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In the AAA phase of the Rule 5 draft, the Cardinals select LHP Matt Meyer from the Cleveland organization.

He bounced across 3 levels in 2009, getting as high as AAA.

He has a career 9.7 K/9 rate and 4.9 BB/9 rate in the minors.

Here’s a scouting report on him from Indians Prospect Insider.

Meyer throws from a sidearm three-quarters arm slot with a fastball that has good tailing action and consistently sits at 91-92 MPH topping out as high as 93 MPH. He complements it with a deceptive slider that he has tightened up to where it is more of a power slider sitting in the 81-84 MPH range. His slider is the pitch he has the most confidence in and will throw in any count, and when he needs to reach back for a big pitch or throw a quality strike, the slider more times than not is what he relies on. In his short minor league career he has shown the ability to pile up strikeouts (career 10.2 K/9), but he also piles up the walks (career 4.9 BB/9). He has had some trouble with right-handers, but is very tough on lefties and it is why many of the Indians top decision-makers project him as a lefty specialist down the road.

After the jump is a video of Matt:

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After such a good article on Mike Parisi’s stuff, it was inevitable that something would befall Parisi and it did as the hated Cubs selected Parisi in the first round of the Rule 5 draft.

Now, just as a refresher, Mike has to stay on the Cubs 25 man major league roster all season or he will be sold back to the Cardinals for $25,000.

PJ Walters        Jeremy Hellickson

3.58 FIP            2.66 FIP

The AAA championship game will be on live on ESPN 2 at 7pm Eastern.

Live blog is over at Viva El Birdos here.

UPDATED: DFR for the game is after the jump!

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The Cardinals have voided the contract of Wagner Mateo over his vision issues.  The are voiding it over “pre-existing injuries and physical defects”.

Here is the info from Bernie’s Press box:

HOUSTON, TX, Sept. 22, 2009 – The St. Louis Cardinals announced today that they have terminated the contract of outfielder Wagner Mateo with whom they agreed to terms on July 2.

Mateo’s contract was contingent on a physical exam. Results of the physical exam discovered pre-existing injuries and physical defects that led to today’s decision by the club.

UPDATE: Makes you feel really bad for Wagner and re-emphasizes the risk involved in the Latin American market.  From Bernie’s twitter:

The kid Wagner Mateo apparently has a degenerative condition that will greatly impact his vision…pretty serious.

UPDATE 2: Here’s the update from Mateo’s side from Ben Badler’s twitter.  Truth is probably somewhere in the middle.

Mateo’s camp says Mateo has 20/30 vision in his right eye but does not have a degenerative eye condition or nerve damage.

Jaime Garcia            Chris Gissell

2-0 3.86 ERA            0-1 3.52 ERA

Here’s my effort at a Viva El Birdos-like open thread.

Memphis is facing off against Sacramento in the PCL World Series.

The game will start at about 8:15pm after a rain delay.

Here’s the gameday link and the game will be broadcast live on milb.tv if you are a subscriber.

Go Redbirds!

UPDATE: The DFR boxscore is after the jump!

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No games tonight!  The playoffs start tomorrow.

Springfield vs. North by Northwest Arkansas

Memphis vs. Albuquerque

Use this space to discuss well…anything.

I hope you all had a wonderful and refreshing Labor Day and are ready and eager to go back to the office tomorrow.

The minor league season is drawing to a close and we only have 3 games from today.

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With their win tonight, Memphis is back in first place in the PCL American North Division by half a game over their opponent tonight, Nashville.

Springfield is still in the playoffs by virtue of their first half win, but they sit in last place in their division in the second half.

All other minor league teams sit out of the playoff chase.

DFR, go.

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The playoff update will wait until tomorrow and I’ll update QC’s game tomorrow morning. QC’s game is updated.

Beer me that DFR.

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Memphis was the only team to lose tonight.

Let’s stop, drop and roll the DFR.

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