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You guys are so silly. Madrigal will have a homer before June 1.

so...ugh. Walker obviously can make me eat my words, but in terms of planning, not taking a HS pitcher in round two last year was so dumb. But anyway, I still like Walston in round 2. I have to wonder, is Leiters kid worth the 4 mill tag then? seems like he's destined for college.

And Moncada/Cano

https://www.drivelinebaseball.com/2019/05/developing-less-efficiency-player-development-lead-success/ Here is part 2. Pretty interesting series.

Let me start with I think comps are useless and I will not be convinced otherwise. However, I want to know what people think of when they hear a comp and apply it to the player. a) Do they hear the comp, think of the comp's prime and apply those numbers as a likely prime era for the player? b) Do you just think of that comps best year and imagine that as every year of the players career? c) Do you think of the comp's career average and imagine a yearly baseline of that for the player? d) Literally imagine something like the same start middle and end from the comp to the player. e) Something else My impression is people do (b). Like what does it really mean to you that Andrew Vaughn is compd to Josh Donaldson? That he will have a prime as an MVP candidate? That he is a perennial 30 home run guy (starting from what year?) Not snarking actually interested.

today starts the offensive breakouts in birmingham and kannapolis. Madrigal will hit a homer. Robert will hit a ball into the gap and sprint so hard around first that instead of moving forward he just starts digging out the dirt from underneath him until he creates the longest tunneling system in the united states.

I think the Bucks may do it this year.

The problem with this is it imagines a baseline of absolute zero...meaning if you expect a GM to fail on every move by contrast Hahn is not so bad. But when you compare him to an average GM it is not impressive, especially given resources.

Oh...well

Didn’t see an inning, figures. Tilson well on his way to that .280 avg with 40 sbs

Comps are never wrong, so we should definitely decide based on them.

Not gonna dismiss Kubat, you’ll miss a Javy Guerra when you do.

Not the sexiest thing to follow but Forbes with another walk. If he can develop an eye that is discerning enough to walk without power, he will max out whatever he develops (as narvaez has). Really interesting year from him.

I think Castillo's contract is up after this year.

Appreciate it! But it's more commute/kids

Hah, I think many are commuting. I thought I would like this but realistically I will not be able to see any of this game.

His bat is so good that I will definitely still be excited but even as someone who tries not to get too scared by ups and downs of prospects it's more just that I know I would have a sensitive panic button with him But I love offense! Having some just monster bat (especially since so few in system) would be great, but I'd also love a fantastic speedy projectable shortstop. I guess I'd amend what I'd say in that I wouldn't really see the point in drafting Bleday over Vaughn just because of positional value, but I would be okay with abrams over Vaughn.

Your hate of Abrams because you want to box him into some KW failed prospect archetype is so lazy. Even your attempts to try and "SEE! Typical KW Pick" by showing his glowing scouting reports and your consistent misunderstanding of his hit tool is beyond misunderstanding so I just have to assume you are trolling at this point.

But a lot of the people followed her not because she could be queen but because she would be a good queen whose people respected and revered her. The dothraki were open to her because they respected her dominance moves in her culture. The unsullied were freed by her. But in the west she hasn't had the same ability. Her advisors have been hurting her chance as queen and likely even have increased murder count, but what they have been fighting back is her desire to be queen at all cost and not necessarily "be a good queen". That it doesn't mean we think of dany as especially evil and sympathize with her is good! She has been often correct in how to gain more power, her being in power has been better than others, etc, and she would have saved more lives had she just sent her dragons to burn the red keep to the ground. But she also being so obssessed with merely getting the throne scares her advisers and that has been set-up for years.

I wonder how close Jones is to just retiring.

Let all the Til-sons rejoice, Joneses cry, and Burr-bros unite

Honestly creating anything at this point will be too fantastic. There is so much to do it will seem forced (and theres quite a bit of forcing already happening)

I actually do too. Funny to remember that sox have had so many "epiphonies" on "oh crap we are drafting wrong" but after broadway/mccullough there seemed to be a "okay we have to get some more dynamic talent again.". Poreda was actually the start of that, much more interesting in a lefty that threw high 90s. Then beckham was part of where we were, and mitchell draft, then sale, then that depleted 2011 draft, hawkins, and a pretty good anderson selection.

Dodgers taking stewart is interesting to me too. Ah, to have a confident player dev team. If sox took him would I think "oh they can get him back on track!"? no.

I think this is it, it's also rookie minicamp so the kickers in shorts is really the only thing going on. I would say between cordarelle patterson, davis, drafting two running backs, etc and Nagy's own words, the team is committed to improving the offense. But I think Nagy is using it as motivation as "unfinished business" and as a fire to burn under them.