Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Below the jump are the Angels' prospects who are eligible for selection in the Rule 5 draft. Mount, Statia, Moore, and Mendoza have all graced the Angels ' top prospect rankings in the past, and Mendoza in particular is coming off of a strong season. I can see him and/or Marco Albano having the most short-term and long-term value to a poaching club. I based the list on my Wikipedia-deep understanding...
Minor League Ball (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Now working on the Los Angeles Angels . Preliminary player list after the jump. Who am I missing? Los Angeles Angels 39 players Alexia Amarista 2B Jon Bachanov RHP Dillon Baird 1B Trevor Bell RHP Josh Blanco LHP Buddy Boshiers LHP Peter Bourjos OF Ryan Chaffee RHP Tyler Chatwood RHP Hank Conger C Pat Corbin LHP Terry Evans OF Rolando Gomez SS Randal Grichuk OF Casey Haerther 3B Tyler Kehrer LHP Michael...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
More photos » by Manuel Balce Ceneta - AP Drew Storen can do this for real, too. Browse more photos » I like the Arizona Fall League. I've been tracking and classifying a lot pitches, thanks to the PITCHf/x installations in Peoria and Surprise. Nearly 10,000 pitches through Saturday's Rising Stars Game. Let's take a look-see at some of my favorite stats. These are based only on PITCHf/x...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
More photos » by Tony Dejak - AP What does the future hold for Trevor Bell? Browse more photos » 6) Trevor Bell , 22 - RH SP, AA, AAA, Majors 7 wins, 7 losses. 140 IP, 2.70 ERA, 89 SO/35 BB. +23 runs saved Bell had a fantastic 2009, resurrecting his prospect status by plowing through two minor league levels and making his MLB debut in August. We all saw him take his knocks with the big...
Fake Teams (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
The 2009 AFL Rising Stars game rosters are listed below for those of you who get the chance to see some of the best prospects in MLB in one game tonight at 8:15 on the MLB Network. Unfortunately, the Nationals pitching prospect Stephen Strasburg will not be making the start in this one with a "sore neck". What timing. But you will get the chance to see Buster Posey, Starlin Castro, Josh Vitters,...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
AAA Salt Lake Bees, 72 and 71 (final) Brett Salmon, rhsp - (2 starts) 2 W, 11.1 IP, 7 hits, 1.59 ERA, 15 K/6 BB Brad Knox, rhsp - (2 starts) 2 W, 12.1 IP, 11 hits, 2.19 ERA, 11 K/6 BB Tommy Mendoza, rhsp - (1 start) W, 6 IP, 4 hits, 0 ERA, 4 K/3 BB Dan Denham, rhsp - (1 start, 1 relief appearance) 6 IP, 4 hits, 0 ERA, 6 K/2 BB Led by their rotation, the Bees' made a run at the division title over the...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
The Halos organization put together a rare, system-wide sweep last night, winning at every level while the MLB team caught up on some much-needed R&R. Highlights include: Tommy Mendoza kept AAA Salt Lake's division title hopes alive with 6 innings of shutout ball to beat the second place Tacoma Rainiers. In four starts for the Bees, Mendoza has a 2 and 1 record with a 2.94 ERA over 21.2 innings,...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 08/26/2009
Hank Conger , Peter Bourjos , Ryan Mount , Tommy Mendoza, Bobby Cassevah, Tim Kiely and Jeremy Haynes will be wintering in the Arizona sun. They join top prospects from the Sux organization, among others, on the Mesa Solar Sox (seriously? The Sox? At least our guys might garner some ESPN coverage...).
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 08/24/2009
More photos » by Paul Battaglia - AP Browse more photos » AAA Salt Lake Bees, 62 and 66 Sean Rodriguez , 2B, SS, OF - (32 AB's) .375/.512/.813 with 3 Dbls, 3 HRs, 8 RBIs, and 2 SBs The stat line above really boils down to three unbelievable games, where S-Rod went a combined 10 for 11 (.909) and accumulated every double, HR, RBI and SB of the period. His other 7 games were notable only...
Halos Heaven (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
I was away this weekend - my wife and I celebrated our first anniversary - so this week's report comes without comment or links. Please feel free to add your own comments about our guys in the thread! AAA Salt Lake, 29 wins and 22 losses Terry Evans - (this week) .387/.441/.774 with 4 Dbls, 1 Trpl, 2 HR's, 7 RBI's, and 3 SB's David Austen - (this week) 12 IP, 1 W, 8 hits, 3 K/ 4 BB; SEASON: 2.46 GO/AO...
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