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Bravo. So we have Robert / Rutherford / Gonzalez / Basabe to cycle through while Adolfo is on IL. When Adolfo returns, I'm guessing Basabe is promoted.

I dont' know, it would have removed some bad Yolmer errors. And even though Moncada looks promising at 3rd, Machado >>>> Moncada there. But yeah it's not a playoff team, though, man, what a trash division.

The nice thing about getting athletic shortstops is you can plug them in where you need them if you are competitive. Think of Trea Turner being a LF starting out with Nats. The reason I brought up the Dodgers is for a while people kept saying they should trade from surplus, instead they just...played all of them. And that depth really has improved their odds to win the division each year - through injuries and sub par performances from certain players. You can't do the same thing with a corner only outfielder or 1b. And really, Madrigal - if he was a starter - would be the guy I'd move all over as he has the mindset for it.

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You are still way too high on india.

Are you answering the question the OP proposed here?

I'll answer a question with a question - what do you think the Dodgers would do in that situation?

So that Blake Walston prep pitcher I've been crushing on for round 2, Law said he would be a tough sign which makes me just cross him off. Hard to compete with the multi-pick teams on guys like that.

What a disaster. This is going to like, end up getting back to Law in a chat "saw you put Vaughn ahead of Rutschmann!"

So, I accidentally flipped them. Rutschmann is still 1. My bad!

oh crap I am an idiot Everyone I screwed up 1 and 2. Rutschmann is 1. I'll edit. A note for all the quotes.

I'll take my chances. Victory laps after april tend not to last.

I received it in PDF so I have to type it out, so ranking is what you'll get but I'll summarize any questions you have. 1. Rutschmann 2. Vaughn 3. Witt 4. Carroll 5. Abrams 6. Green 7. Bleday 8. Bishop 9. Manoah 10. Lodolo Priester was at 20.

I, too, read "has not been bad" as "has been very good". Walks are in Ottavino's profile, his k's are there, he'll have variations but I would not be deterred by him back there. We'd give him more space to develop, but he'll always be valuable at deadline because he k's guys.

Uh, colome is 30. Do you think he's going to be our closer for the next generation or something? These guys purpose was to get us a stabilized back end. They will all need to be replaced when the time comes, and hopefully internally.

I mean, yeah, SSS is kinda a big part of that. And Ottavino has not been bad and has not had the light schedule we have had. Soria is fine, he had some bad luck.

Soria/Ottavino/Robertson.

These are the types of things that are oft-repeated but I'm not remotely convinced by. Colome has been traded 3 times, has less control and is more expensive now. We've seen what that type of profile nets you.

We will pay Colome probably 16 million over his 2 years here. Keep Narvaez, trade Castillo in offseason for nothing, even eat half, have an additional $12 million to commit to finding a closer in the free agent market. Sign mccann.

Also I'm just not a big josh jacobs fan, I think that Memphis rb is going to be the best RB from this draft.

I also have very little confidence that McCann will finish year above 100 wrC+ but I have loved his gamecalling, so I'm a much bigger fan than I was in offseason.

Why do people keep pitting decisions like Narvaez against McCann when it's as big of an indictment on Castillo. I know its heresy around here, but Narvaez actually improved defensively and is basically equal to what Castillo offers, but Narvaez is now a better offensive catcher and does not ditch his new team because he needed to roid to justify his contract. I still would have liked a better framer than McCann, but his gamecalling is legit and probably more important to advance our game calling from "fastball/slider through first three innings, then start throwing change" that was essentially all we did last year. But with Narvaez/McCann the sox would have the 5 and 7 best catchers this year according to fWAR, and a better DH/Catcher combo than Castillo, who is garbage.

I don't think this goes far enough. They really should just have him retire now, try to get him on the front office or managerial track. Could be a really good manager some day, and can't risk it.

A to A+ is legit, and there's no room in AA. But, yeah, he's very much on the Luis Gonzalez track - who himself could have been pushed a bit more aggressively. Another example of a reason not to get too upset about the post draft performance of players. Sucks because it gives you a "what if" with Burger too.

I need to watch this. A smaller commitment, but "I think you should leave" on netflix cracked me up over the weekend. 16 minute episodes, only I think 6 of them, all sketch comedy from Tim robinson. There's 4-5 sketches that I still think to myself and laugh, but definitely more absurd/dude humor, my wife didn't find it very funny.