May 20, 2025May 20 I'm going to be annoying and point out that Wolkow has struck out in 44% of his plate appearances during this short run of power hitting. Not really showing that he can find a way to generate enough contact without giving up his power. I hope he figures it out as he seems like a nice kid and of course I enjoy the aesthetic of a giant dude playing baseball.
May 20, 2025May 20 https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/jac-caglianone-promoted-to-triple-a-by-royals Caglianone promoted to AAA...lots of the same arguments here you will see about why Braden will need to also go through AA and AAA, and not just skip ahead quickly to the majors.
May 20, 2025May 20 1 hour ago, Jake said: I'm going to be annoying and point out that Wolkow has struck out in 44% of his plate appearances during this short run of power hitting. Not really showing that he can find a way to generate enough contact without giving up his power. I hope he figures it out as he seems like a nice kid and of course I enjoy the aesthetic of a giant dude playing baseball. Nothing you said was really annoying, negative, or untrue. The dude can hit all the dingers he wants but he will be a bust if he can’t reduce his strikeout rate. It’s just so high that it would be unsustainable in the majors. Edited May 20, 2025May 20 by WhiteSox2023
May 21, 2025May 21 6 hours ago, Autumn Dreamin said: This is a pretty strange response. He’s OPSing ~100 points higher since the promotion.
May 21, 2025May 21 Author So our #3, #7, #9, #12, #17, #18, #19, #21, and #24 prospects, who are all starting pitchers, are all currently unable to preform as starting pitchers.
May 21, 2025May 21 37 minutes ago, Autumn Dreamin said: They are being very proactive with arm health this year it seems Considering what has happened with injuries this year, I'm sure they are going to be very conservative.
May 21, 2025May 21 1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said: So our #3, #7, #9, #12, #18, #19, #21, and #24 prospects, who are all starting pitchers, are all currently unable to preform as starting pitchers. Where does it say he’s unable to perform?
May 21, 2025May 21 Author 1 hour ago, Lyle Moooton said: Where does it say he’s unable to perform? I am unsure about how to respond to this because it is literally right there in the tweet.
May 22, 2025May 22 White Sox: Christian Oppor, LHP (No. 18) Extremely raw when the White Sox selected him in 2023's fifth round out of Gulf Coast State (Fla.) JC, Oppor has impressed with his arsenal and improved polish while putting together a 3.46 ERA, .180 average-against and 37 strikeouts in 26 innings between two Class A levels. He's working at 93-95 mph and touching 98 with his fastball while also missing bats with a sweeping 78-82 mph slider and tumbling upper-70s change up. mlb.com Edited May 22, 2025May 22 by caulfield12
May 22, 2025May 22 5 hours ago, southsider2k5 said: I am unsure about how to respond to this because it is literally right there in the tweet. Precautionary workload management isn’t the same as unable to perform. I’m sure Crochet was more than able to pitch 5 innings late last year. I don’t know what you expect exactly? He’s going 200 innings this year? Anyways agree to disagree. Edited May 22, 2025May 22 by Lyle Moooton
May 22, 2025May 22 Author 27 minutes ago, Lyle Moooton said: Precautionary workload management isn’t the same as unable to perform. They are holding him out of games, thus making him unavailable to perform as a starter.
May 22, 2025May 22 16 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: If you would rather pretend they aren't holding him out of games, thus making him unavailable to perform as a starter, I will let you run with that, minus the name calling. I removed the name calling like 2 minutes later because I didn’t want to be childish. Put forth my look on it instead. You just responded really quick.
May 22, 2025May 22 Author 10 minutes ago, Lyle Moooton said: I removed the name calling like 2 minutes later because I didn’t want to be childish. Put forth my look on it instead. You just responded really quick. I edited as well.
May 22, 2025May 22 mlb.com Get ready, baseball fans. The "Korean Ohtani" is coming. His name is Seong-Jun Kim, he's a two-way player, and he just signed with the Rangers as an international free agent. Now, we don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves here … Kim is still in high school over in Korea, and he's only 18 years old. So it'll be a little while before we might see him in the Major Leagues. But the emergence of a new two-way phenom in baseball is exciting. And the good news is, the Rangers want Kim to stay that way. "We have full intent as an organization to develop him as a two-way player," Rangers international scouting director Hamilton Wise said after Texas signed Kim on Sunday. "We believe he has the qualities and ingredients for that challenge." Will Kim be a superstar like Ohtani? He thinks he can. "It's gonna be hard, not easy," Kim said after signing (via interpreter Kwangmin "Andre" Park). "But I will do my best. I'm not going to regret anything at all. I will do my best. … If I can improve better and earlier, I can be the best player in the big leagues." Here are some fast facts about Kim: He's a shortstop and right-handed pitcher. He's now ranked the Rangers' No. 15 prospect by MLB Pipeline. As a pitcher, he throws a fastball, slider, splitter and curveball and already touches 95 mph with his heater. As a batter, he's an above-average contact hitter and projects for 15-plus home run power in the future. His high school in Korea, Gwangju Jeil High School, has produced four other big leaguers: Byung-Hyun Kim, Hee-Seop Choi, Jae Weong Seo and Jung Ho Kang. Want to know more about the Korean Ohtani? Read all about Kim here. -- David Adler
May 23, 2025May 23 Author 24 minutes ago, fathom said: Hagen with elbow soreness, but MRI clean. "Workload management"
May 25, 2025May 25 https://www.mlb.com/giants/news/giants-prospect-bo-davidson-draws-barry-bonds-comparison?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage SF discovers JC version of Barry Bonds
May 25, 2025May 25 Yeah, looks like @Harold's Leg Lift was right all along. I worried Cags outdid be a 1b only guy, but with that kinda power, who cares? Looks like he should have been the first guy picked.
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