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Yoenis Cespedes Signing

Whoa...didn't see that coming. Always thought the Yankees would've signed him, but they backed out of the Yoenis pursuit early.

He'll be fun to follow. He has a knack of getting into the slot position early in his swing which gives him a longer area of impact and a ton of torque. Get your tape measures out.

 http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120213&content_id=26674580&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb

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Yoenis Cespedes Causing A New Cause And Effect Paradigm?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/WBC-scoop-du-jour/marlins-offering-yoenis-cespedes-contract-wednesday-113633526.html
 "We want him, but we don't need him," team president David Samson said, according to the site. "The difference is this: When you want a player, you aggressively go out and try to sign him. When you need him, that's when negotiations get very one-sided."

This quote of Miami Marlins' team president, David Samson, in today's Scoop Du Jour article in Yahoo! Sports gave me a thought provoking, head scratching moment this morning.<g>His baseball is a business philosophy, which is absolutely true, jumps out in this quote and collides against reality's basic needs versus our wants, desires, dreams, etc. In the real world, if a person doesn't have the basic needs of shelter, food, water, clothing, or a baby's need for nurturing....you die. All the rest is fluff.<bg>

Gearing Up For Life

Gearing up for what life pitches at us is better than rolling with the punches.

Amos Otis

50 Biggest Con Artists in Baseball History

By

Mark Miller

(Featured Columnist) on January 18, 2012

 http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1025709-50-biggest-con-artists-in-baseball-history/page/34

Five-time All-Star Amos Otis may have used illegal bats for the majority of his career, but at least he was willing to admit it:

I had enough cork and superballs in there to blow away anything. ... I had a very close friend who made the bats for me. He'd drill a hole down the barrel and stuff some superballs and cork in it. Then he put some sawdust back into the hole, sandpapered it down and added a little pine tar over the top of it. The bat looked brand new.

Jose Campos’ Mechanics Breakdown

Jose Vicente (Carnota) Campos

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.
Born: July 27, 1992 in La Guaira, VE (Age 19)
Minor League Service Time: 2 years

The Seattle Mariners traded Jose along with Michael Pineda last week to the New Yankees for Hector Noesi and Jesus Montero.  I’ve previously written scouting reports and mini mechanical breakdowns of Montero, Noesi, and Pineda. Now it’s time to take a good look at Campos…the only weak link in the chain.

Even though he is only 19 years old, I’ve spotted four major flaws in his delivery that will be extremely difficult to repair and/or overcome to become an innings eating starting pitcher for the New York Yankees in the future. These mechanical flaws will cause Jose to have major shoulder issues.

Due to this factor, I project Jose to be better suited to be a relief pitcher rather than a starter. The length of his career as a reliever will be dependent on the number of his game appearances in a season, the number of pitches he throws in an appearance, and the number of times he appears in relief in a series which will be very limited due to the extra recovery time he’ll need due to shoulder trauma.

A closer look at the mechanical problems…

He does not achieve maximum leg drive and begins his turn & arm action early.

His stride foot lands flat (sometimes on his heel) and fairly consistently open- negating his hip rotation.

His follow through is high -negating leverage especially on breaking pitches, but also affecting control accuracy and also, decreasing hip rotation even more.

His deceleration on his follow through-which is somewhat violent.

In short, I don’t see the easy motion some say he pitches with. Instead, I see someone who is throwing mostly with their arm, and will have a shortened career due to shoulder injuries from poor mechanics. I’ll let you be the judge on how this factors into the trade.
   http://nyyuniverse.com/mechanics-breakdown/jose-campos-mechanics-breakdown/#disqus_thread