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(the D stands for Delta)    Bogus Adventure posted:El Niño es Rey de Reyes! https://twitter.com/clintonyates/status/1421646291914743808 https://twitter.com/Jessica_Whitney/status/1407932897152151555 https://i.imgur.com/vtcd3x0.mp4 IcePhoenix fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Aug 9, 2021 |
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TRADE DEADLINE WRAP UP      
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Aug 1, 2021 09:32
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The championship season was fun. That's all the positive views I've got left
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Aug 1, 2021 14:03
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Berrios makes his first start for the Jays today. How this game goes will determine whether the Jays will win the World Series or if they'll end up missing the playoffs with a +200 run differential.
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Aug 1, 2021 14:27
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Is it still cool to ask what the good Chinese jersey site is? Think it’s time to get some new ones
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Aug 1, 2021 15:04
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A video retrospective of baseball’s most impressive streak https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwk3a3nhJfw&pp=sAQA
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Aug 1, 2021 15:20
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Hand Knit posted:Berrios makes his first start for the Jays today. How this game goes will determine whether the Jays will win the World Series or if they'll end up missing the playoffs with a +200 run differential. it’s an exciting place to be in, we have work to do
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Aug 1, 2021 15:25
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https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1421838610974773254?s=20 Lol
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Aug 1, 2021 15:31
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Rizzo has a 664 OPS+ as a Yankee.
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Aug 1, 2021 15:52
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Thom P. Tiers posted:Rizzo has a 664 OPS+ as a Yankee. Dude rules, I am happy I get to root for him directly now.
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Aug 1, 2021 16:25
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Timby posted:Holy poo poo. A friend of mine arranged for me to call an inning of the Iowa Cubs game on July 31 (my 37th birthday). I wanna know how this went! Did it get fouled up that it turned into a half doubleheader?
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Aug 1, 2021 16:57
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https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/1421868155396399104?s=20
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Aug 1, 2021 17:37
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Aug 1, 2021 17:52
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This is a medical thing right? How do they not know about this before drafting him?
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Aug 1, 2021 17:55
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Joey Freshwater posted:This is a medical thing right? How do they not know about this before drafting him?
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Aug 1, 2021 18:01
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So what happens to Kumar? Can he be drafter by another team or does he have to wait until next year?
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Aug 1, 2021 18:03
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The article answers all of that, he can return to Vanderbilt or play indie ball and enter next year's draft The Mets didn't know how injured he was because he skipped the pre-draft MRI program (not unusual for high picks)
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Aug 1, 2021 18:05
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It's a good thing the Mets still have their 2020 first round pick...Javier Baez and Trevor Williams.
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Aug 1, 2021 18:06
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FlamingLiberal posted:I have no idea but the Mets hosed themselves hard here there were injury rumors around him which is why he fell to #10, and I guess the Mets didn't do their own evaluation of him before the draft and instead went on reports from his personal doctor and/or the physio(s) at Vanderbilt which is worryingly naïve for a professional sports team
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Aug 1, 2021 18:08
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Joey Freshwater posted:This is a medical thing right? How do they not know about this before drafting him? A similar thing happened with R.A. Dickey. The Rangers drafted him, but between the draft and signing the team doctor had a look at him, and noticed that he had no UCL. He still signed with the Rangers, but they dropped their offer from 800,000 to 75,000. Does anyone know what kind of physicals prospective top drafts go through?
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Aug 1, 2021 18:10
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a javy baez #23 mets jersey is the most obscene thing i've ever seen
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Aug 1, 2021 18:10
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Meet the Mets Meet the Mets Step right up and don't sign with the Mets
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Didn’t Kumar get left out for a pretty high number of pitches during one of his early starts this year, which suspiciously matched the point his velo started to drop? I’d be pretty pissed if my pro career got ruined, or severely hampered, by an overzealous manager while I was playing for free.
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Happened with Atlanta's first-round pick like two drafts ago too. He committed to Mississippi State and, represented by Scott Boras, filed a grievance alleging that Atlanta's reduced offer did not meet the like 40% of slot minimum to entitle them to an extra pick in the following draft; that grievance was denied. Forget if he actually played at Mississippi State or not but he later left to go I forget, KBO or NPB, considered noteworthy at the time like it might start a trend but I don't recall any other guys following in his footsteps.
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From JJ Cooper (baseballamerica) on the Twins weekly show: 1. Strotman has better secondaries, more confidence in using them, etc than Joe Ryan, so less relief risk... yet Ryan has outperformed him at every level thanks to a fastball "that's difficult to explain why it's working for him" and good command. Scouts he's talked to are mixed on if the deception will remain effective. 2. Austin Martin is an effective hitter with good speed who has had disappointing power but it dealing with injuries so it's tough to tell what his actual power potential is. There's heavy skepticism he's really a shortstop so the question becomes if he's a rangy centerfielder with an iffy arm, a super utility guy, or a corner outfielder. As Cooper notes, that's basically where the Twins are at with Royce Lewis (albeit without the COF risk). I'd add Arraez there, aside from the obvious difference that Martin has speed where Arraez does not. As I look at the farm: Could definitely see Martin and Arraez hitting 1-2 for years to come, but am at a point where I'd be surprised if either maintains an ISO over .100, which is tough to feel good about as a duo when neither appears to be a premium defender. Bigger picture, having extended team control of an offensive core of Arraez, Martin, Lewis, Kiriloff, Larnach, and Jeffers is good news, especially given that half that group has demonstrated a major league floor already. Add in Kepler and Polanco on team-friendly deals and the hope of resigning Buxton, and things are looking brighter on that side. There's some hope of a second wave once these guys are established as well, either from draft position (Sabato (40% Ks with .290 slugging is the debut you want from your first round college 1B, right?), Cavaco (31% Ks and a .711 OPS), and Wallner (.680 SLG is nice. 40% Ks is yikes)) or continued MILB performance (Miranda, who earned a promotion with a .996 OPS in AA and has kicked off AAA with 30 games over 1.000, showing the sort of power growth the Twins hope to unlock with Martin). Pitching has been an injury carousel (because TINSTAAPP). The positives are that Winder demolished AA, Balazovic has been on a strong AA run when healthy, and Ober appears to have gone from softtossing statistical anomaly (3 injury riddled seasons with a K% over 30 and BB% under 4%) to potential bottom-of-the-order guy who isn't dying in MLB thanks to a post pandemic velo uptick. Add those to Ryan, Strotman, and the prestige (if not performance) of SWR, and the team has reason to expect cheap bottom of the rotation pitching for the coming 5-7 years. Add in the injury cases of Dobnak, Duran, Canterino, Enlow, and Sands and you have one of the deeper prospect and controllable pitching pools in baseball, but universally low-ceiling guys. It's the right scenario to spend and spend big on FA pitching atop the rotation and hope that the attrition from pitching prospects leads to a stellar, cheap bullpen. But that'd require the Twins to overpay on top pitchers or go out and deal from the farm for a deadline rental  If Maeda gets back closer to his 2020 form and Ryan and Strotman can do better than 30 combined starts of Shoemaker and Happ... 2022 just needs a competent bullpen to swing back to competitive. Dealing Berrios represents folding the bet that Kiriloff, Larnach, Acala, and Duran would push the Buxton/Sano/Berrios/Kepler core to the next level, instead hoping that crew is vets supporting this less impressive wave and that Lewis, Martin, and SWR can provide that push in 23/24. Better hope Donaldson ages gracefully and there are deadline markets for Kepler and Polanco as they get pushed out of their positions. This has been super unnecessary Twinsposting.
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R.D. Mangles posted:a javy baez #23 mets jersey is the most obscene thing i've ever seen Wait'll you see Kris Bryant's #23 Giants jersey
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There's been rumblings about Rocker having reduced velocity and stuff for a couple months now, so this isn't really surprising to anyone who has been following the draft stuff
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Aug 1, 2021 18:29
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Rizzo and Javy are making me root for New York teams what the hell 
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Joey Freshwater posted:This is a medical thing right? How do they not know about this before drafting him? It shouldn't even matter, honestly. If he needs TJS so be it. Unless he's got TOS or his entire shoulder is shrapnel there's no reason for them to not sign him except that it saves Cohen the money. Especially after they shipped out Crow-Armstrong for Javy. Apparently Rocker might have 2 more years of draft eligibility though, because of the COVID season, which does make it more sensible for him to turn down a lowball offer.
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The Mets probably didn't sign Rocker because of haggling over less money than they are paying Bobby Bonilla this year. Do you think anyone will care in 4 years if they gave him 6 million instead of 4 and he didn't pan out as a prospect vs him becoming a star for another team and them looking like complete idiots?
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If you think a guy isn’t worth anywhere near his slot value then maybe don’t take him with that pick?
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Angels fans disappointed when we missed Cole, but he's struggling after the spider tack ban Bauer, but it turns out he's 100% dirtbag instead of just 90% Rocker, but maybe health issues?
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Patrick Spens posted:A similar thing happened with R.A. Dickey. The Rangers drafted him, but between the draft and signing the team doctor had a look at him, and noticed that he had no UCL. He still signed with the Rangers, but they dropped their offer from 800,000 to 75,000. It also happened with the Astros and Brady Aiken in what was the first thing that made people mad at them. They had agreements in place with Aiken below slot and two late picks above slot but found something in his UCL so lowered their offer to the minimum required to get a pick the following draft and pulled their offers from the other two. All three had agents by this time so their NCAA eligibility was blown Total clusterfuck e: the player they got the following year because of not signing Aiken was Bregman, Aiken needed TJS and is bad. Still, it hosed up the other two pretty badly They came close to having two #1 overall pitchers in back to back years to never make the majors (Appel isn't making it, I suppose Aiken still has time) Intruder fucked around with this message at 19:01 on Aug 1, 2021 |
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The Dodgers once had a Vanderbilt pitcher fall to them in the late first round due to injury concerns. He got TJS soon after they signed him. But they did indeed sign him. His name is Walker Buehler and he was worth every penny.
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nothing much to post other than I hate the loving dodgers so much and it makes me SICK that Trea plays for them now
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Intruder posted:It also happened with the Astros and Brady Aiken in what was the first thing that made people mad at them. They had agreements in place with Aiken below slot and two late picks above slot but found something in his UCL so lowered their offer to the minimum required to get a pick the following draft and pulled their offers from the other two. All three had agents by this time so their NCAA eligibility was blown One of the guys the Astros didn't sign was Jacob Nix, who ended up getting drafted by the Padres later on. The second guy was Mac Marshall who the Giants later drafted, but he has not turned out to be much of anything.
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Maybe this is old news and I am late to the party, but... The Royals have a pitcher named Dick Lovelady.Move aside Dick Mountain, there's a new sheriff in town. He goes by Richard, but that is irrelevant
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Paracaidas posted:This has been super unnecessary Twinsposting. Please take a look at the normal postings that happen in here and realize that nothing about this was unnecessary
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FlamingLiberal posted:Yeah Aiken's arm never really recovered. He's only pitched in 2 games since 2017. IIRC Nix was extremely unhappy about getting dicked around by the Astros (understandably, I believe he was a signability guy who wanted to go to college) and denied them permission to draft him the following year which I didn't know was a thing until that happened, apparently if you go unsigned after being drafted you have to give the team that didn't sign you permission to draft you again
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Intruder posted:IIRC Nix was extremely unhappy about getting dicked around by the Astros (understandably, I believe he was a signability guy who wanted to go to college) and denied them permission to draft him the following year which I didn't know was a thing until that happened, apparently if you go unsigned after being drafted you have to give the team that didn't sign you permission to draft you again As you mentioned he lost his NCAA eligibility
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