Which Players Are Going to Make the Leap in 08...

[treyZz]

Josh Donaldson - C - CHC

edit - I also expect Donnie Veal to rebound from the abortion of a season he had last year.

[Bleeding Green]

Reid Engel is already starting to make the leap.

And Dan Bard. Watch.

[Jose7]

Jonathan Niese tonight vs Akron Aeros
6.0 IP, 2 Hits (1 HR), 1 R, 5K/1BB

[TyCobb]

Daniel Carroll:

7 for 20 (.350 AVG)
5 for 5 (Stolen Bases)
.381 (OBP)

[Bleeding Green]

He looks like he could be the nest Juan Pierre without as much speed.

[TyCobb]

Yeah, okay.

[Basketball Jesus]

Carroll

[lpsevier]

C Mark Wagner -- I don't know. Someone has to replace Varitek because I'm gonna murder someone if Varitek gets a contract extension.
SS Argenis Diaz -- Ozzie Smith reincarnate.
OF Josh Reddick -- Does he count? Regardless, he has amazing contact ability, good power, good speed, strong arm. All of his tools are above average.
OF David Marks -- Now I'm just being a Red Sox homer.
C Orlando Mercado -- Now I'm just crazy.
RP Daniel Stange -- gets it up to 96, really good command, gets lots of groundballs, violent delivery. He's going to have to make it as a reliever.

Reddick is who I was talking about last year.

I work with his Aunt.

[GYBE]

Jeff Samardzjia

[A.J.]

Jordan Walden

[Jose7]

Jonathan Niese tonight vs Akron Aeros, again
4.2 IP, 5 Hits , 3R(0 ER), 4K/2BB

3 Runs allowed were on 3 errors were from 2nd basemen Emmanuel Garcia and OF Jose Coronado.

3 starts this year.
1-0, 0.57 ERA, 15.2 IP, 8 H, 1 ER (HR), 4 BB, 14 K, 0.77 WHIP

[Basketball Jesus]

After three starts Shaun Garceau has a 12/3 K/BB and a 1.69 ERA in 10.2 innings for Quad City. The only thing holding him back is cutting down on the walks and HRs allowed. If he can develop his change, he

[Chach]

Anthony Rizzo
10/19 with 3 doubles currently hitting .324. All he needs to do is find his home run stroke and he will be rocketing up prospects charts. Also, his birthday is August 8, 1989 making him 18 for almost the entire season. For a reference point Sett, Andrus is only a full year older than him. This is what is called being young for a league and still producing. mahalo
~Chach~

[GYBE]

Dae-Eun Rhee is a Korean pitcher in the Cubs system. He's playing in the Midwest league and has really started out strong.

16 IP, 8 hits, 0.56 ERA, 15 K's, 4 BB's.

He's just turned 19 a couple weeks ago, but his repertoire is very advanced for his age. They were expecting big things when they signed him and he's fulfilled all expectations. He has 3 really good pitches and a 4th that still needs some refining. He's also got good height and a frame that can add more muscle. He'll probably be on the Top 100 lists next season.

[TyCobb]

You can't just pick people who are off to a hot start. This thread is only good till the season began.


YOUREALLTOOLATENOW!!!1

[TyCobb]

*Updates*

Nick Noonan:
AVG .319
1 SB 0 CS
0 BB 12 K's
0 HR 5 RBI
.313 OBP .447 SLG
4 2B 1 3B

Making contact well, needs to take walks though.

Danny Duffy:
N/A

Andrew Lambo:
AVG .300
0 SB 0 CS
5 BB 14 K's
0 HR 9 RBI
.370 OBP .450 SLG
4 2B 1 3B

Making solid contact, is taking walks, power will come as its still real early in the season.

Daniel Carroll:
AVG .300
6 SB 0 CS
0 BB 7 K's
0 HR 1 RBI
.323 OBP .333 SLG
1 2B 0 3B

Again, good contact, will take more walks. Speed, sexy.

Angel Castillo:
N/A

Peter Bourjos:
AVG .311
10 SB 1 CS
5 BB 6 K's
0 HR 4 RBI
.380 OBP .378 SLG
3 2B 0 3B

Yawn, good contact once again. IS taking walks and actually has more steals than the fastest player in baseball, Daniel Carroll.

[nykgeneralmanager]

So far, so good...

Austin Jackson - .292 average, .393 OBP, 4 SB (0 CS), impressive 8/7 BB/K ratio

Jesus Montero - .353/.377/.549 (.926 OPS), 4 doubles, 2 home runs, 12 RBI, 11 runs, 18 hits in 12 games

Jairo Heredia - 1-0, 3.60 ERA...15 innings, 12 hits, 5 BBs, 16 Ks, .222 BAA

Austin Romine - .286 average, 3 RBI, SB...not much else as of now but has only played in 8 games

Carmen Angelini - .250 average, .333 OBP, most impressed/surprised by the 5 SB and 0 CS...speed was an underrated and overlooked part of his game

Ivan Nova - 3.60 ERA, 10 innings, 13 hits, 7 Ks

Abraham Almonte - .294 average, .345 OBP, 4 SB, only one extra base hit

[studcrackers]

i'll just add rangers like nyk did w/the yanks

cristian santanna

kasey kiker

zach phillips

michael main

chris davis (in the sense that he'll be in the bigs for a september callup at the latest)

warner madrigal (thanks for this minor gift angels)

[Jose7]

Jonathan Niese update.

Start #4 - 3.2 IP, 6 Hits, 3K/1BB, 6R/1ER. Bad outing but it doesnt help when your defense has 4 errors.

Start #5 (Tonight vs Portland, Top team in ESL) - 6 IP, 5 Hits, 5K/2BB, 0R/0ER

So far this season.

2-1, 0.71 ERA, 25.1 IP, 22K/7BB, .199 BAA, 1.02 WHIP

[Bleeding Green]

That's right top team in the ESL.

Mike Carp has been crazy so far, too.