Betances, Dellin SP/NYY
Cosart, Jarred SP/HOU
Cumberland, Drew SS/SD
Gorski, Darin SP/NYM
Gyorko, Jedd 3B/SD
Lindsey, Taylor 2B/LAA
Machado Manny SS/BAL
Molina, Nestor SP/TOR
Paxton, James SP/SEA
Pederson, Joc OF/LAD
Pomeranz, Drew SP/CLE
Rodriguez, Julio SP/PHI
Rosario, Eddie OF/MIN
Rutledge, Josh SS/COL
Sanchez, Gary C/NYY
Segura, Jean 2B/SS LAA
Songco, Angelo OF/LAD
Syndergaard, Noah RP/TOR
Tolleson, Shawn RP/LAD
Wheeler, Tim OF/COL
Williams, Mason OF/NYY

I think, as a scout, the worst thing a kid can have as a high school senior or even a high school junior is a beard. That's not good. You walk into a ballpark and you've never seen the kid yet, but you walk in and he's got a fully grown beard. That tells me he's mature and there's not projection there. It's all about perception. Perception is 90 percent of it. Whether it's right or wrong, if I walk into a ballpark and I see a kid with a beard and he's just OK, well I can't project anymore. The kid's fully matured. That's one thing for me, I like baby-faced guys.

Freddie Freeman ETA...when will he come up? What to expect from him right away? Will he be more of a power hitter or a contact/average hitter? What do you expect him to hit (batting order) in 5 years?

Dbacks #1 prospect Jarrod Parker to visit Dr. James Andrews on Tue w/ intent of having Tommy John surgery on 10/28 #mlb

Four straight losses and nine defeats in the last 10 games make this the roughest stretch in an already seemingly lost season.

Nothing has gone right for Omaha lately, and if there was any hope that getting a longer than normal breather, and getting away from Rosenblatt would improve the team’s chance, that seems to have been dashed for now.

For the second straight game the Royals couldn’t make a late 1-0 lead stand up, and the ninth inning was a nightmare for the Omaha pen.

At 23 wins and 30 losses, Omaha is rapidly seeing its season slip away. After a dreadful May, the Royals had to have hoped that June would be a new beginning. Opening the month with a series against a Round Rock Express team that came into town sporting just a 23-29 record had to further embolden the team.

Omaha continued it’s mostly manic play, as they split a four game series with PCL American North leading Nashville.

At some point, Omaha’s late inning rallies are going to lead to dramatic victories. So far, they’ve been more of a tease.

ndividually, most baseball players will tell you the hardest thing to do is hit a baseball. As a team they’ll tell you one of the hardest things to do is sweep a double header. That was obvious Wednesday night as the Omaha Royals and Fresno Grizzlies took part in two games that couldn’t have been more different.