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White Sox OF Eloy Jimenez, Double-A Birmingham: The thought of arguably the game's most powerful prospect moving to Triple-A Charlotte's BB&T Ballpark -- the International League's most hitter-friendly stadium -- is incredibly enticing. A move to the Knights, however, might have been delayed by a strained left pectoral that kept Jimenez from making his season debut until April 19. No matter, MLB.com's No. 4 overall prospect has picked up where he left off from a slugging standpoint, hitting four homers in his first 13 games with the Barons -- one more than he hit in five fewer contests with the same club in 2017. He's showing serious signs of heating up as well. Including Thursday's 2-for-5 game at Tennessee, Jimenez has hits in seven straight games and is 11-for-33 (.333) with two homers, three doubles and nine RBIs in that span. He's got a .544 slugging percentage and .892 OPS in 32 career games at Double-A, and both are certainly trending up with the more experience he gets at the level. Jimenez played only 71 games at Class A Advanced before moving up last season, and the White Sox could make his Double-A timeline even shorter if he continues to mash like this. milb.com prospect hot sheet

Yankees, Red Sox, Angels, Dodgers, Indians in the beginning, Astros, Cubs, Braves, Phillies, Padres

Lester to the Cubs, although there was already the Epstein connection. Still, everyone in baseball can see the potential in the organization and project it.

Adolfo isn’t getting a bit slower? He’s a really big dude.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/04/us/colorado-state-university-racial-profiling-trnd/index.html Racial profiling incidents picking up on college tours (“threatening” Native Americans at CSU), golf courses, fitness clubs, etc. Coincidence? Of course not...

One of the co—hosts of The View, liberal usually

A lot of scouts think India’s best position in the pros will be second base.

Average fell under 15,000 and back into 28th, just behind the Rays Should be back over that number on the weekend, heading for 1.212 million on the season without factoring in summer bump up. Of course, team winning percentage is 27th as well.

As much as we'd like to dump Engel/Thompson (right now, game-winning HR notwithstanding)...when you have Robert and Basabe behind them, that makes little to no sense (other than getting a veteran place-holder for one or two years that can play well above MLB-average defense in order to protect the young pitching staff).

Greg, in case you missed it...the Republicans are starving the government to death by cutting both tax revenues and government spending (on pretty much everything but the military, which is increasing significantly, even though we already spend more than the 7 countries directly behind us COMBINED.) That means in order to pay for your friend or Bernie Sanders' policies...you're going to have to cut back that military spending by at least 50% and cede the world to the Chinese OR be willing to accept lesser Social Security payouts (and/or work longer and harder for the same retirement the Baby Boomers are now enjoying.) And crappy health insurance which exists on paper but hardly pays for anything but the right you have to claim that you actually have SOME type of health insurance for the purpose of government statistics. The simplest solution to ObamaCare is to FREAKING CLOSE THE LOOPHOLES instead of radically revamping the system (Medicare for ALL, sounds great!) OR swinging the other direction and expecting corporations to pay MORE towards worker retirements/pensions (a trend going the opposite direction the last 20-30 or so years). Good luck with the latter idea.

Yep, $1.35 million to sign for the Rangers...probably another AJ Preller deal, actually

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_05_03_sanaax_friaax_1&t=g_box 3/7, double and triple, average up to .212, 5 homers, 13 RBI's, 7 BB, 37 K's, OPS climbing slowly towards .700 May 4th, double and a homer, #6, up to .220 and 748 ops

You're over complicating it, unless India is one of those guys (like he claimed Collins and Burger to be) who they saw as the #1 prospect or definitely close to the top of their boards. With the lack of a big-time track record prior to this year...it seems to be too much of a risk for such a high pick. Then again, we were able to get Hansen in the 2nd round (otoh, Adams/Beck were thought to be huge talents in neither of them have blossomed with the Sox).

https://www.diehards.com/oklahoma/kyler-murray-oklahoma-sooners-football-big-12-scouting-report-freakish-athlete-rodney-anderson-cale-gundy An anonymous Big 12 coach had plenty of praise for Murray’s talents. “He’s got some freakish type skills,” the coach said. “He can run so well, he’s so explosive, so fast, but this dude can sling the hell out of it, too.” Murray served as Mayfield’s backup in 2017 after sitting out the 2016 season following his transfer from Texas A&M. He completed 18 of his 21 passes for 359 yards, 3 touchdowns and no interceptions. He also ran for 142 yards (10.1 yards per carry), mostly as a wildcat quarterback. Oklahoma sophomore outfielder Kyler Murray was ranked the No. 36 prospect in the 2018 MLB Draft by ESPN's Keith Law on Thursday. Murray was the highest ranked Big 12 player in the projection of 50 players. Murray is currently averaging .279 batting with five home runs and 28 RBIs. Murray is also currently battling to be the starting quarterback on the football team. Last season Murray threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns as Baker Mayfield's backup quarterback. The 2018 MLB Draft will take place June 4 -- Murray has yet to make a decision if he will enter or not. “Murray is slated to start at quarterback this fall for the Sooners, but if he’s finally ready to play baseball full time, his plus-plus speed and contact-oriented swing would make him a first-round pick — especially since he’s played fairly well since moving into the Sooners’ lineup in the third weekend of the spring.” This season for the Sooners, Murray is batting .279 with five home runs and 28 RBI. One possibility for Murray would be to play professional baseball during the summer before returning to campus to join the football team for the 2018 campaign. “We’ve had some discussions on that,” head coach Lincoln Riley said after the spring game, via NewsOK.com. “We’re open and honest with each other about that and I’m comfortable about where we’re at with it.” Oklahoma opens the 2018 college football season against Florida Atlantic on Sept. 1. https://campussports.net/2018/04/19/oklahoma-football-kyler-murray-could-be-top-mlb-draft-pick/#!

Honel and Jason Stumm were the last two...and I think 50% of Honel was about the hometown/local kid

Did ANYONE on here call Davidson being a core piece of the rebuild two years ago? Especially after he got hurt in his first or second game back up. Crazy. Still not a done deal, but looking really good.

Delmonico needs to improve his situational hitting awareness significantly to be a future contributor...

Speaking of India (linked in draft thread as well) No one in this Draft class has improved his stock more than Jonathan India. The Florida Gators infielder wasn't on our Draft Top 50 in December and now he stands at No. 10 overall. India was always a solid player, did the summer showcase circuit in high school and got drafted in the 26th round by the Brewers in 2015. But if anyone saw this coming, I'd like to take them to Vegas. A three-year starter at Florida, India certainly was a competent college performer. He hit .303 and slugged .440 as a freshman, but then managed a .274/.354/.429 line as a sophomore. India's two summers in the Cape Cod League were good, but not extraordinary. So what happened? The biggest thing has been an improvement in India's overall approach. His pitch selection has been so much better and that, in turn, has allowed him to tap into his raw power more consistently on good pitches to drive. India's .401/.546/.810 line matches up with just about anyone's, especially considering he's doing it in the ultra-competitive SEC. He has 14 homers and 10 steals and even with the big uptick in power, he has more walks than strikeouts. Does this huge junior season put India in the top 10? That remains to be seen. He's certainly moved into the conversation. It's not a slam dunk, as I think some teams would prefer a little more track record of this kind of success. A few years ago, another SEC performer had a .701 OPS as a freshman and a 1.205 OPS as a Draft-eligible sophomore. That was Andrew Benintendi. How has that turned out? Now, I don't think India has Benintendi's tools, and it's not entirely clear what position he plays long-term, but it is hard to ignore what he's done. And if there's a team in the top 10 who thinks he has the chance to play shortstop (some do), then that team might very well take him.

Flowers and Phegley come to mind right off the bat...although Tyler's had a longer career than most of would have imagined 5 or 6 years ago. But Hostetler was a Braves scout and covered that region of the country...so if he's SURE Bart is the best choice, but I would take Madrigal and figure his position out later. You can make him a part-time DH and play him all over the field like Zobrist/Baez/Happ if you absolutely have to in order to get his bat in the line-up SOMEWHERE. Even if that means LF.

Elite college hitters make their own way, look at Thomas and Ventura. Heck, look no further than how quickly Beckham came up after being drafted. I would argue 2020 at the latest, not the earliest with such an advanced/refined offensive approach. Still don't understand why we drafted Collins...and then we're going to take Bart too? Seems like a big miss to turn Collins into an "average-ish/fringe-ish" 1B/DH with a draft pick so high in the first round.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-draft-prospects-with-highest-ceilings/c-275054666 Dream draft for the White Sox...in terms of "high ceiling" players, Madrigal and then OF Kyler Murray (Oklahoma Sooners) As soon as people find out Murray is a two-sport athlete, all the KW comments will come out, lol.

This type of argument is why America (and our political system as it stands today) are in so much trouble. If we simply divide it into “us versus them,” can’t even have a legitimate discussion on the problematic nature (or responsibility) of actions being taken...then we might as well just divide into GOP and Dem states that follow right or left policies. It’s already happening with California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii, whether the national parties like it or not. Vote with your feet...don’t like high SALT taxes in NYC/NJ and think Texas heat is great, you also don’t get to complain about your son or daughter’s disappointing educational results.

Playing collegiate baseball at Auburn and being signed as a raw 16 year old out of the Dominican are clearly the same backgrounds, not unlike McDowell at Stanford and Ventura at Oklahoma State. By the way, how much did Yoan Moncada bump up attendance last year? The answer is probably not even enough to account for half of Joakim Soria’s salary this season.

The same reason the Cubs have reasonable control of most of their core position players for the next 3-4 years. They didn’t jump the gun, although they did end up shortening the timeframe to get to that contention window by acquiring Lester and getting some unexpected pitching performances out of Arrieta, Hendricks and Hammel.

Two (GOP) politicians just told the truth about taxes and health care https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/02/politics/election-2018-taxes-obamacare-rubio-price/index.html