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Malike

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  1. It would be hard to pair them in season unless they demote Mullins to A+/AA.
  2. He's had 4 seasons total where neither his oWAR nor dWAR were below 0.0 so I suppose he did it 4 times. I just don't like the comp, I think the only similarity is they are both 80+ speed guys. I don't think they profile the same at the plate, as Hamilton always had plate discipline and contact issues and the scouting reports on Bradfield report that he manages the strike zone well and has excellent contact skills.
  3. You'll also need to decide which is the superior defensive metric DRS or UZR. Bbref uses DRS, Fangraphs uses UZR. I know you went to Fangraphs for your defensive argument but Bbref has him as a 2 win player on defense in exactly 1 year with 9.3 overall for his career. But you cited DRS.
  4. Apparently, he lost it somehow. HOF defender, I agree.
  5. So you missed the suggestion that turning singles into doubles means if he's on first base, he's likely ending up on second base with his ability to steal bags. You might need another cup of coffee, you're not as sharp today, or you're just being obtuse.
  6. If Hamilton were a good defender those few 2 win seasons would likely have been 4 win seasons or more. I'd take that. Bradfield is an elite defender, Hamilton never was. Nice comp.
  7. I am firmly in the camp of not being close to worried about Bradfield at this time. Not even a tiny bit. The days of the blue-chip prospects are likely over for hopefully a long time. He doesn't need to hit for power, he just needs to hit, period. I don't care if he hits 130 singles a year because he's got the speed to turn half of those into doubles.
  8. So glad the greedy people couldn't come to an agreement on MLBN on YouTube TV.
  9. If Zavala is going to be the next Juan Soto, he better be on the ML team this year and put up a 142 OPS+.
  10. Rumors were they were asking for Westburg and it was a no go for Elias.
  11. I'm pretty sure someone there said Thorpe might be better than Cease this year. Thorpe has like 30 innings at AA.
  12. Chicago White Sox fan will be saying Zavala is equal to Basallo. They are going through the stages of denial over there about this being a great package.
  13. They thought they were getting Cowser/Kjerstad and Mayo+. Lol, Clownshoes over there.
  14. There will come a time when guys are going to have to learn to pitch at 90% effort, not max effort every pitch. I know the spin rates and velo are all the rage, but eventually, teams will run out of pitchers with guys throwing max effort every pitch of every start. Doesn't seem sustainable and something will have to give.
  15. He's going to be a good one. The kid has swing-and-miss stuff in a real way. 3IP 6K's today against 1BB.
  16. I feel like there is no way Mateo isn't on the team. I doubt they trade Mounty or Santandar at this stage of the spring, though, I'm sure they'd net something, probably unspectacular but it does open spots.
  17. People would have been traded had there been a market for them. Nobody is giving up anything for O'Hearn, McKenna, or Mateo (who isn't going anywhere anyway).
  18. Couldn't hurt, he has struck out in like 40% of his AB's this spring. ;)
  19. For people who view sports as a "way out", baseball is low on the list. NCAA schools give far more scholarships to Football and Basketball players. Heck, there are many HBCU's who couldn't even fill their rosters out with black baseball players, and some had games where they had none start. Baseball is the most difficult of the big three sports, it requires toiling around in minor leagues for no pay for years and most will never make it to the big leagues. It's just not an attractive option if you don't absolutely love baseball, for anyone, not just black players. You can do all the marketing you want to kids, but when they try to hit a baseball and find out how hard it is, and that they'd rather be playing football or basketball, you lose kids to those sports, who are represented by "people of color" at 75% and 81% respectively. As a person with 2 bi-racial children myself, I've never once been asked Dad, can you buy me MLB the Show? My kids would love to watch hoop or football but would never sit through a baseball game and my son played football, basketball, and soccer and never had any interest standing around on a baseball field and in his case, it had nothing to do with money. He is 32 years old now, and still has zero interest in baseball, and none of his friends do either. I refuse to believe there is a nefarious plot to keep black kids out of baseball, it just happens to be the least attractive option for kids in the cities. For those poo-pooing the RBI program because of the budget, it has had millions of kids in the program and Nike provides team equipment, uniforms, field access and umpires at no cost. You can make everything free, but you can't make kids interested if they are not.
  20. If only the MLB had something like the RBI program, you know, something that has over 300 programs in over 200 cities with more than 200,000 participants. Then maybe MLB could even provide college scholarships to the kids in the RBI program. Heck, why stop there, make a Jr. RBI program for younger kids. I wonder why they haven't invested in something like that.
  21. There is no chance they DFA Mateo. McKenna, possibly and I'm sure Urias would have been gone if a team sniffed around him at all.
  22. I mean, if he's racist for picking the best talent possible, then it is what it is. I'd imagine drafting using affirmative action and not talent, would likely lead to more 100 loss seasons.
  23. This sounds good, but where do they go? If there were a market for them, they'd likely have been gone by now.
  24. When the O's are playing a NY team, I scroll down to the country list and click the three dot menu next to United States and normally select St. Louis as my server. I use it on the PC, though, not my TV. If you have the browser window open before you connect I've noticed I need to close all browser windows then connect then reopen them. I'm not sure how the app works on a Roku or Fire stick, etc.
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