Comments on: Daily Farm Report – 8/27/08

By: Double A

Double A — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:51:17 +0000

Thanks AC. That doesn’t sound good…a month and a half gone on a wrist injury that apparently wasn’t identified as needing surgery or having anything broken. :-\

Apologies for the bad karma here, but I get the impression Bryan Anderson is the second coming of Ben Davis. Deal him, Ryan and Schumak for more needed assets.

By: AC

AC — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:41:58 +0000

Tony “Arni” Cruz had Left wrist injury. He hurt it early in the season and and has been trying to play through it but, then reinjuried it again about a month and half ago.

By: JPsell45

JPsell45 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:00:37 +0000

I would think Anderson will get a call up. A lot of teams will have a third catcher on the roster. But he will most likely be the back up catcher next year. The only thing more likely than that is him being traded during the off season. Package him with one of our surplus of outfielders and a pitcher and we might get something that the team will need.

By: Double A

Double A — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:29:57 +0000

I knew Arnoldi Cruz went on the DL, but at that time I didn’t think it was for anything that serious or for such a long recovery duration. Anyone know what he suffered? Is he out for the year?

If my memory is correct, Moyer wasn’t necessarily a soft-tosser when he came up. Arm injuries and age forced him down the path of a slow, precise, off-speed arsenal.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:26:35 +0000

Is it possible Boggs recent troubles are due to a focus on secondary pitches (the main criticism against him), rather than focusing just on results?

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:03:15 +0000

Yup, the tennis ad. It isn’t the worst thing to have Maria Sharapova looking back at you from a computer screen, but she’s not what I’m here for, and she gets in the way of FR.

I’m still not sold on Motte. A fast ball that straight is going to get blasted in the bigs. But let’s see what he can do.

By: BigJawnMize

BigJawnMize — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:35:48 +0000

I am having a hard time figuring Addition out, as well. I have seen him pitch and I have to say no one really squares up the bat on anything he throws. The two times I have seen him pitch I have only seen one hard hit ball.

By: Merry CRasmus

Merry CRasmus — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:43:12 +0000

I’m excited about seeing Motte up too. He’s sold me with this season.

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:24:14 +0000

I don’t know what that is, Erik, but it hits me too.

Something in the ad causes the page to stop loading–when it happens, I hit refresh and the page loads fine. It’s not a specific advertisement, it just happens sometimes.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:29:02 +0000

How hard did Jamie Moyer throw when he came up? I ask because I know Additon only throws in the mid-80s but it has to be easier to find a comparable lefty with Major League success than, say, P.J. Walters, who he seems to have taken after.