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Pitching Performance, rate stats: Brian Broderick, 3.43 tRA
Pitching Performance, counting stats: Brian Broderick, 16.0 pRAA

Hitting Performance, rate stats: Aaron Luna, .411 wOBA; Matt Carpenter, .398 wOBA
Hitting Performance, counting stats: Aaron Luna, 27.4 bRAA; Matt Carpenter, 26.3 bRAA

I’ve got notes on all three starters I saw: David Kopp, Brian Broderick and Arquimedes Nieto. Below you’ll find out which of the three I think has big league potential.

From the bullpen I saw quite a few pitchers including Blake King, Tyler Norrick, Jason Buursma, Thomas Eager and just a touch of Adam Riefer.

Notes on both groups follow.

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I wasn’t sure what I was going to see when I went to Springfield. I had a lot of names on my list to see. The level of talent was better than I expected. So let’s get down to the details.

(Note: Based on the length of the post, I decided to split it into two parts. Too much to discuss at one time. The pitchers will be available in a post on Wednesday.)

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I didn’t quite make it through my Springfield notes last night. As an apology, please accept these pictures.

13-12 Second Place in TEX North Division of the Texas League.

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I’m going to do this in quick hit style because I think that’ll be most effective.  I’ve got about 6 pages of scribbles and notes from each day I was at the ballpark.  Only being there for 3 days, I’m dealing with a set of games where someone could have had a cold or just wasn’t performing at the time.  These notes are simply my impressions: some of which confirmed what I already felt about players and others which dispelled previous beliefs.

These may or may not have been the individuals terrorizing my hotel hallway.

Warning: There’s a bunch of pictures of players after the jump so be patient.

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Springfield is currently second in the division just a half game back of the hated Arkansians located in the Northwest part of the state.  They’ll meet up at Hammons Field this weekend for a 4 game set.

Prospects From Top 20 List:

Daryl Jones (DL), Pete Kozma, Tyler Henley, Lance Lynn, Fernando Salas

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Hammons Field is a great ballpark and I fully intend on spending a weekend there again this year.  Hopefully, the club is still playing as well then as they are now.  The offense that is . . . because the pitching has some issues.

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