MadFriars' Daily Farm Report: May 9
The TinCaps' threw their first nine inning no hitter. It was the clubs second no hitter, with the first being a seven inning no hitter thrown by Simon Castro back in 2009. Not to be too overshadowed, Matt Andriese earned his fifth win of the year with another stellar performance.
Prospect Simon Castro Drawing Attention this Spring
Currently, and throughout at least the past year-or-so, the biggest name pitching prospects in the White Sox organization have been guys like Nestor Molina, Dylan Axelrod, Erik Johnson, and Jacob Petricka among others. And while they're all still doing well, one other name is quickly rising to their level: Simon Castro.
Castro, the 24 year-old 6'5 right hander...
Daily Friar 12.26.12
I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday spending time with friends and family. As expected the news was very quiet the past few days, which is why I took the couple of days off since it wouldn’t be much of anything. Today seems to be official announcement day for most teams as they are announcing moves that happened before Christmas. Among the official...
The 2012 Minor League Report – Week 10
The Toronto Blue Jays have two hitters currently at Triple-A that could make some noise the second half of the major league season and help fantasy owners out in their run to winning a league championship. Catcher Travis d’Arnaud has been on fire of late with a .409 batting average in his last 10 games with four home runs and 14 RBI. For the season, d’Arnaud is hitting .322...
2012 Top 20 Prospects – Chicago White Sox
It’s prospect season again. I’ve had my rankings listed on team pages, but have been horrible about keeping those up to date. As I mentioned on the pages, I’m looking at other rankings when I make mine (along with scouting reports and my own opinion). Second to last have the South-Siders – the White Sox.
For the top 20, I’ve listed them according to my ranking. I’ve...
White Sox 2012 5x5 Prospect Rankings
The Chicago White Sox farm system is easily the worst in baseball. A big part of the reason for their putrid system is that they've shied away from spending money in the draft. The old saying goes, you get what you pay for. In this case, the saying is correct.
Top 5 fantasy baseball prospects
1- Addison Reed, RP
Reed blew threw the minors last year starting the year...
Ventura surveying the pitching landscape
The second day of White Sox camp on Friday gave manager Robin Ventura a chance to see a few of the young arms acquired in offseason trades, such as Nestor Molina and Simon Castro.
Daily Friar 1.19.12
Woohoo!! We are exactly one month away from pitchers and catchers reporting to camp. Spring training is on the horizon and slowly but surely it is almost here. The Rangers will have one more arm in their rotation when they break camp in a month. Yesterday they signed the top foreign prize in Yu Darvish. 6 years, $60M on top of the $51.7M they had to pay to win rights to discuss...
Thoughts on losing Simon Castro
When the San Diego Padres acquired Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox, they gave up a couple of pitching prospects in Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez. We’ve already discussed the trade in general, so now let’s focus more on Castro.
Right hander Simon Castro was signed as an international free agent out of the Dominican Republic back in 2006. He was quite raw, obviously...
Making Sense of the Quentin Acquisition
The Padres acquired Carlos Quentin over the weekend by sending prospects Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez to the can-anyone-tell-if-they-are-actually-rebuilding White Sox. At first glance, the move doesn’t make much sense for the Padres. Quentin’s attributes may not translate to the spacious PETCO Park and he is about to enter his final year under team control. Further, the Padres...
Transaction Analysis: A Petco Precursor? by R.J. Anderson
Acquired OF-R Carlos Quentin from the White Sox for RHP Simon Castro and LHP Pedro Hernandez. [12/31]
Back in December 2007, then-Arizona general manager Josh Byrnes traded Quentin to the White Sox for Chris Carter. Now serving as the Padres’ main man, Byrnes has attempted to quench his lineup’s thirst for power by acquiring Quentin in a surprising deal...
Breaking Down The Carlos Quentin Trade
First things first – the Padres won this deal and it’s not close. They acquired Carlos Quentin, a right-handed power hitter who can get on base at an above-average clip, and surrendered to unspectacular prospects to get him. Let’s assume Quentin hits .260/.340/.500 through the middle of July of next season, but San Diego is 12 games back in the division and is...
Daily Friar 1.1.12
Here it is, the first Daily Friar of the new year. With the turn to a new calendar it brings exciting things into view for Padres baseball. After the Quentin trade yesterday, and whatever trades may come between now and the beginning of the season, I'm getting very excited about the upcoming season. Rest assured as well that you will have a Daily Friar to look at every...
Padres acquire outfielder Carlos Quentin from Chicago White Sox
PADRES PRESS RELEASEPadres acquire outfielder Carlos Quentin from Chicago White SoxSAN DIEGO -- The San Diego Padres today announced they have acquired outfielder Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for right-handed pitcher Simon Castro and left-handed pitcher Pedro Hernandez. Executive Vice President/General Manager Josh Byrnes made the announcement.
Quentin...
Castro, Hernandez continue trend for White Sox
The San Diego Padres have a lot better prospects than the two they traded to the White Sox -- at least seven of them, to be exact, according to Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus. But Ken Williams continued accomplishing one of his most important missions by getting power right-hander Simon Castro and command lefty Pedro Hernandez for Carlos Quentin.
Padres acquire Carlos Quentin
The San Diego Padres have acquired outfielder Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox for right-handed pitcher Simon Castro and lefty Pedro Hernandez.
Carlos Quentin, who has spent significant time in both outfield corners, enters his final year of arbitration. He’s estimated to make $7.5 million in 2012 before entering free agency in 2013, according to MLB Trade...
Padres acquire OF Quentin from White Sox
The San Diego Padres acquired outfielder Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox on Saturday in exchange for minor league pitchers Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez.
Padres acquire OF Quentin from Padres
The San Diego Padres acquired outfielder Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox for a pair of minor league pitchers.
Quentin spent the past four seasons with the White Sox, swatting 107 home runs during that span.
The 29-year-old Quentin batted .254 with 24 homers and 77 RBIs and 118 games last season.
He has a .252 career batting average with 121 homers and 383 RBIs in six...
FIRE SALE
Carlos Quentin traded to Padres
The White Sox showed they are rebuilding. They traded outfielder Carlos Quentin to the Padres for two minor league prospects.
Padres Acquire Outfielder Carlos Quentin
Press Release Provided by the San Diego Padres media department:
SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Padres today announced they have acquired outfielder Carlos Quentin from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for right-handed pitcher Simon Castro and left-handed pitcher Pedro Hernandez. Executive Vice President/General Manager Josh Byrnes made the announcement.
Quentin, 29, hit .254...
White Sox Trade Carlos Quentin to Padres to Continue Bizarre Offseason
On this New Year's Eve, we had some movement, as the Chicago White Sox have traded outfielder Carlos Quentin to the San Diego Padres for minor league pitchers Simon Castro and Pedro Hernandez. The move seems bizarre in the wake of the John Danks extension, but fits with the plan of "rebuilding" that Kenny Williams stressed as Chicago entered the offseason.
Quentin is...
San Diego Padres 2012 Top Prospects 16-20
We are proud to announce The San Diego Padres Top 30 Prospects for 2012. Peter Friberg has been studying minor league and amateur baseball players for nearly 10 years and has been writing about Padres minor leaguers for approximately eight. Peter has compiled his top 30 prospects in the Padres system for 2012 and this is our third installment featuring prospects 16-20
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Reaping What You Sow: San Diego Padres Top 10 Prospects
And so it begins. Today marks the first Top 10 prospect list offered here at The Outside Corner. If you didn't see the explanation of how this will work, please read the explanation here as things will look a little different.
A poor season in the NL West saw the Padres introduce a couple top prospects to the major leagues to mixed results (as if it would ever go perfectly...
Questions for Randy Smith – Texas League
In 2009 the Fort Wayne TinCaps were one of the best teams in the minor leagues winning 100 games behind a prospect laden team featuring Jaff Decker, Blake Tekotte, Simon Castro, Anthony Bass and Brad Brach.
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