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  1. jkcarew
    And one should be disappearing from top prospect lists.
  2. jkcarew
    Severino's first 39 games: 145/251/303 (555; wRC+ 42); BB%-12.0; K%-35.3 Severino's last 28 games: 424/540/727 (1.267; wRC+ 224); BB%-19.8; K%-20.6 I don't think anyone in the organization has been this hot for this long so far this year. Like any scorching hot streak, the BABiP is unsustainably high (as his BABiP was 'unsustainably' low to start the year.) But look at the BB/K numbers. Has he figured something out? If so, he's going to have value either on the roster, or in a trade.
  3. jkcarew
    As a huge Carew fan, I remember this like it was yesterday. Made the 500-mile round trip to see the following game (planned a week prior). He went 1-3 with a ground ball single and got pulled late with the game lost. I’ve spent the last 47 years of my life wishing we would have planned the trip for one day earlier.
  4. jkcarew
    The theory behind keeping Lee at SS in the minors is that it’s much, much easier to transition from SS to 2B than 2B to SS. SS is much more demanding physically and mentally. If one can handle SS, transition to 2B is ‘easy’. I think it’s a solid theory. And then there’s the fact that I’m sure he will be the one to slide over and rest Correa when they do bring him up. I’m sure he’s getting plenty of practice on the pivot from both sides.
  5. jkcarew
    Love this article. Arraez is very good and his skills are so fun and refreshing in the modern game. He’s not Carew and he’s not Gwynn. those guys were among the league leaders in OPS and wRC year after year with tons of XBH and SB. This year in particular Arraez is overrated on the basis of all-star voting…but the most overrated player in the game? I’d just say, he’s a fan and media favorite…and probably always will be, simply because he’s so refreshingly different in a league that is becoming more and more homoginized in terms of how players look, swing, and play.
  6. jkcarew
    Exactly what couldn’t happen.
  7. jkcarew
    Better get an early lead, if they go.
  8. jkcarew
    Looking less and less likely that this will be played. As mentioned, need to think about moving games up this week. Looks like we’re in a pattern of high-humidity days that yield to rain in the late afternoon/evening.
  9. jkcarew
    I mean…the ABS strike zone seems to be significantly smaller (particularly, more narrow) than the MLB strike zone GENERALLY is called. Don’t know really what that will mean. But, if we’re headed there…you’d think the league would first make an effort to reduce the tendency for current umps to give the strike on balls 2 (and more) inches outside the zone. Otherwise, it’s going to be a jarring change if/when full ABS comes.
  10. 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.
  11. jkcarew
    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.
  12. jkcarew
    I think there was one day. One…where our 3 top prospects were all playing. Sigh.
  13. jkcarew
    It’s a comical proposal for a rental…and one who is merely good, not great.
  14. 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.
  15. jkcarew
    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.
  16. jkcarew
    Might think about stringing a net around the outfield before someone in the bleachers gets seriously hurt.
  17. jkcarew
    With the new rules…a catcher is never going out unless told to do so by the bench.
  18. 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.
  19. jkcarew
    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)??
  20. jkcarew
    You lost me after ‘de’.
  21. jkcarew
    Ramon de Dioblo
  22. jkcarew
    I would fine my pitcher for throwing anything in the K zone to Buxton with less than ball 3. But….yes!!
  23. jkcarew
    It was Joaquin Andujar that hurt.
  24. jkcarew
    Clobberization = Exit Velocity x Launch Angle I had to look it up.
  25. 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??
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