Farm System

[Clapp]

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[Clapp]

That was just a test (still worth watching how hard hit that double from 2 games ago though)... and yeah when I posted it, it was blank in the preview:

 

http://imgur.com/JAEo42x

 

Anyway, that's good to know that it still shows up in the post.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

"Ooooh, mercy."

[Butcher]

"Ooooh, mercy."

 

Was Hawk guest-announcing that game?

[funkster]

May have gotten lucky.  Thank you Kris Bryant.

 

Anne LaMonica (H's): Are you worried about Mark Appel yet, or is it way too soon?

J.J. Cooper: I was worried last year when talking to scouts who saw him in the Midwest League last year To quote a scout in that Prospect Pulse story from last September: “I don’t know what he has as an out pitch to get (major league) hitters out on a consistent basis,” an American League scout said.” Is he going to be a big leaguer? Absolutely. But there were scouts who saw him last August who wondered if he’d be anything more than a No. 3/No. 4. His demotion this year to extended surely doesn’t quiet those concerns.
 

[Clapp]

Baez singles on an 0-2 pitch in his second at-bat. Eight-game hitting streak.

[Clapp]

Seconds later, Kris Bryant with an RBI double for Tennessee, and it gives him a nine-game hitting streak.

[funkster]

And another K.  

[funkster]

Three Ks bleh.

[willis]

Meh...Bryant is 2-2 with a home run tonight. No big deal.

[nakedman1664]

Just a typical night.

[willis]

It will be interesting to see what happens with him. He's acting silly in AA, but there's really no where to put him in AAA unless he moves off of third, which you don't want to do, or move Villanueva off of third, maybe first, but that hurts his (Villanueva) trade value in a package IMO.

 

Things will work themselves out here soon. There will be trades and there will be opportunities. For now, what he's doing to the southern league is ridiculous.

[rok]

Villanueva will get packaged with either Hammel or Shark for pitching.

[Runnys]

Realistically, what do you guys think we should expect for Shark?  The good thing is that he has done nothing but increase his trade value from the winter.  Are two elite pitching prospects too much?  Also, what teams even have what we could be wanting?

[rok]

Realistically, what do you guys think we should expect for Shark?  The good thing is that he has done nothing but increase his trade value from the winter.  Are two elite pitching prospects too much?  Also, what teams even have what we could be wanting?

Toronto and Texas have what we need, but both are probably out now if you believe people like Rosenthal. Aside from those 2 teams, there are a half dozen others with possible interest (Atlanta, Nats, A's, Seattle, Colorado, etc) that have the high-level minor league pitching that we need.