Baseball:
Cecil on Prince, Fantasy Catchers, Mike
Morgan, Ryne Duren
Cecil
Fielder said Prince has no relationship with any members of
their extended family, including his ill grandparents; he "hides
behind" agent Scott Boras' representatives to dodge discussing his family;
and he shows no appreciation for those who helped him along the way. For
example, Cecil Fielder said: "We all knew the kid was obese. He had a hard
time running to first base without getting tired. You don't transform your body
by yourself, you've got to have trainers, you've got to have people cooking for
you, there's a lot of things that go into that. ... "There's a lot of
people that wish he would get over whatever he's got going on with his self.
... And once he gets rid of that, I think those people he needs to reach out to
other than me, I think hopefully he will." http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/2/4/2770661/prince-cecil-fielder-comments
Catchers: Mike Napoli
(ADP 46.37, #2 catcher) is going way too early! Napoli's .344 BABIP inflated
his batting average to .320. A .279 BABIP in 2010 yielded a .230 batting
average. In 2011, his 25.4% HR per flyball led all hitters with at least 300
at-bats. In 2010 it was 19.3%, and in 2009 it was 16.5%. The ballpark switch
certainly helped, but luck also was a factor. Only 5 of his HRs were
no-doubters, per Hit Tracker. Also, his H% jumped from 28% in 2010 to 35% in
2011 (a career high). Alex Avila (ADP 109.50) and his .366 BABIP is also
overrated. I prefer waiting on the deep catcher position to drafting Napoli in
the 3rd or 4th rounds, or Avila in the 8th or 9th rounds, Wait on guys like
Matt Wieters (ADP 99.34) or Miguel Montero (ADP 103.34) rather than Napoli, and
J.P. Arencibia (ADP 180.00) or Wilson Ramos (ADP 208.22) rather than Avila. In
one-catcher leagues, if you drafted Napoli you made a mistake. If you are going
to reach for a catcher early in a draft, then reach for Carlos Santana (ADP
36.81), who is going to be so good this year they will make not one but two
tourism videos honoring Cleveland. http://www.rotoauthority.com/
After a five-year
hiatus, baseball saw the next straight-to-the-majors player when the Oakland
Athletics selected Mike Morgan
fourth in the June 1978 draft. Morgan, eighteen years old, had just graduated
from Valley High School in Las Vegas. He debuted with the A's on June 11, 1978,
pitching a complete game, but taking a 3-0 loss to the Orioles. Morgan lost his
next two starts, as well, and was sent to the minors for the remainder of the
season. Morgan started 1979 at AAA, was called up mid-season, and posted a 2-10
record in thirteen starts. That earned him another year in the A's farm system
and, eventually, a trade to the Yankees in 1980. Thus began Morgan's career as
a major league nomad. He pitched for twelve different teams over parts of four
decades. His most successful season came in 1992 with the Chicago Cubs. In 34
starts, Morgan posted a 16-8 record, with a 2.55 ERA over 240 innings, for a
142 ERA+. Morgan played his final three seasons with the Diamondbacks, pitching
mostly out of the bullpen. He pitched in his last game in September 2, 2002, a
19-1 drubbing at the hands of the Dodgers, going 1⅓ innings and giving up three
hits and one run out of the bullpen. He ended his career with a 141-186 record
and a 4.23 ERA over 597 games. http://mlb.sbnation.com/2012/2/4/2769203/straight-to-the-majors-the-players-who-skipped-the-minors-on-their
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