WestEddy

Lowest number of high school kids drafted in the top 20 rounds.

There were 54 MLB ranked kids who went undrafted. Most of them are high schoolers and college sophomores. If they're pie in the sky on their bonus, and they're the 150th ranked prospect in a weak draft class, why not gamble on weirdo reach prospects who have room to grow instead of gumming up the works with unrealistic tweeners?

Here's a Twitter dude, used BTV to balance the value, and he got jumped on by all of Twitter. Not really sure if it was Sox or Cards' fans.

Davis Martin is off the AAA IL, and is starting games. They appear to be getting him stretched out. He pitched 4 innings yesterday. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=martin023dav&type=pgl&year=2024 Scholtens had TJS in spring training, so he most probably won't start rehabbing until next season.

No. A player drafted in this season cannot be part of a trade initiated before the end of the world series.

edit It was a weak draft. Everybody did a lot of reaching.

Who gives a s%*#? You'll still have run differential to pleasure yourself to. Make sure to wash your hands.

Ramos hit the team, sat one day, then started the next 8 games. I imagine Baldwin's up here to play, but if he's clearly overmatched, there's really no reason to watch him strike out 3 times a game for 6 weeks. Development isn't a bumper sticker slogan. Nobody's married to watching a prospect die with an .009 OPS. I feel Baldwin will get a fair shot, and if he's overmatched, they'll ring the bell.

Two walks for Eloy. Royals must have an old scouting report.

Vaughn with the weak single to first and third Robert, then Eloy with the weak double play. Calling it.

Maybe with Cannon, it's the other way, where the third time batters see him, he knows how to pitch them, and he coasts.

Of course. And now he's excitedly talking about when Crochet should be traded.

Wait, are you comparing the Dodgers to the White Sox? One will probably play in the NLCS, the other is trying to not set the all time loss record. And the first few innings of Crochet's games are yawnsville because he doesn't allow a lot of excitement for the opposing offense.

Paint a Dodger uniform on him and ship them to LA with Crochet.

I don't work for the Dodgers. So you don't have to treat my words like the Dodger organization came to your house and said what I did. 1) The Dodgers have a small bunch of starting pitchers who aren't 9-inning endurance monsters. So their fan base probably understands stacking the roster with great pitchers who will pitch two months, or two innings at a time. 2) Putting down the batting order once at the beginning of the game isn't "meaningless". Those 6-9 outs are just as valuable early as they are late. 3) Being an opener on a 5 day schedule isn't "being a reliever". And I did mention ramping him back up for the playoffs to a 5-inning starter. 4) If you think that the Dodgers worrying about next year is hilarious, you must piss yourself laughing every time you consider that Ohtani and Yamamoto are signed to multi-year contracts. 5) "Every move should be about winning now" is a silly, meaningless mantra. There are about 4-5 levels of minor leagues that teams invest heavily in that have nothing to do with "winning now". I'll wait until you catch your breath from laughing. So, therefore, picking up a player that is controllable beyond the current season is seen as added value. Giggle yourself silly, now. 6) I'm guessing that a team that has been in the postseason the last 11 seasons will be able to "help themselves from injuring their players" in the last week of the playoffs. And if Crochet is properly ramped up, there's probably no real problem with him throwing an inning in game 7 of the World Series.

Because they can ramp him down as a 1-2 inning opener, keep him on his starting schedule, and then ramp him up again towards the end of September. And then, they have a top starter in the game for the next two seasons.

Article: https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/40597647/2024-mlb-trade-deadline-los-angeles-dodgers

I think where the "insider" is coming from is the receiving team will have Crochet's services for 3 playoff runs.

I agree whole-heartedly. You win the game thread.