Baseball and Stuff – Jordan Norberto, Gerrit Cole, Matt Moore, Ozzie
Guillen
Jordan
Norberto, LHP, A’s - Oakland acquired Norberto, along with Brandon
Allen, in last summer’s Brad Ziegler trade. Norberto is a short left-handed
reliever with marketable attributes. His velocity is impressive—particularly
for a lefty—as his fastball can hit 96.
Norberto has two quality secondary offerings (a diving curveball and a
changeup) as well. The big question is whether Norberto will throw enough
strikes to merit a roster spot. Since coming to the Athletics, his walk rates
have declined, and without a noticeable drop-off in strikeouts. Pitching well
in the Pacific Coast League isn’t easy, and neither is pitching well in the
majors, but Norberto could find himself at the beginning of a lengthy career as
a left-hander with enough stuff to get righties out. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16418
Mark
Healey
@MHealeyBaseball
- Love that most people
couldn't care less about black managerial candidates getting shaft in
offseason, yet are aghast at Ozzie Guillen
Kevin
Goldstein @Kevin_Goldstein - Seriously folks, Miguel Cabrera is not a
joke a third base. Range is limited, but hands and arm work just fine there
Kevin
Goldstein @Kevin - Someone
with a lot of free time needs to find every story in the last ten years or a
pitcher visiting Dr. Andrews and what % had surgery
Jeremy Hellickson was hit by a batting practice line drive while in the bullpen this morning
Jeremy Hellickson was hit by a batting practice line drive while in the bullpen this morning
Gerrit
Cole's formal
professional debut on Monday night reaffirmed his status as one of the Pirates'
top prospects, while dramatizing why the club has such high hopes for its No. 1
Draft pick. In his first pro appearance outside of the Arizona Fall League,
Cole, the Pirates' No. 2 prospect and MLB.com's No. 11 prospect, started for
the high Class A Bradenton Marauders at Palm Beach and featured a 97-mph
fastball while striking out seven and allowing one hit in four innings. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120409&content_id=28288086&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb
Drew
Pomeranz went 4IP, 0ER,
4H, 1BB, 4K tonight for Double-A Tulsa
2010 2nd
round pick J R Bradley got hit hard today at
Low-A South Bend. 3.1IP, 8ER, 11H, 0BB, 4K, LOSS
Tampa Bay
Rays Matt Moore enters 2012 as the consensus
best pitching prospect in baseball. He made his first '12 start against the
Tigers yesterday, allowing two runs on four hits in 6.2 innings with four
strikeouts but five walks. He looked great last fall, but the hype for Moore
has reached Strasburgian proportions. Does he have any chance to live up to
expectations? It wasn't always like this for Moore. He was an eighth-round pick
in 2007, from high school in Edgewood, New Mexico. He wasn't a premium draft
choice, and it took just $115,000 to sign him away from the University of New
Mexico, hardly huge money. At the time he was a projectable 6-2, 195 pounder
with a 90 MPH fastball, but his curveball and changeup were shaky and his
command was weak. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2012/4/11/2939136/prospect-of-the-day-matt-moore-lhp-tampa-bay-rays
The
five-game suspension gives the Marlins a bit of time to find the full scope of
the damage Ozzie Guillen has done. It gives the
Marlins time to figure out how, exactly, to free themselves of Ozzie. The
Marlins, though, hold some blame here. Guillen also has waverd between
supporting and not supporting, Hugo Chavez, president of Ozzie's country of
birth, Venezuela, and a Castro supporter. They should have taken this
consideration before hiring Guillen. I
am sure they will take it into consideration when they decide his fate. If,
before the suspension is up, the Marlins announce Guillen was fired in part
because he lost the trust of players in the clubhouse I wouldn't be surprised
but it won't be the full reason.
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