Cutnpaste: - Buscones, Mike Quade, Willie McCovey, Jon Niese, and Erik Goeddel



NYDN

 Buscones:



Dominican children promise these trainers a percentage of any major league salary they would earn, in exchange for food, lodging and training. While some of these trainers do have the best interest of these teens at heart, there are others who have come under scrutiny. Some trainers have been associated with prospects who have been caught using performance enhancing drugs and lying about their ages and identities to appear younger than they actually are. Some trainers have also been caught colluding with club officials for kickbacks and signing bonuses. In the Dominican Republic, they call these corrupt trainers, “buscones.” But Major League Baseball is trying to clean up this problem, and the League has taken matters into its own hands, sending one of its top men to the Dominican Republic to try and reform procedures for training and drafting young players - benmaller.  





LA Times

 Mike Quade:


The Cubs signed manager Mike Quade to a two-year deal with a club option for 2013, according to the team. Quade, 53, became Chicago’s interim manager on August 23rd after Lou Piniella retired. He was the team’s third base coach from 2007-10 after managing the Triple-A Iowa Cubs for four seasons. - MLBTR  






Peter DaSilva

  Willie McCovey:


He gets around mostly by wheelchair, his hours away from baseball consumed by physical rehabilitation. On Monday, his face brightened when he received a phone call that a leg-press machine he had ordered would be delivered in the afternoon.


The lack of mobility can be frustrating for McCovey, who once towered over the plate like a 6-foot-4 redwood with one shoulder dipped, his feet spread wide and his bat wagging like an angry parent’s index finger -

NYT   

Mack Ade

Jon Niese:


SP Jon Niese • Mets - Niese led all rookies in strikeouts, narrowly edging Matusz 148-143, but he appeared to hit a wall in late August and faded badly down the stretch. In his final seven starts, Niese surrendered 51 hits and 19 walks over 35 2/3 innings (1.96 WHIP) while going 1-5, 7.57. His ERA shot up 87 points, from 3.33 to 4.20. Still, as a young lefty who throws strikes, has a strikeout pitch (a curveball) and shows groundball tendencies (1.4 ground-to-flyout ratio), Niese has a bright future. – BA  

Erik Goeddel:


10-18-10 from: - MMLB  - Goeddel was the best pitcher on the Bruins roster when they came to Seattle last spring, including Gerrit Cole. He was nails, though inconsistent at the time. He flashed No. 2 or 3 starter stuff late and the Mets are giddy they got him signed. Whether Goeddel is a top of the rotation type or not depends on whether he can consistently command his secondary stuff, since he doesn’t throw 98. Some scouts have long-term durability concerns, but when I am told that I just ignore it because once that is expected to become an issue, the pitcher is well into arbitration or his free agent years anyway.