Odds and Ends: Nelson, Quentin, Penny

Quentin in the 3rd seems a litle high for me with his injury history and the fact he's an OF not a C,SS,or 2B.

If Quentin is in the 3rd round, id consider him a steal. I think it was more then obvious who the MVP would have been if he wasn't a moron in breaking his own wrist. Will he have the same numbers as last year? Who knows for sure, but i can tell you now that things are looking good in CQ's career.

Agree 100% with Abraham. The Yankees need to find someone to be a legitimate #5 guy. Hughes and kennedy already let them down last season and they are as of this moment left pencilled in to that spot, #3 is Wang which he has listed for 200 innings, yet is coming back from a very serious leg injury, AJ Burnett at 190 innings and has pitched that many 3 times in his 10 year career due to all of his injuries, Chamberlain at 140 and CC at 225 who both sound realistic.

That sounds like trouble and that they are getting themselves into the same starting pitcher pile that happened last season all over again. They still can get Lowe, or even another hurt guy in Sheets and just think that they are asking for it if this season starts with such a short pitching staff.

Abraham is dead on with this article.

Some prospect memories from that minor league signing. Dave Krynzel I remember was supposed to be amazing, as was Foppert. Too bad Andy Phillips never got a shot, I could see him getting a real one with Pittsburgh.

aaaaahhhhh if only the yankees lineup translated to performance on the field. yankee fans are saying "hey! over here! look at our lineup. look at it! we're gunna be good....... right?"

Jesse Foppert was already with the Giants in 2007 and 2008 after Seattle released him before the 2007 season started. Foppert did not pitch well in 2008 by having a 7.62 ERA in 41.1 innings pitched in Triple-A. In those innings he gave up 45 hits 43 walks, and 35 earned runs. Yikes! While in 2007 he pitched only 1 inning that year in 3 games played, giving up 1 hit, 4 walks, and 5 earned runs. Injuries have hurt Foppert's baseball career.

While it's not hard to believe anyone would offer Penny a contract, after watching him the past 3-1/2 yrs he clearly lacks the discipline to justify either a long term or higher price.

He never kept himself in shape even when he lack of condition clearly affected his pitching. Also, if you watch his mechanics is has no rhythm in his delivery. Nothing is smooth and when he struggles it gets worse as well as he begins to lose focus plus trying to over throw.

On top of it he really has not appeared to be the sort who cares enough to understand he needs to work harder to take advantage of his potential. If the BoSox got tired of MRam just wait until they get an eyeful of Penny and his child like attitude/work-ethics.