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August 21, 2012

Future Shock Blog

Minor League Update: Games of August 20

by Kevin Goldstein

Clayton Blackburn, RHP, Giants (Low-A Augusta): 7 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 10 K.

Blackburn is having one of the best pitching seasons in the minors, as after another dominant outing on Monday night, he has a 2.55 ERA with a remarkable 137 strikeouts and just 18 walks in 123.1 innings.

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Eddie Bajek

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.292/.408/.483 in the Cal League = ???/???/??? in the FSL? I've had this pet theory that Angels offensive prospects get overrated in A ball for a while now. Could Cowart be the next?

Aug 21, 2012 10:21 AM

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nolansdad

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Wow. GB ratio of 2.30 is crazy good.

Aug 21, 2012 10:23 AM

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Rich

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Is Franco a Top 101 sleeper?

Aug 21, 2012 10:25 AM

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mrdannyg

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Wondering the same thing about Pederson!

Aug 21, 2012 10:42 AM

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Kevin Goldstein

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Yes.

Aug 21, 2012 14:32 PM

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Kevin Goldstein

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Yes.

Aug 21, 2012 14:33 PM

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sean3258

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How does Blackburn compare to Crick? Better command but not as much "stuff" as Crick?

Aug 21, 2012 10:27 AM

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Kevin Goldstein

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Exactly. Not nearly as much stuff as Crick, actually.

Aug 21, 2012 14:33 PM

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Scott44

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The numbers for Vogelbach are crazy good, but they have to be for him to make it, right? Just how difficult will it be to rank him?

Aug 21, 2012 11:16 AM

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Kevin Goldstein

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It's tough. 20 run and bad defense. If there's a definition of a bat only guy, it's Vogelbach.

Aug 21, 2012 14:34 PM

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R.A.Wagman

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KG - hearing anything on Kellen Sweeney? He was very disappointing (moreso than even Kevin Ahrens) for most of his first two+ abbreviated seasons, but has been on the first hot stretch of his career since approximately the beginning of the month. Progress real?

Aug 21, 2012 14:18 PM

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MaineSkin

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Cron will never see LAA, so Mil and Hou should be knocking on the door. He kind of sounds like Adams out in Stl who will chase ROY like Freeman did next year.

Aug 21, 2012 18:21 PM

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mrenick

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glad to see ovando making progress with the stick. I've been overly pessimistic about him.

Aug 22, 2012 07:07 AM

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