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Is "Smith" Noah Schultz?

I wouldn't say zero, Sox might have to add Fedde in to get a return like that. Baltimore have more young studs on the IF than they have positions to play, something has to give there for Baltimore. Oh, is this guy one of the O's fan infiltrators?

I agree unless it's Basallo with a co-headliner of Mayo. Quero/Basallo splitting time at DH/C/1B would be just fine with me. I don't love how the Dodgers match up for Crochet, we need high end bats back for him.

Just when I thought I was out for the year, they pull me back in.

Other guys remember to pull out.

Yep, hope he keeps it up!

This, he went from a Baseball Savant +8 run value in '21 vs 4 seamers to a -9 in '22. There were signs the age was catching up.

I got a lot of grief on here for claiming AV could put up similar numbers for (essentially) free and letting Jose walk was the right move. I'll pat myself on the back even though AV ain't what I thought he would be.

Hahaha, I had a similar experience with Pedro on July 1st last year in Oakland, was sitting 2nd row behind Sox dugout, felt like 110 degrees on the field that day, not a cloud in the sky. Dylan was shaky all day and clearly exhausted by the end of the 5th, Pedro sends him back out there for the 6th so I started chirpin at him to get an arm up. Cease promptly gives up a triple followed by a double to cut the lead in half, gave him a little "what'd I tell ya!" Sox blew it in the 10th and I wasn't happy with Pedro's pen mgmt so I gave him a "THIS ONE'S ON YOU PEDRO! THIS ONE'S ON YOU!" I have a pretty booming voice anyway but from that close he actually jumped a bit, he turns around and stares right at me, gave him the most angry thumbs up I could muster and I turned for the concourse steps. I got to the top and turned around, dude was still staring daggers at me, he def wanted to take me to the wood shed. If only he had half the brains he does ego he might be able to hold down a job. Edit: Not my proudest moment, but it makes me laugh to think about him turning around and seeing my big dumb face giving him a thumbs up

You mean I should stop comparing rookie pitchers to HOFers after one start?!?! 🤣 Totally agree, was just a fun start to watch a guy with an elite pitch like that right out of the shoot. Hope he sticks and has some success here.

If my memory serves Maddux sat around 90-93. Of course he had insane movement and a ridiculous curveball, but velo is not the be all end all if you can have elite control.

100% Pretty refreshing to see a young guy come up that isn't just trying to beat you with velo and throwing a ball through a wall, but actually pitch.

Yeah guy just looks the part, strong frame and lower half and can really move/show agility when he needed to. If he can develop some more cut on that cutter and maybe work in a sinker at some point to pair with that change he'll really be able to keep guys off balance. Even those few cutters he threw last night that didn't look like he had good control on induced a couple fly outs in deeper counts. I know Padres fans were not keen on giving him up and thought he might already be better than Cease (they've all changed their tune since Cease has dominated). But looks like we got a decent one back for sure.

We're talking about a guy that forced out the greatest team sport player anybody had seen in history in favor of money, which is the only thing he's devoted to.

Olson and Alonso have nearly identical OPS and OPS+ numbers for their careers, Olson certainly the more complete player and got to the bigs sooner. Goldschmidt got 5-$130M 4 years ago and was 32 when he signed, Pete will be 30 and one of the best bats available, he's got zero reason to give anybody a team friendly deal.