There were a few more roster moves yesterday, though some might be temporary. RP Edgar Ramirez was removed from the disabled list and placed back on the St. Lucie staff. OF John Semel and 2B Ryan Molica were placed on the Lucy squad, replacing IF Luis Nieves and RP Johan Figuereo, who were sent to Brooklyn. The Semel and Molica moves may be temporary and both may move their equipment back to the GCL portion of the Florida complex, once the Savannah Sand Gnats wins their division this week. I expect OF Juan Lagares and at leasy one relief pitcher from Savannah to be promoted post haste.
The Washington Nationals traded OF Jorge Padilla… to Buffalo. He was batting .120 with Washington. No, this is not a late April Fool’s Day joke. Padilla was with the Mets in 2006 and this trade seems to be more a necessity due to injuries to Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Carlos Guzman, and Mike Hessman and the fact that their best outfielder, Pedro Feliciano, is currently in Queens. Padilla will serve as the 4th outfielder, behind Val Pasccuchi, Fernando Martinez, and Lucas Duda. Nieuwenhuis will continue to lick his wounds and the B-Mets outfield is Sean Ratliff, D.J. Wabick, Eric Campbell,, and Brahiam Maldonado.
3b, Blue Jays: Bowman has been around a while—you can find him in our 2004 Prospect Handbook, the one with Joe Mauer on the cover—but his status as a prospect dimmed long ago. Bowman's glovework at third base wasn't enough to make up for his struggles at the plate, so the Canadian spent four seasons at high Class A St. Lucie before finally being promoted to Double-A in 2008. It's hard to say that the Mets didn't give him enough chances—they kept him around for seven seasons—but they finally gave up on him this spring, dropping him from the 40-man roster. The Blue Jays picked him up as a veteran organizational player and have been rewarded by Bowman turning in the best season his his career. The 25-year-old has still not played a game above Double-A, but he's hitting .315/.395/.586 this season and has hit three home runs in the past week. - link
Savannah (Mets) LHP Mark Cohoon is more experienced than the average pitcher in the South Atlantic League, but as long as the Mets keep him in Savannah, all he can do is to keep dominating, and it's hard to do much more to excel than what Cohoon, 23, is doing. The lefty threw his third consecutive complete-game shutout this week, lowering his ERA for the season to 1.30 - link
John Klima of http://www.baseballbeginnings.com/ had this to say about Vaughn: Vaughn has a leaner and more athletic body than his father had when he first came to the major leagues. Cory Vaughn hits from a wide stance and has a short trigger. He has fast hands and keeps the firm front side even when he is fooled. He's going to have the power to play a corner and I think he's going to be athletic enough to steal some bases if he wants to. He's a first-round talent in 2010. His numbers weren't much to look at on the Cape, but I'm not scouting results. You can't hide the power and you can't hide this guy's body and athleticism. If I were looking for a comparison at this stage, Matt Kemp might work. - link
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