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It's why I underrated him coming in, but what he is clearly better at is pitcher management and game calling, and I don't know how metrics would really measure that. That is definitely a soft skill, but one our younger pitchers desperately needed.

What odds are these, the Os do something stupid odds? I hope so.

I have to say, as much as I like Abrams, it seems like outside of the top 2 which everyone seems to agree on, nobody aside from the white sox would have him 3rd. Marlins seem like its Bleday or Vaughn over Abrams Tigers like Vaughn, Greene over Abrams Padres, according to this mock, like Greene over Abrams. Greene's bat is really impressive, and that profile with kiriloff recently and kelenic seems to make it more interesting, but I don't know if that's just relying on comps. Really hard. What happens if Abrams goes to the JD Martinez Swing doctor and gets an elevated swing overnight? Did we pass up on an 80 speed, 65 power guy that plays short stop? But sox don't seem to be able to get bats to play up, or arms recently. Really unsure how to match up the sox poor player dev with a 3 overall pick, where you'd hope the player can just tool through it.

It was good, short read, I'd recommend checking it out from the library. Interestingly the softer stuff like adding Beltran and his influence, and JD Martinez, were some of the most interesting parts. One of the big things that stuck out to me: - Though the astros had a reputation as arrogant, its clear in the book they are constantly evaluating what they don't know and clear that they don't know everything and are striving to close that gap. - I can't help but compare that to the white sox, who to me in my attending seminars at soxfest and interviews, really seem to want to intimate that they know how to build a winning ball club. ANd yeah, they use analytics, but that cant be your whole decision maker. Also thought of the Pirates. In big data baseball, the pirates really were pioneers in shifting and mixing that with a pitching plan to maximize the shifts that ended up emphasizing their 2 seamers for sinking action. But they have become ridgid in that philosophy, seemingly force fitting glasnow and cole into that box that the rays and astros just quickly turned around. Not with mechanical tweaks, mostly just pitch mix. To constantly get better you cannot be arrogant that you know how to make a winning team.

Reading that a player went from Oakland, a place I really admire for their player dev as they seem to overperform prospect rankings quite often, to the astros and was blown away by how advanced it was is a real eye opener to me. I mentioned elsewhere, I just finished Astroball, I'll start The MVP Machine next week, it's hard being a fan of the white sox and just not seeing them in this conversation at all. They are trying to catch up to stuff that the these other top orgs started in 2012. Catching up is always easier than pioneering, but its hard when you haven't really added anyone to the org that knows this stuff. It's the same group.

I feel like people say this every year. I feel pretty strongly one of the 3-6 players will end up as a guy.

It will be nice when our outfield fills out and Leary’s versatility can be used. I wouldn’t hold his career OBP against him, it is heavily weighed down by his age 23 season when a crappy team forced him into action before he was ready. Ive always liked Leury because he actually hits the way people always thought Yolmer hits and finally this year people are figuring out how much more valuable that is.

https://theathletic.com/990262/2019/05/30/inside-the-astros-cutting-edge-approach-to-minor-league-pitching-development/ every full season affiliate for the astros led the league in k rate.

It’s just one dude that keeps posting about it over and over so it seems like multiple people

Guys speed is good. And Abrams has a good hit tool, he makes a lot of contact and has good feel to hit. He does the things people claim to love in this forum like go the opposite way when it takes him. What he hasn’t learned to do yet is translate the power into games, but he’s in high school, is likely to fill out, and has a sixty raw power grade. I really don’t understand how this forum is so traumatized by the few high schoolers this team has drafted in the last decade despite being the most heavily college focused team in the league. Notice we aren’t particularly good at drafting! check out the top 100 lists and how the top 30s are filled with HS guys and INTL. Them going up against better competition at younger ages has made many better prospects.

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Wow a sheets grand slam

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He’s an interesting guy. Just keeps producing, hard to know what to make of it. keep doing your thing kubat

Zangari homer. not an exciting night so far

You can't offer a QO twice so no.

I do think getting a respected vet like Dallas Keuchel would be good for rest of rotation to learn what it takes to be an MLB pitcher but you could get other dudes for that.

Manny INABADuelos

Nice, you are missing the capitalizations though that he uses to make sure that we got it BADly RUSHED'em

The only downside to Adley is I an already picture ron coming with the worst nickname.

from BA Defensively, Rutschman has all the tools to be a plus defender at the position. He has a strong arm, impressive receiving and blocking ability and excellent footwork on throws to second base, with a quick exchange from his glove to his release. Some scouts would like to have seen Rutschman throw more frequently this spring, but teams have run against him infrequently—and for good reason. Like most catchers, speed is Rutschman’s weakest tool and the only tool that doesn’t project as plus, but that’s hardly a concern moving forward. Most scouts believe Rutschman has a chance to be an All-Star-level player in the majors as an impact bat in the middle of the order while also bringing plenty of defensive value. With excellent makeup and plenty of natural leadership traits, Rutschman has all the intangibles teams like to see from their backstops. He is the best catching prospect since Buster Posey in 2008 and Matt Wieters in 2007.

Texas will be a fun series, pretty similar teams.

We are only a few short days away from adding DSL games, and then just a few weeks from GFL/AZL.

i'm excited so gonna work through my Adley* mock. The adley mock assumes he may come with no savings or above slot (a la rodon) 1. Adley 2. Campbell 3. James Beard

Jirschele has consistently won with some of the weaker rosters in the org. I don't know what it means. Obviously Madrigal is underperforming a bit and now Walker, but as a whole it seems like he's gotten a lot out of his guys and I wonder if he does best at integrating the newer player dev stuff.