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  1. Tryptamine
    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
  11. Tryptamine
    Like I said, I'm with you unless another team is willing to part with a 2nd. I know I said an early 3rd, but I'm not even entirely comfortable with that.
  12. Tryptamine
    The White Sox are now 31-101. To avoid being the first team to lose 121 games in the modern era, they'll have to go 11-19.
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    Yes, a lot of it specifically mentioning the Cowboys and Raiders are teams that should be in on Bagent.
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    All this talk about about how the Bears should cash in on Bagent and bring in a veteran backup. Then I keep seeing the Bears should get a 4th back. Why would they do this? I'm not some huge Bagent believer, but why have to go out and spend a significant amount of money on a capable backup just for a 4th round pick? Unless teams want to get stupid and throw like a 2nd or very early 3rd then it just doesn't make sense.
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    Since the Allstar Break Amaya(80 PAs)- .311/.346/.527 144 wRC+ PCA(114 PAs)- .238/.286/.457 103 wRC+ Since August 1st Amaya(56 PA)- .302/.327/.585 152 wRC+ PCA(75 PA)- .284/.342/.582 152 wRC+
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    I think this is pretty accurate. There's a lot of guys who are likely going to be solid hitters at the MLB level. I don't see anyone, outside of Cam Smith, who I think can be that franchise bat.
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    This year in general has been crazy for the fWAR numbers people are putting out. In 2023 you had Acuna at 9.0, Freeman at 7.8 and Betts at 7.6. Everyone else was sub 6.5. This year with about 30 games left we have Judge 9.6 Witt 9.0 Soto 7.8 Henderson 6.7 Lindor 6.5 Otani 6.3 Duran 6.0 We might see 2 guys break 10.0 fWAR, 3 over 8 fWAR* and 7 over 7.0 fWAR. On a sad note Ian Happ is the highest on the Cubs at 2.8 fWAR which is 59th. There's a very real chance the Cubs might not have a single 3 fWAR offensive player in 2024 which kind of blows my mind.
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    Really disappointed the Hawks didn't get this done. They have ample resources and it was a position of need.
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    I really want them to fall below a .235 winning percentage so they can take the lowest percentage in the modern era.
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    He also rarely makes it through the 6th and while he has proven to be a FIP/xFIP/xERA beater over a 200+ inning sample at this point, I find it extremely hard to believe he's going to keep doing so by almost a full 1.5 runs. It's not like I want him off the team, but I'd rather he be used for piggy backing or for 2 to 3 inning stretches from the pen.
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    I'm going to be really hyped if he starts 2025 in AA.
  22. Tryptamine
    Alcantara didn't even make the top 10?
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    No idea why he's still in A ball.
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    Yeah, he definitely shouldn't be counted on as a part of the 2025 bullpen at this point.
  25. Tryptamine
    I have no desire to see Assad as a starter next year.
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