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42 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:
I meant that he was a second rounder in 2019. He hasn't had any time to do anything to move up. Not that he can never be in our top 10.
Scouting a player is a lot more than performance, ESPECIALLY at that age and level.
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If there was a Baumann then Henderson, I'd go that but I guess it's the opposite. Henderson really does have a nice swing and he's projectable.
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Gotta be Hays and Diaz. Hays gets the nod due to already showing well in the big league and play above average CF defense, even if I think Diaz will be better at the plate with a higher OBP and power. Baumann is after them for me, he needs develop at least an average 3rd pitch, he's definitely trending up though. Kremer really just hasn't ticked up like I was hoping. All of his pitches are average, except the curve may be above average or plus, and a 91 mph fastball might be below average nowadays.
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Way more important than baseball.
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9 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:
Why do you think the Tigers will be targeting guys that are close to ready?
With Manning already getting MLB time and Mize coming soon, as well as other pitching prospects that are more advanced, they have almost no impact position players coming up. The Tigers are old school, looking to fill holes with the draft, they've drafted pitching heavily for a while. There's a chance they go with Torkelson, it just doesn't seem likely for a first baseman to go 1st overall over the shortstop.
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It's becoming increasingly likely to me that we pick Torkelson. Austin Martin just seems too tempting for the Tigers not to pick him, they are in desperate need for close to ready hitters and in this day and age most front offices say pick the one that has positional value. I like Hancock a lot, but I can't see Elias picking a pitcher with an injury history especially with the experience Elias has had.
High school pitching is a no that high up, and none of them blow me away. The high school position players are mostly interchangeable tall center fielders, the infielders seem pretty far behind. Of them I like Zac Veen the most, but I'm pretty bad at scouting high school players. Torkelson is just in another league. He's a first baseman, if he plays left field it's gonna be a Schwarber-esque left field, but it's one of the top of the league 1st base.
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14 minutes ago, Nite said:
It's the situation of they wouldn't have Zimmerman if they had Mancini. Since they are "stuck" with Zimmerman then there isn't a situation where they would have Mancini or at least have given him a fair chance to play. It is what it is. Mancini has no role on that team with Zimmerman there.
??? What are you even saying? The reason they are stuck with Zimmerman is because of his contract. He's a not a terrible player, there's not a huge reason to replace him with an expensive 1st baseman. The question though has nothing to do with contracts. If the Nats had Mancini on their roster for whatever reason, they would 100% play him over Zimmerman.
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1. Adley Rutschman
2. DL Hall
3. Ryan Mountcastle
4. Grayson Rodriguez
5. Yusniel Diaz
6. Austin Hays
7. Michael Baumann
8. Dean Kremer
9. Gunnar Henderson
10. Keegan Akin
11. Lowther
12. Adam Hall
13. Harvey
14. Stowers
15. Hernaiz
16. Rom
17. Wells
18. Bannon
19. Sedlock
20. McKenna
21. Watson
22. Hanifee
23. Zimmmerman
24. Knight
25. Prado
26. Pop
27. Fenter
28. Rizer
29. Welk
30. Cumberland
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8 minutes ago, weams said:
I'm a Baumann guy myself. More my type of pitcher.
Yeah for me Baumann is number 3. Until Kremer can sit at 94 or 95, he doesn't have close to the ceiling that Baumann does, even if Baumann has more reliever risk.
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1 minute ago, weams said:
Made Victor Victor Victor look like a child.
That's $5 million wasted.
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First time watching McCoy, but I'm not impressed. A really rigid swing, swinging at everything. I like Bannon's swing a lot.
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Kremer hitting 93 (but that's in relief). The curve looked good.
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https://www.fantraxhq.com/top-25-baltimore-orioles-prospects-2020/
Only a C- overall grade for the system unfortunately.
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Only 6 foot, so he's not very projectable and only sits at 90-92, but that slider is special.
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34 minutes ago, Aristotelian said:
If we sign anyone, those are the type of guys we are looking at. Pick one and hope for the best. If they don't pan out, nothing lost, nothing gained.
What we lose is the opportunity to discover someone who could actually be part of our future. Guys like Means who might have been waived or are sitting around in the minors. I would rather see someone with something to prove than some veteran that's proven to be not worth keeping on a winning baseball club.
I just find it so dull to hear hear the lack of creative thinking when it comes to this stuff when we are supposedly trying to change our philosophy. Can't we try to acquire talent rather than just fill a roster spot for a year to eat innings?
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2 hours ago, Aristotelian said:
I wouldn't mind a dependable bullpen arm. Maybe an old guy who could be had on a 1 year deal and flipped at the deadline. Kick the tires with a spring training invite for David Hernandez?
Remember Nate Karns and Dan Strailey?
I feel like I read the same messages every off season, and it mind numbing.
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1 hour ago, dmvsports410 said:
Looking forward to having them before they sign with the Yankees lol.
Even the guys on the MASN blogs don't say this cliche anymore.
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2 hours ago, Luke-OH said:
A lot of borderline guys get sent there. Jordan Humpreys and Aston Goudeau are two playing today who might slip through. Humpreys hasn't pitched about A ball because he missed basically all of 2018-2019 with injury, but has legit above average fastball command and a quality slider and change. He looks like a near ready 5th starter, but he might get through because how much time he's missed.
Goudeau is a guy who changed his repitiore and improved his stuff across the board at 26, he was a minor league free agent last year, he might slip through due to his age.
What do you think the best strategy for us, pick a young prospect that might be in A ball that you can try to squeak through a year on your roster or get a polished fifth starter or something like that? I know it's highly variable on who would be available, just wondering what would be ideal.
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5 hours ago, AZRon said:
Kremer -- looked good; pitched 1 inning; basic windup, rocks from the waist; 3 pitches around the plate - fastball 91-92, breaking pitch 74, change 84; 3 up and down; struck out 2, 1 swinging and a weak fly to center.
I was really hoping Kremer's fastball would be ticking up by now. Maybe he's just at the end of a long season. I just hope next year he takes a step forward.
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I still think it's possible to get some kind of trade for Villar, even if it's underwhelming.
Do anything possible to trade Cobb at the deadline. Pull out all stops.
Consider trading Mancini.
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This is a guy I think could shoot up, I just wonder what it would take for us to take a high school player. I just feel like Elias heavily leans towards college players because he can use models and get trackman data.
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21 minutes ago, Philip said:
I don’t disagree, but we are faced with a conundrum. We let him go for nothing, which is silly. If he’s worth, say, $5 million, we would be letting him go just to save $5 million.
Or we give him $10 million, Which is an unnecessary expense for a team at this stage, even if he is worth it.
My suggestion was a viable compromise, Because it allows for the possibility of a trade return, at the risk of the difference between what he will be paid and what the team thinks he is worth, as opposed to just letting him go.
Our only hope is a trade for one or two 17 year old Dominicans. I do not see any way they pay over 10 million, even 8 million is iffy to me.
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21 minutes ago, Philip said:
If this arbitration estimate is accurate, well we can’t non-tender Villar because he’s good and we must non-tender Villar because he’s expensive.
So tender him with the understanding that we will eat a portion of his contract if necessary when we trade him.
There's a 0% chance any team would risk that much cash on a gamble. If there was no interest last deadline when he was a MUCH better contract, then there's no way we commit that much money for a mediocre return. Not even mentioning if he has another season like 2017.
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Hopefully Bannon forces his way into a spot by at least the halfway point of the season.
2019 #9 Prospect: Gunnar Henderson - SS
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