David
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Everything posted by David
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too much pilates and kale to call that dude a redneck imo, texas background aside
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Reed Johnson? He of the .126 career IsoSLG? Comparisons between Harper and Almora shouldn't exist in any faborable way - Harper is a year older and already has 97 career ML HRs. you don't get jokes this is what reed johnson reported to ST looking like a few days ago
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hey sweet post that isn't an answer to my question and the notion that steroids are the only way to add significant strength and muscle for a 21 year old is [expletive] hilariously laughable What was your question then? What's the history of non-steroidal significant power being added after 21. Sure he'll eventually get old man strength which will help him when wrestling younger nieces and nephews who think he's old. But that's not the same as adding power to your profile as a hitter at 22 and beyond. my question was essentially whether it was unthinkable that a young player with great contact skills could hit for significantly more power as his approach and body mature. not whether it should be expected or projected, but whether it would or wouldn't be unheard of, because the conversation was about upside.
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I actually run with Caratini's roughly last ~400 PAS of the season where he put up a .750 OPS at the C position in the Cubs' toughest minor league park for hitters. Then there's his playoff run where he either went 7-11 or 4-11 with 3 XBHs. Other things that would separate them: - Position - Offensive expectations for a C prospect are not that of an OF prospect. - Caratini is on track to remain a switch hitter Even then, I'm not pushing for Caratini as a top 100 prospect today nor am I kicking Almora out of the Cubs' top 10 prospects. so it's the size of the arbitrary sample size you take issue with? fair enough, i suppose.
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and if he wants to do some of those sweet undetectable steroids that guys like bryce harper and reed johnson are doing, that'd be cool with me too
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right. it's not necessarily the evaluation of this one player. i don't terribly love almora (though i think calling his ceiling darwin barney is pretty absurd). it's the inconsistent way he applies his reasoning to the development of guys he likes vs guys he doesn't.
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which of those groups does jake go in
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ok, fixed he's not going through puberty and steroids aren't as easy to come by so I think the safe answer is he's shown his power abilities. hey sweet post that isn't an answer to my question and the notion that steroids are the only way to add significant strength and muscle for a 21 year old is horsefeathering hilariously laughable
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What happened to signficiantly more power? ok, fixed
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I couldn't say for sure, but I assume the safe answer is no. the safe answer is that no, a player who has no issues making contact wouldn't have a decent chance of hitting the ball harder as he gets bigger and stronger?
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Are upside and ceiling interchangeable words and that's why one got swapped for the other here? I'm legitimately confused, feel like if I went in knowing they were the same thing I would have chosen more carefully and gone with neither word. A .137 IsoSLG from your best offensive season, in the lower minors, isn't something to hang your hat on. The most promising thing about that performance is probably the contact skills, which no one will be denying anytime soon. I'd like to work with more of what he's been most often rather than what he might be if he gets way better. would it be reasonable to argue that there's a decent chance that someone with great contact skills could maintain those contact skills and hit for significantly more power as he grows into his early mid 20s and adds muscle?
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ceiling is a really subjective high end projection based off a combination of scouting and stats based analysis. there's no way to give an exact answer on what it is or what a given player's is.
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Do you do anything but worry about stuff? Had to throw your favorite team in there at the end too, eh?
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that said, please tell me more about tyler beede's upside and how the cubs should have drafted him in 2014
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Does upside mean imagined ceiling based on gut feelings and perceptions? :shrugs: Wouldn't it be more practical to look at his "upside" in terms of his performance through age 21 overall and the scouting reports that have come with it? What's so wise about reacting to the latest mechanical tweak and a few week's worth of new data that's way better than anything else he's done before? Breaking News: Theo Epstein likes future of Cubs Prospect X! the excerpt i posted had nothing to do with you and your latest dead horse
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http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2016/02/theo-epstein-talks-cubs-and-rotisserie-baseball-on-siriusxm-fantasy-baseball.php
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http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2016/02/theo-epstein-talks-cubs-and-rotisserie-baseball-on-siriusxm-fantasy-baseball.php Lots more at the link
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yeah. dj lemahieu or barney as "upside?" wtf lol
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BB8KnldMfIJ/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BB8K1jesfIf/
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Well, you could say that about anything they do, since they will be in NBA hell for as long as lebron james is lebron james and the warriors exist. but yeah, if they passed on that deal, i am not pleased
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Aldridge did claim that that deal was fiction that was leaked by one side...but Mannix and Woj stayed pretty adamant that it was coming from both ends.
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http://m.mlb.com/chc/video/topic/7417714/v543461483/yallof-on-cubs-reporting-early-to-camp-in-arizona/?query=cubs Schwarber does look leaner https://www.instagram.com/p/BBn7JCNyod-/?taken-by=yoperform
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i enjoyed the made up 3 letter acronyms part
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http://www.bettingtalk.com/golden-nugget-hangs-mlb-win-totals-not-feeling-all-the-love-on-preseason-darling-giants/
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now that i look at it, it was more like vaguebooking (or, rather, posting) than humble bragging
