Wow! If I had a penny for every time WTNY bragged about how a 24 year old catcher, who had a combined OPS of .780 last year combined at AA-MLB, is going to be the starting teacher in Texas.
This according to RotoWire.
Saltalamacchia is expected to begin the year as Texas’ starting catcher, the team’s web [...]
Five-Star Prospects
1. Neftali Feliz, RHP
2. Justin Smoak, 1B
3. Derek Holland, LHP
Four-Star Prospects
4. Michael Main, RHP
5. Engel Beltre, CF
6. Elvis Andrus, SS
Three-Star Prospects
7. Martin Perez, LHP
8. Max Ramirez, C
9. Taylor Teagarden, C
10. Neil Ramirez, RHP
11. Wilfredo Boscan, RHP
Just Missed: Julio Borbon, CF; Blake Beavan, RHP; Jose Vallejo, 2B
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3972030&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines
Should be interesting to see what teams in SOT are effected by these findings. Carlos Triunfel’s name has come up an awful lot this offseason. Should be interesting.
Gents,
Here is the current breakdown I have for total costs for 2008. Please feel free to review, I will be securing this number by next week. To my knowledge there were two teams that enjoyed the luxury of exceeding the salary cap, Wait Till Next Year and Evil Empire. Best of luck with our [...]
Evil Empire Trades:
M. Young/G. Laird
to
Tillma USA for:
C. Figgins/N. Hagadon
Five-Star Prospects
1. David Price, LHP
2. Tim Beckham, SS
3. Wade Davis, RHP
Four-Star Prospects
4. Desmond Jennings, CF
5. Reid Brignac, SS
Three-Star Prospects
6. Matt Moore, LHP
7. Jeremy Hellickson, RHP
8. Nick Barnese, RHP
9. Jake McGee, LHP
10. Kyle Lobstein, LHP
11. Fernando Perez, CF
Just Missed: Jeff Niemann, RHP; Alex Cobb, RHP; John Jaso, C
Five-Star Prospects
1. Greg Halman, CF
Four-Star Prospects
2. Phillippe Aumont, RHP
3. Michael Saunders, CF
4. Joshua Fields, RHP
Three-Star Prospects
5. Juan Ramirez, RHP
6. Carlos Triunfel, SS
7. Dennis Raben, RF
8. Adam Moore, C
9. Jharmidy De Jesus, 3B
Two-Star Prospects
10. Matt Tuiasosopo, 3B
11. Mario Martinez, 3B
Just Missed: Maikel Cleto, RHP; Julio Morban, SS; Miguel Pineda, RHP