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  1. jkcarew
    Not a fan at all of drafting first-basemen in the first couple of rounds. If they’ve been forced to 1B as amateurs…that pretty much leaves DH and 1B as MLB options…and the hitting bar to move the MLB needle at those positions is extremely high. If you think he’s a truly rare amateur talent with the bat in his hands…(or if they happen to be playing 1B for some reason other than positional inflexibility)…there will be some exceptions. I don’t really see that with this group.
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    He was a “we’re smarter than everyone else” pick. Very good frame, bat speed and athleticism. Hit tool was highly questioned from day one. Not as heavily scouted as most top guys as he was late to the showcase circuits. Hit tool never showed, even a little bit. Honestly, the promotion this year to A+ was a pure gift. Probably indicating that he was a good soldier. But as another group of draft picks and international signings hit, promotions will continue, and he just can’t eat up a spot anymore.
  3. jkcarew
    I think there was one day. One…where our 3 top prospects were all playing. Sigh.
  4. jkcarew
    It’s a comical proposal for a rental…and one who is merely good, not great.
  5. jkcarew
    The only reason he wasn’t a top 100 is that he was just drafted last year, and he wasn’t drafted in the first round. The top 100 is always going to be made up of ‘demonstrated’ minor-league outperformers (including the international players)…with a smattering of the recent year’s first-round picks. Keaschall has done nothing but rake since he showed up…and continues to rake and demonstrate great control of the strike zone after the promotion to AA. He’s EXACTLY the type of guy who breaks into the top 100 every year.
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    The wind has died down quite a bit…and the humidity should help keep the ball in the park…but it’s no match for this pitching.
  7. jkcarew
    Might think about stringing a net around the outfield before someone in the bleachers gets seriously hurt.
  8. jkcarew
    With the new rules…a catcher is never going out unless told to do so by the bench.
  9. jkcarew
    I hope the complimentary piece on TD doesn’t doom SWR tonight. They usually do. The good news is that it seems to work the other way as well…for instance, discussing the ‘overratedness’ of Correa on the day he begins an 8-10 streak. In the interests of everyone concerned, I’d like to see way more articles ripping players and management here.
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    It’s never going to happen…but if it were left to purely baseball considerations, I’d move the complex to Arizona in a heartbeat. The schedules are ridiculous in Florida. This year is worse than normal…but not that much worse. Always an issue. Also…what’s the explanation for some complex teams playing 9-inning games and some only 7-inning games (talking about 7-inning games that are NOT make-up games)??
  11. jkcarew
    You lost me after ‘de’.
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    Ramon de Dioblo
  13. jkcarew
    I would fine my pitcher for throwing anything in the K zone to Buxton with less than ball 3. But….yes!!
  14. jkcarew
    It was Joaquin Andujar that hurt.
  15. jkcarew
    Clobberization = Exit Velocity x Launch Angle I had to look it up.
  16. jkcarew
    My favorite (not) feature of the patented Rocco batting order is his insistence on alternating righties and lefties….only to replace the the lefties as soon as a left-handed pitcher enters. What’s the point when you know you’re just going to yank the left-handed hitter anyway? How about just optimizing the order for the starter??
  17. jkcarew
    He’d be a good fit if you could get him at a reasonable cost. But you won’t be able to get him at a reasonable cost. A lot of his numbers suggest he’s an ‘old’ 30…still, somebody’s going to give him more…probably significantly more…than 3 years. Much more likely that they hand the primary 1B role to Miranda, Julien, or Kirilloff…depending on who makes the stronger case between now and then.
  18. jkcarew
    I can see him being considered overrated given all the attention and accolades surrounding his and the Astros accomplishments…and the subsequent controversy. Also, the Astros success without him…and probably a smidgin of contract envy from some mixed in there. But it’s not because he isn’t objectively very good. Because he is.
  19. jkcarew
    What was the Twins record vs the Yankees in 2023 when the Yankees were not great…and the Twins were a little better than they have been in 2024? 4-3 Twins. This year, the Yankees are a completely different team…demolishing pretty much everybody…and the Twins are moderately worse than last year. Result: 0-6. Would it really matter to people if it was 1-5 instead? Why? What have the Twins done this year against Baltimore and Cleveland…the two next-best teams (record-wise) they’ve played this year? 0-8. It’s not a jinx…it’s not “choking”. It’s nothing more than the Yankees being WAY WAY better than the Twins. Once again. No wishing, hoping, knashing of teeth, rearranging of deck chairs, or voodoo, stands a chance in the face of this indisputable, harsh reality.
  20. jkcarew
    Rocco doing what he can to set up the save situation for Duran.
  21. jkcarew
    On the topic of rain… Wouldn’t it make sense for the teams based in Florida to pool capital to build 2 or 3 cheap, bare-bones indoor game facilities? With all the summer rain in Florida, the complex league schedules…compressed as they are, are really challenged. It just seems like an unnecessary challenge and disadvantage relative to the Arizona league.
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    Well…the Rockies give up an average of 5.62 runs a game, so…if we had just been average offensively, we would have… been the first team ever to win a game by .62 runs. Sadly, we won’t get to see that.
  24. jkcarew
    Varland and Buxton were my picks to click. Server must have been down earlier when I posted..
  25. jkcarew
    I agree. Being caught in this never-ending cycle of “anything can happen” mediocrity is brutal…it simply postpones the process of building something truly good.
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