I’m back.
Where was I? France. Little known fact- there is no internet access in France.
In an excellent, relief-inducing move by the Phils, Brett Myers has been named the starter for Opening Day 2008. It was almost a sure thing that he would be back in the rotation, but the vote of confidence and picking him to lead the rotation rather than Hamels is a great move.
But all is not well in Clearwater- Brad Lidge, the new closer, is unlikely to be ready to go on opening day unless he gets some of the blood from the cheerleader on Heroes. And the second option is Tom Gordon, a man who is in desperate need of bionic replacement parts for his ravaged arm. And last season's closer has already been named as a starter. But as I always say, I'll take a good starter over a great closer any day.
Also, I had a weird dream last night that the Phillies had A-Rod. Prophetic? I’d say 100% yes.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Who?
From Randy Miller's column today:
Dominique Brown is tall and skinny at 6-foot-5, 205. He bats and throws left, plays a mean right field and has an arm that scares baserunners. And best of all, this kid hits baseballs a long, long way.
I google'd "Dominique Brown" and an reference about Nicole Brown Simpson's sister. I assume he was talking about Dominic Brown, the Phillies minor league player.
Some 18 months later, the Phillies are dreaming about someday having their best 1-2 power punch ever if Howard sticks around and Brown lives up to his potential.
I assume Brown will play the whole season in A ball as he has a grand total of 411 at bats professionally. Assuming that he plays A ball this year, AA in '09, and AAA in '10, he would be ready to for the majors in '11. That will also be Howard's final year before he reaches free agency, assuming that the Phillies don't trade him before then. So this would be more of a fantasy "dream", like the Trix Rabbit has of finally getting his Trix.
The group is headed by Brown and includes former No. 1 pick Greg Golson, D'Arby Myers, Matt Spencer and 2007 Paul Owens winner Quinton Berry.
1. It is Quintin, not Quinton.
2. Of that group of five players, one of them, Golson, has played above A ball. I find it difficult to get excited about a bunch of 18 and 19 year old kids that haven't seen AA pitching, let alone succeeded against it.
I know writers have a lot of filler articles that they have to file during spring training. But this just seems like a story that Miller got after having some beers with one of the Phillies minor league development guys last night. The only one of these guys that might sniff the majors in the next three years is Golson and he is still a work in progress. It took Golson three years to get to AA and that is where he is going to start this season. His career OBP in the minors is .303, which is just atrocious.
But at least baseball is starting.
Dominique Brown is tall and skinny at 6-foot-5, 205. He bats and throws left, plays a mean right field and has an arm that scares baserunners. And best of all, this kid hits baseballs a long, long way.
I google'd "Dominique Brown" and an reference about Nicole Brown Simpson's sister. I assume he was talking about Dominic Brown, the Phillies minor league player.
Some 18 months later, the Phillies are dreaming about someday having their best 1-2 power punch ever if Howard sticks around and Brown lives up to his potential.
I assume Brown will play the whole season in A ball as he has a grand total of 411 at bats professionally. Assuming that he plays A ball this year, AA in '09, and AAA in '10, he would be ready to for the majors in '11. That will also be Howard's final year before he reaches free agency, assuming that the Phillies don't trade him before then. So this would be more of a fantasy "dream", like the Trix Rabbit has of finally getting his Trix.
The group is headed by Brown and includes former No. 1 pick Greg Golson, D'Arby Myers, Matt Spencer and 2007 Paul Owens winner Quinton Berry.
1. It is Quintin, not Quinton.
2. Of that group of five players, one of them, Golson, has played above A ball. I find it difficult to get excited about a bunch of 18 and 19 year old kids that haven't seen AA pitching, let alone succeeded against it.
I know writers have a lot of filler articles that they have to file during spring training. But this just seems like a story that Miller got after having some beers with one of the Phillies minor league development guys last night. The only one of these guys that might sniff the majors in the next three years is Golson and he is still a work in progress. It took Golson three years to get to AA and that is where he is going to start this season. His career OBP in the minors is .303, which is just atrocious.
But at least baseball is starting.
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