Quasi-Official Promotions/Demotions Thread

Post #1 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 2:24 am

I'll kick it off with the news that Michael Main and Anton Maxwell (Rangers) were called up to Low-A Spokane.

And go.

Post #2 » by **studcrackers** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:26 am

michael main has been great since signing with us, if only beaven had the same idea instead of holding out til the last day.

taylor teagarden and chris davis were called up to AA a couple weeks back too, both are tearing it up as well. if davis can keep improving on his plate discipline he can possibly become a good hitter in this league.

o and in case u were asleep over the weekend cameron maybin was called up to the majors and crapped all over roger clemens :lol:

he also looks like he has a noodle arm.

Post #3 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 5:39 am

Stud, Main's played in one low-A game thus far and has an ERA of 19.29. Ouch.

Also, San Francisco Giants prospect Jesse English was called up to high-A San Jose.

Post #4 » by **studcrackers** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:44 am

yea and before that main had done very well in the rookie league

tonight he bounced back from his 1st or 2nd bad outing going 5 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits and striking out 9.

keep in mind the majority of his opponents are coming from college.

Post #5 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:42 am

studcrackers wrote:yea and before that main had done very well in the rookie league

tonight he bounced back from his 1st or 2nd bad outing going 5 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits and striking out 9.

keep in mind the majority of his opponents are coming from college.

Yeah. Just wanted to give you some s**t for it.

Jo-Jo Reyes called up to the big club by the Braves. Is that really his name?

Post #6 » by **studcrackers** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:13 am

as far as i know thats what he goes by

and why you gotta give me **** for my minor leaguers? its bad enough the big league teams a joke and its even worse that the mariners are having success. im not gonna lie though i dont think you'll repeat this next year however.

Post #7 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:18 am

As far as I'm concerned, this Mariners team is still the one that should've won 60 games all year. They're just overachieving. They won't make the playoffs, but it'd kick ass if they do.

Also, the number of legitimate Mariners' prospects can be counted on one hand.

Post #8 » by **lpsevier** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:26 pm

Reyes has been terrible in the bigs this year.

Post #9 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 1:11 pm

Not that he's going to be the next Brandon Webb or anything but Aaron Laffey's going to be one hell of an extreme groundballer for the Injuns next year. Out of the 24 outs he's recorded so far this season, only 4 have been fly outs. Ridiculous.

They're calling him up again for a game this weekend.

bigboy1234 · Post #10 » by **bigboy1234** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:39 pm

Laffey is one of my sleeper prospects. Kid has great GB tendecies and strikes out enough, while still being extremely young. It seems the Indians crank out the GB pitchers in Westbrook, Carmona, and now Laffey.

To go along with Laffey I really like these GB pitchers too, Trevor Cahill, Clayton Tanner, Aaron Thompson, and Dallas Trahern. None really talked about much at all.

Post #11 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 7:44 am

What is that, the fourth time Cleveland's called up Aaron Laffey?

And is he gonna be a rotation fixture next year?

Post #12 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:29 pm

He might: is Byrd a FA after this season? If so, I'd imagine the rotation'd look like this:

1. Captain Cheeseburger
2. Carmona
3. Westbrook
4. Adam Miller
5. Lee/Sowers/Laffey

I'm not that high on Sowers and Lee's now nothing more than a fifth starter on a quasi-contending team, so why not see what Laffey can do?

BB's right; what is it with Indians and groundballers?

Post #13 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 4:32 pm

With the dearth of quality pitching on the FA market this upcoming offseason, it wouldn't surprise me to see the Injuns move one (or more) of the aforementioned pitchers.

Post #14 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 9:59 pm

BBJ, that rotation looks purty.

I'd be interested in the Mariners taking a chance on Cliff "Steve Phillips sez I'm the best lefty in the AL" Lee, but we're contractually obligated to trade only for first basemen.

Post #15 » by **Basketball Jesus** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:40 pm

Basketball Jesus wrote: Out of the 24 outs he's recorded so far this season, only 4 have been fly outs. Ridiculous.

They're calling him up again for a game this weekend.

After Saturday's game, his GO/AO stands at 31/4...yeah, 31/4.

Post #16 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 7:48 pm

The Diamondbacks recently promoted SS prospect Clayton Conner to South Bend. This kid can f**king hit.

Post #17 » by **studcrackers** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:40 am

the rangers promoted outfielder engel beltre (from the gagne trade) and catcher cristian santanna from arizona rookie league to short season spokane. the seasons almost over and its sorta no big deal but both of these guys have big time potential. cristian just needs to focus on staying healthy and beltre looks to be improving on hitting since we've acquired him.

we also sent julio borbon from spokane to arizona rookie. i thought he was somewhat a waste of a draft pick this year and dont really know what scouts see in him but we gave him a spot on the 40.

Post #18 » by **nykgeneralmanager** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:47 am

Yankees calling up Ian Kennedy to start Saturday's game

Post #19 » by **studcrackers** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:50 am

edinson volquez was called up today and will start saturday. interesting story with this guy, he sucked in the majors the last 2 years with control problems but he has amazing stuff (probably the best in our system)

so they sent him to start the year in High A b/c our pitching coach did the same thing with Roy Halladay in Toronto and it worked out for him. He sucked to start the year in bakersfield (though that place is only 354 ft. to centerfield, rediculous) he got better as the year went on.

He was slated to come up last week to pitch but missed a bullpen session and was punished by not being called up. he responded by showing up 9 hours early in uniform for his next start. and in AAA his #'s are 6-1 1.41 ERA with 66K's in 51 IP's he's also improved his BB/9 this year from 5.4 to 3.7.

So now you know the rest of the story.

Post #20 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:07 am

studcrackers wrote:the rangers promoted outfielder engel beltre (from the gagne trade) and catcher cristian santanna from arizona rookie league to short season spokane. the seasons almost over and its sorta no big deal but both of these guys have big time potential. cristian just needs to focus on staying healthy and beltre looks to be improving on hitting since we've acquired him.

What's the scouting report on Beltre?

Spokane is locked in a critical race for the division title between all four teams in its division, and they have a legit shot at making the championship series.