McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Not much time for a ton of writing today, so I'll just ask your help for possible posts down the road. I'm trying to make a list of examples of the Giants ignoring minor league performance in their hitter evaluation process in the Brian Sabean era. Rich Aurilia -- Fine numbers for a AAA shortstop, blocked by Jose Vizcaino because he was the "get one free" part of the Jeff Kent trade. Todd...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 05/28/2009
More photos » by Mark Duncan - AP A publicity photo from the long-awaited sequel to Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." Browse more photos » Last season, when the Indians were playing their worst leading up towards the All-Star Break, the Rays came to town the surprise leader of the AL East. The Indians swept the four-game series, and had an excellent second half. This season, the...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
More photos » by David J. Phillip - AP Darin Erstad in his natural element: grime, dirt, muck. Browse more photos » Position Player Seasons Played in Houston AB BA OPS C Tony Eusebio 1991, 1994-2001 17 39 .275 .729 1B Jose Vizcaino 2001-2005 1396 .276 .685 2B/MI Julio Lugo 2000-2003 1320 .268 .723 3B Bill Spiers 1996-2001 1644 .288 .782 SS/MI Tim Bogar 1997-2000 1010 .219 .624 OF Darin...
McCovey Chronicles (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
The most common rebuttal to the position that Brian Bocock shouldn't be in the majors is this: The Giants are supposed to be rebuilding, so what harm is there in seeing what the kid can do? A major league team shouldn't just be afraid of putting a young player on the major league roster because their performance might hurt the efforts of the team to win. There are development issues as well. Even...
YanksBlog.com (Free subscription) | 12/05/2007
Kat O'Brien reports that Jose Vizcaino's agent, Bean Stringfellow, told her that he believes that Viz can get a three or four year contract, like Scott Linebrink, who signed a four year, $19 million dollar deal with the White Sox. O'Brien notes th...
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