My Week in Sarasota (FSL and a little GCL thrown in)

Before I start, I want to thank Dan Wolfert (GM Sarasota Reds) and Joe Ayrault (Manager Sarasota Reds) for their time, support, and wisdom while I was visiting this past week. I really enjoyed my week at the ballpark. I also want to make clear that the opinions expressed here are mine and mine alone and I’m not a scout or a baseball “insider”…the views expressed are mine and mine alone based on what I saw last week (and also colored by what I saw from some of the same players last year when they were playing in Dayton). They’re more of a “snapshot” than any type of scouting report. I’m also writing this report without going back and looking back at box scores, etc; simply going off the notes that I scribbled down while watching the games. Sarasota Reds - Future of: It’s still up in the air. The gist of what I’m getting is that one of three things will happen. The Pirates buy the Florida State League franchise and move it ...