We've written about how just how loaded the Phillies' low Class A Lakewood club is, but one name that we hadn't expected to see there anymore was righthander Trevor May. The 20-year-old was Lakewood's best pitcher down the stretch last year as the BlueClaws won the South Atlantic League title, going 4-1, 2.56 in 77 [...]
Major League Baseball identified 10 players who had violated terms of the minor league drug prevention and treatment program. All 10 received suspensions for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance. The Dodgers' Prentice Redman received a 100-game suspension after testing positive for an amphetamine. It's his second violation in as many months, thus the hefty penalty. [...]
A rookie may have one foot in the door to big league success, but we like to think he still has his other foot in the prospect pool. So in what has become a midseason tradition, we bid adieu to young players whom we no longer get to cover in print or in cyberspace, not [...]
• High Desert second baseman Kyle Seager has hit in 31 straight high Class A California League games. The league record belongs to another Mariners farmhand, Jamie McOwen, who hit in 45 straight games for High Desert last July. During his streak, Seager has batted .429/.473/.647 (57-for-133) with five homers, 10 doubles and two triples. [...]
John Manuel gave his analysis of the prospects the Diamondbacks received from the Angels for RHP Dan Haren. Here's the video: <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=d33f04aa-74ab-4871-b461-809b6 8a0cb45" _cke_saved_href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=d33f04aa-74ab-4871 -b461-809b68a0cb45" target="_new" title="">BA: The newest D-Backs</a>
Here's our look at which prospects put together memorable weekends around the minors. Peter Bourjos, cf, Angels: While the Angels were swinging a significant deal at the major league level to pick up Dan Haren, one of their best prospects in the minors was going on a tear for Triple-A Salt Lake. Bourjos went 10-for-14 this [...]
Another Friday brought another round of suspensions for performance-enhancing drug violations, this time with five minor leaguers suspended for 50 games. The violators: • Nationals righthanders Juan Diaz and Jorge Hernandez, both pitching in the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League; • Marlins DSL righthanders Yeims Mendoza and Andy Parra; • Indians righty Luis Morel, promoted this year from the DSL [...]
This time: July 6-13 Arizona Diamondbacks Draft pick signed: RHP Blake Cooper (12) Released: C Chris Davis Option transferred: RHP Bryan Augenstein (Triple-A to Double-A), LHP Leyson Septimo (Double-A to Triple-A) Placed on 7-day DL: RHP Bryan Augenstein Reinstated from DL: LHP Mike Belfiore, C Sean Coughlin, 1B Bryan Byrne Reinstated from inactive list: RHP T.J. Beam Atlanta Braves Released: 2B Yoel Campusano, SS [...]
The Prospect Hot Sheet keeps getting better. Baseball America has partnered with FoxSports.com for a weekly video segment to go with the Hot Sheet, and this week J.J. Cooper checked in to discuss several of the players in contention for this week's Hot Sheet. &amp;amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=60cbea27-c42 e-4d1d-831b-95d18c704732&amp;quot; _cke_saved_href=&amp;quot;http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=6 0cbea27-c42e-4d1d-831b-95d18c704732&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_new&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;&amp;quot;&amp;amp;gt;Prospect Hot Sheet: NYY Bound?&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;
Baseball commissioner Bud Selig announced today that, effective immediately, minor league players will be subject to random blood testing for the detection of human growth hormone. The sport's minor league drug prevention and treatment program will manage the testing and assess penalties, as they already do for performance-enhancing substances and so-called drugs of abuse. According [...]
The Athletics have added one of the top catchers in Venezuela, agreeing to terms with Argy Raga today on his 16th birthday. Raga, a righthanded hitter out of Caracas, is a former shortstop who has shown good athleticism and receiving skills since moving behind the plate. At around 6-foot, 180 pounds, Raga has also shown solid [...]
On the heels of four suspensions last week for performance-enhancing substance and recreational drug use, Major League Baseball this week handed out six additional reprimands. The 50-game suspension for one of those players, Rangers outfielder Cristian Santana, is detailed here. Most prominent among the new batch is veteran minor league corner outfielder Jon Weber, who drew [...]
John Lamb or Mike Montgomery? Given Montgomery's health issues this year, scouts can make a case for either pitcher as the top arm in the Royals system. In terms of performance, there hasn't been a better pitcher in the minors lately than Lamb, who struck out eight hitters in 7 1/3 innings yesterday, allowing three runs [...]
Indians righthander Carlos Carrasco is close to earning a spot in the Cleveland rotation, having gone 8-4, 3.98 at Triple-A Columbus this season. His stuff Tuesday night at Durham was as firm as it has been all season—a fastball sitting in the 94-96 mph range, an 85-87 mph changeup with depth and an improved slider [...]
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