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Who? Was? In? Like? Let? Alone? "In Love"? With? Aaron? Freakin? Miles??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, name that misguided individual. Then laugh at her, hard.

Agreed. I don't know what fathom is talking about. Getz was virtually unknown as a prospect even during stellar '09 Spring Training. Outside of those 2 weeks following a broken finger (Jermaine Dye would be in Intensive Care if he had to play with a broken bone), Getz has been looking like a major-leaguer. I still think Getz needs to hit #2 in the line-up with suddenly-rebounding Ramirez as the most grindelicious Ozzie-approved #3 in the league. Getz may not steal 40 bases but he also won't get caught 25 times (looking at you Vlad Guerrero) I do wish Getz had a stronger arm and didn't choose a game against the Cubs to forget how to field..... but hey nobody's perfect.

As someone how never seen him play..... do you think he is likely to succeed against Major-league pitching with his particular skill-set/approach?

Too bad. Betemit looked downright resurrgent at the plate in ST. He was supposed to provide what Mackowiak did in 2006 off the bench as PH, and back up Jim Thome as DH in case of injury. I guess he needs more regular playing time to stay sharp. Fielding? Not so much.

generous gun. just as Linebrink likely didn't really throw 96 against the Cubs or Bobby Jenks -- 99 in Kansas City. most of the time with the Sox Masset was barely 92-93. not that velocity is everything. it just adds to the mistrust of minor league hype.

Yep. Alexei is starting to hit the ball with authority (even ast 2 outs -- missiles). Beckham got the deer-in-the-headlights portion of rookie debut out of the way and is already looking better than Fields. Podsednik and especially Getz shortening/leveling their stroke which oddly enough allows them to drive the ball. Contreras. Danks. Floyd. Buerhle. Even Brian Anderson is looking decent on off-speed pitches last couple of games. Better not have concentration letdown against Dodgers and Cubs at home, Ozzie. You hear me!

I am not exactly thrilled with Quentin being out longer than expeted, with Linebrink being a glorified Rick White (2003) and with both Konerko and Dye losing their top form as soon as something starts hurting (wrist and calf respectively). That said, come on, barring some one-sided offers for Contereras, Dotel and Co....how can anyone think this team needs to be blown up 3-4 games back of Detroit....? Dan Bernstein just says things to get rise out of people. Pure sillyness.

I meant I was hoping it wouldn't be. Even "minor" wrist injuries = me no likey.

Jack Egbert made it to the majors alright. And then his weak stuff got crushed. Back to AAA. Story of most (good) prospects' lives. (Incidentally, in the olden days, when teams had gazillion minor league affiliates, there were guys who would hit 50+ HR, 150 RBI a year and still could barely hope for a major-league promotion. Which is what makes all this pining for the great David Cook so hilarious.)

98 mph?! Alright now even I am starting to get excited. ( I hope it's not Nick Masset's 98, Arnie Munoz 94 or Felix Diaz 96, though. )

Didn't Jeremy Reed, Brian Anderson and Ryan Sweeney all have semi-chronic wrist problems at one point?

Didn't mean to say that Shelby has no hand-eye coordination. Only made a general point in response to your "his power/speed combo is so dreamy" American Idol fanboy schtick. Sorry, didn't mean to offend. I am just saying that power/speed is not enough. And that IMO Shelby is a lesse talent than Chris Young (who after a slow start in 2005, was lighting AA on fire and actually was pretty good as a rookie in 2007 in the bigs)

You know, I think even success in AA is hardly a reliable predictor of success -- anymore than, say, Tyler Hansborough or some NBA developmental league guy piling up big numbers. Discounting obvious phenoms/exception.......90% of guys you need to see face major-league quality competion consistently before rendering judgement.

Harp incessantly? I just joined. When I last posted on this site, Shelby was still in a test-tube somewhere.

Dude, I saw Longoria once on TV. 2 quick DP turns and a frozen rope HR to RCF later, it was obvious the guy had a chance, as Hawkaroo would stay.