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I've seen it. It's the big feed lot/slaughter house issue that essentially is what supplies your Wal-mart beef.
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I'd wager in a decade, there are a half-dozen draft-day Clayton Kershaws. There's one every generation that becomes Kershaw. That means maybe one every 25 becomes that guy. However, that profile even at that success rate is a better success rate than most body/skill types you can find in the draft. I won't speak for Hrbowski 100%, but I believe that's the intention of what he's saying.
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I don't look at it in the same way. I eat high-quality meats. I would say most of the issue revolves around the over-consumption of red meats, though. I have turkey sandwiches frequently for lunch. I rarely enjoy a steak or a hamburger, but the beef comes from my dad's farm or from local farmers. The Wal-mart beef is the issue in the red meat in my opinion.
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I don't think there are any elite guys. There are maybe 3 guys who would be guys at the back end of a top 10 most years, then 30 guys who would usually be eligible around 15ish, so 30ish guys total, not 30 from pick 15 forward. 30 guys, many of whom will end up before 15 due to the lack of higher end talent in the draft.
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The draft is deep in second or third tier guys, but doesn't have those elite talents that fit at the top. I could see 30 guys or so that would make sense as a pick in the 15-30 range of an average draft. Hence, you're seeing a lot of $2-3M price tags
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See the Cubs in 2013. Bryant still holds the record for a bonus paid in the current system, and the Cubs punted the rest of the top 10 rounds to get him. If he flopped, that whole draft is toast.
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I'm not talking Twins only. Throughout the draft, that will start in round four with more and more teams joining in the next round. I was just stating that rarely is a team going chalk to 7.
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Starting about round 4, people start with senior signs. Any team making it to round 7 still signing guys at slot is going to be left out in the cold after the 11th round.
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You do realize that drafted players are not part of the MLBPA, right? The players gave that up last negotiation when they removed major league contracts from the draft, so the draft is of minimal consequence to the MLBPA.
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This is my article on how I believed the draft should be addressed in the CBA. I have some background stuff in there that could be good info as well.
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Exactly. Mike Soroka was looked at as a "reach" according to draft boards, but the Braves front office knew they wanted him and had good info that he wouldn't make it to their pick at #41. Of course, that "reach" would now probably be one of the first high school righties off the board if the draft was re-done a year later.
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I'm wondering where the idea of college player = under slot has come from. Especially lately, a college bat putting up big numbers is going to get paid very well, and they usually get drafted far beyond their actual ability. Craig is probably only the 35th-50th best player in the draft, depending on your evaluations, but there's every possibility he could go top 10.
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That's pretty much what I said in my article on Call To The Pen a couple weeks ago when I looked at what should be changed.
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Sure, that's the players' union side of the draft discussion. The owners' side will want to consider an international draft, curb draft manipulation, and consider the idea of post-draft college eligibility for college juniors that come into the draft, which is unique to baseball among the "big 3" sports in that baseball players retain their college eligibility if they participate in the draft rather than losing it by "declaring" for the draft. However, there are ways that these things get accomplished that could affect compensation picks, as they did in the 2011 CBA, which drastically changed the compensation teams were going to get for players they had entering free agency after 2012.
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That is true only if they keep the same system when they renegotiate the CBA this offseason, and the draft is absolutely going to be a major discussion point in the upcoming CBA.
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I'd just be very, very surprised to hear Ray come out of Atlanta. Same thing with Senzel. The word I got all spring until their org guys were instructed to "go dark" in mid-May was that the hitter list for #3 was Lewis or a high school hitter, no other college hitter was in play at the pick.
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So a little sideways comment during the NBA Lockdown podcast caught my ear. In talking about destinations for Joakim Noah, they spoke about Luol Deng playing with Noah again, and the whole crew (who are fairly well-sourced around the league) stated Deng would be in Minnesota, who doesn't need Noah. The way that it was so easily thrown out and accepted without any discussion among the group on the podcast made it seem like it's a fairly well-known thing. That'd be a fairly significant piece on the team as far as complimentary skill set to the current roster.
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Not Jeremy, but I know that a few teams that have called in on Collins have reported an exorbitant price tag, as in top 5 price tag. That has a lot of teams backing away from him, in spite of a lot of teams believing more and more that he could stick at catcher.
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https://calltothepen.com/2016/05/25/mock-mlb-draft-projecting-first-41-picks-version-2/ That's my mock up with descriptions for each pick, not that there's a ton of in-depth writing on the Twins' pick, but more than just a name...
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My take on the whole Twins vs. DickBert thing
biggentleben replied to biggentleben's topic in Other Baseball
Frankly, it's why I mention that he goes through the dugout before each game, a practice I've found to be fairly common with most teams' broadcast guys. I loved the Brennaman story... -
My take on the whole Twins vs. DickBert thing
biggentleben replied to biggentleben's topic in Other Baseball
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I didn't want to take away from the discussion on the Twins board, plus my article was really more about the general issue of players vs. broadcasters, but I put up a quick piece on Call To The Pen today about the whole issue, and I'd love to hear what Twins fans think about it... https://calltothepen.com/2016/05/24/minnesota-twins-players-crying-foul-broadcasters/
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Yeah, neither has a high-end ceiling. Barker has a very good four-pitch mix that could probably work as a #4-5 guy that would eat innings at a 4 ERA, pitching off his breaking stuff more than his fastball. Belicek is a bit different. The Braves moved him to the pen this year, and he's been very solid as a lefty out of the pen with a curve that is devastating on both righties and lefties. He's been brought up to AA already for spot work, but I could see him being an effective lefty reliever as soon as the end of this season at the big league level. I had Barker at 41 and Belicek at 73 in my Braves top 100 prospects coming into the season, but that was before the move of Belicek to the pen and his success in that role. I'd say they're probably around #40ish prospects each in the system.
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A comp B pick. And it was not cheap. I have to think one of the comp A picks would cost a top 20 team prospect and eating significant dead money. This isn't getting Touki for eating Arroyo's salary this season. Barker and Belicek aren't elite guys, but they're both guys I saw with clear major league futures, especially Belicek as a lefty in the pen that can attack both handedness.
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http://tomahawktake.com/2016/05/23/atlanta-braves-mock-draft-monday-version-3-0/ My third version of a mock. I'll post the one where I go pick by pick for CTTP later in the week, but I thought the front page on this one was of particular note for any and all draft hounds or casual draft aficionados as the draft draws near.
