Agapito Barrios and Dean Deetz both making their debuts from QC tonight. Barrios went 5 scoreless (1 H, 3 Ks) and Deetz has gone 2 scoreless thus far.
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That's outstanding. The last paragraph: In the current media environment, a list is perfectly designed for our brain. We are drawn to it intuitively, we process it more efficiently, and we retain it with little effort. Faced with a detailed discussion of policies toward China or five insane buildings under construction in Shanghai, we tend to choose the latter bite-sized option, even when we know we will not be entirely satisfied by it. And that’s just fine, as long as we realize that our fast-food information diet is necessarily limited in content and nuance, and thus unlikely to contain the nutritional value of the more in-depth analysis of traditional articles that rely on paragraphs, not bullet points.
Woo! I was excited about it. It was nice to finally see an actual, recent scouting report about him. Now we at least have *some* information abount the current state of his arm and his future position on the field. I still don't understand the scouting reports that label him with "gap power" and a "line-drive swing." I love the idea of a quick, compact swing, but he's already shown adequate power and has plenty of time to add more.
Nah, it's cool. I love reading actual scouting reports on guys and then checking out video. As long as you're mixing that stuff in, keep on keepin' on. I'd like to see a ranking of the prospect lists. Get on that.
Kiley on Francis Martes in a prospect chat just now. http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/kiley-mcdaniel-prospects-chat-73115/
...while Drellich and JdJO alternately talk on their cellphones, do the wave, reach over the railing to interfere with fair balls, and get up to go get concessions during a half inning.
Well no trade. Glad we kept him. Are there any contact/whatever issues that would prevent the Astros from calling him up?
