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After Trades, Sebastian Valle Is Clearly Phillies’ Catcher Of The Future
After trading away Lou Marson and Travis d'Arnaud, Sebastian Valle is the Phillies' top remaining catcher of the future.
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Fuentes’ Offense Is Trying To Catch Up To His Glove
Reymond Fuentes' offense is trying to catch up to his speed and defense.
Barrett Loux Happy To Get Chance To Prove He’s Healthy
Last summer, all righthander Barret Loux could do was watch, as his dream of playing professional baseball crumbled in front of him.
Jarred Cosart Hopes To Lead Next Wave Of Phillies Pitchers
The construction of The Four Aces in Philadelphia was high drama, playing out in front of a national audience at the cost of a half dozen prospects and $200 million. [...]
A’s Rashun Dixon Turning Tools Into Skills
A's outfielder Rashun Dixon has plenty of athletic ability, but he knows that he has to improve his hitting if he's going to achieve his dreams of a big league career.
Diamondbacks’ Davidson Happy To Shelve DH Role
For the last month of last season, Matt Davidson was able to escape his shadow in the Diamondbacks organization. Even with a rough month at the plate, he started to get comfortable in the field.
Olt Finds His Groove In Return To Myrtle Beach
As a child, Mike Olt and his family would often vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., to escape the weather in Connecticut and enjoy the beach. Now, Olt is enjoying Myrtle [...]
Moore Rebounds From Disaster To Dominance
If there was ever any doubt that the art of pitching is a delicate ballet, a study of Matt Moore's season would prove it.
Villar Finds Out He’s In Demand
His value outside of the organization was unknown to the Dominican-born shortstop. Focused only on what he could do for his team, Jonathan Villar was unaware of the particulars.
Royals Sticking With Myers Behind The Plate
Wil Myers seems split into two distinct baseball players. There is Wil Myers at the plate, the prospect who makes the game look effortless, who doesn't wear batting gloves, whose coaches say they have yet to find a legitimate hole in his swing. And there is Wil Myers crouching behind the plate, the self-described raw player, "The Unnatural."
Gose’s Gamble Requires Long-Term View
Anthony Gose is running a lot, but he's finding much harder to steal in the Florida State League.
‘Cage-Killer’ Green Is A Hit With Ports Coaches
With all of five professional games under his belt, Grant Green lasted just more than two weeks in major league camp during spring training before the Athletics reassigned him. But it didn't even take that long for Oakland's coaching staff to give the 2009 first-rounder a nickname.
Delgado Joins Casts Of Aces In Myrtle Beach
Myrtle Beach pitching coach Kent Willis has been a pitching coach in the Braves organization for 15 years. He also pitched in four different organizations during his playing days. Yet even he admits the collection of pitching talent the Pelicans have amassed this season is an once-in-a-lifetime group.
Twins’ Hendriks Makes A Quick Impression
Liam Hendriks admits that most Australian players have fewer adjustments to make to playing in the U.S. than their Latin American counterparts, thanks to the lack of a language barrier. But coming to the U.S. from Perth, on Australia's Indian Ocean-facing west coast, Hendriks still has had to get used to American culture and American food.
Jansen Finds His Calling On Pitcher’s Mound
Converted catcher Kenley Jansen is among a talented Inland Empire rotation that includes Ethan Martin and Aaron Miller.
Wiry Abreu Flies Under The Radar
As Abner Abreu uses his effortless, righthanded swing to stroke ball after ball into deep right field during batting practice at Grainger Stadium, Rouglas Odor is taken back in time. Odor, a Kinston Indians infielder in the early 1990s and now the team's hitting coach, sees in Abreu snapshots of a former teammate who went on to become one of baseball's elite hitters. "Manny Ramirez," Odor said. "He reminds me of Manny when he was young."
Padres’ Simon Castro Seeks Short Cal League Stay
The Padres always believed that strapping righthander Simon Castro had the potential to become something special. They just didn't think it would happen so quickly for the 22-year-old.
Getting Stronger
For most 20-year-olds, September means a return to college. For those playing in the minors, it's a welcome change as the grind of a 140-game season comes to a close. But September has a different ring for Michael Burgess. He's ready for more.
Stealth Prospect
Besides having righthander Jake Arrieta and lefthander Troy Patton in Triple-A Norfolk, very quietly lefthander Zach Britton has been making a name for himself in the Carolina League.
Withrow Back On Track In 2009
Chris Withrow only pitched four innings in 2008, but the 2007 first-round pick powered through the California League this year before advancing to Double-A Chattanooga.
