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"Hey Siri, who's the oldest pitcher to ever win the Cy Young?"

Eh not their best. The string of words “Shortstop Ryan Mountcastle” is pretty good satire though, I must admit.

Wow, very scary stuff. Get well soon kid.

I tend to think that’s a very real possibility.

See SG’s post above that I just quoted.

Exactly all of this.

I see his logic, and accept it. It’s not some personal vendetta against Baltimore, but it’s clear he does penalize our system and his reason, to me, is an acceptable one. Glad that it should be invalid in a few years.

Agree with this. Increased hype and visibility of prospects would also help the minor leagues a whole lot (and the economies in the small towns they play in.) I can't actually think of any downside to allowing the trading of draft picks.

Agree.

Oh absolutely. His boldest move so far I think.

I suppose I do too, but am admittedly still a bit salty.

Precisely. Who tried to coin that moniker again?

Yea, the Kjerstad snub was a bit surprising/disappointing. His ranking of Veen in the top 50 affirmed my pre-draft opinion that Veen was the best OF prospect (unless Martin ends up there, )though so that was a silver lining for me. And yup, so ready to parse out fact from opinion.

I think we should just start calling him Grodd now.

Grayson Rodriguez aka G-Rod

https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/30833166/kiley-mcdaniel-top-100-mlb-prospects-2021 Behind a paywall, we have 4 on the list: Adley: 2 GRod: 30 Mountcastle: 93 DL Hall: 97 His write up on Grod is very nice: ”Rodriguez was a surprise pick at No. 11 overall in the 2018 draft, both since he was generally thought to go in the back half of the first round and also because he was generally seen behind Matthew Liberatore (80th on this list) and Cole Winn (45+ FV). Obviously, Baltimore has been more right than that consensus so far and much of that is due to how quickly Rodriguez has made adjustments. While I was at FanGraphs, I took high-speed video of Rodriguez in the Futures Game and saw the mesmerizing screwball-like action he was getting on his new changeup. It went from being a distant third pitch that was never much better than average to a plus pitch. Some of the pitch-design things that Houston is known for (Verlander's new arm slot, fastball spin, etc.) are at work here with former Houston people running the show in Baltimore. Rodriguez now has four above-average to plus pitches with starter command. If he had a 2020 minor league season, it would not be surprising to have seen him steamroll his way to Double-A and be comfortably in that top tier of troublesome-to-sort pitching prospects above. Only having experience in low-A and not having one 70-grade projected pitch are the two things holding him back thus far, but Rodriguez actually doesn't have a clear concern like all of them do. Rodriguez may be underranked here, but he'll likely move up 10-15 spots with a strong first half of the 2021 minor league season, as his questions melt away while other prospects graduate.“

I imagine the Lerners have more money than the Angelos’

Love King Felix, but don’t love this signing.

Most desirable in terms of talent in the system if things keep trending up like they seemingly are now, sure. If Grod and DL both pan out, absolutely. But my other worry is that if the bros. Angelos don’t sell, we turn into a farm system/big box store for the rest of league somewhat like the Marlins have been and now seemingly Colorado as well.

We’ll see if the coffers open at all with the perceived competitive window. And how do teams like Cleveland and Tampa retain their FO folks?

He certainly would hesitate to sign a new contract, and seriously look at all other job possibilities l. I should say “beginning of the end” perhaps.

Agreed. It would also spell the end of the Elias and Sig era.

Ehh I don’t see the sons being as meddlesome or as sentimental as the father. Maybe wishful thinking on my part, certainly. A Mancini extension would be asinine.

Am I missing the green font? Why would we ever extend him?