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Your correct. I looked at wrong column for 86/87. Thats fair. Suppose not. I would say a tall lefty who can spin it like Povich and who had shown dominant stuff would be a reasonable guy to dream on.

I watched him catch Graysons last game. He did not inspire confidence. I’ve always been a believer of the cliche that a good catcher goes unnoticed. In the game I saw (granted 1 game so gonna give him a pass) there were a lot of “he should have made that play” moments. Will be watching his next game with a keen eye.

O’Hearn has proven to be a pretty savy insurance policy. Fun story for sure.

Randy Johnson went 1.39 5.72/9 as a 25 yo in AAA. Trimmed it to 1.22 4.5/9 as a 26 yo before his MLB promotion. Not suggesting likely but by no means outside the realm of possibility. How likely is it to get a true ace regardless? Johnson’s best MiLB k/9 rate was 8.8k/9.

I’m perplexed by the whole thing. It’s just very peculiar. In my experience with baseball, when a player is under performing their talent level by a significant degree there is more often than not something wrong physically. Again, pure speculation. Maybe we get some more insights as to what’s going on.

Pure speculation, but I have to believe he is dealing with some type of serious physical ailment. Very strange to see that much of a velo drop. I hope he can get right, he’s a talented kid.

Oh boy. I said to myself before the year began, that if Watkins pitched an inning this year for us we’d likely miss the playoffs. Good grief. No bueno.

He has no idea where any if his pitches are going. He just chucking it and praying.

Padres

Walk, walk, balk, hit

The more ABs I see the more I like him. He can swing it and brings a lot of tools/skills to the table. He’s playing with a lot of confidence right now. He’s fun to watch.

I agree he’s likely to return to his historical performances. Was having a chuckle with @Malike referencing his avatar.

In those first 121 PAs he had 40 Ks and 20 BBs. He's cut the K's almost in half.

With 2 hits last night Young’s OPS is at .921 since 5/14. A solid month of production. 22 ks & 14 BBs in 109 ABs. Will be curious to see what he does in his next 100 ABs.

Very very strong baseball name. I’m in. Solid #s. Looks like he does a good job of keeping the ball in the park.

Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.

The Gunnar Adley 1-2 punch is awesome. This time next year that premium thump is going to continue down the line-up 5 or 6 deep.

That episode was so flippin’ funny!

My fear with Mateo is that he gets white hit in July/August and then goes right back into his dormant cycle as the playoffs begin.

Lol - I should have learned to read the entire thread before posting by now.

I bet Keith Hernandez never made the switch lol

1. GRod to be a stud 2. DL Hall to find his way 3. Cowser, Westburg, Kjerstad, replace McKenna, Frazier, Mountcastle 4. Stud back of the bullpen pick up

It was painful watching Godoy catch GROd today. He’s an awful receiver. A good combo of defense and offense in the group. Pretty good looking catching pipeline.

Nothing has been hit hard at all. Soft fly balls and weakly hit ground balls. He must not like his accommodations in Norfolk lol.

Complete turn around. It’s like he can’t miss the strike zone in 3rd-5th. Has dropped in a couple high curve balls for an easy strike. He made a big adjustmenT mid game, good to see.