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    The expectation was 15ish so hold onto your butts
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    Didn't know about this, the seed is strong with Holliday apparently
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    Jones for sure goes 2 now, then probably Parada #3 and the Pirates are the next inflection point
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    Eric Longenhagen says the scuttlebutt is Holliday at 1 but he's not confident enough yet to Woj it
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    There's not really a right answer except Jones, and not coincidentally he's one of the two guys (with Holliday) who have no chance of being there for us. Who you want ultimately comes down to your thoughts on college vs. highschool and hit vs power. For me personally, it's something like: Jones Lee or Johnson Holliday, Green or Parada Collier or Neto way underslot Berry, Jung, or Neto closer to slot Guys on the same line I see as roughly even.
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    Canario with a walk in his first PA, now has more walks than Ks here in July, and honestly has his numbers into the acceptable range for his AA stint overall
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    Not going to do the exact math right now, but he's OPSing about 1.300 the last two weeks. Just prodigious, Soriano-esque hot streaks
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    Not an arm injury thankfully, but not good
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    Stroman's had two very strong outings since coming off the IL, great to see. His overall numbers actually look pretty in line with what you expect sanz the disaster against the Cards.
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    I would normally say there's no way Soto is available right now. That is a franchise altering move and not the sort of thing you do while a team is being handed off to new ownership. But maybe that's exactly why he's available. If you're a new owner and see that dealing him is the right thing to do, forcing your predecessor to pull the trigger and take the PR hit makes a lot of sense? I also imagine any deal would involve taking either Corbin or Strasburg back?
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    It happened! I think this might mean he'll start Sunday too
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    Check out the projections in the article,. PCA projects as a low-end regular NEXT YEAR. That's insanity for a guy with ~300 plate appearances in A Ball.
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    Velo down a decent bit for Keegan tonight. GameDay only has one pitch over 94 MPH through four innings. Hopefully just a little fatigue as he starts approaching triple digits in innings.
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    Canario was at a 96 wRC+ coming into the night, so after this dong and subsequent walk he should finally be in the black offensively at Tenn.
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    Kevin Made is now hitting better than Kevin Alcantara, which doesn't make him a better prospect but the gap is probably smaller than we acknowledge PCA's up to .269/300/.529 at South Bend. The walk and K numbers are not where they need to be, but they've been working their way there the last week or so I've mentioned before but Yonathan Perlaza is maybe my favorite of the third tier bats in the system. Like a lot of others he had an April to forget but turned on the production once we hit May. Since May 1st he's hitting .276/.369/.493, with a 12.4% walk rate and 21.3% K rate. Now that he's a strict corner outfielder it's not the most exciting profile, but average contact + average power + primo patience + a primo groundball rate is generally a recipe for a good hitter. Particularly given that he's a true switch hitter (his splits are pretty modest). There aren't any perfect comps, but something like like Eduardo Escobar with more walks? Perlaza probably has a bit more juice in the bat, and significantly more patience, but he's also a tier lower on the defensive spectrum.
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    We should have traded for Verlander but for various, um, reasons, I have reason to doubt that Verlander would have been as successful with us - or for anyone - as he has been for Houston. Steroids? I’m in the dark on this one. Sticky stuff
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    Franklin starting to develop is fun. The peripherals are still fairly mediocre, but there's been progress there as well. Do we know if he still has the monster upper 90's fastball he had in spring training? Or has this improved performance come from him pulling back on velo to help his command?
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    I'm curious to see how much time he gets this year at Tenn. And to be very clear, the question (health permitting) is not "will he see Tenn" it's "how much time will he spend there." Pinango probably gets the bump imminently, both because he's approaching 100 games at the level and has performed admirably, and also because they need to free up a slot for Alcantara.
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    I know objectively "currently injured pitcher in A Ball" is not the return you're looking for in return for a guy like Willson, but I do really like Matt Allan. I wouldn't mind something like Allan + JD Davis or Allan + Butto + a LATAM lottery ticket. It would impact what you should ask for in return for the other guys though. So while I would be down with it in isolation I think it would have to be paired with Happ and/or Robertson primarily bringing back dudes at AA/AAA/MLB.
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    There's no way they don't nab Contreras IMO Also would not hate JD Davis as the 2nd piece in a deal. Let's see what he does if he's given full runway at one position (1B) for the rest of the year.
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    Lost in the dong of it all, PCA has walked twice tonight and has 3 steals (including home!). He's 19/24 on the basepaths so far this year.
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