Jake
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FWIW, if you view Roch as real top-shelf prospect of the ilk of Konnor Griffin, Vlad Jr., Adley Rutschman, Gunnar Henderson, etc...the data on the highest of high end prospects shows that position players on that tier typically produce a lot more value. Mostly for health reasons, it seems. Below that, the fact that pitchers are easier to scout correctly helps to equalize things.
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Another thing to watch for, I suppose: Gilbert has had a huge 3rd time through the order penalty this season. Allowing a 1.200 OPS third time through, basically twice as bad as league average third time through the order. As we are now witnessing, he is superb 2nd time through the order.
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Gilbert's slider has excellent downward movement and almost no sideways movement, which makes it basically platoon neutral. It generates a ton of whiffs (not just today) but he also has a tendency to make mistakes with it and get punished when he does. So far, not many mistakes. Just one that really hit the heart of the plate and that was against the not-so-fearsome Tristan Peters.
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I've always had mixed feelings about Angels situation. They are in a pretty rotten place, to be sure. Feels like they are on a long road to nowhere. That said, a lot of the bad owner stuff feels different compared to the usual complaints you hear about owners. I assume (but may be wrong) that like most owners, Moreno isn't judging talent and things like that. Just picking the GM and setting the budget. I think of LAA as being pretty aggressive with trying to improve the team through free agency. Of course, the return on those massive investments has been shockingly poor. As the team got more clearly bad, they've stopped throwing around so much stupid money but I never really saw that as being cheap. Maybe the fans see it differently with more knowledge of the situation. Obviously, landing and retaining Trout is a fantastic thing. If my team has to suck ass, at least let me have an inner-inner circle Hall of Famer around. Landing Shohei was a great get as well although I don't know how much of a hand ownership had in that. Losing him stinks, but I also don't know how much I hold him super accountable for it other than of course it may have played out differently if they had built a winner around those two great pieces. Which brings me to the final yearish of Shohei. They sacrificed a lot trying to cobble together a playoff run in that year. It has really burned them badly. But man...especially given the situation the whole organization was in, I appreciated seeing them trying to go for it. You have the equivalent of Ruth and Gehrig and it's about to slip away...you gotta give it your all to try to make something of it even if the odds are against you. Some of the other things about facilities and stuff, I don't know. Maybe he's become a tightass or negligent owner. I certainly would rather be a Sox fan than an Angels fan right now.
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I took Getz's comment about winning players to be about character, personality, that kind of thing. Wants to be careful not to bring someone in who ruins the vibes or sets a bad example for the young guys.
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