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My opinion could change, but I haven’t been able to find concrete scouting report on him at all, with him being 21 and all and played in Japan, that’s a little strange if he’s as good as advertised. Reading in between the lines, the fact they he think “could” stay in the OF, most likely due to a strong arm, suggest he’s might be a limited athlete and there is potential he doesn’t. His SB number backs it up and he’s played more games at 1B than RF. On top of that, he’s BB/K number isn’t impressive in the minors of Japan. The pitching thing might also be a gimmick, no report of secondaries, didn’t pitch in Japan minors, no telling if he’s just a kid with a strong arm.

If it’s next July I’m 80% certain Sox lands him. JR rather spends his money on older prospects for J2. Personally I hope the Sox stay away from him.

Since Robert got extended, I think the Sox could safely keep Madrigal down for a month without being accused of service time manipulation. That way you could get a 7th year on him, and if he performs in the first year, you could still extend him for a fairly reasonable amount.

He's a more legit platoon bat than Leury and would be a great locker room presence. Honestly, with Leury's versatility, we could be adding a bat at any position and still be fine. So it's just better if we add a bat that complements Mazara well.

If the upside is 1.5-2 WAR player Pence, Cabrera and Pillar all provide that type of upside at lower risk. I know you wanted BZ for 2B/RF flexibility but Leury could handle the same position as well, IMO the bat we add should either be a stronger platoon or provide additional IF/OF depth.

The off field issues played a big role for sure, he could bounce back or he doesn’t. I am just not confident he does at that age. If the upside is in between his 2017 and 18 self, and downside is DFA after a few months, why take that risk over some of the less risky options out there.

I think Robert is so freaking athletic he still has enough speed to stay in CF even with another 15-20 LBS. I couldn’t say he’s more athletic than Trout, but Trout is playing at 240 these days. I think whether he could stay there or not would be determined by whether his instincts catch up to his athleticism.

CWS thinks his 2019 should be tossed out because of marital issues, but he was pretty bad in 2017 as well. The fact that he’s turning 39 I think it’s the end of the road for him. Unless it’s a NRI invite to challenge Mendick for a spot I don’t want any part of him. My order of preference for the last bat: Pence, Cabrera, Pillar

Don't think this has been mentioned yet, but Robert making OD lineup most likely would lead to Collins not being there, unless in the very unlikely scenario we don't add a platoon bat for Mazara. Assuming they hold off on extending Madrigal, Leury would be the OD 2B, and Engel would be the 4th OF. I think a Pence signing makes sense now more than ever. Bench pre-Madrigal: Pence, Engel, Mendick, McCann Once Madrigal comes up the bench would look like: Leury: Backup IF, and CF Pence: Backup RF, and LF McCann: Backup C Then I could see Engel and Mendick fighting for the last roster spot. Collins could force his hands by having a strong spring and win a spot as the 5th bench bat, but not getting consistent ABs won't do him any favor, plus I'd much rather use the 26th spot on a bullpen arm.

Or we could give Betts an opt out after year 3 or 4 right when Yoan and some others are getting expensive.

But apparently we still don’t hustle enough to be taken seriously.

b**** ass Twinkies, are yall scared yet?

Did he imply that Nagy had a lot of input on the passing schemes? The reason I had been critical of Nagy is I think he clearly had major influence or even full control on the passing schemes early last season and it showed on the field. I'm not sure if it's an issue of our QB, defenses figuring out his schemes and pre-snap movements, we're not running the same offense as last year and we failed to make adjustments in most games to get the offense going. While the Bears were bad at the ground game, they were even worse at passing, ranking dead last in YPA.

I don't know what the Nationals are doing. They have a huge need at 3B and the money to spend and Donaldson would make total sense for them. Their fanbase is definitely not happy about cutting salary after a WS winning season.

Because stat itself does not measure the talent or performance of a pitcher.

Does Greg have a brother who's a Twins fan? Here's a couple other gems from the same poster in the same thread: In reference to Yolmer being a GG and had an OPS+ of 80 last year:

For every Astros there’s a Rays, Indians, or A’s, where they could stay competitive through analytics and make the playoffs every couple years, their revenue only saw minimal growth YoY after adjusted for inflation. When teams don’t spend enough and trade away star players before they become expensive and have to resort to under the radar options and tier 3/4 free agents, it doesn’t excite fans a whole lot and put butts on the seats.

His split finger has gotten a lot better, and he started throwing it a lot more and is now a legit put away pitch. I’ll say that if Lopez doesn’t improve, Bailey would be a better #5 starter than Lopez is for us. I think Graterol is the X factor for them, whenever he comes up. He could have Cease type impact for them.

For his projected BA, I think the best metrics to use his xBA from last season, which already factors in his EV, launch angle, and sprint speed for certain batted balls. While his xBA last year was .291, I expect his K% to continue to come down and BB% to come up, some of the said effect could be negated by de-juicing of the ball. All being said l think a .290/.360/.550 season is not unreasonable, meaning the projections in the OP, which most likely factors in a multi-year average rather than players making sustainable improvements, is too bearish on him.

Actually it doesn’t. I’m a big proponent of a salary floor in baseball, similar to the NBA, who sets it at 90% of the cap. It may be an unrealistic initial target for MLB, like Parkman suggested it could be 70-80% of the cap and gets adjusted over time. This obviously would require greater revenue sharing amongst teams which would have a hard time getting owners sign off on. However with a floor put in place the competitive balance of the league would become a lot closer and theoretically the middle of the road veteran players would get paid as well.

The GM takes the hit for drafting the wrong player but the coaching staff takes the hit for failing to develop the QB. Pace missed out on all pro talents like Mahomes and Watson but Trubisky has the tools to be an above average QB that we saw glimpses of last year. Part of Nagy’s job was to harness the potential of MT and he’s failing to do that.

This. And absolutely no question that Moncada should bat 2nd, for the same reason Trout, Yelich, and Judge batting 2nd. Many analysis have shown that you want your player with best combination of power and OBP there.

Is this the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

He was hit harder than ever (but so was rest of the league) and his xwOBA puts him close to his 2017 season, which is still a darn good reliever. I suspect Mets would ask for at least Stiever or Dunning.

That’s reason to not fire a coach but not reason to hire one. What was his calling card as an NFL coach has been nonexistent for one and a half season now (the offensive output today was inexcusable). On top of that, the franchise QB has took a huge step back in a year we expected major growth, the team has gone through games this year where they didn’t seem ready to play, and they struggled in fundamentals of the game, especially blocking (not just the OL, but RBs and WRs also). They went .500 because they had too much talent and beat up on some pretty bad team. Nagy has that to thank because that’s what saved his job.