this is probably false but... (in regards to kershaw

by npurcell on Jul 17, 2007 12:44 AM EDT Comment 3 comments

Kershaw is on the fast track to the Major Leagues, having been promoted recently from Class A Great Lakes to Double-A Jacksonville

http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070716&content_id=2089949&vkey=news _la&fext=.jsp&c_id=la

thats a pretty huge jump if true. The Dodgers are pretty notorious for slowtracking their pitchers after the jackson/miller debacle so I really cant believe this is true.

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If true

it would be pretty crazy. And although having great stuff, he still needs to work on his command, because this year, unlike last year it hasn't been great.

This article was posted only 2 hours ago, so I'm not sure if the author knows something about Kershaw getting promoted that no one else does, which would be odd, because he's a very highly regarded prospect. Also, it said that Kershaw was promoted recently, so he's acting like it's not news to everyone, which is odd too. So for now I'm thinking this guy doesn't know what he's talking about, which is kind of harsh, but oh well.

by bigboy1234 on Jul 17, 2007 1:45 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

The chat has been edited

The "having been promoted recently from Class A Great Lakes to Double-A Jacksonville" is now missing.

NPurcell

Did you see James McDonald got the promotion to Double-A Jacksonville last week?

by sdbaseballfan on Jul 17, 2007 2:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

heh

now thats two times today that kershaw to AA was reported and then edited. Steven Henson did it this morning for yahoo and now Gurnick has done it for dodgers.com. Where there is smoke....

anyways as for Mcdonald, yes i saw. His first start was a pretty good one with the mess up that solo homerun. If he responds well to the promotion, I think he should make the back-end of a top 100 list.

by npurcell on Jul 17, 2007 2:44 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs