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Mitch Lukevics on Matt Gorgen:

"He needs to quiet down his delivery -- [have] a little more consistent delivery -- which will equal throwing quality strikes," Lukevics said. "And there's a difference between a strike and a quality strike, and I think Matt will have that opportunity to improve that in the Arizona Fall League."

"The first thing is he has a plus fastball and a plus slider," Lukevics said. "But the location of those two pitches is everything. With him, improving that and working on a changeup to help his repertoire, that's going to really help him in the long run."

"That's to be seen," Lukevics added. "And I say that because he has good enough stuff, but will the lessons be learned with his delivery and with throwing quality strikes? That's going to determine really what type of pitcher he will be in the future."

Source: mlb.com

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No, I don't think he needs three

but it can’t hurt. Plus, even if the third is just is a get over type pitch to go with 2 plus pitches, that would be great.

by ReyL on Oct 14, 2009 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

A quote about Beckham in that piece also.
“He’s improved quite a bit from [rookie-level] Princeton,” Lukevics noted. “He’s still got improvement to go, but him and [Class A Bowling Green coach] Hector Torres worked really every day on the basics of fielding and throwing from his position. He wasn’t there primarily to hit, although he got some at-bats. Our main focus for him was to help him in the field.”

by R.J. Anderson on Oct 14, 2009 8:44 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Other players on the team are:

Pitchers Mitch Talbot,Paul Phillips, and Heath Rollins, Organizational Defensive Player of the Year Catcher Nevin Ashley, shortstop Shawn O’ Malley, and Cody Cipriano who will be trying his hand in the outfield.

In the Venezuelan League, Leonas Del Caracas features Jason “Strandman” Cromer, Calvin Medlock, personal favorite Rayner Oliveros, Jose Lobaton, Ruggiano

Navagantes del Magallanes- Alex Torres, Carlos Hernandez,

Tiburones de La Guaira – Dioner Navarro

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 14, 2009 8:58 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I hope "Tiburones de la Guaira" translates to

“Where ball players go to learn how to be janitors”

Get well soon DM

by Sandy Kazmir on Oct 14, 2009 9:03 PM EDT up reply actions   2 recs

Don't give up

K Rate didn’t get worse in AA. . Lets see how he does in 2010 before dismissing him for 166 PA.

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 14, 2009 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Double for Cody!

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by FreeZorilla on Oct 14, 2009 10:58 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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