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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: November 23, 2011, 12:32 pm
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Isnt Walker the hitting coach for Atlanta? He cant be that bad
of a coach if the Braves hired him.
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: boatdrink
Date: November 23, 2011, 12:35 pm
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Yeah, he's so good that they found the need to hire Scott
Fletcher as an assistant hitting coach to help out...
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: msf
Date: November 23, 2011, 3:38 pm
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Good point
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: Fury
Date: November 23, 2011, 3:44 pm
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> Yeah, he's so good that they found the need to hire Scott
Fletcher as an assistant hitting coach to help out...
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Look, when a monster hitter like Scott Fletcher becomes
available as a coach, you've GOT to jump at that chance to hire
him.
I mean, Fletcher could CRUSH the ball.
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: WshflThinking
Date: November 23, 2011, 5:44 pm
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Yeah it definitely means you are a bad hitter if you arent
hitting a homer each time you come to the plate.
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: msf
Date: December 2, 2011, 4:45 pm
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I sure hope this improves what we have done thus far
The White Sox and Blue Jays have hired new personnel to lead
their international efforts.
The White Sox have hired Marco Paddy as a special assistant to
the general manager in charge of international operations. Paddy
had been Toronto's director of Latin American operations the
last five years, during which time the Blue Jays signed Cuban
shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria, Venezuelan righthander Henderson
Alvarez, Venezuelan catcher Carlos Perez and Venezuelan
righthander Adonys Cardona, among others.
The Blue Jays were one of the most aggressive teams on the
international amateur market this year, signing Mexican
righthander Roberto Osuna, Venezuelan outfielders Wuilmer
Becerra and Jesus Gonzalez, Dominican shortstop Dawel Lugo and
Venezuelan righthanders Manuel Cordoba and Jesus Tinoco.
Chicago's international program has been decimated in recent
years due to a kickback scandal. Three former White Sox
officials—former director of player personnel David Wilder and
international scouts Victor Mateo and Jorge Oquendo Rivera—were
fired in 2008 and have since each pleaded guilty to one count of
mail fraud. In a November 2010 indictment, the government
alleged that the three received approximately $400,000 in
kickbacks from around 23 players from December 2004 through
February 2008.
The White Sox had hired Jerry Krause to run their international
scouting in April 2010, but Krause left the organization a year
later to take over as a special assistant in Arizona. The White
Sox have been among the lowest spenders and least productive
teams in the international amateur market in recent years.
The Blue Jays have replaced Paddy with Ismael Cruz, who had been
with the Mets as their supervisor of Latin American operations
and now will be Toronto's special assistant to the GM in charge
of Latin American operations. During Cruz's time with New York,
the Mets' notable Latin American signings included Jenrry Mejia,
Ruben Tejaad, Jeurys Famillia, Wilmer Flores, Cesar Puello,
Jordany Valdespin and Juan Urbina.
The Mets' former director of international operations, Rafael
Perez, left the organization last month to become Major League
Baseball's new director of Dominican operations.
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: BlackSox
Date: December 3, 2011, 5:19 pm
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That move is already paying off. Or maybe its part of "Kenny's
Master Plan for 2016"
The White Sox signed Jefferson Olacio, a 17-year-old Dominican
left-hander who stands 6-7 and figures to become a monster as he
grows. His velocity has jumped from the 70s to the low-90s in
three years and projects to the mid-90s, maybe high-90s. He
signed for $125,000.
HTML http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/chi-111203-mlb-whispers,0,227889.story
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: BlackSox
Date: December 3, 2011, 5:21 pm
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I sure hope this improves what we have done thus far
So you're saying you are onboard the Paddy Wagon?
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: msf
Date: December 4, 2011, 5:36 pm
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Not sure I follow. I guess I am ready to rebuild if that is
what you mean. If we keep Danks, Floyd and Peavy can start 30
games I think we can contend with small tweaks, assuming Dunn
does something. Rios is a lost cause, he should just be
released.
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Re: Down on the Farm
DIR By: Method
Date: December 4, 2011, 6:23 pm
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I'm already preparing myself for losing another favorite Sox in
Danks... KW is going to sell high. esp with the new compensation
rules.
If we do trade him hope it involves the yankees and montero.
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