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  1. TheLeviathan
    Perez has no reason to complain. He's not hitting the zone.
  2. TheLeviathan
    A COMPETENT MANAGER PULLS SMELTZER. FIRE ROCCO. TRADE FOR GARDY!
  3. TheLeviathan
    We shall see, but as others have pointed out....we have done that. You can quibble with what a proper amount of money would be, but they have actively acquired pitching outside the organization. And in several prominent examples, improved those arms.
  4. TheLeviathan
    True, but the further you go in the draft the more those level off. The odds, in general, for baseball are far lower than in other sports, hence why I really bristle at that comparison. Also, if we're going to talk about playing the odds, hitters have significantly better odds than pitching across all rounds as well.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Considering, at the time, we were about 5 rounds into a 40 round draft.....doesn't that seem like a premature worry? Here we are having drafted pitchers in four of the last five rounds. So the answer was, and is, through all means. Drafting. Trading. International signings. You seemed to conclude drafting was not an option with about 90% of the actual draft still to go.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Not exactly, but it's not as big a gulf as you might think. Especially once you get to the third round it really starts to level off.
  7. TheLeviathan
    A couple things - you keep comparing the fourth round of the MLB draft to the NFL one and that comparison doesn't hold much weight. Every round after the first in MLB is more like the 7th round of the NFL. It's 39 rounds of 7th round shot taking. So I really don't like that comparison you keep drawing. Secondly, (and related) it's not as if a second round pitcher is significantly more likely to be a major leaguer than a seventh rounder. The number just don't bear out the complaint. The odds are long against all positions, not just pitchers.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Mike, you sorta did that to yourself. Perhaps before we worry we won't "have" pitching we should see how the other 3/4 of the draft plays out? At that point your concern may have more merit.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Agreed, which is why I said we'll know the answer to that soon enough.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Guy has an OBP of about .450 and walks twice as much as he strikes out. MLB has him listed as a switch hitter and reports seem to say he can field well. Maybe he's a dude that with a swing adjustment generates a lot more power. Gotta love the bat skills though.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Guess we'll find out soon right?
  12. TheLeviathan
    Absolutely, it's one issue where you have bipartisan consensus. Everyone hates Big Pharm. Ocasio-Cortez got some love from the right for going after them a few weeks back. Read that again if you need to. It'd be a smart rallying point for the Dems.
  13. TheLeviathan
    You know whose draft looks a lot like ours right now? The Houston Astros. New wave analytics are putting aside a lot of the old conventions. I'd encourage people to read the Ringer article on the Astros that was recently posted. I would be wary of relying on what traditional scouting tells you about a player's strengths or weaknesses and just trust the process for now.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Might be that the team is approaching organizational strengths and weaknesses as they see drafts allow them. They took quite a few catchers last year (or the year before, I forget), so perhaps they are just letting the draft come to them. I'm sure they are looking at their depth charts, available spots, etc. as they draft. None of us are doing so. They may feel their lower minors will be set at pitching and catching for a year and would rather not create a glut if they like infielders better. The organization's player development and drafting since the new regime took over has looked good so far. Probably best to sit back, take a gander, and wait to see what they do.
  15. TheLeviathan
    You're right. They won't have any pitching and they'll forfeit all their games. Franchise Over.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Like all "great" baseball players - you explore many avenues. Draft, trade, international, etc. Your problem in these threads is not that you're not gushing - it's that you are being far too hyperbolic in your worries. Pull up the best 20 pitchers in baseball and find the wide variety of ways they were found and developed.
  17. TheLeviathan
    How much great anything comes in any round of the baseball draft? The percentages drop off steeply and quickly. I feel like people are applying the rules of NFL or NBA drafts to the MLB draft. It's not the same animal. The joking hyperbole I'm using is still several levels under the hyperbole about pitching right now. C'mon Mike.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Too bad there aren't more rounds to draft pitching in...... Franchise Over!
  19. TheLeviathan
    This thread jumped the shark seven pages ago. We're so far down the silly path, now we're trying to take it seriously. Should probably just put this one to rest.
  20. TheLeviathan
    I don't know why anyone would want college arms. Take the 18 year olds later that you can work with to refine. I'm a huge advocate of taking bats early and then loading up on arms in the rest of the draft that you can put your gurus to work on.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Smith and Kimbrel.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I wanted the Twins to go after him so badly this offseason too!
  23. TheLeviathan
    I prefer Kimbrel, but yes....I think Kuechel is a significant upgrade for the bottom of our rotation. If we don't sign him, we should still be shopping for an upgrade the next month or so.
  24. TheLeviathan
    As I said, I'd certainly give them a call. Dolittle is also a probable arm they'd sell on and I'd have interest in him too. Won't hurt to ask and if they field an offer - I'd give them a good one. But I don't think we need to include Lewis/Kiriloff and Graterol/Balazovic/Duran. Trade deadline returns have simply not been that great lately to feel like it would take an offer of that magnitude. Everyone is on the table, but relative to past cost to acquire a starter I think putting Kiriloff on the table alone is better than they'll see as a centerpiece from much of anyone else. It may not take as much after that as people think.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Corbin. Turner. Strasburg. There are talents on this team and a ton of financial flexibility. (27M coming off the books and what looks to be close to another 50M in club options they'll pass on) They aren't likely to sell on core players at this point and if they do, it'll likely be during the offseason.
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