MLB Prospect Watch

Making Moves - 5/24

• Derek Norris of the Washington Nationals will be about a week with a concussion, tweets Bill Ladson.
• We already told you about Nick Weglarz promotion to Triple-A.  Taking his place on the Akron roster in Double-A will be Alex White, the Indians
• ' first-round draft pick from 2009, reports Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com.
• Donavan Tate is playing every day in Padres' extended spring training and will begin his professional career officially when the Northwest League starts in June, says Corey Brock of MLB.com.
• Zach Braddock was promoted to Milwaukee one day after his minor league teammate Jonathan Lucroy got the call, report Adam McCalvy and Jordan Schelling of MLB.com.
• Arodis Chapman's next start has been pushed back, reports Mark Sheldon of MLB.com, but the Reds have not announced when that start will be.  His next start was originally scheduled for today.
• Marlins' fans want to know when Mike Stanton will be called-up, and Joe Frisaro of MLB.com suggests that it will be at least until June, but could be longer as Stanton is just 20-years old and still has less than a full year of Double-A under his belt.
• Daniel Moskos is having success in his new role as a closer, reports Ron Musselman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.  The money quote - "I think the bullpen is a good fit for him" courtesy of Altoona pitching coach Tim Filer.  It's not Filer's fault, but news flash for the Pirates...Clemson thought so too.

Link: Pirates' Moskos Finally Back to the Bullpen?

In the same article that discussed Pedro Alvarez's off-season workout, Dejan Kovacevic also mentions that former 1st round draft pick Daniel Moskos (you know, the guy the Pirates took instead of Matt Wieters) will be moving back to the bullpen which Pirates' Director of Player Development Kyle Stark says is being done in an attempt to expedite his arrival in the major leagues.

What Stark fails to mention is that Moskos should have been in the bullpen all along, considering he was a reliever at Clemson, and the only reason he was starting in the first place was for the Pirates to justify the pick.

New Player Pages Added

The following player pages have been added to MLB Prospect Watch.  Player pages can contain scouting reports, rankings, and player videos.

• Tim Alderson
• Deolis Guerra
• Gorkys Hernandez
• Brad Holt
• Zach McAllister
• Daniel Moskos
• Luis Perez
• Jose Tabata
• Michael Taylor
• Ruben Tejada
• Josh Thole

Best and Worst from 6/16

BEST

• Freddie Freeman (ATL) - 2-3, 2 HR, batting .301
• Mike Moustakas (KC) - 3-6, 2B, batting .273
• Jemile Weeks (OAK) - 2-4, HR, batting .391
• Michael Taylor (PHI) - 2-4, 2B, 3B, batting .335
• Pedro Alvarez (PIT) - 2-4, 2 HR, batting .233
• Tim Beckham (TB) - 2-4, 2B, batting .294
• Jhoulys Chacin (COL) - 7 1/3 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 10 K/1 BB, 3.07 ERA
• Tim Alderson (SF) - 7 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 5 K/2 BB, 1.82 ERA

WORST

• Brett DeVall (ATL) - 6 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 5 K/3 BB, 2.77 ERA
• Daniel Moskos (PIT) - 5 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 0 K/4 BB, 4.17 ERA
• Will Inman (SD) - 7 IP, 6 H, 5 ER, 4 K/2 BB, 6.21 ERA

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• Lars Anderson (BOS) - 3-4, batting .269
• Jordan Walden (LAA) - 6 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3 R (1 ER), 6 K/3 BB, 4.06 ERA
• Neftali Feliz (TEX) - 6 1/3 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 3 K/0 BB, 4.04 ERA

Best and Worst from 6/10

BEST

• Xavier Avery (BAL) - 5-5, 2 2B, HR, batting .310
• Jake Smolinski (FLA) - 2-4, 2 HR, batting .267
• Ike Davis (NYM) - 2-5, HR, batting .286
• Austin Romaine (NYY) - 2-5, HR, batting .290
• Alex Liddi (SEA) - 3-4, 2B, HR, batting .333
• Buster Posey (SF) - 2-4, HR, batting .311
• Jason Knapp (PHI) - 7 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 6 K/0 BB, 3.92 ERA

WORST

• Casey Kelly (BOS) - 5 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 4 K/0 BB, 3.78 ERA
• Amaury Rivas (MIL) - 5 IP, 10 H, 4 ER, 2 K/1 BB, 3.67 ERA

OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

• Christian Friedrich (COL) - 7 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 6 K/1 BB, 2.70 ERA
• Daniel Moskos (PIT) - 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 K/1 BB, 3.94 ERA
• Mat Latos (SD) - 5 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 3 H/2 BB, 0.79 ERA
• Tim Alderson (SF) - 5 2/3 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 5 K/1 BB, 2.20 ERA