News and Notes

BA has their NWL Top 20 Prospects list out. Joe Panik was #4 and Jesus Galindo was #9. I was pleasantly surprised Galindo was that high. BA loves his speed. Compares him to Rickey Henderson. His bat from the left side made a lot of progress too. The scouts seem to think Panik can stay at SS where his bat would be a plus. It would be average at 2B.

Some love for Kendry Flores and Shawn Payne in the chat. They were both near misses. A bit of a downer on Chuckie Jones re. pitch recognition and catching up to good FB's.

No mention of the catching trio of Murray, Staley and Burkhart. They are old for the level, but I think they have hope of becoming reserves in MLB in the future.

Baggs is reporting that Buster Posey is starting to catch balls from the pitching machine in a crouch. That's great news! The plan is for Buster to be the starting catcher next season.