Comments on: Friday Links (7 Sep 07)

By: JP

JP — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:36:42 +0000

Now I am laughing even harder than I did after reading #28

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:26:49 +0000

29: No matter how you arrange those numbers, it's gonna hurt. Either you can't read it and it scrambles the cones and rods, or you can read it and it shows how badly Clay has done.

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:16:08 +0000

#28 sorry dude. that was a bit silly to post w/o a graphic organizer !

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By: Tom Waits

Tom Waits — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:11:57 +0000

27: Aaaaah! My eyes!

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:10:56 +0000

And yes, believe it or not, he has indeed been worse than PCL All Star Jack Cassell, Stauffer has had a fair season at the AAA level, while Tomko, even with his 5.50 era at the ML level : Look at these Hensley numbers at AAA 2 7 6.72 13 13 0 0 0 71.0 102 63 53 10 34 50 2.02 .333 Can it get any worse. His WHIP at Portland was 2 for crying out loud !!

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By: JP

JP — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:06:20 +0000

#21 You must have read my mind Clayton. At no time this year has Hensley been effective. Even when had one “quality” start or two he would still not have much command–it seemed like every start he would walk four of five guys.

I have seen so many Clay Hensley’s over the years, one good year and then then for some reason they are never effective again.No reason to worry though if he can’t make it back, the Pads have plenty coming up through the ranks that could step in.

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By: Ben B.

Ben B. — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:33:21 +0000

Kevin Goldstein’s prospect column at BPro mentions Jose Ceda of the Cubs as a breakout prospect this year. He struck out 66 in 46 1/3 inning in Low A, allowing only 14 hits. He was the guy traded for Todd Walker last year. We’re still a long, long way from regretting that trade because of Ceda’s performance, though.

Headley, Antonelli, and LeBlanc were the choices for the Padres’ breakout prospects.

http://www.baseballprospectus......cleid=6681
(no subscription required)

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By: Mark Ase

Mark Ase — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:29:51 +0000

So Ankiel and Glaus have both been on the juice lately...well HGH but let's not split hairs.....this is going to be interesting

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By: Brian G.

Brian G. — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:17:52 +0000

Geoff-

I’m “All Out of Love” for the fly beatz from AirSupplyBlog.com! Don’t let anyone tell you Captain and Tenille were better.

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By: UC Michael

UC Michael — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:14:05 +0000

At no point this year has Hensley pitched well. Many of his best performances came with a lot of hits/walks allowed, and suggest that he was fortunate to not allow more runs. I don’t know if he’s healthy or not, or whether his confidence is shot or not, but he shouldn’t be starting any more games in 2007, and arguably should just be shut down.

Give him a chance to get healthy and start from scratch in 2008, but let Cassel or a hopefully-fresh Tomko take the ball for the remainder of this year.

If Tomko/Cassel can pitch against the Pirates and Giants (as has been mentioned), we might win both of those games.

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