Marky Mark

TIME TO COMPETE!

Of regular season in the minors? 2 more weeks.

Eduardo Escobar

Yeah I agree. Its not too late to tell them that you went about doing it the wrong way. I know its sort of embarrassing to go back now, but they are your friends. Get together with them and have a calm discussion about the reality of how that way of speaking makes you feel. Like others said, if they really are friends worth having, they'll respect that. If not, then you can just stopping hanging out with them.

If competing just means over .500 then next year is likely. If it means competing for playoffs, then 2021. I think there is a lot of assumptions being made that are not sure things, particularly starting pitching being competitive. Kopech only has a few MLB starts, nothing for sure says he will be definitively effective in general (not even taking into account that he is coming back from a year off with injury).

What do you have against Verlander?

Woops! Thought it was interesting that they had such an early game.

Sosa 3 run bomb. Flores getting knocked around thus far.

Walker double Robert triple Stiever doing decent so far, 5k thru 4, 2 ER.

Mike Stanton

Possibly. I think the only 2 reasons he may not be would be his age (will be 22 soon) and his durability (not sure how much publications take this into account). You do have Wander Franco as an 18 year old enjoying A+ quite a bit.

Does anybody else smile a little and feel all warm inside every time they scroll through and see the word "fulcrum" in the thread title?

Yogurt solo shot.

That's 40 BBs in 36 games in Bailey. In the last 14 years (all that BR shows) the most BBs a player has had in a season is 61. Bailey is on pace to beat that.

Feel like it's been forever since a Birmingham game. Bailey not in DSL lineup. Apparently needed a day off from all the walking he's been doing. 'Lil Bro is currently 2 for 2 with a 2B. The Dannon Cannon is 1 for 3 with a CS.

How about "The Madman"? If you are thinking about what comes natural, its probably just going to be "Mads" or some abbreviated form.

I never got up early as a 19 year old. Just wanted to sleep and play video games with friends. Your generalization was very fair.

Change that title back!

Bradford, Moore, Burke, Allen, Jeans, Archer, Alston are all on AZL Sox roster.

Anyone know what kind of time commitment guys have to make to the team when they sign and get a bonus? Like if they play proball for a year and half and realize its not for them and they want to go to college, are they forced to give back part of their bonus? I imagine it doesn't matter much for the guys getting like 5k, but for the guys getting 100k+, I'm sure there's got to be some minimum agreement, right?

Thank you. This gave me a good laugh to end the night.

Agreed. If you can't get a bunter out, then you don't deserve a no hitter.

Much more interesting looking guy then Weems.

I think it had a lot more to do with his competition against Jr college players vs Pac-12.

Yeah, looking at his numbers.. There's nothing to be excited about there, except his 80 grade signing bonus.