Comments on: Minor League Transactions: Dec. 7-13 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/12/minor-league-transactions-dec-7-13/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Eddy http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/12/minor-league-transactions-dec-7-13/comment-page-1/#comment-399181 Matt Eddy Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:02:58 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=18601#comment-399181 <p>More on the Giants' signing of Javier Herrera: Jose Alguacil, San Francisco's minor league roving infield instructor, coaches for Margarita in the Venezuelan League and recommended the signing. The Giants had solid reports on Herrera from the past, and given his youth (27 years old) and winter performance, they rolled the dice.</p> More on the Giants' signing of Javier Herrera: Jose Alguacil, San Francisco's minor league roving infield instructor, coaches for Margarita in the Venezuelan League and recommended the signing. The Giants had solid reports on Herrera from the past, and given his youth (27 years old) and winter performance, they rolled the dice.

]]> By: Matt Eddy http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/12/minor-league-transactions-dec-7-13/comment-page-1/#comment-382015 Matt Eddy Tue, 18 Dec 2012 14:23:52 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=18601#comment-382015 <p>@Michael</p> <p>Yes, Brian M. Lawrence served as pitching coach for Normal (Frontier League) in 2012, and he will serve in the same capacity for the Padres' high Class A Lake Elsinore affiliate in 2013. That's why he was released by the Angels, so that he could join the Padres.</p> @Michael

Yes, Brian M. Lawrence served as pitching coach for Normal (Frontier League) in 2012, and he will serve in the same capacity for the Padres' high Class A Lake Elsinore affiliate in 2013. That's why he was released by the Angels, so that he could join the Padres.

]]> By: Michael http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/12/minor-league-transactions-dec-7-13/comment-page-1/#comment-381736 Michael Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:14:30 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=18601#comment-381736 Hey matt Is brian lawerence the same Brian Lawerence who was name pitching coach recently for minor league afflilation team?? Hey matt
Is brian lawerence the same Brian Lawerence who was name pitching coach recently for minor league afflilation team??

]]> By: David http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2012/12/minor-league-transactions-dec-7-13/comment-page-1/#comment-381620 David Tue, 18 Dec 2012 02:59:45 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=18601#comment-381620 Matt LaChappa's story deserves to be told every time the Padres officially resign him to a contract. This June will mark 20 years since the club drafted him out of a San Diego county high school, the first Kumeyaay player drafted. While warming up before a game in High-A in 1995, he inexplicably suffered a massive stroke which left him paralyzed and permanently bound to a wheelchair. At the time, Padres CEO Larry Lucchino said that LaChappa would "always be a Padre," and the long-time administrative director of the club's farm system, Priscilla Oppenheimer, decided to take a literal interpretation and simply tender him a contract the following year. By continuing to keep him an official member of the organization, they've kept Matt covered by MLB's health insurance program and he is now fully vested in the retirement plan. It's a small act of remarkable kindness. Matt LaChappa's story deserves to be told every time the Padres officially resign him to a contract. This June will mark 20 years since the club drafted him out of a San Diego county high school, the first Kumeyaay player drafted. While warming up before a game in High-A in 1995, he inexplicably suffered a massive stroke which left him paralyzed and permanently bound to a wheelchair. At the time, Padres CEO Larry Lucchino said that LaChappa would "always be a Padre," and the long-time administrative director of the club's farm system, Priscilla Oppenheimer, decided to take a literal interpretation and simply tender him a contract the following year. By continuing to keep him an official member of the organization, they've kept Matt covered by MLB's health insurance program and he is now fully vested in the retirement plan. It's a small act of remarkable kindness.

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