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It is. But as a ceiling of a utility infielder its what he needs to work around.

I have a subscription to that. But it's more fun trying to guess based on everyone's over reactions.

Currently no trade pieces. But if they draft the best players available then they will have some trade pieces as they move through the minors or up to the MLB. Whether they are hitters or pitchers.

It sounds plausible listening to the podcasts from everyone. It would be tough to pass up Arnold though. That would be the under slot they need to really try to push someone down to 44.

It's hilarious isn't it 🤣

I dont disagree in general. I think theyvare both utility players. But both useful.

Its a learning process when teams get data on him. Hopefully he makes the appropriate adjustments.

I agree. But if they fire Getz now because he isn't winning RIGHT NOW, the process will start all over again because the team won't draft fir the good of the team. They will draft to save their jobs. Which means the players closest to the MLB not necessarily the best players.

Teams can really set themselves up fir failure by skipping the best player available and drafting for need. If the players are good they can trade them later for what they need. The baseball draft is a different animal than other sports though. Teams take lesser players to save money to spend on high upside players later so this can change that while philosophy.

You must want them to draft all college near ready players then. Can't take the time to develop high upside potential players.

The GM knows that he doesn't have the budget for TOR pitchers and high end power hitters. So these need to be taken in the draft and developed. As long as the high end pitcher (if that is the pick) is followed by another high tool bat like bonemer last year, its good. If both Parker and Carlson are gone. They should take a high end pitcher that fell. Can never have too much pitching, especially of that caliber.

I was able to get some as a season ticket holders. They still have sky boxes if you want to spend that.😀

The most he's ever pitched in a season is 94 innings. He's at 80 so its not surprising. He's another guy who barely pitched in college and needs to be built up for MLB innings.

Best thing about Fenway is that you can get Clam Chowder.

No better town for breweries.

Yes, it does. I hot a 350 yard drive last week in Keystone. Today in Illinois is was 290.

Its got 3 decks and you can be far away but its a beautiful park with a great view.

That's the goal.

Good plan, wrong players

Welcome to Illinois!

I know they test for some "drugs of abuse" but i cant say I keep up with which specific ones.

The blood doping is easy to detect by the ratio of blood cells to plasma ratio. Once the union agreed to blood tests, it made the testing procedures much more strict. HGH will change the T/E ratios. What is PRT? Not familiar with that acronym.

The advantage of thr current testing procedures is they dont need to test for specific drugs any longer. With the blood tests they check the testosterone levels and testosterone/epitestosterone ratios. The dont need to know what caused the change just that there was a change. I'm sure there are still some ways to cheat as you said the cheaters are always ahead but its much more difficult now.

The MLB ped testing has progressed quite a bit and its much more difficult for players to use them. They have instituted blood tests where they compare one sample to the next. So they dont need to find a specific drug, they can look for testosterone levels and testosterone/epitestosterone ratios. This makes it difficult to cheat. Not impossible but much more difficult. Part of the reason for banning them is the stress they put on your internal organs, especially the liver and heart. I wouldn't allow any of them due to the health issues.

Interesting take on a large group of people.