Brewers sign James Skelton to a Minor League deal
Left handed hitter James Skelton has agreed to a Minor League deal with the Milwaukee Brewers according to Matt Eddy of Baseball America.
Skelton has played seven Minor League seasons with the Tigers, Diamondbacks and Pirates. The catcher/ second baseman hit .280/.404/.389 with 3 HR's and 35 RBI's in 211 AB's with the Pirates Single-A and Double-A teams in 2010.
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March 01, 2011
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March 01, 2011
Discuss
Pirates sign James Skelton, release two players
Baseball America released their weekly minor league transactions today, with several transactions listed for the Pirates. Most of them we already knew about: the call-ups, players designated for assignment, and all of the other roster shuffling from the last week. However, there were a few moves announced that are new news.
First, the Pirates signed catcher James Skelton. Skelton...
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April 28, 2010
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April 28, 2010
Tigers trade James Skelton for Brooks Brown
The Tigers have sent James Skelton (or actually they just let the Diamondbacks keep him) to Arizona for Brooks Brown. Brown started at AA for the Diamondbacks last year and had a 4.18 ERA with 112 K's in 144 innings pitched. He'll be assigned to Erie to start the year. The right hander is 24 years old.
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April 06, 2009
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April 06, 2009
The Tigers might have some minor league catchers
Take 75 North runs down all of the catching roster moves that took place in the wake of the Pudge Rodriguez trade. The Tigers organizational catching situation has been described as barren, and that's not quite fair. There are a couple intriguing prospects who are worth following as they will now be tested [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Tigers might have some minor...
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August 01, 2008
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August 01, 2008
Detroit Tigers Weblog Live 12.12.08
Wrapping up the winter meetings?
In this episode I talk of disappointment with the Matt Joyce trade and why I don?t think Edwin Jackson is the guy to get. I also talk about how James Skelton shouldn?t have been left exposed in the Rule 5 draft. I speculate about whether or not the failed auto loan [...]
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December 14, 2008
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December 14, 2008
Winter meetings end with a bang (my head against the wall)
Things started out so promising with the acquisitions of Gerald Laird and Adam Everett. And they end so disappointingly with the loss of James Skelton and Matt Joyce. To be fair the Skelton thing was set in motion weeks ago when the Tigers chose not to protect a young athletic lefty catcher with a 416 [...]
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December 11, 2008
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December 11, 2008
Tuesday news and notes
With last weeks Top 25 prospects countdown I have pushed back the normal Monday and Tuesday articles to next week since there was a bunch of stuff that didn’t get mentioned that should have.
Some sad news in the baseball world as Billings Mustangs pitching coach and former MLB pitcher Bob Forsch passed away on Thursday night. The Billings Gazette has some more on Forsch, who...
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November 08, 2011
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November 08, 2011
Daily Linking - 8/26
Links of note, or stuff I find interesting, or stuff I think you might find interesting
Tigers to try Larish at third - Jeff Larish heads to the Arizona Fall League to work on fielding the hot corner. Smart move since he's effectively blocked at first base. At the very least maybe he increases [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Daily Linking - 8/26", url: "http...
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August 26, 2008
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August 26, 2008
Links and things
- Brandon Jones, who was DFA'd on Sunday, has cleared waivers and has been assigned to AAA-Indianapolis. If Jones stays off the 40-man roster for the remainder of the season, he will become a minor league free agent at the end of the year.- The Pirates have signed James Skelton to a minor league deal. Skelton is a 24 year old left-handed hitting catcher who also plays some second...
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April 28, 2010
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April 28, 2010
Junkballing: Booing, Injuries, Waivers and Minors
A hodgepodge of all the stuff that went down this week that just didn't fit anywhere else:
Much ado about a boo
A lot of disgruntled fans did a lot of booing this week. Gary Sheffield received his share when culmination about frustration with his production collided with Sheff being Sheff. That was noisy, but [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Junkballing: Booing, Injuries...
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August 14, 2008
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August 14, 2008
Minor League Game Review – 8/8/11
8/8 Game Review
Louisville lost 11-3. Box Score
Juan Francisco went 1-4 with a double.
Denis Phipps went 1-3 with a walk and solo HR(10).
David Cook went 1-4 with a double.
Michael Griffin went 1-4 with a double and a run.
Nick Christiani, Tom Cochran and Brad Boxberger each threw a hitless inning of relief with a combined 5 strikeouts.
Game notes: Denis Phipps is up to .355/.394...
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August 09, 2011
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August 09, 2011
New Poll + links
New poll in the sidbar: How has the first 21 (or so) games affected your outlook for 2010?
After a rough start last night, Kevin Hart was placed on the minor league disabled list with biceps tendinitis (Jen Langosch).
Sarah needs your help telling off Dodger fans this weekend (Black and Gold Tchotchkes).
The Pirates signed James Skelton, a Rule 5 of the Diamondbacks (who was eventually...
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April 29, 2010
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