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  1. Hrubes20
    Today would be a great day for Alzolay to strike out a bunch of guys to lift everyone's spirits.
  2. Hrubes20
    Yeah, Eloy is gonna mash. We just have to get over that. Quintana not being "meh" would go a long way towards helping all of us with this. Paredes mashing is the one that hurts me right now. Wilson has looked truly terrible so far.
  3. Hrubes20
    Any news on D.J. Wilson's injury?
  4. Hrubes20
    Well that's about as good as you could hope for, if true. I had just written him off as needing TJS.
  5. Hrubes20
    At least it was better than Bryant's debut?
  6. Hrubes20
    No Albertos again. His start was skipped, as Camargo went the day after him the last time through the rotation. Held out due to imminent trade? Put on your tin foil hats, people. It's more likely he has another minor injury but I don't want to go there.
  7. Hrubes20
    Top 60 overall for Alzolay? Law must have better reports on the secondaries than what I've seen.
  8. Hrubes20
    135 wRC+ All the guys outperforming him in the NWL are a minimum of 2 years older than him. Just a fantastic offensive start for the kid.
  9. Hrubes20
    He's really cut down the walks in the Cape so far this summer.
  10. Hrubes20
    This would be a pretty fun night for pitching if Clifton wasn't sucking this year. Also, Brendon Little got assigned to Eugene. He only pitched 85 innings this season, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him throw a 2 inning stint once or twice a week.
  11. Hrubes20
    Probably around the the 20 range for me. His lack of any impact potential keeps him down, but he does have to be given credit for being close to the bigs and performing well as an age appropriate SP. He's a slightly better Casey Coleman for me.
  12. Hrubes20
    Yeah, we can pretty clearly put those "Ben Revere type power" claims to rest. As long as he can make adequate contact, he's going to be a player.
  13. Hrubes20
    1-2-3 5th inning with 2 more k's and a groundout.
  14. Hrubes20
    I hope it doesn't kill off Velázquez and Estrada as well. That's a big chunk of draft talent. Velazquez has already signed so they made that work without Lange. Can't see Estrada coming without Lange's money, but I agree with KingCubsFan on taking the comp pick. With pitchers' health already so iffy, I'd rather start from scratch with a first rounder next year than take damaged goods this year just to try to sign Estrada. Been busy all day and missed this. I 100% agree with walking away entirely if Lange's medicals weren't terrific. Estrada is a nice talent to add to the system, but as you said, he's not worth taking damaged goods 30th overall. Hell, many scouts think Lange is a reliever anyway and then you want to throw less than ideal medicals on top of it? That whole situation sucks.
  15. Hrubes20
    He pulled a Jake Opitz! (That's a name I haven't heard in a long time. A long time.) Edit: After checking, it wasn't even an Opitz. Opitz homered once in each of his first 2 pro games. Upshaw outdid him.
  16. Hrubes20
    The call was correct. The rule in that situation is what is tough. I'm not complaining though, as that absolutely killed LSU's momentum and kept Lange from making another amateur appearance. I would have rather the Gators not won, but I'll take it.
  17. Hrubes20
    Gators are trotting out a Frosh reliever tonight. This series is going to 3 and Lange will get to be abused one last time. Awesome.
  18. Hrubes20
    Badler's top 50 IFA list came out this morning. Serrano is at 29 and Verdugo is at 47. http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/2017-top-50-international-prospects-july-2/#aVTxuSleDWJozhhc.97
  19. Hrubes20
    And let's not act as though he would care about a pitch count for Lange in the deciding game of the CWS. If he's pitching well in the 7th but is at 110 pitches and only has a 1 run lead, he's staying in there. I am hoping for an LSU sweep so Lange doesn't pitch and so UF loses.
  20. Hrubes20
    What the hell? So essentially the Cubs liked Abbot more than absolutely everyone. That's a headscratcher. Also, have I mentioned how much I horsefeathering hate having college draft picks still in the CWS? Mainieri inexcusably had Lange throw 115 pitches today. He was at exactly 100 pitches through 6 innings. He put him out there again for the 7th, in which he threw another 13 pitches, and then had him face the first batter of the 8th. This was simply absurd. Lange was 90-93 (mostly 91) again. His curve is pretty damn great when he's commanding it. However, he lost all command of it in the 3rd inning and ended up walking in a run. Still ended up with 8 K's in the 7.1 IP against one of the best college teams we've seen in a decade. I'm not sure I could even classify the few changeups I saw today as "show me", though. They were pretty bad.
  21. Hrubes20
    Slot value is good news, IMO. Boras always scares me a bit, even with Thompson's injury history.
  22. Hrubes20
    Andrew Karp was really good yesterday against a strong LSU team in the CWS. FSU lost, but certainly not because of Karp. 5.1 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 Ks. - 81 pitches (55 strikes), 7-1 GO/AO ratio He came on in relief of Cole Sands, who laid an egg. The path still isn't clear for him to get a weekend rotation spot at FSU next year, so there is a small glimmer of hope that he could be signed. The 2 more years of eligibility make it tough, though.
  23. Hrubes20
    Nice. $173,300 savings. $291,965 with 5% overage. I really don't like Carlson's delivery. You could pound a nail with his head whack.
  24. Hrubes20
    Estrada should be around the Heatherly range, if not a little lower. Heatherly was more highly touted than Estrada by pretty much everyone.
  25. Hrubes20
    Here's hoping he develops a stomach bug tonight and can't pitch over the weekend, and that LSU loses out. I HATE that drafted players are still potentially subject to the whims of a college coach.
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