Also of interest... 07/11/2007 11:35 PM ET ..."Santos emerges as home run king... Fisher Cats shortstop tops Mets' Stewart in final round" ...By Evan Mohl / MLB.com&fext=.jsp   http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070711&content_id=273453&vkey=news_milb

Starner has the typical fastball, curve ball change up repertoire.  His fastball is average (I consider 87-90 average at this level) and his curveball and change up are also about average.  He really doesn't have a plus pitch, so he is going to live and die by location of his pitches and working low in the zone.  His delivery allows him to hide the ball and I think hitters may have a tough time picking up his release point.  He told me he has thrown like that his entire life and he hasn't really had any arm issues.  If I was a scout, I would have shyed away from him though.  That may be why he was signed as a free agent and wasn't drafted.

Unfortunately I was right about Cheng, but I'm hoping when he returns from his shoulder rehab that he will actually be a better pitcher.  He always worked off his curveball and had very, very poor control of his fastball.  Perhaps he will work off his fastball more when he returns and worry more about his location than he did.  Last year in casual conversation he had said that he would throw 200 to 250 pitches in his sides in Taiwan.  I was shocked when I heard that, but I believe that is how pitchers are developed in the Asia / Pacific area.  I heard on the radio this winter when everyone was going crazy for Matsuzaka that he would throw that many pitches in a side as well.  There was also a story that Matsuzaka would throw a nine inning game and then go throw another 75 to 100 pitches in a pen afterwards.  I don't know how true that is, but it sounds like that may be how Asian pitchers are groomed. 

Carnline has 7 K's right?  74, seems a little bit high for the number of innings pitched.

Does anybody know if he's done his suspension yet?