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June 5, 2009 Minor League UpdateJune 5Taking it well
Jordan Schafer, OF, Braves (Triple-A Gwinnett) And in former Braves news . . .
Charlie Morton, RHP, Pirates (Triple-A Indianapolis)
BP Comment Quick Links ptullar (38631) Speaking of Schafers... With Cain hurting his PCL, Cutter moving back to 2B, and Haydel moving to left, is Logan Schafer looking like the Brewers CF of the future? Jun 05, 2009 09:38 AM battlekow (31681) Schafer just got promoted to AA, so I'd have to say yes to that one. The Brewers must love him. He doesn't walk much, so I hope he can keep hitting, but he plays plus defense, so there's a lot to like there. Jun 05, 2009 12:02 PM battlekow (31681) Though I should note that Cain will be back sometime soon, which perhaps means he'll be promoted to AAA upon his return. Jun 05, 2009 12:03 PM BP staff (27460) I think we're a long way from making that proclamation. He's definitely can hit for average, but he offers few secondary skills. Jun 05, 2009 12:17 PM ramjam36 (48297) Kevin, I know you preferred Escobar to Andrus coming into the season, and I was wondering if Andrus' rock solid big league debut has swayed your opinion at all. I'm a Ranger fan, and as impressive as Elvis' tools are, its his truly special make up, charisma, and feel for the game that I think will make him great. He's just fun to watch. Have you seen him at all this season? Jun 05, 2009 09:58 AM sungods7n (31445) I watched Latos last night, pretty impressive. Stadium gun readings so knock off about 2MPH but he hit 99 once, was 97-95 quite a bit (several times an inning) and was at 91-93 a fair amount of the time. I noticed he had a little jerk like he was trying to throw hard when he was 91-93 but his 95+ looked more free and easy. Most of the guys could at least foul off the fastball, it was the slider & change that really made the difference. He didn't fall in love with any particular pitch, he really mixed in all his pitches well. Even more impressive was the Cardinal starter worked VERY slow and walked (and plated) a small village so Latos had long breaks between innings but didn't appear to miss a beat. Finally after yet another long break his velo was down in the 7th so they gave him the hook (2 down i think). I think Daryl Jones' double and triple were on low fastballs, nobody else did much damage. Jun 05, 2009 12:41 PM
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Does Garcia profile as a starter in the big leagues or in the bullpen?
Thanks,
Mike
I can seem him remain a starter if he's traded to some other team for "win now" talent (think how Ross Ohlendorf is now a start for the Pirates), but I doubt he'll start a single game for the Yanks except for maybe a spot start here or there.