Look at Ray Ray Run

He would have to beat Bell to the bag or get there without a tag if he went back. No reason he cant be standing on first before Bell tags the bag and the runner only is out.

Im just confused. He froze on contact, watched the play unfold, saw the ball bounce and... stood still. Like a deer in headlights. He had two options, immediately break for second or go right back to the base. He did neither lol.

Play happened right in front of him. As soon as it bounces, he should be off. Then he steps on first and sox win the game. Crazy.

I might take back my not a dumb player comment after that. Jeeze

Dang, Curtis Mead up to a 141 wRC+ after today. Didnt think those two would go head to head on being very good.

My comment was Lackey has been 20% better than Roch, not his previous season.

He's now been 13% worse than last year. At some point we can't keep saying he's had the same season as last. Meanwhile, Lackey has been 20% better (even more when you adjust for the conference) than Roch offensively so far. Henry Davis the last position player to go #1 who had a worse junior year than sophomore. It's not unprecedented, but it's less common than the other way around.

Not sure why you keep implying buster posey or joe Mauer would somehow be a bad outcome. Buster didn't crater anything, his last year he had a 5.3 WAR. He retired because of the girls he adopted were requiring a lot of medical care and attention and he wanted to give them everything they needed.

I don't know. He's playing in the Big 10 which isnt even a power baseball conference. I think it's less typical for a guy who had a worse junior than sophomore season to go #1. Not crazy rare but not a good indicator either. Henry Davis being the last position player to do it.

Appreciate the reminder! The way you talk about me and try and seek out any personal criticism of me so you can like it led me to believe that I was, in fact, the center of the world.

Your obsession with personal insults on the internet as an old man is fascinating. Hope it makes you feel better about yourself at minimum. Always here to help lift spirits.

Huh? So the rumor wasn't true? My bad.

Stalling is the scariest thing an amateur prospect can do in my opinion.

Yes, a small pudgy kid at that. His growth has been incredible. Seems like there's a lot more to tap into too

Think he prefers lucuckie for short.

I get not wanting to wear any, but once you lose one I think it forces your hand a bit.

You should consider logging off before you harm someone.

Incel Lol OK pal!

How does Vargas not call time and grab glasses after the first miss? Absolutely embarrassing

Guy has 11 walks in 16 innings in AAA. Strikes are kind of important in the big leagues.

Yup, it's incredible he found work.

6.25 FIP for fedde now lol. Worst pitcher in baseball.

The benefit of having positional flexibility from a catcher is that catcher is really hard, and also very hard to project from amateur baseball to pro-baseball. Pitcher handling is an art, not a science. Knowing that he still has a strong defensive ceiling to fall back on at another premium position helps limit the risk.

I think roch has better in game power today, for what it's worth, but lackey has been a xbh machine.

On my tablet so I'm going to steal someone else's work and link it from rpubs. https://api.rpubs.com/Carter42903/1356814 His results are actually slightly higher than mine at .21, but I don't restrict plate appearances to > 400. He's also using draft eligible season and I'm using a composite weighting the final year more than the prior and so on.