? would people assume a guy with his size should hit more power? Of his 19 homeruns in 2008 13 of them came in the last 2 months which means he does have power and it could have been late developing. He has 11 walks in his last 10 AFL games so he does have some sort of plate discipline. I am not saying this guy will be a stud but couldn't he be a james loney type hitter?

team usa

krgrecw — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:34:30 -0000

i'm a little confused. Why are there 2 team USA's? theres the college one and then theres the one Davey Johnson is coaching. is the college one just to get freshman, sophomore hitters at bats during the summer?

on a side note, stephen strasburg was behind home plate sitting in the bleachers charting pitches tonight. Got to meet him and he seemed like a nice guy. Wish he was pitching though. That catcher from Indiana was having a hard time behind the pate tonight

team USA coming to my part of the woods

krgrecw — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:20:54 -0000

team USa is coming to my home town for 2 exhibitons against themselves and one game against my local college summer team. Are there any players on team USA"s roster worth looking out for? I figure the elite college players will all be up in Cape Cod. I have no clue about any of these guys. I figure they must be decent to be on team USA

http://mlb.mlb.com/usa_baseball/article.jsp?story=national_team_invites_2008

bill james site open

krgrecw — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:36:49 -0000

Hope John doesn't get mad by me posting this. Bill James finally opened his site. Its not bad, worth the $3 a month in the stats he provides.

http://www.billjamesonline.net/

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Al Sharpton on race and steriods scandals

krgrecw — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:24:30 -0000

The Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday that he believes the U.S. government has been pursuing black athletes more aggressively than white athletes in scandals over performance enhancing drugs.

In his weekly address to followers in Harlem, Sharpton compared the treatment of Barry Bonds, baseball's all-time home run king, to the treatment of Roger Clemens, one of the game's greatest pitchers.

Bonds was indicted last year on a charge that he perjured himself while testifying before a grand jury investigating criminal steroids distribution by the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative.
Clemens has been accused by a former trainer of taking steroids and human growth hormone _ a charge he denied during sworn testimony before Congress.

Sharpton said the members of Congress who were there for the hearing, "treated Roger Clemens like they were at a fan club meeting." He questioned why a steroids scandal had landed Bonds in trouble, but no white athlete of a similar standing.

"You've got to understand that the fight has always been about the criminalization of black men," Sharpton said.

Al Sharpton is a class act. If he ever played baseball he'd be the first person ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame due to great 'makeup' regardless of his OPS

dukes on the nationals radar?

krgrecw — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 02:09:51 -0000

I'm not one for rumors. This is more of a elijah dukes needs a new home and the nationals need him or frankly any outfielder who can hit. Dukes is playing well in the Dominican Summer League and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays have no room for him. Does anyone think Dukes has a chance if he goes to the Nationals?

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071121&content_id=2306541&vkey=news_was&fext=. jsp&c_id=was&partnered=rss_was

marcus giles released

krgrecw — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:05:43 -0000

marcus giles was released from ther padres today so i guess its mark antonelli time. Do you all buy into his power that came from nowhere? Is he a good enough defender to play 2nd in the majors? Seems he can take a walk which is good but with only 187 at bats above class A he struggle for a while. Do you all think the job is his to lose?

kelvin diaz 3b cleveland

krgrecw — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 05:09:32 -0000

kelvin diaz can flat out hit and add a 37 walk to 29 strikeout ratio the kid may have a great future. My concern is he played DSL last year at 19 due to visa problems. How hard is the DSL league? Would it even be comparable to rookie ball? Has anyone heard anything about his VISA issue being worked out to play in America in 08?

http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=32721

elijah dukes in the DWL

krgrecw — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 05:40:57 -0000

tampa is sending dukes to play in the dominican winter league. His name hasn't been in the news for any wrong doing in over half a year so maybe, just maybe he figured something out and tampa saw something in him and decided to let him suit up again. Is the Dominican League actually talented enough that if dukes was to perform good it could raise his value or is this move strictly a move to get some of the rust off his bat and get him some at bats before spring training starts?