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  1. Bertz
    The Venezuela/DR rematch on Tuesday is gonna hit hard as hell
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    i.e. he banged it into the ground sliding like a klutz
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    I love Seiya but yeesh he is not graceful Thankfully that didn't look like anything that should be long term.
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    "Unclear what the issue was" makes me hope it's minor. I assume he was walking around gingerly after the leap and they took him out for precaution.
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    I understand hoarding depth, it's the right thing to do, but I can't overstate how much I'd rather have Brown in the rotation than Taillon.
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    Annnnnd he just hit a 110 MPH line drive double in a big league ST game
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    Love Kelly at 1B. More please.
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    Worth noting that at any given time you can count all of the guys who have an expectation of 3+ WAR on your fingers. I'd probably have Rojas at #1 or #2 in the system. Rojas has, even at his worst, run healthy K/BB/GB numbers. Now that we see this spring he finally has the strength to A) consistently hit the piss out of the ball and B) catch up to velocity I expect those peripherals to more consistently turn into production. It's not the most raw physical talent in the system, that's probably Alcantara or maybe one of Conrad/Hartshorn/Tomas, but it kind of doesn't matter. Being a legitimate middle infielder pretty much inherently gives you a healthy ceiling. Horsefeathering Geraldo Perdomo was worth 7 WAR last year. Play pretty good defense and hit like Ian Happ and you're already at 5 WAR. Fingers crossed that both Rojas and Ramirez continue to hit once games start mattering. It's hard to lose a guy like Nico but if we have all three of Rojas/Shaw/Ramirez with legitimate claims to that spot that's a pretty enviable situation.
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    Found a reddit post pretty relevant to this question https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/YIYOBredu1 Taillon’s at almost 19 career WAR based on Fangraphs and a little over 15 as measured by Baseball-Reference. So not by a huge margin but he's an above average #2 overall pick. Goes to show how brutal the MLB draft is.
  11. Bertz
    Sure Logan Webb is pitching great in a hugely important game, but are we all just agreeing to forget what he did to that kid on the dirtbike?
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    Kepley getting the start is fun
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    Jack Neely's not a threat to make the team, but he's been interesting this spring. Throwing way more strikes than he has at any point since leaving the Yankees. Velocity is down, but movement is way up, and so he's still getting crazy amount of swing and miss. It looks like Hodge is dead but I feel much much better about Roberts, Little, and Neely than I did a month ago. Probably a worthwhile tradeoff.
  14. Bertz
    Presumably Shota will go in the opening series as well, as the Nats were horrendous against LHP last year and did nothing this winter to make you think they've meaningfully improved
  15. Bertz
    US has more or less clinched. I think the game has to go like 12 innings at this point.
  16. Bertz
    Did not realize Assad was starting this game. If you weren't already rooting for Mexico it feels even more obvious now.
  17. Bertz
    Ohhhh Hunter Harvey is sitting 98, I love it Prior to '25 Harvey sat 98 MPH in relief. Last year he was at 96, though still effective in SSS. Prior to today Harvey was sitting under 97, which was not a red flag like Taillon but certainly yellow.
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    I am cautiously optimistic about Carlson. He's making Nico Hoerner levels of contact and it hasn't come at the expense of power or lift. Spring Training is not real life but these are the sorts of foundational level skills where there's likely some signal in the noise. On the flipside like you I'm not impressed with Conforto, but hey if they want to stash him on the last slot of the bench so they're not boned if Ian Happ breaks a leg I get it. Mo I'm hoping they give a dedicated SP to caddy for behind the plate. Pair Mo with like Matt Boyd plus let him be the true backup during the inevitable Kelly/Amaya IL stint. You can probably get him 40ish games behind the plate that way. And speaking of Kelly/Amaya, if they're hitting like they do when they're at their best then they warrant time in the DH/1B mix. If they aren't then they probably don't have a good argument against Mo encroaching on their turf.
  19. Bertz
    Shaw at 1B??
  20. Bertz
    Eh I'm not especially focused on production in spring training. What has been so exciting about Rojas has been the power. He's been hitting the ball eith authority, and even done so against a bit of velocity. This is a kid who has generally even at his nadir had healthy K/BB/GB rates. Basically he's always had good process but the hope has been that what he mainly needs is to grow a little bit more of his "man strength" and get the bat knocked out of his hands less. It's exciting because his sterling exit velos this spring make it appear that's exactly what's happened.
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    I'm really curious to see what Conrad's deal is health-wise right now. We've gotten Hartshorn into three big league ST games, including a full 9 inning game at DH, and yet no Conrad. The takeaway for me is that even just in the batters box there is still some level of caution or restriction on him. There's nothing really positive to learn about Ethan until he gets to South Bend. So hopefully he's up there before Memorial Day.
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    I'm pretty over the whole "our team has a quirky costume guys put on In the dugout after hitting a dong" trend but Vinnie Pasquantino making Team Italy do shots of espresso is absolutely beautiful
  24. Bertz
    Has to be a physical, right?
  25. Bertz
    Kade Snell with a 111 MPH double is nice He probably needs to make quick work of South Bend to stay on track. SSS but promising ST numbers make you hopeful he's about to do that.
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