Harold's Leg Lift

My guess is they go with the '19 bonus pools. Billionaire's gotta save that $$$$$$.

It sounds like the stupidity (ie greediness) of canceling the draft is over. It also sounds like they will move it back a couple weeks to the end of June. I think that's a mistake but oh well. There's no perfect solution to this mess but I woud rather it screw up one draft instead of two.

These guys are starting to walk back their Madrigal thoughts.

The 4th pick in the draft is for ceiling. Guys with tools, bodies and athleticism. Teams can find intangible try hard players anywhere. There's no reason to use such a high pick on a player with such a limited upside. I also liked Larnach more than Madrigal at the draft.

I can not feel it, young Jedi.

I didn't hear hate in anything he said.

Good stuff.

I googled her and I still don't know who she is.

Ok. Kelley is on there but Abel is not? I think Abel is the most polished of the bunch. Maybe he dropped him because he's ouchy.

Kelley and Lange? Interesting

He's a tough one to figure out. His numbers are greatly inflated from playing in a bad conference and the crazy home field elevation. He performed on the Cape and he does have bat speed so maybe he just needs to see consistent velocity to make the neccessary adjustments. How much a team is willing to gamble on that is the question. I heard there will likely be some area showcase/tournaments for draft eligible players before the draft and if that happens he will see much better pitching than he would have in the WAC. We'll have to see if that helps or hurts him. Things are just really fucked up right now.

It's ridiculous. The damn thing is in June. The players worked way too damn hard to make this call so early.

The SEC has suspended baseball until at least March 30 which means the NCAA will do the same. This sucks.

That's right it's not. A MLB team can't punt on an opportunity to draft a superstar.

A lot of players are recruited to play SS in college but are quickly moved off the position.

Both players had far more power than Madrigal has and in Jeter's case he was a SS. Law said Madrigal would have received a bump if he were able to play SS.

Teams take high risk/high reward players at the top of the draft. Yes most don't become superstars but they understand it's more than worth the risk because they should be able to draft and develop avg players with later picks. That's why they draft the same way year after year. They want that superstar.

That's no reason to take a low ceiling player with the 4th pick in the draft. If they can't develop a league average 2 WAR player with one of the other 39 picks they should all be fired. The first round is for high ceiling potential superstars. Yes there's risk but every team understands it's more than worth the gamble because if you hit on a superstar it can turn your franchise around. They tanked and lost a shit ton of games to draft a player others teams get in the later rounds.

Sure there's no one out there like Madrigal. He's a unicorn. One of a kind. AAA Nicky Lopez BB% 14.5 K% 3.6 353/457/500 138 PA’s AAA Nick Madrigal BB% 9.7 K% 3.7 331/398/424 134 PA’s

Nander De Sedas was a Soxtalk crush?? Holy crap why??

Alec Hansen 2.0

An elite hitter? Good lord come on man.

Find the fountain of youth.

I don't want to kill more of your optimism so I'll keep my Joe Boyle thoughts to myself. ?

His leg would have to drop off for him to fall out of the top 10.