The Pirates failed to reach an agreement with their first round pick today. Mark Appel was considered a possibility to be taken first overall, but instead dropped to 8th when the Pirates drafted him. Here is what Neal Huntington said about the Pirates decision. “Our final offer exceeded the available bonus pool money and was essentially up to the last …
BP’s Hitter and Pitcher Profiles
Baseball Prospectus came out with hitter profiles last week and today they released their pitcher profiles. Here's Starlin Castro's swing rate in each location. Here's the whiff rate. Here's his tAV (true Average, kind of like wOBA, but scaled to batting average).
Tigers asked about Darwin Barney
From MLBTR: The Tigers asked the Cubs about second baseman Darwin Barney a couple of weeks ago, Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports reports (on Twitter). However, talks didn't progress.
Baseball America Mid-season Top 50
Baseball America has released their mid-season top 50 prospects. The only Cub on the list is Javier Baez at 25. Likely to be a 3B when he hits the big leagues, but his bat is potent enough to play anywhere
Cubs Near Deal With SS Frandy De La Rosa
The @Cubs near deal w/ SS Frandy De La Rosa (#10 on @MLB's Top 20 Int'l Prospects list) for $700K mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/… mlb.mlb.com/news/article.j… — MLB Draft (@MLBDraft) July 2, 2012