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  1. Tryptamine
    PCA up to 1.9 fWAR in 303 PAs, so roughly 3.8-4 fWAR pace over a full season of PAs.
  2. Tryptamine
    After losing both games of the doubleheader, the Sox now sit at 31 and 103. This means they'll now have to go 11-17 or better to avoid losing the most games in modern era. Their WP% is at .231 which is the worst in the modern era.
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    And yet when I was just talking to my friend about how PCA has been killing it since the ASB, he responded that so did Seiya last year and he's only average this year. It's amazing how out of touch most fans are with reality. I get the impression they'd rather have the .750 OPS 30 HR bat over the .850 OPS 20 HR guy.
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    Crazy to me that PCA is playing at 3 fwar per 162 while sporting an 81 wRC+ prior to this game. Is he seriously around a 5 fWAR player if he's just a league average bat?
  5. Tryptamine
    Let's focus on PCA being the 2025 MVP that he will clearly be.
  6. Tryptamine
    On the positive side of things PCA is up to a .664 OPS at the moment and an 84 wRC+. If he manages to get to .700 we should all be thrilled with his rookie year.
  7. Tryptamine
    Way to bother showing up today pitchers.
  8. Tryptamine
    Crazy that with an almost 100 run difference in their run differential, the Cardinals are still only 1.5 games in back of the Cubs.
  9. Tryptamine
    This is about as lopsided a game as it could be if you're just looking at the pitching matchup. I'd be thrilled if they stole this one.
  10. Tryptamine
    Starting to feel like there's a pretty small chance Bellinger is opting out. No one is going to give him the 100M deal it's going to take when he's sporting a 108 wRC+.
  11. Tryptamine
    Damn I guess. He looked miserable the first couple hitters, then just straight up destroyed the next 3.
  12. Tryptamine
    Better have a real short leash on Keegan.
  13. Tryptamine
    Steele does not have it at all right now. It's going to be a real short outing for him.
  14. Tryptamine
    2 of the first 3 Pirate hitters over 100 mph, not great.
  15. Tryptamine
    I'll be interested to see what happens in regards to Ohtani and the HoF. Currently he sits at 25.7 fWAR, which is less than half of what is typically necessary. It's incredibly unlikely he'll reach the usual prerequisite which is around 60 fWAR. If he keeps doing what he's doing for another 4 years is he in regardless of career numbers based on how purely dominant he was over an 8 year stretch?
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    The A's have DFA'd Abraham Toro, he's a guy I've always been interested in. I have no interest in him on the MLB roster, but he's definitely a guy I'd like to stash in AAA and see if they can get him right. https://www.fangraphs.com/players/abraham-toro/19844/stats?position=2B/3B
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    I don't claim to know much about him as a prospect, but my first reaction would be why? There's a limited number of slots and he's still hard struggling after repeating A ball.
  18. Tryptamine
    This is a part of it but his K% at A was very reasonable. With that said, he should destroy A ball so it may not mean much. We'll get a better read in his time at A+. If he's still sporting a 21ish percent k rate and showing plus power at A+, then I don't really see any problem with viewing him favorably to Caissie. I mean as I mentioned above, I have them in the same prospect grouping right now, with Caissie a bit ahead because he's already proved it up to AAA.
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    I'd agree. I have Horton/Shaw/Ballesteros firmly ahead of him. He's in the next tier of Alcantara and Cam for me.
  20. Tryptamine
    One, it's unfair to use Judge because he has almost unprecedented power, 2 Caissie does not have the athleticism or speed to turn in infield hits and get extra bases like Elly does. With that said, no one would complain at all about an .850 OPS, That would be a great outcome. It all stemmed from me saying, I think the only guy with a franchise bat might be Cam. I don't see any of the other guys as having upside of being 900+ OPS bats. There's a lot of guys who stand very good chances at being 110-140 wRC+ guys, but not the truly elite echelon of hitter.
  21. Tryptamine
    Power ceiling absolutely, but given his contact issues is his ceiling really all that much more than a .250/.350/.500 guy? Obviously that would be amazing, but I think the hit tool keeps him from from being an elite bat. I would say his best outcome is Brent Rooker, but I don't think he'd hit enough LDs like Rooker to maintain the .361 babip that is allowing Rooker to put up a 162 wRC+. Maybe he's more Kyle Schwarber in that case(133 wRC+). If he is, that's still amazing, but I don't see how you can be a franchise bat striking out almost 30% of the time.
  22. Tryptamine
    I was actually fairly impressed with Reed, albeit against a bunch of guys who aren't likely to make their own team's active rosters.
  23. Tryptamine
    I missed it, but apparently the White Sox had a bottom of the 6th for the record books yesterday. It lasted 4 pitches and totaled 94 seconds.
  24. Tryptamine
    If Amaya is the answer at C that is very significant for free agency. It basically means the Cubs can do one of two things. If Cody opts out, they have a tremendous amount of money to dump on RF/DH, 1x SP and 1x back end/closer type. If Cody stays, they still have like 40M to use on SP/RP. I still don't think Jed has the balls to pull off big moves like Soto or Burnes, but strictly from a financial aspect, it's 100% feasible.
  25. Tryptamine
    I know it's incredibly unlikely, but man if PCA really was a 152 wRC+ guy with that defense and that speed, he'd be a legitimate MVP candidate.
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