Chicago Cubs sign OF Jason Dubois… Colorado Rockies sign OF Alex Escobar… Milwaukee Brewers sign LHP Scott Schoeneweis… New York Mets sign RHP Josh Fogg, LHP Travis Blackley, LHP Neal Musser (Lancaster (Atlantic)), OF Frank Catalanotto… release: LHP Raul Batis… outrighted to Triple-A and removed from 40-man: RHP Jack Egbert… Seattle Mariners outright to AAA RHP Yusmeiro Petit…- link
RHP, Wright State, #94 Overall: Smith was a collegiate sidearmer who had less of a pedigree than most major college prospects. He had to walk on at Wright State to even get on the roster. However, he worked with a solid set of pitches, and he was expected go around here, the third round. Following players selected: Scott Cousins, Tyler Robertson, Jason Donald. Signing bonus: $410,000. - link
Sharon Chapman, like you a Mets fan and like you a reader of Faith and Fear in Flushing, is training for the New York City Marathon. It’s a long run, all right — 26.2 miles for those of you scoring at home. It’s a run with more than a dash of Met meaning, too, because of what Sharon’s doing while preparing. She is using this personally momentous occasion to raise money for the Tug McGraw Foundation, a group devoted to making the lives of people coping with brain cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder and trauma brain injury better. TMF was established as Tug himself — the man who originated the credo “You Gotta Believe” while closing out games for the 1973 National League Champion Mets — was fighting brain cancer. Tug, a Met stalwart from 1965 through 1974, died in January 2004. The Foundation continues to seek solutions to a deadly scourge in his name. - link
LHP, Mets - After Niese's 5-1 burst at Class AAA New Orleans (Metairie, La.) late in 2008, the Mets had high hopes for him in 2009. But early struggles and eventual right hamstring surgery caused a regression at Class AAA Buffalo. At 23, Niese will have every chance to win a spot in the rotation. Relying on a 12-to-6 curveball to complement his low-90s fastball, he's 2-2 with a 5.22 ERA in eight major league starts. - link
RHP, Salt Lake CC (UT), #124 Overall: Holdzkom was pretty much the definition of what many term bad makeup. He missed most of his senior draft season in high school due to academic ineligibility, then was kicked off the team at Salt Lake by his coach. He had great stuff, and a huge frame at 6’7’’, but no one knew where he’d go, since they couldn’t get a good read on him. Following players selected: Hector Correa, Garrett Olson, D’Arby Myers. Signing bonus: $210,000. - link
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