Tryptamine
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I'm guessing, but I bet one of the prospects is Ferris.
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Yes, DH was my first thought
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I love and have always loved Busch's bat, his glove is frankly really really bad..
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Watched through that WBC performance and a couple things stood out to me. First and foremost, he absolutely loves that tailing fastball up and in against righties. He throws it often and it sets up break stuff low and away. Secondly, he doesn't seem to do a lot of challenging in the zone. There's a lot of pitching to the corners and the stuff over the plate, got hit pretty hard. It's only a couple innings in one start, so you can't make too much of it, but it sure seems like a guy who is going to be make or break depending on if he can spot his pitches or not.
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I struggle to think of McCarthy as a 1st round QB let alone the best QB prospect in the draft. You've got to be really lost in the sauce to convince yourself of something like that.
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This reminds me of how I was on Dillon Maples. I've never seen pitches move like his would and I was completely convinced he was going to be a truly dominant closer. His Cub career only last 52.2 innings because he couldn't get the ball within 2 feet of his target. https://youtu.be/i6YcRn3ZRxE?si=kp2vzmrgm_I7gz69
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Little is also a potential dominating lefty
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Until otherwise proven, I have faith in Carter Hawkins when it comes to pitchers. I was dead wrong on Horton and I'm hoping to be dead wrong on Jaxon Wiggins too.
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It would be cutting it close money wise, but if they could somehow pull off Brasier+Stephenson then I'd feel real good about this team going into the season. Robertson+Maton would be great too.
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If I remember right, David Price is when things really started getting crazy. His college starts were on ESPN all the time and his MLB debut was a huge event.
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If that number is accurate, we dance in the streets because that leaves about 10M on the board for spending I did not expect to have.
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Prior was a generational prospect like David Price, Steven Strasburg, Bryce Harper. Horton is super exciting and there are very few people I'd trade him for, but he's not even the #1 pitching prospect in baseball now and in some people's eyes he's more like #5 or #6, though I personally have him at #3. There's was an ocean of difference between the hype between Prior had and what Horton currently has.
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I just made myself so sad. I wanted to check if Juan Cruz was still on the Cubs in 2004, he was gone after 2003, but then I saw that he's now 45 years old. Now I just want to curl up in a ball and lay in bed.
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A side effect of this signing is me seeing that the rest of MLB fans seem to think that Wrigley is still this HR hitter's paradise that it was like 20 years ago, meanwhile it's park factor is pretty much neutral over the last almost 10 years.
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I mean they did have a world series rotation just 7 years ago and this one is certainly not better, so......
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One move doesn't change anything. Now if it's a prelude to like Bellinger, Brasier and Hoskins then kudos to Jed.
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If Jed was indeed waiting out the market, I'll say a shorter than average deal on a bit higher AAV. like 4/90-95
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Cabrera has tremendous stuff and upside, more so than any non Horton pitcher in the Cub organization.
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I'm honestly not 100% sure I want him, but I do trust Carter Hwwkins who churned out tons of pitchers in Cleveland. So if they land him I'll try to be optimistic.
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Skenes and Painter #1 and #2?
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If he can be even average against lefties, he's good enough against righties to be a solid starter. He's just so incredibly bad against lefties.
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I'm so torn on center. Sedrick Van Pran stands a a pretty good chance at being there in the 3rd, but the guy you really want is Jackson Powers-Johnson. His blocking and passing grades are incredibly high, but if you want him you're going to have to probably take him in the middle of the 2nd. I'm not sure how comfortable I am going that early on a center.
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If the Chargers don't take Bowers, he's probably not going top 10. At this point I feel pretty safe in saying the top 10 locks are Williams Maye MHJ Alt Fashanu Daniels Nabers The rest could be filled in with combination of Odunze, Bowers, Penix, Verse, Turner, etc.
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Honestly even if Odunze or Nabers aren't there it's not the end of the world for WRs. There's a a decent chance that someone as talented as Brian Thomas Jr. slides to the early 2nd. They'd just have to find a way to get a pick in upper part of the 2nd round.
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Starting to see Penix to ATL at #8 in a lot of drafts. Pretty crazy how much helium he has after that CFP semifinal.
