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Toronto snagged Yariel Rodriguez in a 4/32 deal and I am incredibly jealous. I don't know that he's a starter, but I do believe he's a lock down reliever.
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I'd love to have JRam, but if Cleveland traded him, after he gave them a huge huge home team discount, that would drastically harm their relationship with the players and agents going forward. That's just assuming he doesn't have a full NTC which he likely does.
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I'm all in favor of bullpen help, but dropping 20 million of the remaining 55m on Hader isn't the way. At that point, if they signed Bellinger the money is nearly all gone when you figure they're probably going to save 5ish million for the deadline. I think it's much more prudent to shop in the Stephenson range with the high end being Robertson.
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Alcantara is as high up the prospect list as I'm willing to go for a reliever. Anything involving PCA, Horton, Shaw and even Caissie, I could be somewhere becomes irate and unhappy.
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The Falcons are the ones who are mentioned the most often.
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In a bullpen that already had significant walk issues, adding the nearly 6.5 BB/9 of Karinchak is probably not the way to go. His stuff is very good though.
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Ugh, just ugh.
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2023-24 Offseason Prospect Lists
Tryptamine replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
In full agreement on the top 7. I just can't see it on Wicks and Triantos. Triantos will hit, I have little doubt of it, but I sincerely doubt he hits enough to provide value at 1B and right now I'm not sure he can play anywhere else without it being a disaster. Also, I'd have Brown over Wicks all day. Brown has significantly more reliever risk, but also has significantly better stuff. Wicks is a 4 or 5 if things work out. -
BP doesn't count as one of the big 3 for ROY draft pick compensation, right? It's MLB.com, BA and who's the third?
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Article: 2024 Prospect Previews: Jaxon Wiggins
Tryptamine replied to Jamie Cameron's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
The tools are all there, but my biggest concern is the same one I had on the day he was drafted. The Cub lab seems to excel at improving the stuff of pitchability guys. Finding them more velocity, better spin and shape, etc. Thus far, I don't recall anyone with severe control issues who they've managed to fix. In fact it was a major issue in the pen last year. -
I'm pretty confident in saying Herbert wont be on the Bears next year. The only question is if Roschon will be the lead back or not.
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He is moving quickly and of course this is a good thing. Part of the reason he's moving so quickly is that he's a very high floor college bat. If he also had superstar ceiling while having a high floor he'd have been up there with Dylan Crews. With that said, he still has a nice ceiling and could be a guy who sees some all star games and posts some 20/20 seasons. He might end up being Pedroia but a tier down.
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While I agree the poster you responded to, took things way too far, I think you're going a bit too far in the other direction as well. Yes, he's unlikely to stick at SS, but he absolutely could be an above average defender at 2B, 3B is yet to be seen. I'm not concerned with walks at this point. He simply hasn't needed to be patient so far in his time in the minors. At Maryland he had a career .319 AVG and .412 OBP, so he clearly can take walks, but when you're torching the minors to the tune of a 277 wRC+ and 197 wRC+ in your first stops, he didn't really have to. He could have some very valuable 4+ fWAR seasons, but yeah, if he's your franchise player, that's more an indication of your franchise than him.
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Value wise, absolutely, but this also means you must acquire Chapman or make a trade for a 3B, because all the internal options are gone.
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He turned down 5/150 from the Yankees and frankly I wouldn't be willing to go a whole lot higher than that. Remember, 2023 was the first time since 2018 that Snell has exceeded 128.2 ML IP. I could maybe be convinced to go 6/175, but I'm just not going any higher than that. Age and durability concerns are too much and that super inflated BB% in 2023 means there is no way he's replicating a year like that again unless he has another 86.7 LOB% which is just incredibly unlikely as most pitchers sit in the low to mid 70s.
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So how do the Bears land Maxx Crosby if he indeed demands a trade if the Raiders don't keep interim head coach Antonio Pierce on as the coach moving forward? Crosby would be pricy, but with Sweat and Crosby, a formerly weak pass rush becomes a strength. Also, is it even feasible without involving a trade back from #1 all the way to #13? I can't imagine trading back from #9 to #13 is enough to get it done.
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Is Sirianni gone if the Eagles lose this? This team has completely melted down over the last 1/3 of a season.
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There's a reason he's a top 50 guy on some lists, despite the lack of a position.
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Rizzo occurred to me as well, but then I looked back and remembered how crazy Rizzo's K% was for a guy 30 bombs a year. From 2015 to 2019 he was between 12-16 K% while averaging around a 140 wRC+. Rizzo is one of those guys that I always say is good, but when I look back at the numbers I find myself thinking, this guy was not good or very good, he was absolutely elite as a 1B.
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I do expect some regression, but even as a 120 wRC+ guy, Bellinger is a guy I want as long as he's not looking at 200M.
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yeah, it was strictly a results based comparison. They're both guys who take a lot of walks and strike out surprisingly few times given their well above average pop. As you mentioned, Bell puts the ball on the ground a lot more and also doesn't use the whole field as much as Busch has shown to do.
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Tapping onto what TT said, Busch is a guy who can become a 25HR hitter, and may even approach 30 in peak years, but he's also going to spray a lot of doubles all over the field. I'm actually expecting him to be some mish mash of 2021 and 2022 Josh Bell with upside of 2019. I think he's a guy who can post a .260/.360/460 regularly.
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Murakami's stance is weird, but that bat speed is legit.
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Then maybe they should should have actually landed the names that would have drawn all the attention in Japan. When 1 team has Ohtani and Yamamoto and the other has Seiya and Imanaga, it's obvious who kids are going to grow up watching and cheering for. It's an incredibly half ass attempt.
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I find it interesting that they're all coming from systems with pocket passing QBs. Also, I still have no idea what Coen has done to warrant this interest.
