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I was so excited to witness my first live hotdog race on Sunday. I even told my wife about it on the drive to the stadium. She wasn't that excited though. I have to say, what a massive letdown. They barely even covered any distance. They started around the ground crew dugout and didn't even get to where the tarp is rolled up down the 1st base line. It had to be less than 20 yards. And the race was terrible. I don't think there was a lead change or any bumping. It was all ketchup from gate to wire. I believe they are doing a few more of these this season. I hope they can make the track much longer to allow for more action to occur within the race. -
Unless there's a trade offer that's too good to pass up, Mountcastle will be here next season, at least. Have we any evidence that Mayo and/or Kjerstad can play a decent 1B? Mounty has been very good defensively and this team could use his RHB, especially if most of the "older" guys, like Santander, Urias and Hays aren't here next season. We'd only have Adley, Westburg and Mayo's rookie season, plus question marks like Mateo, Norby and maybe the backup C from the right side. I can't see Elias adding an impact FA hitter either. -
Not necessarily. They're both still in A+, a long way from the majors. But it makes me nervous. -
We might need to discuss this...
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A couple of years ago I did a study of the 1998-2005 drafts, to get a sense of what a good draft looked like. I found that the mean average team draft produced players worth 22.3 rWAR in their careers, while the median draft was lower at 14.5 rWAR. I also found that, while the percentages varied a lot over the 8 years, roughly 38.5% of the value of the draft came in the first round, 54.5% in the first three rounds. So, based on that I'd calculate that on average, a team was getting maybe 13 rWAR per draft from players drafted after the first round, though the median outcome would be lower than that. Over a 5-year span, if a team's players selected after the first round accrued more than 65 rWAR in their careers, that would be an above average outcome. It will be a very long time -- more than a decade -- before we know if Elias & co. beat that average. Might Gunnar beat that all by himself? That's not probable, but possible.
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Probably just due to Burnes hating Adley, Hays hitting 2 HR last night and Mountcastle history in Toronto.
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