Insider Mariners' Ramirez has No. 2 starter potential
Juan Ramirez (also known as J.C. Ramirez) is one of the Mariners' top pitching prospects and a sort of white whale for me; I chased him for a good par…
Insider Giants' Sanchez needs to pitch inside
Lefty Jonathan Sanchez threw for San Francisco on Sunday in a somewhat wind-powered game. He showed average stuff but nothing plus -- an 88-92 mph fas…
Insider Giants lefty Bumgarner still a top-10 prospect
Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner threw three innings in his first minor league appearance of the spring Thursday, shutting down Oakland's AA club …
Insider Santana, Sipp impress, but not Huff
More notes from Cleveland's minor league side … • Cleveland lefty David Huff had a chance to win a rotation spot this spring -- and i…
Insider A look at Indians' Class A prospects
Notes from a day with Cleveland's A-ball kids: • Cleveland left-hander Kelvin de la Cruz threw three innings in an A-ball game Tuesday, wo…
Insider Assessing three teenaged Rangers pitchers
Notes from high-A and low-A spring training games between the Rangers and the White Sox: • Texas right-hander Wilfredo Boscan pitched in t…
Insider McCarthy shows enough to earn a spot
Notes from Peoria, Ariz., and another bad Padres loss … • Brandon McCarthy threw four no-hit innings and seems to have locked up a rotatio…
Insider Command eludes Scherzer in spring debut
Diamondbacks right-hander Max Scherzer made his first start of the spring Tuesday and was knocked out after two-thirds of an inning, although he gave …
Insider Rangers' Kiker has attacking style on mound
Notes from a recent "B" game and batting practice in Surprise, Ariz.: • Kasey Kiker was the Rangers' first-round pick in the 2006 draft, g…
Insider Padres' Young isn't quite up to speed
Friday's matchups around Phoenix were mostly duds. I ended up at the White Sox/Padres game in Peoria, where Chris Young started for San Diego and bega…