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bewbies posted:I still don't get baseball scouting. 1) MLB prospects are a huge crapshoot. Even the best prospects has huge miss ratings. 2) Money matters. you only have so much bonus money to go around and if you have a ton of picks then you have to be mindful of keeping enough money available to sign them
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IcePhoenix posted:Other concerns I read are quality of competition, since Minnesota isn't exactly a hotbed of high school talent. Is this where I make a Mike Trout from Millville joke? I feel like it is.
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Aaron Judge is the new Beefy Lad.
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MOVIE MAJICK posted:https://gfycat.com/LegitimatePresentFlyingsquirrel It should really be an error according to the rulebook (if... a fly ball falls untouched and, in the scorer’s judgment, the fielder could have handled the ball with ordinary effort, the official scorer shall charge such fielder with an error) but there's no real way of telling who to assign the error to, and you can't give all 4 infielders an error, so it gets ruled a hit.
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The Nelson Cruz contract was extremely good. 296/368/560 152OPS+ 11.7bWAR through 2.5 years of a 4/57. My goodness. His WAR value is basically the same it was with 8 years of Texas. Thom P. Tiers fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Julio Cruz posted:It should really be an error according to the rulebook (if... a fly ball falls untouched and, in the scorer’s judgment, the fielder could have handled the ball with ordinary effort, the official scorer shall charge such fielder with an error) but there's no real way of telling who to assign the error to, and you can't give all 4 infielders an error, so it gets ruled a hit. give it to the pitcher imo
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Paul Zuvella posted:Aaron Judge is the new Beefy Lad. I think he's too tall and athletic to really earn that title. Definitely our Large Adult Son. EDIT: Our Large Adult Son, our 4.0 fWAR boy 
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Paul Zuvella posted:Aaron Judge is the new Beefy Lad. I thought the beefy lad nicknames were given to the fat players
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bewbies posted:I still don't get baseball scouting. There seems to be a shift in thinking recently where teams seem to prefer college bats above other players, all other talent being equal, with the top picks. Other than that, the history of the recent draft shows us that every player is a risk and there's no safe prospect. There have been tons of 4 year college pitchers drafted in recent history at high draft spots who didn't work out like teams expected. Appel, Gausman, and Heaney from the 2012 draft stand out. Compare drafting them to the Twins taking Buxton at #2 overall. He still has a way to go to go but he has already shown he'll probably be much more valuable than these 3 college pitchers (or at least as valuable from a WAR standpoint) whom the Twins could have drafted instead at a time when they were desperate for pitching. There also some huge advantages, in terms of player development, to picking a high school player since you get to put them into your system with your coaches at a young age rather than picking a guy who may have picked up things you don't like from college coaches. College pitchers also come with a ton of mileage on their arms/shoulders/elbows. When it comes to the middle-late 1st round, it makes sense to just pick the best player available, in your team's opinion, because those picks have been shown to be such a huge crapshoot. You could wind up with Courtney Hawkins or Corey Seagar. tldr: Picking the best player available, according to the system your team uses, is just the best way to go and you have to trust your scouting. If you keep loving up picks, it's time to fire some people and hire better scouts or be more open to listening to the scouts who are more often correct in their assessments. tadashi fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Thom P. Tiers posted:The Nelson Cruz contract was extremely good. Baltimore basically swapped Cruz for Mark Trumbo. I wonder how they feel about that right now.
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Miz Kriss posted:I thought the beefy lad nicknames were given to the fat players He's listed at 50 lbs heavier than Schwarber But I'll accept Large Adult Son Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 18:00 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Paul Zuvella posted:He's listed at 50 lbs heavier than Schwarber Being 7 inches taller than someone will do that.
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Julio Cruz posted:Being 7 inches taller than someone will do that. Also muscle is denser than fat
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IcePhoenix posted:Also muscle is denser than fat Also I'd be loving shocked if Schwarber actually is only 235.
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Nelson Cruz is going to end up being Jack Z's best contract, weirdly enough. It was pretty panned at the time, too. Oh well, broken clock and all. E: in other Mariners news, they're no longer extending the naming rights of Safeco Field after 2018. Kinda makes sense since Safeco insurance got bought out by someone else. seiferguy fucked around with this message at 17:53 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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Julio Cruz posted:Also I'd be loving shocked if Schwarber actually is only 235. He was listed at 225 at Kane County, and that was three years and at least thirty pounds ago.
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seiferguy posted:Nelson Cruz is going to end up being Jack Z's best contract, weirdly enough. It was pretty panned at the time, too. Oh well, broken clock and all. What are they going to rename it to? Safeco Field was such a good name for a ballpark.
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seiferguy posted:in other Mariners news, they're no longer extending the naming rights of Safeco Field after 2018 The time has come for it to be named Evergreen Stadium!
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Pungry posted:What are they going to rename it to? Safeco Field was such a good name for a ballpark. 
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seiferguy posted:Nelson Cruz is going to end up being Jack Z's best contract, weirdly enough. It was pretty panned at the time, too. Oh well, broken clock and all. http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/report-nelson-cruz-deal-with-mariners-rejected-by-ownership/  The drought should have ended in 2014. seiferguy posted:E: in other Mariners news, they're no longer extending the naming rights of Safeco Field after 2018. Kinda makes sense since Safeco insurance got bought out by someone else. I know drat well it will just go to the highest bidder, but I'm holding out for Niehaus Field and there's no way that's not the best choice. Tony Phillips fucked around with this message at 18:51 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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https://twitter.com/MLB_PR/status/874667639074947076 Third base looking real nice so far
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Haven't seen the latest NL update yet so here you go: https://twitter.com/MLB_PR/status/874308552453750785 over 1 million votes for Javy "replacement level" Baez 
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Julio Cruz posted:over 1 million votes for Javy "replacement level" Baez I'm at least half of those.
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seiferguy posted:Nelson Cruz is going to end up being Jack Z's best contract, weirdly enough. It was pretty panned at the time, too. Oh well, broken clock and all. Robinson Cano has been worth it, so far, too. I'd argue the same broken clock theory, though. He was just the best player with a fit for them at the time. And those crazy-rear end rumors that the Mariners essentially bid against themselves... which were said to be untrue but you have to wonder where they came from. RE: Baez WRC+ by month April 38 May 121 June 52 tadashi fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Jun 13, 2017 |
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iospace posted:I'm the utter lack of brewers Only one Met on the shortlist and it's not the guy who's 7th in the league in WAR.
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tadashi posted:And those crazy-rear end rumors that the Mariners essentially bid against themselves... which were said to be untrue but you have to wonder where they came from. Rangers writer Evan Grant admitted that he said it as a joke. People ran with it.
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Popete posted:I'm at least half of those. I have reported you to donald trump for voter fraud, you're going to jail
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https://twitter.com/MLBPipeline/status/874692234544852992 This man needs to be traded for cash considerations at some point in the future.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:https://twitter.com/MLBPipeline/status/874692234544852992 If he doesn't make it in baseball he's got a career waiting for him as an ambulance chaser.
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I feel like the Angels don't get enough poo poo for being run by complete morons. https://twitter.com/Kazuto_Yamazaki/status/874478495367258116
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IcePhoenix posted:AL ASG Update Anaemic voting for the Blue Jays is to be expected given their performance this year, but Josh Donaldson deserves to be an All-Star. I'm surprised Justin Smoak hasn't at least made it to fifth for 1B, given the season he's having and the way Sportsnet is pushing him every broadcast. I'm also surprised to see Encarnacion appear on the list. I thought they were hating him over in Cleveland.
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Inspector_666 posted:I feel like the Angels don't get enough poo poo for being run by complete morons. That bum's on the DL, he's not a longterm franchise face. Not like Pujols or this new kid they just drafted.
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IcePhoenix posted:The Twins took a high school pitcher that's a hard commit to LSU with their third round pick so there's the bonus savings at work Hello 2018 compensation pick!
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Kalenn Istarion posted:What do people who are more informed than me think of the Jays draft picks? I've never been into prospect stats much Here's my take: Warmoth is a pretty cool name. Here are some of the image search results for "War Moth".    
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shadok posted:Anaemic voting for the Blue Jays is to be expected given their performance this year, but Josh Donaldson deserves to be an All-Star. He can be the backup then because he sure as hell shouldn't be starting over Sano
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