Look at Ray Ray Run

Lol unbelievable.

"That guys not even a vendor" was a classic for Bennetti right there.

A high school kid would shit his pants and likely break in on that 100+ mph ev liner to center. I get your point though. I do think fans have no idea how difficult that read is when you haven't had 1000 reps looking at it.

He's really bad at reading balls right at him. He's fine on everything else. Inexperience at the position the most likely culprit.

He doesn't get there regardless but he looked like a dope going back on that. Broke back right with ball tailing back left off the lefty bat.

I believe he was AA POY, not the MiLB POY. Andruw Jones the only one to win it twice. The list is a collection of, mostly, MLB stars. Since 2000, Jeff Francis, Matt Garza and Hellicksom are probably the worst of the bunch. The worst position player is Will Myers, and second worst is amazingly Justin Upton or Jason Heyward.

I think Acuna and Soto ruined expectations for a lot of young players regarding fans.

Amazing to me that Palka still gets any at bats. A guy who cant field or run who is 1-51. That's not a slump.

Does Renteria really call Moncada, Moncy? What a terrible nickname. Guy should be fired for that alone.

Awesome, they ran on Scott Podsednik constantly. Juan Pierre spent 10 years in CF'er with an arm weaker than my wife who has never thrown a baseball in her life. Eloy's arm is much better than Juan Pierre. You are greatly exaggerating both how bad Eloy is in left and the importance of LF defense

That would practically equal (-9) Mannys best defensive year in his career lol.

If Tim Anderson changed nothing about his defense but for the mental lapses and errors he'd be a top 10 defensive SS. The physical errors will always happen - the mental ones simply can't continue at this rate.

The next day a left fielders arm is the make or break from winning and losing will be the first in baseball history. It is already a historically weak defensive position and a LF'ers arm may mean less than anything else on a baseball field defensively. Manny Ramirez and Carlos Lee spent a decade ++ in LF - I'm pretty sure Eloy playing left with a very good defensive CF'er like Robert will mean very little. You're overreacting. Bad fielders have been in LF since the invention of the game and Eloy is far from the worst of the bunch.

His footwork on throws is his biggest problem and the strength of his arm has allowed him to survive it. He is almost better throwing off balance than he is in rhythm.

Soto is a very different hitter than Eloy. Saying a player has been disappointing because he wasn't as good as arguably one of the 3 greatest performances by a 20 year old in MLb history is reaching imo.

He's on pace to hit 38 Homers over 160 games. The average isn't there yet and his k-rate has spiked but he's missed time. He could have been better but I think his future is rather clear and in no way did his ceiling or expectations take a step back this year based on his performance imo. That's why I would say his season has been fine and showed what we wanted it to show. He's 22 years old. He had just turned 22 when the season started.

Cease and Eloy are fine - theyve showed flashes and their tools have been on display. Lopez for sure - he is far too inconsistent and just flat out bad at times for how long he's been around.

“You very rarely see that kind of talent,” says former All-Star shortstop Omar Vizquel, who played 24 years in the majors and was the center fielder’s manager this season with the Class AA Birmingham Barons. “I remember seeing Ken Griffey Jr. in the beginning – we broke into the big leagues together in the same year – and Ken had that same kind of glow. He can do it all. He can beat you with a home run, with a stolen base, turn it into a different gear to make a play in the field. When you look at Robert, you see a player like that.”

Luis Robert It's pretty good company on the list of past winners: Acuna, Snell, Bregman, Vlad, Kris Bryant, and Xander.

Ok.

Why? It doesn't mean much so hot worth discussing too much.

The difference between mendick and collins is probably near zero; the likelihood of Collins getting up again with he sox only having a 1 run lead is far greater than the chance that mendicks "speed" scores where collins doesn't.

I'm honestly amazed that just happened. Just when you think you've seen it all, ricky gets you again.

I hate this comparison... have teams ever paid a guy more than he was guaranteed because he performed better than paid? No. And one more time, it is not within the rules as defined. They are skirting it on a the fact that readiness is subjective. In regards of that part of the CBA, they are not acting within good faith.

The Cubs wouldn't do it now that they're competing. Astros and Braves aren't "wealthy."