The Toronto Blue Jays,
however, decided to give their 27 year old starting pitcher Brandon Morrow a two year contract worth $20 million.
Morrow is guaranteed $4 million for 2012 and $8 million in 2013 and 2014. The
Blue Jays hold a club option for $10 million in 2015. Morrow, the starter
turned reliever turned back to starter again, is that pitcher with the 10-11
record and 4.72 ERA. The Blue Jays would never be confused with the Yankees or
other big market teams. While the organization has systematically locked up
their talent such as Jose Bautista and Rickey Romero, the idea of throwing $20
million to a pitcher who has some injury history and hasn’t produced anything
more than league average results seems a bit of a stretch. http://www.baseballdigest.com/2012/01/28/morrows-time/
Miguel Sano (3B)
- The Twins surprised many with a
massive bonus to sign Sano out of Latin America. He has lived up to
expectations thus far and has a chance to be one of the best offensive
prospects in the game after his full-season debut in 2012. He has tremendous
raw power that earns easy 8’s from scouts. He has enough hitting ability for
his power to play to that level in games and he should be an elite level power
hitter. The Twins insist he can stick at third base and he has shown good actions
there so far, leading to some optimism. His timetable to the big leagues could
be accelerated after the 2012 season. Continue reading → http://baseballprospectnation.com/
Jorge Soler,
OF. A younger version of Cespedes is going through a similar situation. I might
prefer his potential to Cespedes but he would probably begin in Low-A or maybe
High A ball as a 19 year old. A cautious team may even place him in their
complex level team in the Gulf Coast or Arizona league before sending him to a
full season league next year. Timing will also be a large part of this. Whoever
signs him will need some patience http://www.minorleagueball.com/
Prince Fielder's
over-the-fence
power received what is approximately an 18% boost thanks to his home park in
recent years. Comerica Park is much less forgiving though; the homer park
factor for lefties is just 88, so it suppresses long balls by lefties
approximately 12%. Now we can't just add the 18% and 12% and say that Fielder's
homer total will drop 30% because of the ballpark switch, it doesn't work like
that. Prince isn't your average home run hitter, he has arguably the most power
in all of baseball, so it's not like he's just barely clearing the wall on his
way to 35+ homers each year. Petco Park and Tropicana Field didn't stop Adrian
Gonzalez and Evan Longoria from hitting all those homers, and Comerica is
unlikely to do the same to Fielder. Heck, just look at his new teammate Miguel
Cabrera, who still continues to rank among the league leaders in long balls
every year. Park effects don't always apply to great hitters. http://www.rotoauthority.com/
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