Minor League Signings: Lawrence, Place, Salome
Baseball America's Matt Eddy tweets a few minor league signings of note:
The Angels released Virgil Vasquez and signed Brian Lawrence. Lawrence, 34, hasn't pitched in the Majors since '07. He racked up 142 2/3 innings for the Marlins Triple-A affiliate last year, posting a 4.42 ERA. Lawrence was a staple in the Padres' rotation from 2002-05, even winning...
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April 20, 2011
The Return of Angel Salome’s Name to Relevancy
Matt Eddy and Baseball America released their annual collection of minor league free agents yesterday – it’s a must bookmark for those who partake in organizational rosterbation. The offseason becomes officially underway once the legions of busted prospects pop up on the radar once again, if only to cause for great reminiscing about those who the game passed by. One of the names...
TWiP (9/2): Jenrry Mejia, Angel Salome, Brandon Laird, and More!
Welcome to the September 2, 2010 edition of This Week in Prospects! This will likely be the last edition in 2010 that features the current updates like this, as I’ll be using the next ten columns to unveil my Top 100 Prospect List.
This week is dominated by a couple of teams: New York teams, the Cubs, and the Phillies combine to account for eight of this week’s ten players...
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September 02, 2010
Angel Salome: Not a catcher; not getting any taller
Brewers catching prospect Angel Salome is apparently "no longer comfortable" behind the plate. That's bad news for any young backstop, but it's particularly bad for Salome.
Granted, there have been question marks about Salome's receiving skills from day one. The last two years, he has failed to throw out more than a quarter of would-be basestealers, and his...
Via The Hardball Times
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June 10, 2010
Catching prospect Salome requests change
Angel Salome was in a small group of the Brewers' top catching prospects, his absence this season to deal with emotional issues notwithstanding. All of a sudden, he's in a much larger pool of outfielders.
Via mlb.com
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June 09, 2010
Prospect Salome says he's 'struggling mentally'
Catching prospect Angel Salome, who left the Brewers' Class AAA Nashville affiliate to return home for the birth of a child, will not rejoin that club as had been planned.
Via Sports ? Brews ? JSOnline
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April 30, 2010
Odds & Ends: Mariners, Indians, Salome
Friday night linkage..
Rather than place Jesus Colome on waivers, the Mariners optioned Shawn Kelley to Triple-A Tacoma to make room for Cliff Lee. M's manager Don Wakamatsu told Ryan Divish of The News Tribune (via Twitter) that there was "not a chance" that Colome could have cleared waivers.
The Indians have called up righty Hector Ambriz, whom they selected...
Via *D MLB Trade Rumors
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April 30, 2010
Salome faces adversity on path to Crew
Angel Salome tweaked his left ankle on Tuesday, an injury that doesn't appear serious, but it's another roadblock on the Brewers catching prospect's recently bumpy road toward Milwaukee.
Via mlb.com
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March 17, 2010
The Disappearing Greinke-To-Brewers Rumor
Fox 6 in Milwaukee Tweeted this tonight: “Brewers supposedly sending Royals JJ Hardy, Manny Parra, Mat Gamel & Angel Salome !!! … We called Brewers GM Doug Melvin to either confirm or deny, but he’s not answering or responding right now.”
As a long-suffering Royals fan, you can imagine how I felt when I saw those [...]
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October 18, 2009
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October 18, 2009
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