Welcome to another edition of the Minor League Mailbag! We had some great submissions this week and the questions really challenged me. Remember to submit your questions for next week’s mailbag. You can comment on this post, email me (chelmrtz at gmail dot com), or find me on Twitter (@chelmrtz). Roger Munter (@rog61 on Twitter) asked: What are your projections… Read more →
Welcome to the first edition of the 2013 Minor League Mailbag! This is a returning weekly feature every Thursday here on Bay City Ball. All stats quoted in the responses are current as of Tuesday. Please submit your questions for next week’s Minor League Mailbag. Remember you can submit questions in the comments section of this post, via email (chelmrtz… Read more →
Today we break down the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies roster. There are a few prospects to watch, including key guys like Gary Brown, and rising stars like Mike Kickham. It’s definitely a different Grizzlies roster from previous years, somewhere between the minor league fodder-laden seasons and the 2010 season, when Buster Posey and Madison Bumgarner were both there. I think that… Read more →
You can read our first segment, #15-11, right here. In today’s post, we dig a little deeper into the system and examine spots #10 through #6. Subtitle: Pitchers and pitchers and pitchers and I hope you like pitchers. Let’s jump right in: — 10. Martin Agosta, RP, 22 years old in 2013 Chris Quick: Agosta, picked up by the Giants… Read more →
Tweet The trade deadline approaches. When I read stuff like this, I get a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach. Trading for Marco Scutaro — when he was easily available earlier in the offseason — seems like a particularly Giants thing to do. A trade is coming. Or not, I have no idea. It’s no lie to say that… Read more →
(Preemptive warning: This post is long.) With the 2012 First Year Player draft completed, I thought it would be a good time to revisit our 2012 Prospect List to see who is rising, and who is falling. — 15. LHP, Mike Kickham Level: AA Richmond; 2012 statistics: 51.2 IP, 8.19 K/9, 5.23 BB/9, 0.35 HR/9, 3.31 ERA, 3.63 FIP Why… Read more →
This is year marks the second time we’ve put together a Top 15 prospect list for the site; and, something that I think is really cool, this is the first year we’ve had four different writers add their input to the list. Last year the list was created by Otis and I, but this year, we’ve got Rory Paap and… Read more →
Here’s the middle of the pack in our series on the State of the System address: #11-20. rank name position 2011 team 11 Jacob Dunnington RHP San Jose (Advanced-A) 12 Kelvin Marte LHP San Jose 13 Roger Kieschnick OF Richmond (AA) 14 Brandon Crawford SS San Jose/Richmond/San Francisco/Fresno (AAA) 15 Adam Duvall 3B Augusta (A) 16 Chris Dominguez 3B San… Read more →
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always found the offseason to be great prospect discussin’ time. The news generally slows down in baseball over the winter months and it provides us with ample time to rank, discuss, and lobby for our favorite prospects. This year we’re adding a new feature to the site in that we’re going to be… Read more →