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Odds and Ends: Doue, Furcal, Kuroda
Here are today's links.
- Dave Cameron notes Nelson Cruz's video game numbers in Triple A and suggests he deserves another shot.
- Japanese catcher Hayato Doue was expected to join the Red Sox organization, but visa problems have gotten in the way.
- Buster Olney notes that Rafael Furcal will test free agency if he can't hammer out an extension with the Dodgers by midseason.
- Shigetoshi Hasegawa denies the notion that he pushed Hiroki Kuroda toward the Dodgers.
- Athletics Nation sees Billy Beane targeting pitcher Tanner Scheppers if he's available with the 12th pick. Also, Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com has an overall look at the '08 draft class.
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2008 Amateur Draft
| Boston Red Sox
| Hayato Doue
| Hiroki Kuroda
| Los Angeles Dodgers
| Nelson Cruz
| Oakland Athletics
| Rafael Furcal
| Seattle Mariners
| Tanner Scheppers
| Texas Rangers
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If video games are now a good measure of MLB success, then I demand the Red Sox give me a call. I hit .380 with 54 HRs and 180 RBI playing in RF in 2008 on MLB the Show :)
Posted by: Mr. Tauntaun | May 06, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Nelson Cruz is a AAA player at best.
Posted by: Mike Simms | May 06, 2008 at 11:09 AM
video game numbers....ok.
ill take why the texas rangers suck for 1000 alex
Posted by: 04Forever | May 06, 2008 at 11:58 AM
Hopefully nobody needs a SS so that Beckham can fall to the A's.
Posted by: green_and_gold | May 06, 2008 at 12:10 PM
The Dodgers should just give Furcal 5/70 or 75 and be done with that.
As far as Kuroda goes, it was Takashi Saito's influence, if anything, that pulled him to the Dodgers.
Posted by: AA | May 06, 2008 at 12:12 PM
If Alvarez's signing bonus proves to be a problem for the first 11 teams, does anyone think Beane could pick him and pay out of slot ?
With the top 10 picks seemingly set, Tanner doesn't seem to be a long shot to be avaiable at the #12 spot. It's not like the other infield position players seem to be as good as Beckham.
Posted by: BaseBallz | May 06, 2008 at 01:10 PM
"Video game numbers" is an expression for a player putting up a statline so ridiculous it looks like it came out of a video game. For example, .380/54/180 in a full season.
Another (more germane) example: How does .364/.511/.758 with 11 HR, 32 RBI, and a 28:19 BB:K ratio, with 11 SBs in 14 attempts thrown in... in 99 ABs (28 GP) strike you? That looks like something out of some sort of video game, doesn't it.
Posted by: asm | May 06, 2008 at 01:12 PM