Super Sunday Links 26 February 2012
by Timothy De Block on Feb 26, 2012 5:00 AM CST
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While Clack was looking back at Spring Training in 2007 I was putting together these links for your viewing pleasure.
Trying To Make It To The Big Leagues
What the Heck, Bobby?: Non-Prospect Prospects to Watch Part 1
This isn't your typical prospect list.
Lane goes from OF to mound in comeback bid
Jason Lane makes switch from outfield to mound, tries to revive career at age 35. By Tyler Lockman.
Interviews
Astros County: Your Neighborhood Astros Blog & Grill: Qs, As with Mark Appel
Appel talks about his Houston connection and draft status.
What the Heck, Bobby?: An Interview with Jason Chowning
Pitches and Call of Duty what more could you ask for?
Ultimate Astros " Q&A with new Astros bench coach Joe Pettini
New bench coach Joe Pettini, who won two World Series at Tony La Russa’s side, talks about what he gleaned from the future Hall-of-Famer, his outlook on the Astros and whether — now a heartbeat away from the office — he’d like to manage.
Links You Should Know About
Astros Shortstop Jed Lowrie Can Handle Big Game
By Mark Berman
The curious case of Jorge Soler " Corpus Christi Caller-Times
By Joel Roza
Twitvid - Alyson Footer
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I like the idea behind the “non prospect prospect list” at What the Heck, Bobby? That’s more interesting than seeing the same old top prospect list.
I like it too, but really wish the guy didn’t evaluate player’s defense based on errors, and offense based on BA with RISP. I would like to see information that I can’t get just by pulling up a guy’s baseball reference page.
by seanbergmanrules on Feb 26, 2012 9:48 AM CST up reply actions
Wallace Gonzalez
Juan Santana
Matt Duffy
Teoscar Hernandez
all sound like they could have a good future in our system.
Jason Lane
Good for him. He batted right and threw left if I remember correctly.
Astros' amateur budget
Postolos is quoted in chron.com:
"We’re going to be the biggest spender in baseball on young talent," said the man who has a lot to do with that, Astros CEO George Postolos. "Some of that has to do with the collective bargaining agreement (with teams with high draft picks getting more money to spend in addition to the shifting Latin American rules), and some of that has to do with the philosophy of our organization.
"We’ve built our budgets on spending as much money as we can internationally and in the amateur draft so that we become the organization that gets the best young talent in baseball."
by clack on Feb 26, 2012 1:09 PM CST reply actions 3 recs
Wow. That feels great to hear.
Such a polar opposite from Drayton’s tomfoolery. I love it.
I wonder if this signifies we’re going hard after Soler?
http://www.crawfishboxes.com
It seems like it could be. If the Astros got Soler it would take a little pressure off of signing a bat with the first overall pick (if there are multiple players that could be deemed BPA.
by conroestro on Feb 26, 2012 2:33 PM CST via mobile up reply actions
Victor Roache could miss the rest of the year.
He broke his wrist trying to make a play in the outfield. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/draft/2012/02/victor-roache-suffers-broken-wrist/
Could he make his way to the supplemental round. Even if he did, the new draft rules might make it impossible to sign him.
The Astros may very well of selected Jackie Bradley Jr. with the 10th overall pick last year had he not broken his wrist. The Red Sox ended up getting him as a supplemental round pick.
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by Timothy De Block on Feb 26, 2012 6:09 PM CST up reply actions
Mission Kissimmee on The Grand Old Game, TCB
I’m hitting Kissimmee today after a few hours of sleep and another 400 miles of road, and plan on sharing a great deal of my photos and interviews here and on my site (of course). I hope you dig it as much as I’m sure I will.
"Up your butt, Jobu."
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