The first round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2010 draft, Deck McGuire made his professional debut last season, finishing 9-5 with a 3.02 ERA and 124 strikeouts in 125.1 innings between High-A Dunedin and Double-A New Hampshire. This season, he is off to a rougher start: 1-5, 7.71, 22 in 32.2 in seven games with the Fisher Cats. I spoke with McGuire late last week before a game against the Binghamton...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
Acquired from the San Francisco Giants at last year’s trade deadline, Zack Wheeler was listed as the Mets number one prospect (and baseball’s 35th overall) prior to this season. The sixth overall pick in the 2009 draft has pitched six games at the Double-A level for the Binghamton Mets, compiling a 2-2 record, 2.05 ERA, and 37 strikeouts in 30.2 innings. Wheeler and I spoke after last Thursday’s win over the New Hampshire Fisher...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
I don’t remember exactly how I arrived at this idea, but at some point after Josh Hamilton’s four-homerun game last week I found myself wondering about the pitchers involved in those games – specifically, the performances of the guys who started the game for the four-homerun hitter’s team. There were some decent performances and a few really good pitchers involved, including Bob Tewksbury, Rick Reuschel, Don Newcombe, and Carl Erskine, but the thing I...
This is Part 2 of the interview that Craig Forde of Beyond Fenway and I recently did with New Hampshire’s Koby Clemens. In this part, we talk about leaving the Astros organization after seven seasons; how he handles professional ups and downs; and his family, including reaction to his father’s ongoing legal issues. CF: Seven years in your hometown Astros system, now this is your first year in another organization. How’s that going for...
Who: Binghamton Mets (AA, New York Mets) vs. New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA, Toronto) Quality pitching matchups are becoming the norm in Manchester. This time, it was Binghamton’s Zack Wheeler (fresh off a stint on the 7-day disabled list) taking the hill opposite New Hampshire’s Chad Jenkins. Wheeler, the number one prospect in New York’s system and 35th overall on Baseball America’s preseason list, is 0-1 in two starts against the Fisher Cats this...
The eighth-round draft pick by the Houston Astros in the 2005 draft, Koby Clemens spent seven years in the Astros organization before being released this past offseason. He was picked up by another of his famous father’s former organizations, the Toronto Blue Jays, and assigned to Double-A New Hampshire, where he is hitting .162 with two homeruns in thirteen games. Craig Forde of Beyond Fenway and I recently had an opportunity to speak with...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007. It consists of players who appeared on the Hall of Fame ballot but did not receive any votes. Mike suggested I bring those old posts over to Bus Leagues. I liked the idea, so for the next few months, we’ll re-run a couple each week in addition to our regular content. For the most...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
