kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
The Royals started their off-season personnel moves by retaining three minor-league players who were eligible to become free agents: outfielder/first baseman Scott Thorman and two left-handed pitchers, Kelvin Villa and Carlos Rivas.
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Freddie Freeman View full size photo uploaded October 10, 2009 First base for the Braves has been in a state of flux since the Braves traded Adam Laroche to the Pirates before 2007. From the failed experiment of Scott Thorman and Craig Wilson to a season's worth of superb time of Mark Teixeira to Casey Kotchman and now back to Adam Laroche again. The immediate future of the position in Atlanta my be...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
More photos » by John Bazemore - AP Adam LaRoche should be the guy manning first base for the Atlanta Braves next season. Browse more photos » Some of this will be a bit of a rehashing of a post I did earlier this week that was mainly about Adam LaRoche , but much of it is worth repeating. The Braves shocked quite a few people (including LaRcohe) when they re-acquired him at the trade deadline...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
The next player to make their debut for the Royals will be the 700th player (to see game action) in Royals history. Will it happen this year? Probably. I guess we will have a better idea when the call-up list is released. Who do you think it will be? Just need a few more words to get to the minimum. Royals Royals Royals Royals Royals. Trusting the Process since 2006. Royals Royals Royals Royals Poll...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
For those that get the reference, you'll understand when I say that The Process™ in this case is a bomb. There are very few people of deserving to start on this team right now, and the bullpen is the biggest clusterfrak we've ever seen. I say blow the team up by calling up the maximum number of callups that we can and playing them all of September, regardless of the outcome. Let's start with...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Scott Thorman hit a two-out homer to right field in the top of the 11th inning, giving the Omaha Royals a 9-8 win over the Tacoma Rainiers...
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
The Braves, according to a major-league source, offered the Pirates the same trade that they ultimately made with the Red Sox — Casey Kotchman for Adam LaRoche. The Pirates could have controlled Kotchman for two more seasons, but preferred to acquire two prospects from the Red Sox — shortstop Argenis Diaz and pitcher Hunter Strickland. K-Ros on the LaRoche trade that didn't happen My assertion...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 06/29/2009
We all know Dayton Moore likes ex- Braves , but to exactly what extent are we talking about here? Let's take a little look see shall we? Current 40 Man Roster ex-Braves Kyle Farnsworth Bruce Chen Roman Colon Juan Cruz Ron Mahay Brayan Pena Tony Pena Jr Kyle Davies 8 out of 40 = 20% If Farnsworth wasn't on the DL, these would all be 25 man roster guys (except for Davies and Chen, as Chen took Davies's...
Royals Review (Free subscription) | 06/23/2009
Scott Thorman promote NOW Scott Thorman is hitting .343 with 11 HR's in Omaha...I want Dejesus in CF and this dude LF and Jacobs off the roster.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 04/28/2009
Links for Tuesday... Chat today, 2pm CST. MLB.com's Mark Bowman has the latest on Tom Glavine's shoulder rehab. Glavine seems more optimistic than when he last addressed the media. Jamey Newberg says the Rangers released first baseman Scott Thorman after 32 Triple A at-bats. Steve Lombardi at WasWatching.com did a Q&A with Tyler Kepner of the New York Times. Jorge Says No! creates a roster of the...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 04/05/2009
2009 Nashville Sounds Roster Announced Remember when Trot Nixon was released after being told there weren't many at bats available for him in AAA, a week before Jason Tyner was signed to start in left? Do you recall waiver claim Joe Koshansky stealing Scott Thorman's roster spot? Know how the Brewers braintrust felt there wasn't room for Joe Bateman in Nashville? All of those moves have resulted in...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 04/04/2009
Scott Thorman, Joe Bateman Released Scott Thorman's strong spring failed to impress the Brewers and Joe Koshansky was brought in to take his AAA roster spot. Meanwhile, Joe Bateman's rough spring was enough to prompt the Brewers to release him despite a record of success, well, everywhere else. The post also talks about the Nashville outfield from left to right being Tyner, Gwynn, and Brendan Katin...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 04/01/2009
Brewers will release Lamb He didn't want to go to Nashville, where he might have displaced Scott Thorman at first base but would not have replaced Mat Gamel at third.
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
Links for Tuesday... ESPN's Keith Law likes the Astros' signing of Mike Hampton. The Brewers signed first baseman Scott Thorman to a minor league deal. He hit .251/.283/.465 at Triple A this year. Also, Salomon Torres officially retired. C.C. Sabathia attended a Golden State Warriors game last night, for what it's worth. Dodgers GM Ned Colletti paid lip service to the idea of re-signing Rafael Furcal....
Talking Chop (Free subscription) | 12/02/2008
The Brewers signed the former Atlanta farm hand Scott Thorman to a minor-league deal Monday and invited him to camp. Wow, I guess the Royals passed on him. Oh well, tis a bit of a shame to see him go, he had good power and always gave max effort on every play.
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