1. JD Sussman over at Bullpen Banter had some interesting thoughts on where Stanford’d Mark Appel
stacks up in the 2013 draft:
Even if Appel has a standout senior year and is rated the top
player in the 2013 class teams may not believe he is the most valuable draftee.
Not if they can draft a similarly talented prospect for less money and use it
elsewhere to garner what amounts to another first round draft choice. (See,
McCullers, Lance). That's the issue with the new system. Inter-pick dependency.
It should be mentioned that six teams that passed on Appel in
2012 would be drafting in the top 8 again (Houston, San Diego, Chicago,
Minnesota, and Kansas City) if the season ended today. That alone is enough to make one cringe at
Appel's 2013 draft prospects. What if he falters at Stanford? What if 2013 is
stronger than expected? What back up plan does he have if he refused to sign,
independent league ball? Then what?
Clearly the new draft system isn't doing Appel any favors
Boy, it didn’t take long for someone to write smack on Mark
after everyone said he was the best pick overall…
2. The Indians have released outfielder Trevor Crowe.
Come on, Crowe has to
worth a look-see in Buffalo, no?
Crowe was the 14th
overall pick in the 2005 draft and one of the players I was pimping when Mike Pelfrey was taken five picks later (do not mention Jay Bruce). It was always speed when it came
to Trevor and he had 20 stolen bases for Cleveland in 2010. He had decent
numbers for the Indians in 2010 (.251/.302/.333/.634, but has played only 68
total games in the past two seasons, both for Cleveland and two minor league
teams. Right shoulder surgery cost him a job he hasn’t been able to get back.
So far this season, he hit .333 for AA-Akron and .250 for Columbus.
Come on… we’re talking
Trevor Friggin’ Crowe here.
3. Jenrry Mejia was a commanding presence in the
Buffalo rotation when he went down last year. His return as a reliever has been
shaky at best so far this season, but it all came down to two out and bases
loaded in the ninth. Jenrry followed Tom Seaver’s advice
and delivered strike one down the pipe, followed quickly by a 97-mph strike
two. The third pitch stayed at 97 but went juuuuuuuuuuuuust a ittle inside. But
it was pitcher four, another 97-heater that defined where he stands right now.
Pow. Two-run single to left.
4. Everybody is going to write that
Monday’s night outing for Matt Harvey was a
quality one. It was okay. The ball-to-strike ratio was far too high, especially
since there was a no-hitter going on in the fifth inning. Is it enough to get
him on a direct flight to LGA Saturday? Probably, but we get to watch the first
Nats series first. Win them all, and yeah, bring the kid up. Lose all three,
and what the hell, bring him up to… oh, just bring him up.
5. Twitter…
holding ‘strong’ at 60 followers ( #JohnMackinAde )… MMs – 1,791 page views yesterday… 67,390 in July
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