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I think Wander Franco will not be unseated so long as he is in the minors and with good reason, but Robert to me is a clear cut #2. But of the arguments, I'm okay with the tossup aspect of Luis Robert v. Jo Adell. Adell has been probably the closest competitor in performance, and has an age factor. That said, I think Robert has an edge in baserunning and defense, but I can't say for sure having not seen Adell, but it's been an important part of his game. Now BA has him 3rd currently, MLB Pipeline 5. Fangraphs has not moved him from 20s, but, like at some point you gotta move Royce Lewis down right?

Do we think we will see carranza at all this year?

Man hell yes Gladney

Feels like he has barely paid

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and that was a double. Mendoza was actually one of our bigger 2018 signings in BA and he is killing the ball, but he's in year 2 of DSL so you never know what that means except maybe they thought AZL would be too crowded.

Acuna I believe was held back.

I've been writing a blog with white sox fanfic called The Pale Hose for years but haven't gained much readership

Cole walks in, a sexy werewolf in a buttondown silk shirt, and sits next to Hahn, a sexy vampire with a large hat. Suddenly, all eyes turned when Jim Thome, a sexy mix between Mr Incredible and Shrek, bursts forward and starts shaking cole in his arms like a baby rattle."

It's why I am so pleased with his BB rate increasing as he moves up. More likely he can refine his approach to increase his obp than pop based on his sample so far.

Is Aaron Sanchez really that different than Wheeler? People way overvalue Wheeler and undervalue Wood.

Anyone on twitter today probably sees the loads of content saved for today. I was studying in a library and watched the 7th inning onward thanks to some nice soxtalkers who shared mlbtv passwords.

Yep, exactly.

I think people overrate this, he would also protect his teammates. It's the same way the royals could be huge jerks about others celebrating while celebrating themselves. His most recent comment on it was "I get that people can do it, but I don't have to like it" and that's fine.

yes, all of this is true. But also maybe we can sway him by giving him a hunting bow and an ATV.

There's also an element of JR sucks but he is attracted to stars even if they are clearly crappy now and other players are better. The starf****** offseason would be Bumgarner, trade for Greinke, and then modest upgrades on offense. That provides two namey mcnamersons, only one long term, gives nice depth to rotation that allows kopech/rodon to ease in and let Cease/Drigo battle it out.

You know, I think bumgarner actually is the prime guy to go after. He likely will not be your ace though you will pay him like it, but for a young team, getting this larger than life player to come in and lead their next step to contention makes a lot of sense to target. And he's lefty.

I think in general its true that big money deals for pitchers are bad overall, but they are a productive bad thing you do when you want to win because getting pitching that's good at the time is hard to predict long term and you just gotta take a shot.

ok, this thread has been cleaned up. I know we are very passionate about safety. Please be nice to each other.

It's not a bouncy ball though. It reduces drag on fly balls, but he doesn't hit many of them. I'm thrilled that Madrigals game has been so successful to date, but he has only hit 11 home runs over the last 4 years. I think he may hit 10 when he gets to his 26+ years, but hopefully he can keep above a .100 iso at the majors levels which would be a decent amount of doubles and triples.

Jesus, I was on vacation and missed this. That is so awful and disgusting.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

He keeps saying this but is that really most ground rule doubles at GRF?

Could have been a late bloomer. If he wasn't identified early may have fallen through cracks, and I don't know how scouted panama is vs. others.

That tyreek hill thing got kinda wild though.