{"id":4614,"date":"2011-08-23T15:48:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T20:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2011-08-23T16:43:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T21:43:15","slug":"minor-league-links-bauer-odorizzi-viciedo-and-nimmo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/archives\/4614","title":{"rendered":"Minor League Links: Bauer, Odorizzi, Viciedo and Nimmo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Currently ripping through Minor League hitters, Trevor Bauer<\/a><\/strong> is on the fast track to the Show.\u00a0 The best pitcher in college baseball in 2011, Bauer features three plus pitches (fastball, curve and changeup) and possesses the ability to work deep into games.\u00a0 The third-overall selection by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Bauer fanned 17 hitters and allowed just seven hits over nine innings at High-A Visalia before he was promoted to Double-A Mobile.\u00a0 There it has been more of the same: two starts, eight hits and 17 strikeouts in 10 innings.\u00a0 With the mechanics, repertoire and competitiveness that draw comparisons to Tim Lincecum<\/a><\/strong>, Kevin Goldstein wonders if Bauer is \u201cThe Next Freak?\u201d<\/a> (*Baseball Prospectus subscription required)<\/p>\n

Considering that Bauer was considering the most Big-League-ready pitcher in this year\u2019s draft, and given his rapid ascent through the Minors, many baseball writers and scouts believe that the right-hander is poised for a September call-up.\u00a0 Over at Fangraphs, Jack Moore argues that Bauer can make an immediate impact and that the Diamondbacks should call him up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a recent installment of \u201c9 Innings,\u201d<\/a> Greg Schaum of Pine Tar Press sat down with Royals\u2019 pitching prospect Jake Odorizzi<\/a><\/strong> to pick his brain.\u00a0 Odorizzi discusses the adjustments he\u2019s had to make between levels, emotions associated with being traded, and his workout routine in the off-season and between starts.<\/p>\n

My favorite MiLB writer, John Sickels, continued to review his pre-season Top 20 organizational prospects by reflecting on the White Sox farm system<\/a>.\u00a0 Suffice it to say, my favorite team\u2019s system is depleted and pretty unimpressive.<\/p>\n

Speaking of the White Sox, with Carlos Quentin<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s shoulder injury\u2014not to mention his inability to play with even the slightest amount of pain\u2014Larry from South Side Sox writes that \u201cIt\u2019s Still Time for Viciedo,\u201d<\/a> who, in my opinion, should have been recalled well over a month ago.<\/p>\n

One of the most intriguing prospects in this year\u2019s MLB Draft is Brandon Nimmo<\/a><\/strong>, who was selected by the Mets in the 13th<\/sup>-round to become the first-ever first-round selection out of Wyoming.\u00a0 Coming from a high school that lacked a baseball team, Nimmo established himself as a top-prospect thanks to a remarkable season for his American Legion team.\u00a0 With a projectable frame and great, raw athleticism, Mets 360 wonders if Nimmo is the next Josh Hamilton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

*Golden Sombrero update: On Monday night, Nimmo fanned in all four at-bats and is now 3-for-15 (all singles) in his budding, professional career.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Currently ripping through Minor League hitters, Trevor Bauer is on the fast track to the Show.\u00a0 The best pitcher in college baseball in 2011, Bauer features three plus pitches (fastball, curve and changeup) and possesses the ability to work deep into games.\u00a0 The third-overall selection by the Arizona Diamondbacks, Bauer fanned 17 hitters and allowed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1300,6,16,9,11,13,10,14],"tags":[2172,509,2572,694,264,1271,1534,2627,62,302,580,196,2369,2626,2628],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4614"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4619,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4614\/revisions\/4619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thegoldensombrero.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}