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  1. CaliforniaRaisin
    Clarke Schmidt and Griffin Canning fit their college pitcher type. Wil Crowe does too but he had TJS in 2015.
  2. CaliforniaRaisin
    I'm definitely enamored with Garrett and Allen.
  3. CaliforniaRaisin
    He was # 24 for most of his stops in the minors but Valbuena had that. Umber when Soler came up to the big leagues.
  4. CaliforniaRaisin
    That said, they went over their cap last year so are in a penalty in 2017 and 2018.
  5. CaliforniaRaisin
    It's daddy. Also UCLA fans hate Bryce because daddy keeps playing him over better players especially considering his lack of defense.
  6. CaliforniaRaisin
    Y'all kept begging for Jon to post on here and he finally does and isn't even a poll option?
  7. CaliforniaRaisin
    Weren't they supposed to have some good, live arms in the minors a few years ago? Now that Martinez is on the club - what else do they have in terms of arms at the minor league level? Alex Reyes was a top 5 prospect last year and is already in their big league rotation. Luke Weaver might be their fifth starter. They also have Jack Flaherty, Junior Fernandez and Sandy Alcantara who were in A+ or A ball last year.
  8. CaliforniaRaisin
    Cease threw 23 innings at ExST, so a combined 67.2 last year. I'm guessing 90-100 is a reasonable guess.
  9. CaliforniaRaisin
    I know a lot of people want to slot Montgomery into the bullpen given the lack of lefties but I really would like to see Montgomery start so we know what he can bring in 2018. If Montgomery has an important spot in the 2018 rotation, I really don't want to push him to 175+ IP coming off a full season in the bullpen. He'd still be able to pitch in the 2017 playoff bullpen.
  10. CaliforniaRaisin
    I really don't think Cease is ready for high-A but you really don't want his surgically repaired arm pitching in April in the MWL. Obviously Arizona Phil sees and hears more but I'd flip Hatch and Cease. SB always does piggybacks to start the season and even went to a 6-man rotation last year, so I expect we'll probably see a few additional names to start the season.
  11. CaliforniaRaisin
    Teams expected the penalties to extend into the new CBA (whether the bonus caps remained or a draft was instated) but you're right, some teams might have changed their plans if they knew they'd be restricted from Otani. So yeah, it's incredibly frustrating (and quite frankly, it's very unfair financially to Shohei).
  12. CaliforniaRaisin
    He's 1/4 Puerto Rican. As long as its his maternal grandmother, right? It's his grandfather, don't know what side of his family.
  13. CaliforniaRaisin
    Or Red Sox. horsefeathers
  14. CaliforniaRaisin
    Don't think we are close..... CJ, Heyward, Javy, Russell, Jay, Montero, Contreras, Strop, Rondon, Almora. That's 40% of the roster that's not white. Arrieta is half Puerto Rican (I think), does that count? He's 1/4 Puerto Rican.
  15. CaliforniaRaisin
    The Cubs might lose Andury Acevedo this morning. [tweet] [/tweet]
  16. CaliforniaRaisin
    They coulda had McCutchen for less!? [tweet] [/tweet]
  17. CaliforniaRaisin
    [tweet] [/tweet] Cubs can't offer more than $300k for the first year until 7/2/18.
  18. CaliforniaRaisin
    That's a lot. [tweet] [/tweet]
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  20. CaliforniaRaisin
    I'm pretty worried about trading assets for a closer with one year of control and forearm problems. Obviously they'll look at medicals but still.
  21. CaliforniaRaisin
    Is that how the contract works? Lump sum? It was a signing bonus of ~$31 million plus ~$31 million penalty, all paid when Moncada signed. You no longer can make Cespedes or Soler-like signings for international prospects who fall under the international signing restrictions.
  22. CaliforniaRaisin
    Very shortsighted.
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  24. CaliforniaRaisin
    Basabe is a good third prospect. The White Sox did well for themselves. I don't think the Nationals could have topped that.
  25. CaliforniaRaisin
    [tweet] [/tweet] Would rather sign Jansen and use prospects/Soler for other needs.
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