Rule 5

by Goat on Dec 7, 2006 9:39 AM PST

we lost five guys in the minor league phase:

SS Johany Abreu
C Omar Falcon
RHP Jesse Floyd
3B Brian Buscher
C Brian Munhill

claimed middle infielder Trey Webb from Washington in minor league phase.

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Omar Falcon

Is a sweet name!

by xanthan on Dec 7, 2006 9:35 AM PST reply actions

Re: Omar Falcon

We have some good names in our system. I still think Osiris Matos is an awesome name.

And for a time we had Hector Borg and Rich Janeway playing for the rookie league team. Star Trek jokes abound.

Read SFDugout. It'll make you a better person.

by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Dec 7, 2006 9:45 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Omar Falcon

Please tell me we also had a Kirk Picard on the farm!!

by lunaticfridge on Dec 7, 2006 10:19 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Omar Falcon

Kelvin Pichardo works for you?

Now sign the big boy....

by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Dec 7, 2006 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

Re: Omar Falcon

According to minorleaguebaseball.com Falcon was taken from the Pirates organization by the Cardinals. Looks like he was in the Mariners system last year.

You're nobody 'til everybody in
this town thinks you're a bastard - Elvis Costello

by EliminateMe on Dec 7, 2006 10:09 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Rule 5

Alfredo Simon was taken by the Orioles...but I guess I didn't know he was signed by the Rangers in the first place.

I hate Ricky Ledee.

by Grant Brisbee on Dec 7, 2006 9:35 AM PST reply actions

Re: Rule 5

Three words: out of touch.
This from rotoworld:
Phillies acquired RHP Alfredo Simon from the Orioles for catcher Adam Donachie and cash.
It's a swap of Rule 5 picks, with Simon returning to the club that originally signed him in 1999. A 25-year-old with a big fastball and little else, Simon went 2-10 with a 6.62 ERA in 17 starts and 11 relief appearances between Single-A San Jose and Triple-A Fresno last season. He's also battled arm problems while playing in the Dominican Winter League. He shouldn't make the Phillies.

Ledee French for douche bag.

by amoose on Dec 7, 2006 11:01 AM PST up reply actions

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oops....i guess i was posting while this diary was going up....sorry

by bacci40 on Dec 7, 2006 9:40 AM PST reply actions

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Your request to delete the diary was passed by the McC senate after vigorous debate.

by Grant Brisbee on Dec 7, 2006 9:51 AM PST up reply actions

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Hopefully Webb is slick with the glove, because his hitting is Ransom-esque.

by mxmob33 on Dec 7, 2006 9:42 AM PST reply actions

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Trey Webb is an awesome name.

I wonder if, after hitting a slow dribbler, he says "ya da da da da da..."?

Be the ball, Danny.

Biggest mankinder in the history of no brain.

by Goofus on Dec 7, 2006 10:02 AM PST up reply actions

Yet...

Ransom was slick with the glove. Until that one play...

::sob::

I blame F.P. Santangelo, while F.P. somehow blames Kuiper.

by WalrusMan on Dec 7, 2006 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

Man...

I had just gotten over that. *cries*

LicenseToPills: barry bonds says words, they have nothing to do with his thoughts, they are just subjects and predicates in his mental kingdom

by Natto on Dec 7, 2006 11:59 AM PST up reply actions

Re: Rule 5

I was actually going to post Webb's career stats but I figured Grant was going to put together a lengthy post on him tomorrow.

by mxmob33 on Dec 7, 2006 10:31 AM PST reply actions

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Boy, how a star has fallen: Buscher was highly touted when we drafted him but he just could never put it together in the minors for us. Another in a long line of failed 3B prospects: Torcato, Niekro, Schierholtz, now Buscher, and perhaps Sandolval.

Now sign the big boy....

by obsessivegiantscompulsive on Dec 7, 2006 1:25 PM PST reply actions

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A grim list. Here's hoping that Angel Villalona will be the David Wright at the end of the tunnel.

by Evan on Dec 7, 2006 4:29 PM PST up reply actions

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Yeah, I have to admit that I am surprised that Buscher was not on the AAA reserve list. At times this year he seemed like the best hitter for the Connecticut Defenders.

by steve S on Dec 7, 2006 7:29 PM PST up reply actions