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September 6th, 2010 
Brian 
(Photo: Royals Primacy)
The Kansas City Royals announced this morning that they have purchased the contract of outfielder Jarrod Dyson from Triple-A Omaha. This news is largely unremarkable except for one small detail: Dyson was Kansas City’s 50th round pick in the 2006 draft.
Assuming Baseball-Reference’s draft database is somewhat current, this makes Dyson something of [...]
August 31st, 2010 Brian 
I’m heading down to Baltimore tomorrow morning to catch a couple Sox-Orioles games with my aunts (the way the team’s season has gone, I might actually be catching by Wednesday night. See what I did there?) and uncles. There’s a lot of packing (translation: I need to watch my wife pack my bags) [...]
August 24th, 2010 Brian 
I was all set to make myself a bunch of little note card cheat sheets containing the playoff procedures for Minor League Baseball’s leagues, then I realized how complicated some of these scenarios get. Soooo, change of plans – I’ll just link here to the pages that detail each league’s procedure, and we’ll have [...]
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No Comments » August 21st, 2010 eangevine 
The Z-meter is our way of tracking the prospects we like. We keep track of stats for 25 players at a time, compiled from Baseball America, reader votes, and our own irrational sense of whimsy.
A couple of the players who made it onto the meter via reader voting ended up starting their seasons in the [...]
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Tags: Aroldis Chapman, Brad Brach, Brandon Moore, Brooks Brown, Bubbie Buzachero, Chris Carter, Collin Cowgill, Dustin Ackley, Ian Gac, Jacob Turner, Justin Smoak, Kentrail Davis, Keyvious Sampson, Kyle Drabek, Lonnie Chisenhall, Mike Moustakas, Rochester Red Wings, Ryan Kalish, Sequoyah Stonecipher, Tyler Kolodny, Zach Britton 4 Comments » August 17th, 2010 Brian 
When I first read that the Oakland A’s were sending Chris Carter back down to Triple-A Sacramento after a dismal start to his major league career, the first person I thought of was Willie Mays.
Bear with me.
As I remembered it, Mays started his career on a long hitless streak before settling down, breaking out, and [...]
Posted in A+, AA, AAA, California League, Pacific Coast League, Prospects, Texas League No Comments »Camden Yards, 8/31/10
