An indy league pickup for the Giants named to top prospects list by Baseball America

Mitch Liveley, the reliever the Giants picked up from the United League in Texas, was named to Baseball America's top independent leagues prospects. Liveley was third best on a list of those singed by MLB teams. The former Sac State pitcher was released from the Colorado organization in 2007 following an arm injury but rebounded to pitch effectively for the SAL champion Augusta Greenjackets in 2008.

BA says of his stuff: Lively started out throwing in the high 80s, but before long he was back throwing in the low to mid-90s with a relatively free and easy delivery. He also has a splitter that was effective as well, but with San Angelo, he was able to rely almost entirely on his fastball.

I like Liveley. I'm hoping he can be one of those guys who comes out of nowhere to develop into a contributor for the Giants.

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nice

they mention two guys from the Chico Outlaws

Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey

by stealth snail on Oct 7, 2008 1:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Breen had an incredible year

by rotorueter on Oct 7, 2008 4:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Chad Zerbe mkII

CHAD ZERBE HAS A WORLD SERIES VICTORY.

Fairley odd parent to Wendell

by WTF on Oct 7, 2008 1:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

He has some sort of MLB record, too. Like, most victories to start a career, or something.

looks it up *

Wow. Ninety-eight career appearances before his first loss. That’s one part luck, one part one-and-done platooning, one part skill, and one part Dusty never trusting him fully.

by Grant on Oct 7, 2008 2:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

goes off to edit Wikipedia article on Chad Zerbe

by Grant on Oct 7, 2008 2:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Wow, two ways of the same formatting fail in a row.

The Basil Fawlty Moderating Strategy:
"We could run a nice blog here if we didn't have all these members getting in the way."
How is my adopted son almost twice as old as I am? Nevermind...Go Omar! Warm the Bench!

by WalrusMan on Oct 7, 2008 5:35 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs