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  1. Bertz
    I've said it before but there is some CLEAR Bryce Harper to his LH swing
  2. Bertz
    We're assuming he was pulled for pitch count, right? Speaking of pitching promotions like we have the last few days Reid could probably go to SB whenever. Though he's not so dominant that it can't hold off for a handful more starts.
  3. Bertz
    Longenhagen had Gracia as the #2 guy in the draft coming into the year. It would be very Kantrovitz to just grab a guy like that who is falling.
  4. Bertz
    It would be very baseball to take 1/3 in this series with the 1 being against Chris Sale
  5. Bertz
    Well that's disappointing. Hopefully more of a buildup/rust sort of deal than it permanently being gone.
  6. Bertz
    I wonder a bit too how long Coppola stays at Myrtle. I'm not yelling "move 'em up!" after 7.2 innings, but he's got high octane stuff that can probably bully the kids in the Carolina League, and he got drafted out of the SEC which is probably a more difficult environment outright. Like I wonder if his developmental boxes to check are more about building length and compiling innings more than performance.
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  8. Bertz
    12 K's in 7 IP for Coppola and Mcgwire
  9. Bertz
    15 dongs for the Jaguar It's May 13th
  10. Bertz
    This is definitely the most winnable game thia series, so hopefully we can notch it. I'm generally more than fine settling for 1/3 on the road from one of the best teams in the league.
  11. Bertz
    I know we all love dongs but Southisene is fun man
  12. Bertz
    FWIW his velocity in ST was lower than it's been since back before he broke out in the mid '10s. He's probably cooked but hey so was Drew Pomeranz
  13. Bertz
    One thing I'll say is it was harder for me to cut down to 20 than the back half of last year IMO you know things are thin when you're putting DSL guys or fairly generic relievers at Iowa in your top 20. Ideally those guys should start showing up around 30.
  14. Bertz
    Jefferson RojasPedro RamirezKevin AlcantaraJaxon WigginsJosiah HartshornEthan ConradCole MathisOwen AyersWill SandersJames TriantosKane KepleyJonathon LongBrooks CapleKaleb WingTy SouthiseneAngel CepedaMason McGwireJostin FlorentinoAriel ArmasDominick Reid
  15. Bertz
    The other Southisene brother is playing against MB and leading off and just briefly made me think I was having a stroke when I recognized 0 other names in the lineup after him
  16. Bertz
    Another double for Mathis. Even just looking at SB, 13 of his 18 hits are for extra bases and he's ISOing .276
  17. Bertz
    Ha! I was thinking a compromise like take your favorite bat at 23 and then go all pitching from there but this is a fun turn into the skid Yeah 2022 is so weird because in one sense they nailed it but in another sense it's looking pretty dire and in a 3rd sense like 70% of Michael Busch or whatever we want to credit to Ferris' specific trade value isn't the worst outcome from a draft even if it's paired with little else. Right now I'm aghast at the idea of trading Wing instead of a bat but the numbers say trade 'em while you've got 'em.
  18. Bertz
    Yeah I'm really intrigued by the strategy piece for this upcoming draft. I'm finding myself torn between: "The system needs lots of arms, we've got Zombro now so obviously let's do another 2022 draft" and "The team largely nailed the evaluation piece in 2022 and yet we're still not going to end up with much to show for it because atteition is such a horsefeathers, so why would we do that again?"
  19. Bertz
    Rea did....something....last September to start missing more bats and has been legitimately great since? Since 9/7/25: 12 games, 61.1 IP, 25.5% K, 5.2% BB, 48.3% GB, 3.23 ERA, 2.98 xFIP Like that's legitimate ace level pitching. I obviously don't think he's going to keep *that* up but I am wondering if he's legitimately more mid-rotationy than bottom-rotationy.
  20. Bertz
    Braves are really good, and obviously it's even tougher on the road. Just try to get 1/3 and get out of there Holmes and Ritchie are both pretty meh, so these first two games are much more winnable than Thursday.
  21. Bertz
    Cubs are in need of an Ace
  22. Bertz
    There's not any sort of "under the hood he's been good actually" or "one weird trick to fix him", but I've generally like Eric Lauer in the past. With his DFA he'd be a guy I'd be pretty into buying low on assuming we could get him to Iowa.
  23. Bertz
    I think they had him for a bit last year? He never made it into any games with Iowa but I could swear. Makes sense with Wright's setback though. The Iowa staff has already been thinned out significantly.
  24. Bertz
    Trice's groundballs are down and contact is up, and I don't know about exit velos but feels like the power has always been there. He should probably live towards the very end of a Top 30.
  25. Bertz
    For sure, he'd definitely have to be an offseason move. I'd want to have Kelly locked down and also Ayers in a position where he's a phonecall away (or pretty close).
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