Todays Matchup - Chris Carpenter vs Josh Johnson

By James BaileyChris Carpenter vs Josh JohnsonSt. Louis Cardinals at Florida MarlinsJune 9, 2009Chris Carpenter?s back, and he?s better than ever. The fragile veteran has been nearly unhittable this year, showing no ill effects of the numerous injuries he?s battled over the past few seasons. The Cardinals are looking to Carpenter to break a four-game [...]

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Interview With John Sickels & Open Draft Day
Discussion Post

Happy Draft Day, everybody!  In addition to this post serving as an open thread to discuss the draft's developments, I had the pleasure to sit down with John Sickels and ask him a few questions.  By "sit down", I mean that we were both[...]

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Fish Wrap - Marlins 4 Giants 0

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Last night was a night of first: Sean West got his first major league win and Brett Carroll hit his first major league home run.  Needless to say the young ones did good, as the Fish split the four-game series.

West took a no-hitter into the seventh before it was broken up by Edgar Renteria, if you ask me, and nobody did, that is no way to treat your old team which gave you your start in the majors.  But Renteria now gets his checks from the Giants so I guess it was understandable.

I love this: West made this comment after the game.

"The no-hitter was on my mind the whole time, but I tried not to think about it," West said. "As soon as you think about it, karma’s gonna take care of that hit."

Kinda reminds me of the Simpson's episode when Homer got into a little trouble and Marge wanted him to give up beer for a month.  So everyday Homer rode Lisa's bicycle to work repeating the words: Don't think about beer.  Don't think about beer.

Hey, it was worth a try, even though it has never worked in the past for anyone, but maybe, just maybe, there will be a first time.  Naturally, as it always does, the karma train came rolling around.

I'm really starting to like Sean, not just for his pitching ability, but he sounds like a cool kid.

Oh, by the way, I was extremely happy he didn't take the no-hitter into the ninth, one of the best indicators of future arm injuries is if a pitcher throws a no-hitter early in his career.  It has to do with being tired and trying to perform at more than maximum effort to accomplish the feat in the final innings while at a young age.  (See Anibal Sanchez for an example.)

But the night didn't just belong to West, Brett Carroll went on a tear.  Carroll ended up the game a double short of the cycle.  And probably in the process cemented his spot in the lineup when the Marlins are opposing a lefty starter.  (At least in the near future.)

So West flirted with a no-hitter and Carroll flirted with the cycle, in other words, just another routine Marlins win.

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Finding Pete Rose at the Local Card Store

I found this little treasure at the card store last weekend - a 1977 Topps Pete Rose card (#450) was waiting for me just beyond the glass case!

I didn't have this one so I couldn't leave the store without it.
In 1977 Pete played in every game for the 4th consecutive year and for the first time he played every game at 3B. He saw time at 3B, RF, and LF the previous two seasons. At the plate, Pete hit .311 with over 200 hits.

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2009 Astros Reversing a Positive Recent Injury
Trend

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One Astro who has spent time on the DL, Brian Moehler.

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If you spend anytime on this blog network, I'm sure you've wandered over to Beyond the Boxscore and read some of their work. Just about all of it is well thought out and unique, two qualities that are not always apparent in blogging. This past week, one of their writers made a post concerning injury trends/DL time for the thirty major league teams.

From 2002-2008, the Astros suffered the fewest total days lost due to injury than any other major league team. Divisional rival Cincinnati fared the worst in this category, for what it's worth. This doesn't really surprise me, as the Astros have been fortunate to have a good athletic training staff and luck on their side.

Roy Oswalt has suffered numerous oblique and groin injuries, as has Wandy Rodriguez. We've had a resilient bullpen during those years, with no pitcher in my memory missing time consistently. On the hitting side, Jeff Bagwell and Lance Berkman both missed significant time in 2005, while Jeff Kent, Carlos Lee, and Kaz Matsui are three regulars who were forced out of the lineup for extended periods of time. It's a bit unfair to put Lee in this group, as his broken wrist last season was an abberation to an otherwise healthy career.

This season, however, the team hasn't fared as well in the injury department. To wit:

PlayerDateStatusInjuryAaron BooneMar 2760 Day DLHeart SurgeryKaz MatsuiMay 2615 Day DLStrained Right HamstringDoug BrocailMay 415 Day DLStrained Left HamstringGeoff GearyMay 1415 Day DLRight Biceps TendinitisJose ValverdeApril 2715 Day DLRight Calf Strain

 

Those are just the players that are currently on the DL. Brian Moehler and Brandon Backe have spent time on the shelf this season, while Chris Sampson has thankfully recovered well from off season surgery. Baseball has a way of evening things up, and unfortunately, this may be an example of the evening up process.

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Minor League Scorebook

News

• The Travs placed Peter Bourjos on the 7-day DL with a sprained left wrist injured during batting practice last Thursday. He'll be replaced on the roster by free agent Val Majewski, a former Orioles prospect.
• Late: Chris Pettit was disabled with a fracture of the hamate bone of the left hand. Replacing him is Ben Johnson, called up from AA Arkansas.

Scores

2009-06-08: Salt Lake 5, Fresno 3 # Evans: 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K
Wilson: 2-5, 2 K
Rodriguez, S: 1-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K
Wood: 0-4, 1 BB, 3 K
Brown, M: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K
Segura: 3-4, 1 2B, 1 K
MacDonald: (W, 4-5), 6.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 7 K, 4 BB, 5.16 ERA
Jepsen: 1.0 IP, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 1 HR, 9.00 ERA
Hill: (S, 12), 1.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 1.80 ERA
2009-06-08: San Antonio 4, Arkansas 2 # Smith, Coby: 3-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Ortiz, W: 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Sutton: 2-5
Conger: 2-4, 1 BB
Trumbo: 1-4
Statia: 0-4, 1 K
Bell: (L, 4-3), 6.0 IP, 4 R, 1 ER, 6 H, 6 K, 3 BB, 2.23 ERA
Browning: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2.51 ERA
Herndon: 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB, 2.73 ERA
2009-06-08: Rancho Cucamonga did not play2009-06-08: Burlington 2, Cedar Rapids 1 # Lopez: 2-4, 1 K
De Los Santos: 0-3, 2 K
Correa: (L, 2-4), 6.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 6 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 2 HR, 4.69 ERA
Nabors: 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 3.66 ERA
2009-06-08: Orem did not play2009-06-08: AZL Angels did not play2009-06-08: Okla. City 5, Albuquerque 4 # Hu: 0-4
Jones, M: 2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB
Repko: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K
Ellis: 2-4, 1 RBI
Pascucci: 2-4
McDonald: 7.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 H, 10 K, 2 BB, 1 HR, 4.24 ERA
Strickland: (BS, 1)(L, 0-1) (in relief), 1.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 5.09 ERA
2009-06-08: Chattanooga 2, Tennessee 3 (10 innings) # Bell: 0-3, 2 BB, 1 K
Perez, E: 2-5
Mercedes, V: 3-4
Castillo, J.A.: 6.1 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 H, 4 K, 1 BB, 4.82 ERA
Koss: 1.2 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 2.08 ERA
Rodriguez, J: (L, 4-2) (in relief), 1.1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 K, 3 BB, 3.12 ERA
2009-06-08: Inland Empire 3, Lake Elsinore 6 # Mattingly: 2-4, 2 2B, 1 K
Van Slyke: 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI
Baez: 1-4, 2 RBI, 2 K
Vargas, C: 2.0 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 5.40 ERA
Sexton: (L, 1-7) (in relief), 6.0 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 7 H, 6 K, 0 BB, 1 HR, 3.16 ERA
2009-06-08: Dayton vs. Great Lakes: Postponed # Wrap2009-06-08: Ogden did not play2009-06-08: AZL Dodgers did not play

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Yanks Look to Make Up For Last Year's Draft

From Tyler Kepner:

The Yankees get a do-over Tuesday, and not just because they will be back at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox swept them in April. The amateur draft starts at 6 p.m., and the Yankees will try to recover from the sting of last summer.

Their top pick last June, pitcher Gerrit Cole, chose college without hearing an offer from the Yankees. They lost interest in their second-rounder, pitcher Scott Bittle, who failed his physical. If not for Luis Vizcaino, the draft might have been a total disaster.

The free-agent loss of Vizcaino, a middle reliever, gave the Yankees a supplemental first-round pick, which they used on Jeremy Bleich, a left-hander from Stanford. General Manager Brian Cashman said that Bleich, who is pitching well for Class A Tampa, reminded him of Jimmy Key.

If Bleich makes four All-Star teams the way Key did, he could save his depleted draft class. For now, though, it looks like a missed opportunity, and the Yankees have few early chances to correct it this time.

For failing to sign Cole, who had a strong freshman season at U.C.L.A., the Yankees have the 29th overall pick. For losing Bittle, a reliever for Ole Miss who hurt his shoulder again last month, the Yankees have the 76th pick.

?Basically, we?ve had to wait a year for those two picks,? Cashman said by telephone Monday, taking a break from draft preparations. ?I?m pleased we?re in the draft room having discussions about players we have a chance to go get. The alternative is having to wait until the fourth round.?

MLB.com's Bryan Hoch has more on what the Yanks are looking for in today's draft:

In about 50 words
As always, the Yankees will shoot for quality over need at No. 29, but they must be sure they can actually sign the player since there is no compensation. A position player looks like a strong possibility. The Yankees believe the pool is more unique and balanced than past years.

The scoop
"We've been given a budget by ownership this year, and we're going to work within that budget. We have parameters that we're going to use. You have to be a little more cautious and you have to pay attention to certain players' wishes and needs. It might not be what we value that player as. If some of these guys are going to hold true to what they're looking for, you're going to see a few more kids roll into college this year." -- [Damon] Oppenheimer

First-round buzz
The Yankees could highlight an athletic outfield prospect like California's Brett Jackson on their Draft board, and there has been talk about Southern California shortstop Grant Green and Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez. One wonders how flexible the idea of a Draft budget is for the Yankees, who shelled out $423.5 million to lock up Sabathia, Teixeira and Burnett without much of a second thought.

Shopping list
Oppenheimer outlined desires for athleticism, power arms and left-handed pitching. "There are holes that we need to address -- the system is in pretty good shape, but we need to continue to pound stuff in it," he said.

Trend watch
The Yankees haven't been shy about taking high-risk players early, knowing that Cole had a signability issue, while 2008 compensation-round pick Jeremy Bleich and 2007 first-rounder Andrew Brackman had injury issues. After not signing Cole and letting second-rounder Joseph Bittle walk unsigned due to health concerns in '08, the Yankees may be somewhat less courageous in that department.

In Keith Law's most up-to-date mock draft, he has the Yankees taking Slade Heathcott, a CF from Texas HS in Texarkana, Texas.

Heathcott is one of the best tools players in this draft, but his uncertain family life (his father is in jail on drug charges and his mother is out of the picture for similar reasons) and expected price tag had him looking like a second- or third-rounder. Arizona, the Phillies and the Yankees have all scouted him heavily the last three weeks. The Yanks, meanwhile, have shown a lot of interest in Arnett, but I doubt he gets here.

If you are a subscriber to ESPN Insider you can read more about Heathcott here. ... The Arnett that Law mentions is Eric Arnett, a RHP from Indiana, but he's projected to go a lot earlier than 29.

The folks over at MLB.com have the Yanks taking Brett Jackson, and outfielder from Cal-Berkeley. Here's ESPN Insider's scouting report on Jackson.

There has also been talk that the Yanks were interesting in Mike Renfroe, a high school SS out of Mississippi.

For more on today's draft, here's Keith Law's top 100 draft prospects.

All the speculation means nothing once the draft begins, and that will happen at 6:00 p.m. today. You can watch the first round of the draft on the MLB Network and from then on follow it on MLB.com/Live. You can also follow the draft on Twitter.

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Kepner: Yanks Look to Make Up For Last Year's
Draft Mistakes

From Tyler Kepner:

The Yankees get a do-over Tuesday, and not just because they will be back at Fenway Park, where the Red Sox swept them in April. The amateur draft starts at 6 p.m., and the Yankees will try to recover from the sting of last summer.

Their top pick last June, pitcher Gerrit Cole, chose college without hearing an offer from the Yankees. They lost interest in their second-rounder, pitcher Scott Bittle, who failed his physical. If not for Luis Vizcaino, the draft might have been a total disaster.

The free-agent loss of Vizcaino, a middle reliever, gave the Yankees a supplemental first-round pick, which they used on Jeremy Bleich, a left-hander from Stanford. General Manager Brian Cashman said that Bleich, who is pitching well for Class A Tampa, reminded him of Jimmy Key.

If Bleich makes four All-Star teams the way Key did, he could save his depleted draft class. For now, though, it looks like a missed opportunity, and the Yankees have few early chances to correct it this time.

For failing to sign Cole, who had a strong freshman season at U.C.L.A., the Yankees have the 29th overall pick. For losing Bittle, a reliever for Ole Miss who hurt his shoulder again last month, the Yankees have the 76th pick.

?Basically, we?ve had to wait a year for those two picks,? Cashman said by telephone Monday, taking a break from draft preparations. ?I?m pleased we?re in the draft room having discussions about players we have a chance to go get. The alternative is having to wait until the fourth round.?

Thanks to reader Bronx Baseball Daily for reminding me in the comments that the Yankees still made several good picks in the later rounds including, Pat Venditte, D.J. Mitchell, and Brett Marshall, but still, losing your top picks is never a good thing.

MLB.com's Bryan Hoch has more on what the Yanks are looking for in today's draft:

In about 50 words
As always, the Yankees will shoot for quality over need at No. 29, but they must be sure they can actually sign the player since there is no compensation. A position player looks like a strong possibility. The Yankees believe the pool is more unique and balanced than past years.

The scoop
"We've been given a budget by ownership this year, and we're going to work within that budget. We have parameters that we're going to use. You have to be a little more cautious and you have to pay attention to certain players' wishes and needs. It might not be what we value that player as. If some of these guys are going to hold true to what they're looking for, you're going to see a few more kids roll into college this year." -- [Damon] Oppenheimer

First-round buzz
The Yankees could highlight an athletic outfield prospect like California's Brett Jackson on their Draft board, and there has been talk about Southern California shortstop Grant Green and Boston College catcher Tony Sanchez. One wonders how flexible the idea of a Draft budget is for the Yankees, who shelled out $423.5 million to lock up Sabathia, Teixeira and Burnett without much of a second thought.

Shopping list
Oppenheimer outlined desires for athleticism, power arms and left-handed pitching. "There are holes that we need to address -- the system is in pretty good shape, but we need to continue to pound stuff in it," he said.

Trend watch
The Yankees haven't been shy about taking high-risk players early, knowing that Cole had a signability issue, while 2008 compensation-round pick Jeremy Bleich and 2007 first-rounder Andrew Brackman had injury issues. After not signing Cole and letting second-rounder Joseph Bittle walk unsigned due to health concerns in '08, the Yankees may be somewhat less courageous in that department.

In Keith Law's most up-to-date mock draft, he has the Yankees taking Slade Heathcott, a CF from Texas HS in Texarkana, Texas.

Heathcott is one of the best tools players in this draft, but his uncertain family life (his father is in jail on drug charges and his mother is out of the picture for similar reasons) and expected price tag had him looking like a second- or third-rounder. Arizona, the Phillies and the Yankees have all scouted him heavily the last three weeks. The Yanks, meanwhile, have shown a lot of interest in Arnett, but I doubt he gets here.

Jim Callis also has the Yankees taking Heathcott. If you are a subscriber to ESPN Insider you can read more about Heathcott here. ... The Arnett that Law mentions is Eric Arnett, a RHP from Indiana, but he's projected to go a lot earlier than 29.

The folks over at MLB.com have the Yanks taking Brett Jackson, and outfielder from Cal-Berkeley. Here's ESPN Insider's scouting report on Jackson.

There has also been talk that the Yanks were interesting in Mike Renfroe, a high school SS out of Mississippi, and Matt Purke, a high school LHP out of Texas

For more on today's draft, here's Keith Law's top 100 draft prospects.

All the speculation means nothing once the draft begins, and that will happen at 6:00 p.m. today. You can watch the first round of the draft on the MLB Network and from then on follow it on MLB.com/Live. You can also follow the draft on Twitter.

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AMERICA'S BEST BASEBALL SCHOOLS

This morning's Wall Street Journal has an interesting article (see below) written by Darren Everson on which colleges and universities produce the best baseball players. Pictured below is UNC pitcher Alex White who, along with teammate Dustin Ackley (1B/OF), is projected to be drafted tonight in the top 5. Draft coverage can be seen tonight of MLB Network starting at 6pm.



America's Best Baseball Schools
By DARREN EVERSON

Penn State produces linebackers. Georgetown is a factory for basketball big men. But if you're looking for a pitcher or a slugger in Major League Baseball's draft, which college should you turn to?

The short answer, based on a statistical analysis: Southern California for pitchers and Miami for hitters. But when Missouri State outperforms prestigious programs like Stanford, and when relatively unheralded Kentucky is the third-best school for pitchers since 1996, the long answer is that it's a bit more complicated.

As baseball holds its annual draft Tuesday, the importance of gauging collegiate talent is at an all-time high. Roughly half of the players in Major League Baseball went to college -- and clubs are becoming increasingly enamored with collegians because they're more developed and thus closer to helping the team. Last year, 20 of the first 27 players taken were from college; overall, just 32.2% of all players drafted were high-schoolers. This year, Stephen Strasburg, a fireballing pitcher from San Diego State, is expected to go first overall.

In basketball and football, colleges like North Carolina and Michigan have developed reliable reputations for churning out scorers and offensive linemen and other top talents. But in baseball, even top college players face a second layer of apprenticeship: the minor leagues. Here, a small, often unpredictable crop of players keeps developing while the rest stall. St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman Albert Pujols played at Maple Woods (Mo.) Community College and was drafted 402nd overall in 1999, yet has developed into the game's most-feared hitter. Meanwhile, roughly half the players taken that year in the first round haven't reached the majors.

"Baseball is the hardest sport to prognosticate," says former Louisiana State coach Skip Bertman, who led LSU's baseball team to five College World Series titles. "In football, I watch the scouts come in and run seven or eight tests for each kid -- vertical jump, bench press, 40-yard dash -- and when you put all those scores together, you know their athleticism. In baseball, you don't have to have a 40-inch vertical; you don't even have to run real fast. But you do have to be real smart and know how to deal with failure."

To ascertain which schools have done the best in recent years at producing players who make an impact in the majors, The Wall Street Journal analyzed each draft from 1996 through 2008. Each school that has produced at least four major-league players from those drafts was ranked by adding its total "runs above replacement" for hitters and pitchers. This statistic measures how much better (or worse) a player is compared to a theoretical, average replacement.

The findings: Southern California, which owns 12 College World Series championships but has struggled in recent years, ranks No. 1 overall, although some of its best players -- including pitcher Mark Prior and hitters Jacque Jones and Morgan Ensberg -- have contributed little in recent years. Miami has generated little pitching in recent years but produced several sluggers, including Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff and Ryan Braun.

Other top college programs have had several players make the major leagues, but haven't seen them become stars. Texas, the alma mater of 354-game-winner Roger Clemens, doesn't crack the top 10, nor does Long Beach State, despite the recent exploits of Jered Weaver and Evan Longoria. Stanford has had more than 70 players reach the majors all-time, but all of the Cardinal's current players combined have been outproduced by former Rice standout Lance Berkman, a five-time All-Star first baseman with the Houston Astros.

California schools make up four of the top five -- USC, No. 2 Cal State Fullerton, No. 4 UCLA and No. 5 Pepperdine, with Miami in between. But more than anything, the analysis shows how difficult it is for even top colleges to produce top-flight major-league players. Mr. Pujols has single-handedly been more valuable statistically than the offensive alumni of every college during the past dozen years, save Miami and UCLA.

Kentucky isn't known as a baseball school, but it has developed an impressive track record for producing pitchers, especially for a school that is not in the Sun Belt. Keith Madison, Kentucky's winningest coach all-time, concentrated on pitching, having been a pitcher himself. "What happened on occasion -- more often than my assistants would like -- was when I'd go to a high-school tournament, my focus was on pitching," says Mr. Madison, who retired in 2003. "My best gift as a coach, I felt, was my ability to identify good arms."

Mr. Madison unearthed Brandon Webb and Joe Blanton, two right-handers overlooked by professional scouts as high schoolers. Mr. Webb, who is currently on the disabled list with the Arizona Diamondbacks, won the Cy Young Award as the National League's best pitcher in 2006; Mr. Blanton, a Philadelphia Phillies starter, was 2-0 in the playoffs in the Phillies' championship run last season. Mr. Madison also coached Scott Downs, a reliever who has become the Toronto Blue Jays' closer this season. This year, Kentucky lefthander James Paxton is projected to go in the draft's first round.

Missouri State, the alma mater of Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard, the NL's most valuable player in 2006, has also had surprising success. Its former players include pitcher Shaun Marcum, who had a 3.39 ERA for the Blue Jays last season but is currently injured, and reliever Brad Ziegler, who set a major-league record last season by starting his career with 39-straight scoreless innings. "I don't know if it's anything we do," says Bears coach Keith Guttin -- although that doesn't stop him from crowing to recruits about Missouri State's pipeline to the pros. "It tends to come up in conversation."

College-baseball coaches freely admit, though, that there's little they can do to keep their alums from languishing eternally in the minor leagues. "Most college coaches would agree that we can't take credit for the guys who make it to the big leagues," says Mr. Bertman of LSU. "The reason they make it is they were endowed with special gifts, and like all prodigies, they work hard at it."

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Braves rotation: then and now

“This winter, we have set our sites on going back to sort of the old-fashioned Braves way of building championship teams with dominant pitching.  That’s what we think we have done, and we are excited about the pitching staff we have put together.” -Braves General Manager John Schuerholz in 2005It’s been a long 3 years [...]

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