Brandon Morrow, at NYY June 30
=== Morrow June 30 ===
D-O-V's keys for Morrow have been (1) finish out in front, and (2) throw smoothly rather than muscling up. We'd rather see a 94 first-pitch strike than a 96 first-pitch ball.
Ryan Langerhans
The Mariners lost Endy Chavez, so they went out and replaced him with Jeremy Reed. A shade the better, a shade the worse, no complaints no worries.
Langerhans is:
(1) a "tweener" outfielder who can back up fine in CF or
(2) play a plus defensive corner OF; he
(3) hits lefthanded and
Pepper, June 28
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=== Vargas, #5SP ===
Contenders? We Got Felix
As you might recall, on May 19th, Felix opened the game with 16 straight fastballs to the Anaheim Angels, who pounded him for 6 runs on 11 hits.
After the game, Don Wakamatsu said he didn't think Felix' head was in the game, specifically said that Felix' effort "comes and goes" quote-unquote, and challenged him (in essence) to grow up.
State of CF
=== Franklin Gutierrez ===
M's broadcasts continue to show that Gutierrez has a marvelous zone rating. It's cool to see the M's sabermetric team linked up with the face of the franchise up there in the broadcast booth.
Friday Afternoon Frappuccino
=== Wade LeBlanc, Pros vs Joes ===
That might very well have been the weakest inning I've ever seen thrown in the majors.
Brandon Morrow, June 24 2009
=== Dr's Prognosis ===
First five pitches against the Padres, Morrow finished "out in front" on four of them and pulled off one of them. My 17-year-old son, a pitcher, was sitting on the couch. Reality check, babe. I slo-mo'ed it.
Spectator - Org Recap
As it happens, I had been doing some updates on some of my favorites, many of whom you mention.
Triunfel: not just out for the year, but Churchill says he may DH all of next year to protect his ankle. Not good.
Saunders, May: 99 AB, 5 HR, 11 BB, 34 H, 1.023 OPS
Saunders, June: 74 AB, 3 HR, 11 BB, 14 H, .639 OPS. Power and patience still showing, despite struggles, which I take as a good sign.
Trade WHO for a bat?
One thing that we fans *consistently* do is assume that if a name doesn't look glittery to us, then the player doesn't have much value to other GM's.
To us, if a guy hasn't been on the Baseball America org top-10 for MULTIPLE years, then Theo Epstein and Kevin Towers don't know who they are.
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