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Unheralded

Tony Campana is center fielder and leadoff hitter for the Tennessee Smokies in the Southern League. As we approach the end of April, Campana sports the highest batting average (.403) on the winningest team (15-3) in the minor leagues. That he is starting his second full professional season in double A means that the organization [...]

Player value

Can Soriano or Fukudome be traded?
Following Tyler Colvin’s impressive spring performance, Lou Piniella has promised to steal three starts a week from Byrd and Fukudome and give them to Colvin. Xavier Nady, meanwhile, will replace Soriano from time to time. Truth be told–and the truth is seldom more than whispered when hefty contracts are in [...]

LBFC prospect rankings

I fancy myself a bit of a scout–a scout of the armchair, box-score persuasion, one who never set eyes on any of the players mentioned in this post unless they happened to be on WGN on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon in March.
The results of my scouting are tabulated, weekly during the season, in the [...]

Cubs, Dodgers 2008 baserunning

These are full-season numbers. The column groupings are explained here.

Cubs
1. 1st->3rd on single
2. score from 1st on double
3. score from 2nd on single
4. score from 3rd, < 2 out
5. score from 1st, 0 out
6. totals

Johnson
7
19
37%
4
8
50%
10
12
83%
13
17
76%
18
25
72%
52
81
64%

Theriot
11
22
50%
9
14
64%
16
21
76%
35
44
80%
26
63
41%
97
164
59%

DeRosa
6
27
22%
6
16
38%
12
20
60%
33
34
97%
22
50
44%
79
147
54%

Fukudome
7
23
30%
6
8
75%
14
18
78%
14
23
61%
18
41
44%
59
113
52%

Ramirez
6
19
32%
2
13
15%
9
19
47%
29
40
73%
25
49
51%
71
140
51%

Soriano
6
16
38%
2
4
50%
7
15
47%
25
32
78%
12
35
34%
52
102
51%

Fontenot
8
18
44%
1
4
25%
6
11
55%
11
13
85%
4
16
25%
30
62
48%

Edmonds
6
14
43%
2
5
40%
3
4
75%
9
16
56%
8
20
40%
28
59
47%

Lee
6
30
20%
6
14
43%
9
15
60%
23
31
74%
14
41
34%
58
131
44%

Soto
0
9
0%
6
11
55%
3
11
27%
13
18
72%
9
38
24%
31
87
36%

Totals:
557
1086
51.3%

Dodgers
1. 1st->3rd on single
2. score from 1st on double
3. score from 2nd on single
4. score from 3rd, < 2 out
5. score [...]