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News From the Camp
A couple of interesting stories are going around that I feel are worth mentioning.
The first concerns NRI RHP Juan Sandoval. Sandoval, as I've mentioned before, didn't play all of last year, but had been an okay role player type within the system for a number of years after it was discovered that he was three years older than his reported age. He gave up too many hits, and didn't strike out nearly enough batters, but he helped fill out rotations on some decent teams and never really embarrassed himself. Now the
Seattle Times has the story.
About a year ago, Sandoval was in a restaurant with family members when an argument broke out. One of the men returned with a shotgun and Sandoval turned his head at the wrong time, catching some of the blast in his eye. After some surgeries, he returned to the M's training complex in Santo Domingo to re-learn how to pitch and field, with only one good eye and limited depth perception. I never expected Sandoval to make an impact, but overall, it's a nice gesture on the organization's part to bring him in for one big league camp.
The other bit of local prospecting interest is a story in the Tacoma News Tribune about
what Matt Tuiasosopo is doing to get back on track. The article fills in the gaps somewhat predictably, with a few mechanical slip ups becoming a larger mental issue at the plate, but it's nice to get some additional perspective on the guy who might've suffered the most under the new aggressive promotion paradigm.
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Rotoworld's Top 10 AL West Prospects
Rotoworld posted a list of
their top 10 for each AL West team.
The M's list starts out much the same as we've seen from others: Jones, Clement, Morrow, Butler. Following that, there's a bit of a hiccup. Anthony Varvaro? Really? I'd consider him a decent candidate to break out if he can stay healthy and keep the velocity up, but I wouldn't dare push him into top 10 territory, and certainly not the middle of the pack there. The list after that follows Feierabend, Triunfel (sort of bold, if BP didn't beat them to the punch), Lowe, Balentien, and Tui. I don't know about the Tui placement either, but at least the author acknowledges that promoting him was a serious misstep.
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MiLB.com Radio Show: Mariners and Phillies
Tomorrow (Tuesday, since it's close to midnight here), there's going to be a MLB Radio segment at 9 am PST covering the Mariners and Phillies (snicker) farm systems. The Around the Minors Blog already
has their post up, with the top five Mariners prospects to watch mirroring the list BA put up, save for Butler and Feierabend trading places, which is entirely defensible. The link should be coming up at
MiLB.com around 9, but you should already have that one bookmarked anyway. I can't do a link to the archive once it hits the net, due to the mepia player launch codes and whatnot, but if you miss it, check back later. I'll summarize some of the thoughts when I get the chance. As I've said before, it works as a fix.
Hey, look!
Morrow's in the P-I. I wonder how many people out there still think he busted his arm reaching for the phone. I wonder if there's more of them, or more of the people who think his last name is spelled "Marrow".
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A closer look at the minor league system of the Seattle Mariners baseball club.
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