Minor League Ball

BJ Upton - Emerging Superstar?

Ian Stewart — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:09:46 -0000

After a 3-5 game today, BJ Upton raised his average to a solid .297. While the power is slacking a bit (3 HR/8 2B), Upton is flashing all his tools, stealing bases as well (7 SB). The question -- is BJ Upton on the way to a great career? He is still young (23) and has had some experience. With the team he has around him, I personally believe Upton is one of the better young players in the game, but am still rather unsure. Thoughts?

Poll

In five years time, will BJ Upton be considered a superstar?

OT: Election Poll

John Sickels — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:06:53 -0000

Generally speaking this is a no-politics zone and it will remain that way. However, we did take some polls at the start of the primary season, and with the candidates essentially decided now, I thought we would revisit the issue. No comments will be allowed to avoid flamewars, but I'm curious where things stand.

If the 2008 Presidential Election was held today, and the candidates were Republican candidate John McCain and Democratic candidate Barak Obama, who would you vote for?

Poll

McCain or Obama?

Billy Rowell, criminally underrated

gogotabata — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:40:21 -0000

So, after he was drafted, Rowell hit rookie ball pitching really well and was a super hot prospect -- I think John gave him a B+ and he looked to be maybe the best high school hitter in his class. Last year in A ball he hit a so-so 273/335/426 and it seems everyone has forgotten about him since then. He's still huge and still at third base and he's hitting 304/365/429 in hi-A in the Carolina league. What I think people forget is how freaking young he still is as his birth date is 9/10/88. That is, he'll play all of this year, his third year as a pro, as a teenager.

By comparison, Beau Mills is two years older and is hitting 233/375/388 in the same league. Cody Johnson is one month older and playing one level lower in the Sally league and is hitting 233/313/411. Michael Burgess is basically the same age and is hitting 207/292/446 in the Sally league. It's early in the season and I expect at least Mills and Burgess to bounce back, but I think it's useful to see that guys in his age group (Johnson and Burgess) aren't just struggling, but also struggling one whole level lower.

I think Rowell's age and great first half-season are masking what is a subtly exciting development curve. My guess is that he'll spend the whole season in hi-A ball, maybe showing a little more power and a little less average than he is now. Next year, though, he'll be more ready than any hitter in his age group to make the leap to AA and consolidate his skills, tools and approach, the way Dexter Fowler appears to be doing so now, except the fact that Rowell next year in AA will be a year and a half younger than Fowler is now; even if say he struggles a bit next year (which I'm not expecting) and spends all of 09 in AA and starts off in AA in '10, moves to AAA in '11, and makes it to the majors in 2012, he'd be playing all of '12 as a 23 year old, and that'd be IF it takes him '09/'10/'11 to pass through AA and AAA.

Minor League System Wager

Buzz Bissinger — Sun, 11 May 2008 19:25:04 -0000

My buddy and I have $150 riding on this bet... so no stuffing the ballot here, but which minor league system do you like better of the following fantasy squads. Team A or Team B.

Team A
1. Tanner Scheppers
2. Shooter Hunt
3. Michael Saunders
4. Angel Villalona
5. Mike Moustakas
6. Jarrod Parker
7. Justin Smoak
8. Aaron Crow
9. Cole Rohrbough
10. Julio Teheran
11. Dellin Betances
12. Chris Withrow
13. Daniel Cortes
14. Trevor Cahill
15. Norichika Aoki

Team B
1. Kasey Kiker
2. Chris Volstad
3. Isaac Galloway
4. Billy Rowell
5. David Price
6. Josh Vitters
7. Juan Duran
8. Ross Detwiler
9. Chorye Spoone
10. Nick Noonan
11. Jeremy Jeffress
12. Christian Friedrich
13. Cale Iorg
14. Adrian Cardenas
15. Ethan Martin

Wieters

Robinson Checo — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:03:38 -0000

When is this guy going to get called up? He homered last night and I believe he had a mulit-homer game earlier this week. Every time I look at his line in the box score, he has a hit or a walk. Does he finish the year in AAA and how good a major league hitter do you think he will be?

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Fantasy League with a FYPD..any interest

garrioch13 — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:47:50 -0000

OVERVIEW:

This league is a perpetual keeper league. It will be for very knowledgeable and serious owners run through CBS commissioner. This will be a head to head rotisserie style league altered to mirror real baseball as much as possible. The league will also will have another site for all drafts, transactions, roster, salaries and other general chatting and information.

The league will begin with the 2008 FYPD beginning around August 15th (signing deadline) and going for 35 rounds. This will be followed by a 40 man Roster Draft then by an 80 player minor league draft.

In the offseason will be a free agent draft. This will include any undrafted minor leaguer, any undrafted player from the 2008 FYPD, and any undrafted signed foreign player. Any unsigned foreign player-if the player signs within 12 months, you keep him if not he becomes a free agent…e.g. Eduardo Paret, IF, Cuban National Team

All drafts will be slow message board drafts with each team receiving a 30 minute time period to make a pick. Each round will take one day.

DRAFT:

Original draft will be a random order to be determined. First year player draft order will be based on reverse order of standings at the end of the previous season.

· 35 Round 2008 First Year Player Draft

· 40 Man Roster draft consisting of anyone with any MLB playing time.

· 80 Man Minor league player draft

· 15 Man Free Agent Draft in the offseason of all unsigned minor league players and foreign free agents. The order for this will be decided by popular vote, either random or by best record first.

ROSTER:

20 teams will be divided into 4 divisions each with a 40 man roster and a 25 man active roster.

25 Man active rosters consist of:

10 Pitchers
2 Catchers
1 1B
1 3B
1 Corner Infielder
5 OF
1 pinch hitter (1B, 3B, OF)
1 2B
1 SS
1 UT (Middle Infielder)
1 UT (pinch runner/def specialist..2B, SS, C)

The final 2 UT spots may just be any player. Depending on what everyone would want.

Players will be eligible if they have played 5 games at the position in the season and 10 games in the prior season. Rookies will be available at the position CBS has the listed at.

Each week you can choose your 25 man active roster from your 40 man major league roster. If you wish to promote a minor leaguer to your active 25 man roster, you must make room for him on your 40 man roster. Your total roster limit will be 200 players.

SALARIES:

Players’ salaries will be assigned based on draft position. These values will be given before the draft and salary cap will be determined at that time. A $100 million dollar cap is what I am currently looking at and the max for one player will be $20 million.

Each team will get one 5 year contract, two 4 year contracts, four 3 year contracts, six 2 year contracts and everyone else will be assigned one year contracts.

Contract lengths will be decided after the minor league draft.

Free agency will begin after the first season. Bidding will take place over weeks with players divided into groups. Each player will be auctioned off with the high bid winning after 24 hours has passed without a higher bid.

When entering free agency, each team can protect 3 players from being lost to free agency. They will be bid on. Winning bid will be able to be matched and the player will stay with it’s team. Only 2 of the 3 may be matched.

Franchising a player can also be done when a players contract is up. His salary will `be 120% of his final year or $8 million and will last for 3 years. Only one franchise is available per team and they will not be able to be waived, traded or released.

Minor League call up contract:

Year 1 - $300,000

Year 2 - $600,000

Year 3 - $900,000

Year 4 - $1,200,000

Year 5 - $3,600,000

Year 6 - $5,400,000

Player can be cut after any season under this contract. Player may be optioned from 40-man to minor leagues in the first 2 seasons of this contract without needing to clear waivers. Contract will begin when 150 AB/50 AB line is crossed.

TRANSACTIONS:

Trade Deadline
Trade deadline will be August 10th. Draft picks can be traded up to 1 year in advance of the draft. All players can be traded unless they were signed as free agents in the previous off-season. They will not be allowed to be traded until after June 1st. Only half of picks in each draft may be traded or 17 FYPD and 7 FAPD picks

Trade Committee

Will have 3 members and will need 2 for trade approval. Only trades that affect the competitive balance of the league or are suspect of collusion should be denied or asked to be reworked. Unbalanced trades or those done for salary cap reasons will not be denied. Trades can not be done for cash or for future considerations.

Waivers
You can put a player on waivers and attempt to send him to the minor leagues at any time. Other teams will have a 24 hour period to claim that player. They will inherit his contract as is.

If a player is on major league disabled list, than he can be on your team disabled list.

Players on the 15 day DL will count against your 40.
Players on the 60 day DL will not count against your 40.

SCORING:

The Scoring Period for each week runs Monday through Sunday/ Because Opening Day may be on a Sunday, the Scoring Period for the first week will be Sunday through Sunday. All games will be contested in head-to-head match-ups based on the following categories and winner-take-all values:

On-base % 1.2 Wins

Runs 0.7 Wins

RBIs 0.7 Wins

Total Bases 1.1 Wins

Stolen Bases 0.3 Wins

Wins + Quality Starts 0.8 Wins

2 * Saves + Holds 0.7 Wins

ERA 0.7 Wins

WHIP Ratio 1.1 Wins

Strikeouts – Walks 0.7 Wins

TOTAL 8.0 Wins

Each match-up has a possible 8.0 Wins at stake. In the case of a tie in any particular category the point values will be split evenly for that category. The point values were chosen in order to make the results as realistically representative of actual player values as is possible without developing a significantly more complicated point system grid. The scoring system will be validated with the chosen statistical service provider prior to the draft.

Regular Season will be 20 weeks long:

Round one will be a cumulative period of weeks 21 and 22 and will match #1 vs #8, #2 vs #7, #3 vs #6, #4 vs #5. Round two will be a cumulative period of weeks 23 and 24 and Finals will be weeks 25 and 26.

Ties in playoffs will be decided by regular season record.

PRIZES:

After all expenses for operations (stats service) are deducted, the remaining money will be the prize pool.

The Prize Pool will be divided as follows:

Playoff Qualifiers 2.5% (8 teams x 2.5% = 20%)

Round #1 Winners 5.0% (4 teams x 5% = 20%)

Round #2 Winners 10% (2 teams x 10% = 20%)

League Champion 25% (1 team x 20% = 25%)

Rookie of the year         2.5%                           (2 players x 2.5%=5%)
MVP                              2.5%                           (2 players x 2.5%=5%)
Cy Young                      2.5%                           (2 players x 2.5%=5%)

The cost per team will be decided by the owners. It may end up being for bragging rights. The most I foresee is $100 per team.

Additional Information:

All teams will be responsible for keeping an electronic file preferably an excel spreadsheet of all players under their control and how they were acquired. These must be available within one week when asked for by the commissioner. If unable to do this, all players not accounted for by the league will become free agents.

Any team caught above 40 players will be given a warning and 48 hours to correct the problem. After a second warning, the team will loose a FYPD pick.

Rules are not set in stone but I believe are pretty solid for a good start.

There will be a rules committee decided from the owners that join to help improve the league as we progress.

OT: Did You Go To College?

John Sickels — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:16:00 -0000

Off-topic question, but I'm trying to learn as much as I can about my readers and their backgrounds.

Did you go to college? And if so, where? And did you like your college experience?

I went to Northwest Missouri State University and got a BA in history. I then went to the University of Kansas and got an MA in history. I loved undergrad school, but frankly after the first year or so I hated grad school. The only thing I really got out of grad school was moving to Lawrence and meeting Bill James and stumbling into this career.

Brandon Watson

columbusOHcubsfan — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:43:28 -0000

I have always wondered why Brandon Watson hasn't gotten a good shot at playing at the major league level. Over the last 3+ years he has put up great minor league stats. In 2005 he was voted a PCL all-star and last year he had a 43-game hit streak and was one of the strongest outfielders in the IL. HIs average during that hit streak was an outstanding .350. He looked like a major league quality player.

Despite his great play he only has played in a total of 40 major league games in a span of 3 seasons. Even though he didn't hit well, he didn't recieve a chance to play enough. In 2008, Watson is hitting .288, a team high for average. I think Watson should get a chance to play somewhere. Thoughts on Watson?

MiLB Mock Draft Pick 22: New York (NL) again

Terry Ryan Jr — Sat, 10 May 2008 11:54:32 -0000

I'm just giving it to Galloway, he was up and there hasn't been any movement for a couple of days.

The board is going to change drastically this time. The Mets are up and have already snatched a toolsy HS OF in Aaron Hicks. What will they do this time? A college starter has been their calling card over the last few years, but they wouldn't seem to get great value on at 22. They pick early in the supplemental round where they may find the same college arm that they would be targeting here.

1. Tampa Bay - Aaron Crow-RHP-Mizzou
2. Pittsburgh - Pedro Alvarez-3B-Vandy
3. Kansas City - Tim Beckham-SS-HS Georgia
4. Baltimore - Brian Matusz-LHP-San Diego
5. San Francisco - Justin Smoak-1B-South Carolina
6. Florida - Yonder Alonso-1B-Miami (FL)
7. Cincinnati - Gordon Beckham-SS-Georgia
8. Chicago (AL) - Tim Melville-RHP-HS Missouri
9. Washington - Kyle Skipworth-C-HS California
10. Houston - Tanner Scheppers-RHP-Fresno St
11. Texas - Eric Hosmer-1B-HS Florida
12. Oakland- Jemile Weeks- 2B-Miami (FL)
13. St. Louis- Buster Posey- C- Florida St
14. Minnesota- Shooter Hunt- RHP- Tulane
15. Los Angeles (NL) - Gerrit Cole-RHP-HS California
16. Milwaukee - Christian Friedrich-LHP-Eastern Kentucky
17. Toronto - Brett Wallace-1B-Arizona St.
18. New York (NL) - Aaron Hicks-CF/RHP-HS California
19. Chicago (NL) - Joshua Fields-RHP-Georgia
20. Seattle - Ethan Martin-RHP/3B-HS Georgia
21. Detroit - Isaac Galloway-OF-HS California
22. New York (NL)
23. San Diego
24. Philadelphia
25. Colorado
26. Arizona
27. Minnesota
28. New York (AL)
29. Cleveland
30. Boston

Games online

PittsburghStealer — Sat, 10 May 2008 05:19:14 -0000

Does anyone know a good site where I can watch the games live? Specifically the Giants tomorrow? Don't know how else to see it while traveling, and I can't take my Extra Innings package with me. Any help is deeply appreciated. Thank You

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Freddie Freeman

Bravesin07 — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:28:35 -0000

What do you think of this kid. He is playing Heyward's shadow but has been very impressive this year. He is 2-2 tonight with 2 doubles. He has 13 doubles so far and lots of doubles means projected power. I think if everything comes together, he could hit over 30 homers a year in the majors, and he's also known as a good gloved 1st baseman. What do you guys here think?

Pics: Bakersfield Blaze at Modesto Nuts

Flashfire — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:24:24 -0000

Part two of the Wednesday doubleheader and I finally got more of a high-scoring game: 10-6, Bakersfield. Of course, that made the game three hours long instead of most of the other ones clocking in closer to 2:15 in length.

Julio Borbon, K.C. Herren and Manny Pina, with three hits apiece, accounted for half of Bakersfield's 18-hit barrage and Borbon led the way with a pair of doubles, 4 RBI, a couple runs and a stolen base. Evan Reed pitched 6 solid innings for the win, leaving with a 10-2 lead before Modesto staged a brief comeback attempt. Nuts knuckleballer Simon Ferrer, an outfielder turned pitcher after the 2005 season, continued to struggle as he fell to 1-6. His battery mate Michael McKenry hit the only home run of the game.

Modesto is fast becoming one of my favorite places to work. Between the bases, the photo wells are closer to the mound and the plate than other ballparks I've been to and as the late afternoon sun moved more behind the first base seating it made for some great light behind me when I shot from that side. I was able to crank up the shutter speed to 1/4000 for some shots and I was rewarded for it with a great broken bat photo on a swing by Modesto's Jay Cox. Earlier, I also got my best hit by pitch photo when Modesto's Victor Ferrante was plunked. Overall, the number of other things I got in the field such as stolen bases, a rundown, Herren chugging around third and more was probably my best collection from a single game this season.

I like the two shots cited above too much to pick just one to share, so you get both. The second one will load larger if you click on it:

5/7/08: Bakersfield Blaze at Modesto Nuts

F-Mart Starting To Drive The Ball

Duece — Fri, 09 May 2008 23:48:24 -0000

From BA's Hot Sheet:

No. 7 FERNANDO MARTINEZ, CF, METS

Team: Double-A Binghamton (Eastern)
Age: 19
Why he's here: .360/.370/.720 (9-for-25), 4 R, 1 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 7 RBIs, 1 BB, 5 SO
The Scoop: He's the youngest player in Double-A—heck, if he were in high Class A, he would still be the second-youngest player at that level. Teenagers in Double-A shouldn't be hitting for power, a skill that normally blossoms later in a player's career. But that's exactly what Martinez did last week, as four of his nine hits went for extra bases, highlighted by yesterday's two-homer game, the first multi-homer game of his career. It's not as though Martinez is dominating the league—in 144 at-bats, he's hitting .264/.297/.403—but his ability to drive the ball against much older competition is encouraging as he starts to take advantage of his prodigious tools in game situations.[/quote]

Headley Time????

dancer — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:23:33 -0000

With the current disastrous state of the Pads outfield, coupled with their current poor play lately, I think it's gotta be Headley time!!! After a slow start when he was sent down, he's been hot the past two weeks, hitting over .500, (5 for 5 yesterday), so personally I'm more than ready to activate him on my fantasy team and hopefully watch him rake. If they believe he's at the point where he can be at least average in the OF, I think they know that his bat's ready to make things happen and hopefully make a difference in their lineup---BRING HIM UP NOW!!

Gamel

laughlin — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:12:12 -0000

I'm looking for some insight on Mat Gamel, 3B Brewers. He's off to a torrid start and has always hit in the minors, yet doesn't seem to crack most top prospect lists. In my keeper league, I have Yonder Alonso, Moustakas and Triunfel and wonder if I might do better to pick up Gamel given his success and proximity to the majors. Where do you see him fitting with the Brewers and will he get there soon? Thanks.

Start #4 of the Adam Miller Watch

bbdbrandon — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:48:42 -0000

The return of the Adam Miller Watch comes at you after the worst statistical start of Miller's season. Miller's last start on May 4th, was a relatively shaky one, in which he was more the victim of bad luck then terrible pitching. This was noted in last week's Miller Watch when I discussed the play by play action of the game as I saw it unfold live. I do however want to make note that I am worried with how Miller was working behind in many of the counts.

On May 4th, Miller started the game off strong, striking out two in the first inning and beginning four of the five hitters he faced with a first pitch strike.

When Miller allowed two hits in the second inning, you could see his location was beginning to fade and he was not able to fool many of the hitters he faced. During this inning, three of five hitters started their at bats out with a ball.

This trend continued as Miller missed the strike zone to all but three of the first eight hitters he faced. Keep in mind, one of those three was a first pitch single that plated two of the three runs Miller allowed in that inning.

During the forth inning, Miller looked to be reestablishing himself early on against hitters, forcing them to go after his stuff. After two quick outs he again struggled to find the strike zone early and fell behind the next two hitters he would face. At this point, it was obvious Miller was laboring as he was clearing his season high for pitches thrown and had done so with a great amount of stress considering the amount of base runners he had allowed to this point.

As mentioned, luck played a role in the lack of success Miller had on that Sunday afternoon. The weather was not the best for a ballgame, especially for a kid from Texas. However, the biggest issue Miller ran into, was not being able to control hitters. He was constantly putting himself into situations where he was behind in the count and thus was forced to throw strikes. While Adam has the stuff to get by in instances where he is struggling to locate, occasionally the balls will simply fall into play, even greater are the chances of this happening when you are playing in front of Minor League defense.

A couple positives to take from this start. The first, despite Miller's lack of control, he managed to only allow one walk. Possibly Miller could have been a little more careful in hitters counts to not entirely give in. Second, Miller induced the most strike outs per inning of his short season. Although the negative of this is that it took more plate appearances then Adam's previous time out, the stat of K/9 increased, if ever so slightly.

A source close to the team is reporting that Miller's fastball has been working in the 90 to 93mph range. This is about where Torey Lovullo suggested it would be for much of the season as Adam focuses more on how to pitch.

My source also tells me that Miller has stated he is feeling fine, however he is frustrated with his location. Obviously with how Adam's track record, we can see that his walks are an anomaly and are presumably more due to rust then his actual ability. However, it isn't as if Miller's walk rate is terrible. So this could in fact be Miller's frustration with being unable to get ahead of hitters early.

Overall, my source tells me Miller hasn't felt as crisp as he would like. This, as I am told, is part of the reason why Miller has not been working very far into games. Keep in mind however, that Miller is essentially in Mid-April form instead of approaching Mid-May form. Even a minor set back, like the blisters Adam started the season with can have a major effect on a pitchers performance well into the season.

In addition to this, I am curious if Miller is holding something back. My source tells me Miller has hit 95mph at least once on the ballpark radar gun. For a pitcher who typically works in the mid 90s this could either be Miller trying a new approach (as asserted by Lovullo) or this could be Miller cautioning against injury.

I will be in Detroit for the Tigers-Yankees game and to set a long time friend off (aka Bachelor Party) so I won't be able to do my usual pitch-by-pitch analysis on the game. I will return for Miller's following start having hopefully attended the game in Buffalo that evening-weather permitting.

Pics: Visalia Oaks at Stockton Ports

Flashfire — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:16:48 -0000

As part one of a personal doubleheader for me, I went to Stockton for a morning game against Visalia. About half a day after the Ports shut out the Oaks 14-0 behind a start from rehabbing Oakland starter Rich Harden, Stockton's bats didn't show up. Visalia's Eddie Romero shut the Ports down as he pitched into the seventh and Ed Easley homered twice and drove in 4 to help the Oaks win 6-0.

The first was highly controversial as it looked like the ball hit just below the top of the wall in left field and a fan made a timely reach to catch it, with the umpires ruling it went out. That brought Ports manager Darren Bush out for a lengthy argument he somehow avoided getting the thumb over. Later, Easley took Oakland's Keith Foulke (also in town on a rehab assignment) deep.

On a personal note, I was somewhat disappointed I missed seeing either Brett Anderson or Trevor Cahill throw for Stockton. The way it turned out, a day off Monday and Harden's start Tuesday ended up pushing both of them back a couple days. That's just how it goes sometimes, though I probably would have focused more on taking shots of them and I may have missed some of what I got instead.

As nice as Banner Island Ballpark is, I think it's proving to be a little tough to shoot during the early starts because of the position of the sun. Early in the game pitching shots came out well from the first base side but there was enough glare on the seats behind the hitters that it was difficult to get a really good balance. I just find it changes a lot as noon approaches and beyond and with the sun mostly shining from behind the players most of the photos have to be shot into the brightness.

The comparison will be clear when you see some shots from the second game in Modesto when the sun was behind me a lot more. The lighting there was enough that I could shoot with a 1/4000 shutter speed and still get some very well-balanced results. I don't know how much it will stand out to people in general but it's something I notice right away.

A sample:

5/7/08: Visalia Oaks at Stockton Ports

Extremely Random Question

jrose643 — Fri, 09 May 2008 03:24:51 -0000

So here goes: what is the most SB in a year by a major leaguer who finished the year sub .200. The amount of at-bats should not matter bc the parameters of my question. So it could be a pinch-run type guy even if he stays sub-mendoza for the baseball year.

I ask bc Jason Bourne (err, Mike) sits at .197 with 15 SB right now.

Did a quick net search but no luck; no clue where to turn. I figured Esix Snead had a shot but his career major league average is .308 (OK, sample size!) He did have 1 minor league season where he hit .186 with 64 SB, but that was his only full season below 2-bills.

Vince Coleman 12 SB for the 96 Reds.

Herb Washington stole 29 for the 74 A's but he NEVER HAD AN AT BAT. So I'm technically not counting that. Geez, interestingly enough, Herbie stole 31 bases and had 33 runs in his major league career without ever logging an at-bat. That has to be some kind of record in itself I would think.

Again, asinine that I haveto disable my popup blocker to preview a post. So I'm guessin fastball and swingin on this one!

The Kershaw Decree

WayneCampbell08 — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:31:26 -0000

I just read about it yesterday on CBS Sportsline maybe someone closer to LA or Jacksonville can tell me more. I'm surprised nobody has posted anything about it yet. Looks like Clayton is going to pitch out of the bullpen for the next week or so to keep his innings down. They also want to limit his innings to just 25 per month while in the minors. So what do you guys think? Good idea, bad idea, don't care?

Where has Andrew McCutchen been?

johnsicklecellanemia — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:10:36 -0000

2005 pick McCutchen was off to a great start this season and even looked like he could get called up soon, but I checked the box scores for the last two days and noticed that he wasn't in the lineup.

Does anyone know if hes injured or what his current status is?

Appreciate it.

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