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Man going through BA500 their rankings are pretty wild. They are very conservative in moving players down from bad years or half years. Players like Paris that looks to go round one is in the 70s.

Of the player write-ups, Corbin Carrol really does seem like that guy that in 3-4 years people are like "why wasn't he a top 5 guy?"

Short of a casey mize, I'm not sure there is a profile I think is a slam dunk for them. But seeing Robert succeed makes me want to just lean into athleticism and hope power comes through body development. Shame because Burger would have answered a lot more questions about what a polished college bat does in the system, and just gonna ignore sheets.

First I'll start off by saying as the high man on Madrigal I am so incredibly disappointed and learned a valuable lesson that that plus baseball IQ and instincts can elevate a player another level only if they are supplemented with a player dev team focused on maximizing their offensive profile. Sox seem to be weirdly only focused on maximizing his baseball IQ like they are going to have the best sac fly player in history. They are such trash it's embarrassing. That said, I think your comment is shitting on him just for shitting on him sake. Madrigal had two things to work on after his crappy appearance in W-S last year: increasing walk rate and increasing power. He has increased his walk rate to 8% despite no real power showing yet. This is probably going to work in tandem. As he works to increase his selectivity he will likely find better pitches to drive, but there are also mechanical adjustments he needs to make to tap into power more. Unfortunately sox will not provide that guidance, he'll hopefully go to a private coach in the offseason or get a random tip from a peer in a workout. But because he is so competitive, eventually he will realize sox need him to be a plus offensive player to be valuable and he will figure it out on his own. Because of his makeup/BIQ, I still believe in him there.

Crazy what adding a stellar player dev group can do.

One, like that entire team is slugging at least .500, it's crazy. But both Cruz and Cron have brought A game slugging this year. And Eddie Rosario may be a star.

Ok I just signed up for a few months of BA again. I always end up talking myself into it. You will no longer bear the burden.

DVS is great. Sun times has been gutted in the news room but their sports section runs laps around the trib.

I don't have any problem with my statements.

Yeah it's a tough choice but I really like both options. I really don't like Detroit getting Vaughn.

Sounds awesome. Toronto is a really fun sports town. That series has been great. I'm still hoping Giannis pulls it out but Raptors deserve it, I love how Ujiri is relentless in trying to build out a winner.

Love having guys like him in org. CWS champion, solid all around. Always seems like him and Jirschele are on winners.

Yeah probably. He will definitely be popular but I don’t know how many want to pay him like a top player on the time.

*prays to the BA subscriber Gods* ”please sir... the mock draft”

Missed the game, as I have any good game all year, but encouraging especially since one of the worries with Giolitos new windup was endurance. Kudos to him for getting his body right in addition to making changes in his mechanics.

4 for $65

He did it!

SEC pitcher topping out at 90 mph? Sign Hostetler up.

I would be interested in Mizzou's TJ Sikkema in the 3rd round. He was able to go up to 95 this year after previously being high 80s.

My case for using an opener for Nova is actually a lot stronger than it was 3 weeks ago, I wish sox would consider it.

Yeesh, I love Brogdon's versatility but 28 to Porter, 18 to Lavine and 21 to Brogdon is a lot of money to some players. I think I'd rather have collison around 10-12. Brogdon had his lunch eaten up by Lowry last game.

I am very pro Abrams, but it is really hard to read such confident projections on his bat and not get excited. I'm actually a bit surprised they said Bryant and Vaughn's power was about equal as I'd have guessed they'd score Bryants higher.

Woo hoo! Yeah, I've never laid eyes on this kid but the profile descriptions all seem very worthwhile to add. Though now he's ranked often ahead of Jack Leiter so he'll either drop a lot and go to NC State or really be a lot of money.

I am excited to see how the numbers play out. Would really like bulls get someone like MKG as a backup wing too. Hopefully we hear back on Asik injury soon, that's 3mill.

yeah. In 2016 the Astros traded decent middle reliever josh fields to the dodgers for a young wild card player in Alvarez, a 17 year old who had just signed from Cuba. Sure, sure, sure wish we would have spent more on our soria/swarzak etc trades on plays like that and less on (no offense) the cordells and tilsons of the world.