Where Are They Now?

Originally appearing on the Newberg Report subscription list on August 10: The post-Ranger performances of players traded last summer: TRADED FOR BENJIE MOLINA ON JULY 1 RHP Michael Main Injuries continue to plague the 24th-overall pick from the 2007. After five dreadful starts in AA (13.83 ERA, 37 baserunners in 13.2 innings), Main missed the rest of 2010 with a hip injury. He began 2011 back in high-A, where he pitched well twice before hitting the DL yet again with rotator cuff tendinitis (an injury that also hampered his junior year of high school). In 26 innings since a mid-June return, Main has since produced an 8.31 ERA with equally poor peripherals. Lately, he's pitched out of the bullpen. Main will be eligible for the Rule 5 draft unless the Giants protect him on the 40-man roster. They won't. Here's a Baseball America feature on Main ten months before the draft and a couple of years after BA named him the best 15-year-old player in the U.S. What if...