The next stop on our tour of the Eastern League is Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Will Bentzel of Senators Fans Unite was kind enough to take us on a little tour of the renovations of one of the most unique parks in professional baseball, takes a stab at the Senators 2009 line-up, and what the Senators are doing to [...]
Entries from March 2009
March 15, 2009
Akron Aeros preview with Tony Lastoria of Indians Prospect Insider
The next guest in our series of Q&As with Eastern League bloggers and beat writers is Tony Lastoria, the boss over at Indians Prospect Insider and author of 2009 Cleveland Indians Top 100 Prospects. Tony tells us which Indians farmhand is the second-coming of Jim Thome, which one could be better than Victor Martinez, and [...]
March 15, 2009
B-Sun: Tillman to Norfolk; Arrieta and Patton to Bowie; Matusz to Frederick
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/schmuck/2009/03/os_top_prospects_destinations.html Baltimore Sun columnist Peter Schmuck speculates that Chris Tillman will start the year at Norfolk, Jake Arrieta and Troy Patton at Bowie, and Brian Matusz at Frederick. Nothing earth-shattering here, but I had Tillman starting out back in Bowie and had not accounted for Patton. I will update my projected Baysox 2009 roster in [...]
March 8, 2009
Portland Sea Dogs preview with Mike Andrews of SoxProspects.com
As our series of Q&As with Eastern League bloggers and beat writers continues, we check in with Mike Andrews of SoxProspects.comabout the Portland Sea Dogs. Below, Mike tells us his projected Sea Dogs rotation and starting line up, which former major leaguer Junichi Tazawa most resembles, and the one thing he’d do differently if he were running [...]
March 3, 2009
Trenton Thunder preview with Mike Ashmore of Thunder Thoughts
Welcome to the first in a series of Q&As with the bloggers and beat writers who cover some of the teams of the Double-A Eastern League. The series begins with Mike Ashmore, Trenton Thunder beat writer for the Hunterdon County Democrat and the man behind Thunder Thoughts (thunderbaseball.wordpress.com). Mike was kind enough to let us [...]