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Longest Average HR Distance,2011 Season, Min. 6 HR: Mike Stanton 425.4 FT; Justin Upton 424.9; Matt Kemp 412.4; Miguel Cabrera 411.4Also, how bad are the Mets? Seriously, who gives up a go-ahead RBI single to a relief pitcher(!) with 28 career PAs (and one career hit)? Read more...
Florida Marlins’ Burke Badenhop aims for roster spot, movie script, by Manny Navarro (Miami Herald):
The 28-year old right hander not only wants to cement his spot in the Marlins bullpen this spring, he's also hoping to go Hollywood soon, too. An aspiring script writer, Badenhop said he and friend Kris Braun, the 31-year old son of an agent, are collaborating on a screenplay they hope to pitch in the not-so-distant future.Where have we read this before...
They already have a connection: Marlins equipment manager John Silverman, who knows the agent of comedian Will Ferrell. Badenhop said he can't divulge the premise of his screenplay, but it's a comedy.
"Some guys play video games, I’m trying to write a movie," said Badenhop, who graduated from Bowling Green with a degree in economics and whose favorite movies are Superbad, Dumb and Dumber and Major League.
He should get plenty of opportunities this week as the Marlins look to trim their roster. At 32 he is the second-oldest of the 13 infielders on the team. The only older player in that group is Wes Helms, 34, who has been with Florida the past three seasons.Florida Marlins' Emilio Bonifacio is adjusting to role as Mr. Fill-In by Manny Navarro:
Emilio Bonifacio believes he's going to be an everyday player again in the major leagues.Marlins' sloppy play sets off Gaby Sanchez, by Ted Hutton (Sun Sentinel):
Marlins manager Edwin Rodriguez and hitting coach John Mallee believe he will, too. But until that day comes — when Bonifacio proves his bat can be just as consistent as his glove — the Marlins' speediest player said he will happily continue to serve as Mr. Fill-In.
"I've always been an everyday player, so in the beginning I was kind of uncomfortable with this job last year," Bonifacio said. He started 106 games for the Marlins in 2009, then worked his way up from the minors last season and became the team's utility player.
"We embarrassed the Marlins today. It was just bad baseball, awful baseball," Sanchez said after the Marlins made five errors in the first four innings in a listless 10-0 loss to the Mets at Digital Domain Park. [ed.: How adorable that he's upset. Someone give Gaby a hug.]Bonus Mets Content! Ronny Paulino finally expected to arrive at Mets' camp Saturday, by D.J. Short (HardballTalk)
According to Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, Ronny Paulino finally made it to the United States today after an extended delay due to visa issues in his native Dominican Republic.
Paulino, who signed a one-year, $1.3 million contract with the Mets over the winter, is expected to report to camp tomorrow.
Ed. note: Every spring, in order to avoid repeating the same rehashed story lines, beat writers for every major league team write 300-word profiles of a whole host of new faces invited to Spring Training. These stories run the gamut from retreads hoping to extend their career one more year to marginal minor league prospects to new free-agent signees getting comfortable with their new teammates. Most of these stories are forgettable, but will give the reader at least one interesting anecdote or point of view. Every week of Spring Training, we'll be posting the best or most interesting of these stories from the Miami Herald, Sun Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, and other news outlets for your weekend reading pleasure.
Burke Badenhop, Brian Sanches battle for final spot in Florida Marlins' bullpen, by Joe Capozzi (Palm Beach Post):
He got married, helped a friend write a book about financial planning and started co-writing a movie screenplay with his agent. ("It's a comedy," he said, "so if the Farrelly brothers are out there listening, we'd love to have a shot.")Bullpen prospect Jennings "mentally past" 2010 drug suspension, by Juan C. Rodriguez (Sun-Sentinel):
"It was something you would never think [was banned]," said Jennings, no relation to the club's vice president of player personnel of the same name. "I bought it, took it for a month, ran out, bought it again, and two months later…that's what happens. I'm not going to say I was stupid, but I wasn't smart. For me to find out there was something banned in it would have taken probably a couple of hours of research. You have to go through the ingredients and find all the different names that the ingredient has. Ingredient A, you add a tiny bit of something else, it becomes ingredient AXY."Time is now for Florida Marlins’ Nunez to show his pitch, by Manny Navarro (Miami Herald):
It was the new pitch he was supposed to use last season to keep hitters from sitting on his 96-mile per hour fastball and change-up.Skipworth developing slowly but surely, by Joe Frisaro (mlb.com):
But before Leo Nunez really developed the confidence to use a slider last season, the Giants’ Aaron Rowand crushed it.
Skipworth's development hasn't always gone smoothly. At low Class A Greensboro last year, he batted .249 with 17 homers and 59 RBIs. He struck out 132 times in 397 at-bats.Read more...
Skipworth gained some more seasoning in the Arizona Fall League, where he appeared in 15 games and hit .267 with three homers and 12 RBIs in 60 at-bats.
"In hindsight, I feel I'm in a really good spot," he said. "I feel really good. My body feels good. I feel real good in the development standpoint, because I feel I've gained an immense amount of knowledge. From my first camp until now, it's a night-and-day difference"
It's the stirrups, obvi. Hopper threw three scoreless innings of relief tonight, further strengthening his spot in GameFish's heart. But I just dig his style. Now if only the Marlins' uniforms had striped stirrups...
Welcome back, now can we please keep Emilio Bonifacio out of the outfield?
Dan Uggla made history as he reached 100 career home runs in the quickest time by a second baseman (502 games).
Pitcher Burke Badenhop, who saved the day with his five scoreless innings in relief, has made all of us here at MDH proud, as he continues to wear the classic stirrups and was featured in this morning's UniWatch post.
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | PC-ST | ERA | |
| 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 81-53 | 4.97 |
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