SoxBlanco

That makes sense. Thanks.

Yeah, I totally get that. I’m just asking why round 33 was the time to pull the trigger. Why not wait until round 35? Why not earlier, say round 30?

If we liked him so much, I wonder what made us decide that round 33 was the time to pull the trigger. Would another team have taken him later in round 33? Why didn’t we take him in round 31 or 32?

If they used this site to make decisions, Moncada would have been in AAA a long time ago.

Then why not just start the innings with a guy on second base instead?

Time for a Moncada walk-off. Perfect ending.

I think swinging at that first pitch might have been huge. If he falls behind, he might be too worried to groove one, and he would have just walked.

Gotcha. Thanks. On a separate note, that lineup is just awesome to follow. I think I'm higher on Gonzalez than I am Basabe, Rutherford, and Adolfo. I'm envisioning a future outfield from left to right of Eloy, Robert, Gonzalez. Although Basabe is a year younger than Gonzalez, right? And he's doing pretty well at AA. Good problem to have.

His exact quote was, "We would just want to make sure he’s as well-rounded as possible, whether that be base running, defensively, obviously offensively...and we’re getting very close." That's not as definitive as saying, "he will be called up very soon", like some people are claiming. Not trying to call you out with this post. Just trying to point out that quotes get twisted and taken out of context a lot.

I'm confused. You hope they change it to an error?

Same here. Very cruel thread bump.

Wow, I really hope those guys move up in the system together and continue to have success. That's a great looking lineup.

I recall him hammering a triple into the gap in right center off of Hicks' 102 mph fastball less than a month ago. Unless by "clobbered", you are strictly talking home runs.

Sorry, I wasn’t clear on my second point. I was wondering if there is discussion on the way each individual list is presented. For example, with 16-30, you would have 30 at the top and then as we read the article, we see 29, then 28, etc. I always scroll to the bottom of the article and read backwards because I want to see it in descending order.

Great job, as always. I appreciate the time you guys put into this. Looking forward to 1-15. Twi quick things: 1. You have Alex Call listed as a 2018 draft pick. 2. Has there ever been any discussion on presenting the list in descending order?

And I’m sure there is a playoff team out there that could use some bullpen help.

So is Levine just speculating based on Getz’ comments, or does he know something we don’t?

I honestly can’t believe the reactions have become such a big deal over the past couple of days. Do people actually care about them? Wow.

So who is boarding that 10:55 flight to Chicago out of Charlotte so we can see who is on the plane? Make sure you walk up and down the entire length of the plane pretending to “look for your friend” who boarded earlier.

Could a solid two month debut by Kopech and Eloy help lure Machado here? We obviously would still need to offer him the most money, but I wonder if that would have any effect.

Interesting. I figured it would be next year for sure at this point. What did he say?

I wasn’t around when we drafted Curbelo. How did the level of excitement surrounding him compare to that of Bush right now? Did he also have a nice start to his professional career?

One of the best posts in this entire thread.

Some guys wear their passion on their sleeves, and others don’t. I have no idea if Moncada lacks a passion for the game, and neither do you.

More of a reason to leave him in and let him grow in that regard. I loved the decision to let him go back out for the 8th.