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  1. davell
    Thorpe, Brink, Williams, and Mitchell all official. Hope we get the numbers on Thorpe and Williams soon.
  2. davell
    Jack Z is in "save job" mode according to other execs. Please take advantage of this.
  3. davell
    So, according to Pevey, Hendricks is hitting 95 with his FB 15-18 times a game. Wow.
  4. davell
    If the bat is truly advanced, they're not going to hold it up, to develop his catching skills. I'll be a tad surprised if he catches at all next year.
  5. davell
    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--bulls-pursuing-trade-for-magic-s-aaron-afflalo-142632914.html Bulls after Afflalo. Very interesting. I guess if Carmelo is an option, it's a S & T.
  6. davell
    Hendricks is decent tonight.
  7. davell
    Lol
  8. davell
    Javy 3-3
  9. davell
    Norwood gets 175,000-26,900 UNDER slot. Very surprised based on his pre-draft rankings honestly.
  10. davell
    Javy broken bat single.
  11. davell
    Alcantara is 2-2 with 2 doubles.
  12. davell
    Schwarber walked his 2nd PA
  13. davell
    With enough versatility out of the 12 position guys, I'm fine with it. IF, big IF, we have 8 guys that are truly solid. Honestly, there's no need for Villanueva. But, I can see a future pen with Rondon, Strop, Ramirez, Grimm, Vizcaino, Rivero, Wright, and Rosscup being good enough that we don't need a bunch of 7 inning starts either. Limit the innings on the starters, get each of the pen arms plenty of work. May be unconventional, but if the pen is as solid as I can envision this one becoming, the rotation may not need to have anything other than homegrown types and short term FA. Which is a totally different mindset than I've always had. But these bullpen arms are really making me think.
  14. davell
    We could have traded them both for prospects. Oh come on. At least it makes things heading into this offseason.
  15. davell
    If Rizzo and Castro had done this last year, I bet our offseason would have been much different.
  16. davell
    Yeah, that. I'm trying to do too many things at once right now.
  17. davell
    Your prior response was solid. You got it in before mine or else I wouldn't have bothered. I do respect Parks and Law and trust their opinions, based on their actual scouting ability. I learn things reading their stuff. Yes, they can each be insufferable in very different ways, but I do my best to look past it. But I'll stand by my statement, none of us(other than UK) has shown an ability to break down a swing or pitching mechanics past a very basic level. We can look deep into stats(most here) and some(you included) can bring compelling into to the table. But the scouting side is more important when dealing with guys of this age group, in my opinion. And when filling out our lists or whatever, we look at stats and what the gurus are saying. In the end, I guess our only difference is I listen more than you do to them.
  18. davell
    Uh you? Uhhh no. Almora has a .590 OPS. If anyone were scouting only the slash line, they wouldn't ask "is he out of the top 50." They'd say he wasn't a prospect at all. "herr derr, you only scout the slash line" is idiotic baseball hipsterism at its worst. What a joke of a response. You asked me to name ONE. So I did. Guess who else? The rest of us. Why? Because there's not a single scout(other than UK) here. It's all we're [expletive] capable of, to be quite honest. The difference though, is some of us actually LISTEN to what guys who ARE qualified have to say. And dont make [expletive] asinine comments about Almora being Darwin Barney(latest in a very long, hyperbolic line)
  19. davell
    Uh you?
  20. davell
    Yeah, who cares if they perform. I've *seen* them. With my *eyes.* BP has become so awful. Maybe so, but they understand scouting slash lines and nothing else is [expletive] stupid.
  21. davell
    The question is who all gets dealt? I still think Shark stays myself. I think we'll see a rather disappointing trade season honestly. Hammel, Schierholtz, Russell, our 2-4 IFA slots, and Christian Villanueva. With a Carlos Villanueva and Barney DFA.
  22. davell
    Only if there's a team out there that needs a lefty reliever and thinks reliever ERA means something. I think our better hope is someone wants a "veteran".
  23. davell
    http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2014/#list=int Yankees with 5 of top 10, 9 of 18, and 11 of 30. This better be us next year. With so little talk on IFA this year, I'm hoping we find a Urias situation in Mexico, where we still are able to procure a top end talent, spreading the money around to others in a package deal and the Mexican team.
  24. davell
    I think we get one and a borderline guy who can start or come off the bench. By May next year, we get Alcantara in CF, Bryant in RF (maybe LF?) and Baez at 2b. Valbuena at 3B?
  25. davell
    Realistically, we have Lake, Sweeney, and Ruggiano under contract for next year. KB could be in RF, Alcantara could be in CF. Bryant could be at 3B, Alcantara could be at 2B. At any rate, we definitely need 2 starting OF for next year.
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