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I saw this blurb on Derek Hill from Keith Law and it weirded me out quote:Analysis: One of the best pure athletes in the class, Hill's a plus runner and defender in center, with a short, compact swing. He's the cousin of Darryl Strawberry and his father played in Triple-A, so he has great bloodlines, as well.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 20:31 |
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Politicalrancor posted:I saw this blurb on Derek Hill from Keith Law and it weirded me out It's a little crazy but it's definitely something teams take into account. Both Gordons constantly get compared physically to their dad.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 20:41 |
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tadashi posted:It's a little crazy but it's definitely something teams take into account. Both Gordons constantly get compared physically to their dad. I just mean evaluating athletes like horses is gross, right?
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 20:43 |
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Politicalrancor posted:I just mean evaluating athletes like horses is gross, right? Genetics is not exclusive to horses.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 20:46 |
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tadashi posted:When Max Pentecost started rising quickly in draft talk, I told myself I would go see him play this season since KSU isn't far from work.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 20:59 |
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Politicalrancor posted:I just mean evaluating athletes like horses is gross, right? You hear this type of thing a lot more in the NFL or college football recruiting, but it definitely happens in any sport and it is kind of disturbing. There was an excerpt of The Meat Market in Sports Illustrated or something that goes through what things were like in football the early 90s. It was really interesting in an uncomfortable way but I can't seem to find it now.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 21:02 |
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You are probably more likely to be really athletic if your parents are really athletic, this seems like a pretty innocuous thing to get upset about.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 21:34 |
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Bloodlines are one thing -- and an actual thing, as far as it goes -- but there is definitely a subset of prospect writers who get very creepily descriptive/knowingly, ironically homoerotic about usually underage kids' bodies when writing up their scouting reports or tweeting about them. One member of the BP prospect staff in particular had this problem back when I still read him.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 21:37 |
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Grittybeard posted:You hear this type of thing a lot more in the NFL or college football recruiting, but it definitely happens in any sport and it is kind of disturbing. There was an excerpt of The Meat Market in Sports Illustrated or something that goes through what things were like in football the early 90s. It was really interesting in an uncomfortable way but I can't seem to find it now.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 21:50 |
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Crion posted:Bloodlines are one thing -- and an actual thing, as far as it goes -- but there is definitely a subset of prospect writers who get very creepily descriptive/knowingly, ironically homoerotic about usually underage kids' bodies when writing up their scouting reports or tweeting about them. One member of the BP prospect staff in particular had this problem back when I still read him. Yeah, Jason Parks writes some weird poo poo about prospects.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 22:01 |
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Crion posted:Bloodlines are one thing -- and an actual thing, as far as it goes -- but there is definitely a subset of prospect writers who get very creepily descriptive/knowingly, ironically homoerotic about usually underage kids' bodies when writing up their scouting reports or tweeting about them. One member of the BP prospect staff in particular had this problem back when I still read him. Yeah that was more the type of thing I was thinking of. It doesn't help remembering Groverat's recruiting posts, although we shouldn't blame scouts for him.
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# ? Jun 4, 2014 22:01 |
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It seems like the Astros may be taking Aiken. That probably means the Marlins take Rodon since Loria is apparently obsessed with him or something
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 16:09 |
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Tavarin posted:Yeah, Jason Parks writes some weird poo poo about prospects. I think he's taken the bit way too far. It was funny as a one-off thing.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 16:13 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:It seems like the Astros may be taking Aiken. That probably means the Marlins take Rodon since Loria is apparently obsessed with him or something That leaves the sox looking at Kolek or Nola? I guess whichever they pick is a good idea of where Hahn sees the team at this point.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 16:23 |
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The whole Appel situation has left me worried with Rodon, so I'd be pretty happy with Aiken Should have listened to Imasalmon
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 19:12 |
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Intruder posted:The whole Appel situation has left me worried with Rodon, so I'd be pretty happy with Aiken Rodon has at least shown the ability to recover from a down period.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 19:20 |
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I'd like Jackson over Rodon, but a Fernandez/Alvarez/Heaney/Rodon/Eovaldi rotation for 2015/16 is insane.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 20:45 |
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Yeah it seems like the consensus is that the Astros will take the cheaper Aiken and the Marlins will go with Rodon.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 21:36 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah it seems like the consensus is that the Astros will take the cheaper Aiken and the Marlins will go with Rodon. Yeah, seeing Rodon wanted his full slot value if he goes #1 pretty much sealed it
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 21:38 |
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Intruder posted:
You should always listen to me. Especially in matters of the Astros. I will one again argue that the Astros aren't necessarily looking to get a guy below slot, and will take whoever they feel is the best player available.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 22:14 |
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Going to miss the first bit of the draft is Selig going to say "____ are.... On..... The...... Clock...." Really loving slow like last year?
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 22:59 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah it seems like the consensus is that the Astros will take the cheaper Aiken and the Marlins will go with Rodon. Most people (or at least a decent number) seem to think he's better anyway so is this really a big deal?
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:00 |
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The excitement the pagentry the many many busts, the MLB draft! edit- oh man they really went on air an hour before picks heh. Zythrst fucked around with this message at 23:03 on Jun 5, 2014 |
# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:01 |
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MourningView posted:Most people (or at least a decent number) seem to think he's better anyway so is this really a big deal? Aiken is better but the potential cheap out people are snickering about is taking neither of the two (in fact Aiken's price tag is close enough to Rodon that I kind of think the Astros pass on both)
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:08 |
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Groucho Marxist posted:Aiken is better but the potential cheap out people are snickering about is taking neither of the two (in fact Aiken's price tag is close enough to Rodon that I kind of think the Astros pass on both) I'm ready to be so salty
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:11 |
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Groucho Marxist posted:Aiken is better but the potential cheap out people are snickering about is taking neither of the two (in fact Aiken's price tag is close enough to Rodon that I kind of think the Astros pass on both) Jump on the Nick Gordon 1.1 train with me!
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:22 |
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For the Astros I think it makes sense to go with Aiken and save the money to spend on later picks, like how they got Rio Ruiz and Lance McCullers Jr the year they took Correa.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:24 |
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ChampRamp posted:Jump on the Nick Gordon 1.1 train with me! No don't
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:27 |
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Yo where can i watch the stream besides that ridiculously tiny window on mlb.com
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:32 |
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http://www.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2014/watch-live/ Though tryign to watch this live is making me question my life choices
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:34 |
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Oh god that clip! F-L-O-Y-D, flood!
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:43 |
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Intruder posted:http://www.mlb.com/mlb/events/draft/y2014/watch-live/ It's everything stupid about the NFL and NBA Draft but with the added bonus of almost literally no one having ever seen the selected players play.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:44 |
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MourningView posted:It's everything stupid about the NFL and NBA Draft but with the added bonus of almost literally no one having ever seen the selected players play. Also a commissioner with less charisma than Roger Goodell.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:45 |
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Really want the Astros to go full Bryan Bullington here.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:46 |
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MourningView posted:Most people (or at least a decent number) seem to think he's better anyway so is this really a big deal? The Marlins/Rodon thing is a big deal because it's an ownership move for a dumb reason (Cuban!!!) even if he is a good pick there. The baseball ops people allegedly want a bat and baseball ops and ownership fighting is always fun. See also: Mets.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:47 |
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FlamingLiberal posted:For the Astros I think it makes sense to go with Aiken and save the money to spend on later picks, like how they got Rio Ruiz and Lance McCullers Jr the year they took Correa. They should take Aiken because he's the best player, just like how they should have took Buxton because he was the best player.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:52 |
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Groucho Marxist posted:They should take Aiken because he's the best player, just like how they should have took Buxton because he was the best player. Eh I'm pretty happy with Correa tbh
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:53 |
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Groucho Marxist posted:They should take Aiken because he's the best player, just like how they should have took Buxton because he was the best player. Yeah it seems pretty bizzare to purposefully tank seasons in order to get 2nd best picks.
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# ? Jun 5, 2014 23:57 |
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This is the worst draft of the three major sports by far.
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# ? Jun 6, 2014 00:06 |
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This is worse than the NFL draft because Selig isn't getting booed
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