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Judd is really bad at the job.

Houston Astros Mark Appel, RHP, Stanford The Astros' decision is still apparently up in the air, but the general feeling is that they'll take the college arm over the higher-upside, higher-risk outfielder, Byron Buxton … or that they'll take the best player who'll cut a deal below the $7.2 million slot figure and transfer the money to later picks. Minnesota Twins Byron Buxton, OF, Appling County H.S. (Baxley, Ga.) They were presumed to be on San Francisco right-hander Kyle Zimmer until the past few weeks, when Zimmer's velocity slipped and he missed a start with a hamstring injury. Appel seems to be the other option here, or perhaps prep right-hander Lucas Giolito now that teams are getting more and more comfortable with reports on his elbow injury, which caused him to miss most of the year. Seattle Mariners Lucas Giolito, RHP, Harvard-Westlake H.S. (Studio City, Calif.) They were supposedly on Florida catcher Mike Zunino, but now the word is they want pitching and are on Giolito, Max Fried (Giolito's high school teammate) and Oklahoma State southpaw Andrew Heaney. But I'm also hearing Puerto Rican prep shortstop Carlos Correa is a possibility. It's worth noting that their first-round pick last year, Danny Hultzen, stunned almost everyone, so if we think the Mariners are on someone, they probably are not. Baltimore Orioles Kevin Gausman, RHP, LSU Baltimore is looking for the best player available; that could be Gausman, who I currently have ranked as the top pitcher in the draft, or Correa or any of the players named above, although the Orioles are not really linked to Giolito. Kansas City Royals Mike Zunino, C, Florida I've heard them on Gausman, and every college arm, and of course, they'd look at Buxton if he fell. They've also been camped out on hard-throwing prep right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. for his past few outings, when he has been peaking at just the right time. Chicago Cubs Albert Almora, CF, Mater Academy Charter (Hialeh Gardens, Fla.) The Cubs also have their eyes California prep lefty Fried and Puerto Rico's Correa. Almora, who has an advanced feel for hitting and good range in center, is the likely favorite here.

if not, then close to it. He had a 916 OPS against in save situations last year over 119 PA, 881 when the Cubs were ahead compared to 422 when they were behind. He's got a 1250 OPS against in save situations this year, 950 in late/close. He's just been worthless.

yeah, I do not like this

That's the problem with today's long term contracts. Back in the 80's, the shorter term contracts were motivation for these guys to play well and earn their next fix. How else do you explain Eric Davis' improbable comeback in his mid 30's? Ryne Sandberg signed one of those shorter term contracts and he just up and quit.

How do you find yourself listening to the Sox radio broadcast if you aren't a Sox fan?

It's a decent enough gamble but there isn't high reward with a guy who is a halfway decent setup man when he's at his best.

Am I missing something here or this headline trying too hard?

No more worried than I was to bring Milton Bradley from Arlington to Wrigley. Or Marlon Byrd. I read that to assume he was referring to the nightlife? Bingo I would think living in Texas would drive a man to destroy his life with drugs and alcohol more so than living in Wrigleyville would tempt a man to indulge.

call him up immediately.

Not swing away, pull the bat back and slash at the pitch. In theory it's a nice concept, in practice it's a great way to get behind in the count. Let your best hitters hit. thanks for reading the entire post I did. But I responded to the part where you said he wanted him to swing away.

Not swing away, pull the bat back and slash at the pitch. In theory it's a nice concept, in practice it's a great way to get behind in the count. Let your best hitters hit.

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No, it isn't. You are talking about very different caliber hitters in those different situations.

Give him whatever he wants, when he dies of an overdose you are out of the contract.

He's hardly stake his future on him. Webb could never play in another NFL games, the Bears could have a tremendous season and Tice would become a hot coaching commodity. They've said a lot of nice things about Webb, they've said a lot of nice things about a lot of not very good players who have been replaced as soon as possible. They gave him a shot, he sucks. If they are moving Williams to tackle it is so he can take back his old job, not to ride the bench.

Well, where do most players come from? California, Texas and Florida? Hardly anybody actually wants to play for a Florida team and they have no money. I'd guess it happens in California more than any other state. More than Illinois at least.

Was it about GRINDERS? I think it was the one about Mike Caruso's 2 run homer in a game at Wrigley. I think the Sox swept that series. Nah, some walk off grand slam by Ventura. Then how he cares about fundamentals and playing the game the right away, and omg kill me. Hah, I've probably seen that commercial a dozen times and completely zone out each time.

Some semblance of thinking involved, maybe. But it's not logical at all.

It's beyond a bit much, it's ludicrous. The only hint that they view Williams as a swing tackle is because Biggs wrote that they should. It would be beyond an incredibly stupid decision to make him a swing tackle, so I am going to assume they don't, because they can't be that dumb. Swing tackle isn't even a position though so people really need to stop talking about it. It's the just a lineman who isn't good enough to start, a backup.

I really don't see the dig. If anything, he downplays the notion that simply using a different system will make the line block better.

If they are actually going to move Williams back to tackle, that would be a huge indication that they are not committed to Webb as their starter.

He already is a legit prospect, having put up respectable numbers young for his league in the last 3 years, despite no patience whatsoever. While looking up his injury status I noticed a blurb in bleacher nation about his return. They said something like it's unfortunate that there is hype of Lake and it's premature, and that TEN is where he should be. It didn't make any sense, because it's not like the hype is saying he needs to be in the majors tomorrow. Everybody who has positive things to say about him realizes it's going to take time. There's nothing unfortunate or premature about being excited for his potential, given his track record to date. It would be one thing if he was in rookie ball or something, but we're talking about a guy approaching 2000 professional PA who has seen time at all stops and held his own despite obvious flaws.

Hamels hasn't lived in CA in 10 years. Why is this only a concern when a player is from SoCal?? Are we afraid that Garza is going to go to the Giants? Selma's only an hour farther than SD is from LA Being away from your home state for 10 years does not make it any less of your home state. It's not like he was elsewhere by choice. He was drafted. Free agency can give a guy options, and in a state like CA with 5 teams there's a lot of opportunity for guys to move back, if they want. I think it's something that does happen, so no reason to dismiss it as a potential hurdle.

everbody on tenn is hitting right now, it's 11-1 in the 4th.