Jose Abreu

I like Madrigal but my god people are going to be disappointed with him because of unrealistic expectations. .350 average with a .908 OPS??

Madrigal has been on fire lately and Vaughn has only played a handful of games. I had Vaughn at #3 (and Madrigal at #5). Once he starts hitting, I think that will become a more popular opinion. It's nothing against Madrigal either, just that Vaughn is going to be an absolute monster.

He was the #38 prospect in baseball per MLB.com in 2016. For a waiver claim, nothing to complain about.

Get him stateside

I'm really surprised that I'm the only person to have Gonzalez in the top 10 so far. He was better than Walker in A+ and has had some bad BABIP luck this year.

1. Robert drop 2. Kopech 3. Vaughn slight drop 4. Cease 5. Madrigal drop 6. Dunning 7. Basabe 8. Gonzalez 9. Adolfo 10. Walker 11. Rutherford 12. Sheets

Mid-April 2020

Up to Charlotte or Chicago?

Eloy has actually looked pretty decent defensively since he returned from injury.

.897 OPS, 136 wRC+, 3.0 fWAR. Bust

.829 OPS and 115 wRC+ now. A 2 year extension, with the 2nd year being a team or mutual option, would be nice

Ha, didn't mean to start a war with my comment. It's in the suburbs so parking is easy. When I worked downtown last year I would just take a train every day. Thank you! It's very convenient because it's also a nice little source of income during the school year when I work remotely part-time. Congrats on your new job as well.

eloy jimenez

It's a job that I work full time during the summer and part time (remotely) while I'm at college. If I had it my way, I would work from home every day but it's an easy 20 minute commute, laid back atmosphere, and I tend to be really punctual so I get there early just out of habit.

Obviously every place is different but I'm working for a small company (35 employees) in the western suburbs and it's extremely laid-back and flexible. My hours are technically 8-5 with half days on Fridays but I come and go as I please as long as I am working 9 hours per day (and half on Fridays). So I usually end up coming in from like 730-430, and even though I'm 19, I'm trusted to do my job and am not constantly being micromanaged or anything. I had a similar experience last summer at a tech start-up downtown. I think a lot of it depends on the age of ownership. In both cases my superiors are generally young (<40) and have a more relaxed attitude about the little things. Their only concern is that I do the work I'm supposed to do and complete it within those 9 hour days. They don't care about the exact minutes I'm working, whether I do some work at home, or whether I'm wearing a tie. That's the way it should be in most places, IMO.

Eloy

I wonder if they don’t even bother with him down there and just move him stateside soon?

I've noticed that people who are often objectively in the wrong tend to justify themselves by citing "reason and common sense" these days

Much, much better than what he has been getting in Charlotte. With an average AAA defense his ERA would be well under 4, IMO.

I don’t think Cease has been struggling. His numbers in a hitter’s paradise with a juiced ball are not bad at all, and the defense behind him has been abysmal.

Rain in the forecast.

Collins

Yermin Mercedes reminds me of Jesus Aguilar of the Brewers

*Yoan Moncada thread, which is about a 3B with an .874 OPS and 2.5 fWAR with team control through 2023, casually becomes a Tatis Jr thread because Soxtalk*

Anderson