Comments on: Eiland a big part of pitching success

By: TheLastClown

TheLastClown — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:27:59 +0000

This is what I thought his name was before I actually heard a human pronounce it.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:46:09 +0000

No problemo.

By: mustang

mustang — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:44:11 +0000

Took it the wrong way my bag.
Thanks for the info.

By: larryf

larryf — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:38:29 +0000

Horace Clarke-you’re no Robbie Cano!!! I think my memory may have been off but I seem to be recalling a game I was at where Dooley gave up a grand slam to Dick McCauliffe-a bad memory and I shouldn’t have let it clog up the stats and data. He was not, however , as good as Lindy McDaniel!!

By: mustang

mustang — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:28:57 +0000

No problem.

Didn’t think Chapman was at the MLB level just wanted to see if anyone knew different.

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:26:48 +0000

http://latimesblogs.latimes.co.....-sox-.html

By: tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside

tommiesmithjohncarlos a/k/a Ridiculous Upside — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:26:20 +0000

BTW I just don’t make this shit up as I go that’s why I asked the question.

I didn’t say you made it up, mustang. Ease back on the throttle, buddy. You’re my boy.

I’m not sure if that Shaikin quote really means the Angels think Chapman is MLB ready as much as it says that they might spend money on the younger Chapman rather than spending it on the older Lackey. The Angels would still likely start Chapman in the minors. Following through on the MLBTR link to Shaikin’s sourced article gives you this:

[Angels scouting director Eddie] Bane said he hopes Chapman can speak with Angels first baseman Kendry Morales — not so much for Morales to sell Chapman on the Angels, but for Morales to share his journey from Cuban defector to American professional baseball player.

“Not too many people have that perspective in the world,” Bane said.

When Morales signed with the Angels at age 21 he was one of Cuba’s most celebrated young position players. He did not make the major leagues for good until he was 25, and Bane suggested Chapman could stand to hear that part of the story too.

“I’m pretty sure Kendry thought he was ready for the big leagues as soon as he signed the contract,” Bane said.

By: Matt ACTY/BBD

Matt ACTY/BBD — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:21:52 +0000

It’s a good thing Bill Shaikin of the LA Times doesn’t run the Angels!

(This isn’t a slight against you, mustang, but rather Shaikin)

If that’s the Angels’ real plan–which I highly doubt–then they will be in big, big trouble come 2010.

By: mustang

mustang — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:19:06 +0000

“Meanwhile, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times speculates that free agent Aroldis Chapman might be who the Angels use to replace Lackey.”

On MLB trade rumors.

BTW I just don’t make this shit up as I go that’s why I asked the question.

By: PhukTheHeck

PhukTheHeck — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:32:15 +0000

He’s still pretty raw. Here’s KLaw’s scouting report of him back on 7/17

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb.....id=4335599

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