Mar 07 2006 05:49 PM
What he looks like, in case he wanders down your street.
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Adopted: Drew Butera
| OlerudOwned Mar 07 2006 05:45 PM |
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Andrew Butera, catcher taken in the 5th round of the '05 draft, will be my first adoptee. He's a U. of Central Florida product, a Johnny Bench Award (top college catcher) semifinalist. His dad is Sal Butera, a ML catcher for most of the 80s.
He spent his fall in an Instructional League working on the adjustment from college ball. Scouts like his arm from home, with one saying, "his quick release on throws to second base is a sight to behold." Oddly enough, just today Drew was reassigned from Mets spring camp to a minor leauge camp. *EDIT*-I'm new to HTML tables. Any way to get rid of that huge gap from text to table? Thanks.
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| OlerudOwned Mar 07 2006 05:49 PM |
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What he looks like, in case he wanders down your street.
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| Edgy DC Mar 07 2006 07:05 PM |
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He looks like a Drew.
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| OlerudOwned Mar 07 2006 07:14 PM |
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[quote="Edgy DC":2leiph3k]He looks like a Drew. I fixed up the table. Just a matter of not putting returns between the lines of code.[/quote:2leiph3k]Aha. Thanks edgy.
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| MFS62 Mar 09 2006 11:29 AM |
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Does he have any witnesses?
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| OlerudOwned Apr 08 2006 04:58 PM |
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Drew starts the '06 season as the starting catcher for Hagerstown.
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| OlerudOwned May 06 2006 09:09 PM |
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As for his heralded defense, I can't seem to dig up much other than the fact that he has 3 errors. Hopefully Drew can right the ship before backup Rafael Arroyo turns up the heat on him. EDIT: Damn, that picture is bigger than it was on the Suns website.
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| OlerudOwned Jun 14 2006 02:24 PM |
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As mentioned by FK in the Suns thread, Drew's bat finally awoke from it's pretty much pro-career-long slumber.
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| OlerudOwned Jul 20 2006 06:09 PM |
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Maybe it was a fluke.
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| OlerudOwned Aug 19 2006 11:18 AM |
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Drew's back into a big funk
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| Edgy DC Aug 19 2006 11:51 AM |
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Don't give up on us baby; we can still come through.
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| OlerudOwned Oct 30 2006 05:44 PM |
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With a wake-up call from the Prospect Thread on the Baseball Forum, here's the end-of-season update on Drew.
Not exactly a leap foward. But, when you're a prospect, baseball season never ends. Right now, Drew is in the reincarnated Hawaii Winter Baseball league, playing for the North Shore Honu. (Other Mets playing for North Shore are Blake Eager, Bobby Parnell (JD), Mike Carp (MFS), and my other prospect, Dustin Martin). Unfortunately, it's been more of the same in Hawai'i.
That 0 BB/11 K thing is especially icky. Maybe Drew could benefit from a trip to Michael Barrett Baseball Camp.
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| OlerudOwned Mar 31 2007 12:26 PM |
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Looking at Drew's end-of-the-season line in Hawaii, I initially thought he made a bit of a forward leap when I saw .271/.321.
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| OlerudOwned May 23 2007 09:14 PM |
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Butera Comes Alive!
The walk/strikeout ratio and extra-base hits are especially encouraging.
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| Rockin' Doc May 27 2007 10:09 PM |
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His line in St. Lucie isn't great, but it definitely represents a step in the right direction. I hope he continues to improve as the year progresses.
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| Edgy DC May 27 2007 10:39 PM |
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Considering how this organization has been fumbling catching prospects in recent years, I'd say it's great news.
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| OlerudOwned Jun 24 2007 11:25 AM |
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Drew's been impressing in St. Lucie, and he's gotten the call up to Bingo. Atta boy.
Not too shabby. He's only got two games played so far in Binghamton, so I won't update there yet.
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| Johnny Dickshot Jun 28 2007 06:40 PM |
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That's good news. I have no idea who next year's guy is gonna be.
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| OlerudOwned Jul 30 2007 02:35 PM |
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My nest has been emptied in one fell swoop.
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| OlerudOwned Feb 24 2008 11:28 AM |
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http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/art ... p&c_id=min
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