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that's interesting!

Regardless of sample size, et al, everything about the YS stuff makes me annoyed, but especially that not only did we dedicate half our budget to a 22 year old infielder with a non-projectable offense, but also let him stay in DSL rather than with our full development staff in Arizona to try and give him a head start in the next year. I mean, the logic that he was going to help as yolmer got more expensive always seemed overstrained, but if it was the case then he needs to be fasttracked. But anyway glad he is performing finally against 16 year olds.

Yolbert 3-4, 2 doubles Leaving Wilber in the dust.

Bailey needs to get on instagram.

I read Ed Howard's writeup and it just seems like that dude will go to the dodgers at the end of the first.

Prior to the Gleybar Torres deal, the addison russell for Jeff Samardjiza deal was always used as this standard that people felt they could get. It was super influential in a number of ways: - Sending out players with more control - Jumping the line for deadline deals to increase return - Packaging players to get a better singular prospect At the time Russell was a top 10 prospect. Then the sox traded for Samardjiza. JS was fine but the As again got knocked out in wildcard game. And they shipped him off in the offseason for a package of decent but unheralded prospects from the sox. We all know this. We have harped on "oh sox suck, they let go a great SS" etc. But I just actually sat back and thought about how Billy Beane is still running a damn good ship out in oakland. In reality he turned what would have been 7 WAR of cheap production from Russell/McKinney (among other things) into: - 2.2 WAR from Samardjiza - 14 WAR from Marcus Semien - 1 WAR from Phegley - 4 WAR from Bassit Returned - 21.2 WAR Gave Up: 7 WAR 14 WAR return And yet more talk about the cubs side of that trade than the As. That was a friggen great series for Beane.

Consistency is more interesting to me than ceiling. Frankly I feel like anyone that can hit multiple 6 WAR season can hit an 8 WAR season just due to luck (opportunities). If he can show he is a consistent 5-6 WAR guy that's excellent and he will give him the opportunity to have special seasons consistently.

At least walker can play CF in W-S without issue. Probably more important to his long-term value anyway.

While I think it's fair to say the leadoff and 2nd position in the lineup do have alternative responsibilities that players take seriously and change for, Renteria seems to believe that each position in the lineup has a unique, codified feeling to it that he needs to give players experience in. He thinks like, Matt Skole may really be a different player as a 5 hole hitter than a 8 hole hitter, and NO WAY is he a 6 hole hitter!

No it isn't, tbh it's not really much of a deal to me if they keep or fire renteria, because it's the front offices view of what a manager should be that is the issue.

Yolbert is winning the DSL sanchez race again.

do we have a gulp emoji

Seems fake but glad it worked for him

When Houston was hiring a manager they asked all of their candidates if they would be okay just going with the lineup handed down from the front office. They removed any candidate that said yes. They still valued the information a manager has on which player is tired, which needs a boost, what's going on in the clubhouse, etc. They just don't want a manager fighting the rest of the org on the information, players and tactics they want to see on the field.

This actually illustrates his nonsense most. Where was his “we have to give other guys a chance they can prove cleanup even if you think they can’t” when he batted Alonso there every night because he looked the part? Lineups don’t mean that much, but if I was TA I sure would wonder why every crappy DH is getting more ABs than me.

I thought that was homer #30, was that only #29

Man WSI talk really brings out the old guard

8th should be good. Who have we drafted 8th on our history recently, probably someone really good.

He caught up to Wilber in avg but Wilber still has him in OPS Homer Cruz has been quite good but he's a bit old and repeating. Manuel Veloz is 18 and in his first year but has been great in relief with 39 ks and 7 BBs in 35 IP.

So Strasburg has 4/90 coming up. Say he opts out, what are you offering him for his age 31/32 years? 5/150?

Mccaffrey is going to get like 200 receptions this year

That. Was. A. BOMB.

I do hope Wood strings together some good outings to close out year. Back injuries always scare me, his k rate is fine, but he's been pretty hittable to start.

Regardless, he's at the bottom end of signings. He's not going to restrict his small amount of suitors.

i am also open to working with my current employer next year instead of retiring.