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1 hour ago, Malike said:

He's listed at 6'3" 230. I bet there are a lot of posters on here pushing 230 who aren't even 6 foot tall. I doubt he's morbidly obese like people are implying.

I'm 6'5" and weigh 240ish...I would like to think I'm not obese. ?

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Tried getting the opinion of some national writers on the comp between  2016 Mountcastle and 2018 Encarnacion at class A.  However, I'm not sure if they compared current Mountcastle to current Encarnacion. They described Mountcastle as more polished which I could see as applicable to either comp, but another stated that Mountcastle is way ahead which I think was referring about present Mountcastle(duh he is at AA while Encarnacion is in low A). Regardless, Encarnacion is a much better defender with an arm "3-4 grades better than Mountcastle" and he will stick at third. Has huge upside. Big time breakout candidate for 2019.

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22 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

I posted this on the minor league board already:

MLB Pipeline has been updated and has Ortiz at 7, Carmona at 14, Encarnacion at 15, and Cumberland at 30.

That is surprising to say the least. Interesting also is the fact that our top 3 2018 picks are all in the top 11. Seems a bit aggressive to me

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26 minutes ago, sportsfan8703 said:

Lol extend?  We’re in trade mode baby. 

August 18’ - Valencia, Cashner, Joseph

July 19’ - Bundy, Givens, Bleier, Villar, Trumbo

Add Gentry to the August group.  I know the return will be a bag of balls, but there might a team willing to take for September as pinch runner/defensive replacement.

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24 minutes ago, Ruzious said:

Is his defense that good?  It's got to make up for his poor offense:  71 OPS+ last season and 87 this season.  Does anyone have the scoop on why he declined so much after the 2016 season?

He's an 18 year old who likely doesn't speak much English, playing in Montana. He's comparable to Osiris Johnson (53rd overall pick in the 2018 draft) with a better glove.

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Just now, Luke-OH said:

He's an 18 year old who likely doesn't speak much English, playing in Montana. He's comparable to Osiris Johnson (53rd overall pick in the 2018 draft) with a better glove.

i think he was referring to Jonathan Villar

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1 minute ago, Thato'sfan said:

i think he was referring to Jonathan Villar

Oops, Villar is just a MLB roster fill-in with some upside, is pretty solid defensively at 2B. A rebuilding team needs guys like that and he had a good season in 2016, it's possibly he is a solid contributor for the next two years. 

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2 hours ago, weams said:

 

Then we are obviously not done. If we can move Valencia , Trumbo, and Beckham after the deadline. Then hopefully move Bundy , Joseph, and Cashner in the offseason and Cobb hopefully at next years deadline pitching well.

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31 minutes ago, joelala said:

I'm no expert, but pretty ugly video of Encarnacion here:

Not to say he's gonna be a bust, I just don't see anything in his swing that jumps out to me.  It looks to be a little loopy.

https://2080baseball.com/draft-prospect-video/jean-carlos-encarnacion/

It's long, needs some work on the load portion, raw bat speed is there and looks like he gets good natural loft. He's quite raw but the tools are there, risk/reward guy. 

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1 minute ago, Luke-OH said:

It's long, needs some work on the load portion, raw bat speed is there and looks like he gets good natural loft. He's quite raw but the tools are there, risk/reward guy. 

Something about the hand throw that I kind like there. 

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