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that's well handled by beck and by barskdale.

and beck misses on first pitch. Gets him second time

I'm ok with no warning , but if our guy gets thrown out if we hit them with no prior warning I'm gonna lose it

lol you can bet your sweet bippy someone on that team is gonna get drilled. How do you not love hawk

looked like lackey was out there jawing at rodon. What a tool

love spieth, but can't not root for Matt Kuchar here

we're gonna have a real shot at this. Especially when/if a couple guys like melky get moved. Would not be surprised to see other guys like abreu shut down for some borderline injury at some point either

he's just not that good. much of his value last year was due to his surprising defense, which appears to have been an anomaly based on his minor league track record and results from this year. His power last year was also surprising, and that could continue to develop, but bottom line is you can't have an obp of .266

where should he hit? I would imagine around 7 seems right. Move him up as he earns it

i do wonder if we could package some guys - swarzak, melky/avi and gonzalez/holland for a decent package

yeah but the baseballs aren't juiced or anything

watched much of Giolito's start last night. Easy to see the potential....big frame, ideal pitchers body. Offspeed stuff is without a doubt major league quality. Command of the offspeed stuff will be paramount. Curveball has potential to be plus-plus. Really had a hard time throwing it for strikes though. Thats gonna be key. Can't just count on guys swinging at it in the dirt in the majors - they will adjust and lay off it. Was impressed with the movement of the changeup and slider as well - both can be above average pitches. But again, location hurt him . he left both pitches up in the zone too many times. Buried the nicely down and in to lefties a couple times. Fastball is relatively straight - tried to run a few back over the plate inside to lefties, but didnt get the tail some other guys get. Wonder if coop will work with him on a cutter just so guys don't sit dead straight I know its silly , but James Shields is actually a good mentor for him. When he came over I thought Giolito would be a fastball first guy, but I think hes actually gonna be a guy who pitches off his offspeed stuff, much like shields did in his career with the changeup.

so in addition to having a stacked farm system - also keep on mind how absolutely little money we have tied up in 2018 and beyond

i think he played at wake forest iirc, not vandy. I certainly don't remember him at vandy

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 26, 2017 -> 07:13 PM) Fulmer is so going to be a reliever. What a massive disappointment as a starter. I Think at this point I'd be reasonably happy with him being an effective reliever. The command has never been there, but what happened to him missing bats? K rate has plummeted

This may have been addressed elsewhere, but is hunter Kiel not with LSU at the CWS?

our system still has a ways to go imo

pretty good start to this homestand and series vs the A's Also - i think Avi is gonna come back to earth, we are going to sell off Quintana and some of our pen pieces. I think we should be picking in the top 4, but honestly - this is the perfect situation to go full on tank .....absolutely no point in winning 67 games and picking 5th when you can win 62 and pick 2nd

Robert with a double and a walk. On base 20 out of his first 45 plate appearances (.444 obp) - small sample but ill take that

QUOTE (fathom @ Jun 18, 2017 -> 02:22 PM) Cheap homer off Jennings lol my god that thing was destroyed

gosh if we can get 2-3 quality prospects for Q and another for Robertson....

fwiw sox announced him as a starting pitcher

QUOTE (2005thxfrthmmrs @ Jun 13, 2017 -> 01:02 PM) Between Collins, Call, Fisher, Burger, Sheet and now Gonzalez, we have now taken a bunch of polished college bats with good plate discipline. Now we just need a couple of these bats to pan out. Plus added younger more raw guys in moncada and Robert. Basabe to a lesser extent. If we can get something legit for Q and a pen arm ...dang

toffey to the A's. He fit the mold of what we've been drafting to a T

Start him at kanny?