MLB Prospect Watch

Prospect Potent Potables - Gillies, Pan-Am's, D-Backs

• The charges have been dropped against Phillies prospect Tyson Gillies, who was charged with cocaine possession in Florida earlier this summer, reports Todd Zolecki of MLB.com.
• The USA Royals, I mean USA Pan-Am Qualifying team led by many Royals prospects, continued its undefeated ways on Sunday behind 5 strong innings from Mike Montgomery and a home run by Eric Hosmer, says Dick Kaegel of MLB.com.
• Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic checks in with a minor league notebook on many of the Diamondbacks prospects, including updates on Bobby Borchering, Chris Owings, Pat Corbin, Wagner Mateo, Wade Miley, and David Holmberg.

 

Prospect Potent Potables - 5/20

Stephen Strasburg is still good, just in case you were wondering.

• Carlos Peguero is off to the start the Mariners have always expected from him, reports John Hickey for Baseball America, but keep him mind that he's 23-years-old and in Double-A, which is getting just old enough to take a grain of salt with his performance.
• Diamondbacks' pitcher Wes Roemer is heading to Triple-A, tweets Matt Eddy.  And speaking of D-Backs-related tweets, Jarrod Parker, the team's top prospect despite Tommy John surgery, says he will throw off a mound on Monday for the first time since the operation.  Isn't Twitter great?
• As Cody Overbeck is trying to prove to the Phillies, sometimes struggling is just a matter of being injured and not knowing it, says Lee Diekemper of MiLB.com.
• The Rangers' farm system is deep enough that Jamey Newberg of MLB.com found 10 non-fastball pitches worth talking about among their pitchers, and ranked them for us.  It's worth noting that if one pitcher has the 2nd and 4th best off-speed pitches in a system this deep (as Martin Perez does on this list) and also throws in the high 90's, then he might be pretty darn good.
• Edgar Osuna has to be having the best season of any player who was offered back to his old team after the Rule V draft (Atlanta), but was turned down and was allowed to stay with his even worse team (KC).  Not that that's a huge group.
• You probably thought it was over long ago, but just now is the Wagner Mateo saga is finally complete.

Making Moves - 4/26

• Bill Ladson of MLB.com has an update on Derek Norris' hand injury which led him to the 7-day DL.  Norris will head to Nationals' Extended Spring Training to rehab the hand and see how it reacts to game usage.
• The Colorado Rockies have some prospect injury news, as top pitching prospect Christian Friedrich is heading to the DL with soreness in his left (throwing elbow), reports Jack Etkin of Inside the Rockies.  This is the second time Friedrich has gone to the DL in his professional career because of his elbow.  The Rockies also had to put big league OF Brad Hawpe on the DL, and have recalled Eric Young, Jr. to take his place, reports Tracy Ringolsby, but Young still figured to be stuck on the bench behind Seth Smith.
• The Arizona Diamondbacks have signed Wagner Mateo, reports Future Redbirds.com.  Mateo, a free agent from the Dominican Republic, had previously signed with the St. Louis Cardinals for a $3.1 million bonus, but the contract was voided when Mateo's physical with the team revealed a degenerative eye condition.  The Diamondbacks signed Mateo for $500,000.