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07-16-2018, 09:52 PM | #2791 |
Damnit Peg
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BTW Kyle Isbel is having a night in Idaho Falls...
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07-17-2018, 06:17 AM | #2792 |
¡RIOS MIO!
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07-17-2018, 06:22 AM | #2793 | |
MVP
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07-17-2018, 07:19 AM | #2794 |
Damnit Peg
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07-17-2018, 07:24 AM | #2795 | |
Hockey Town
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07-17-2018, 07:56 AM | #2796 | |
Down with Nino Brown
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I saw Adley Rutschman play in Omaha this CWS and that guy can rake. He didn't wow me behind the plate but looks like a good prospect overall. |
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07-17-2018, 08:31 AM | #2797 |
Stay positive, don't give up
Join Date: Dec 2001
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@JonHeyman: Breaking; The Dodgers appear to be the leading contender for superstar Manny Machado as talks head toward the finish line. The situation is fluid and brewers and phillies may still have an outside chance. Barring turnabout, deal should be done this week. Story comin on @Fancred
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07-17-2018, 08:32 AM | #2798 |
I’m a Mahomo!
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07-17-2018, 08:39 AM | #2799 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
Join Date: Sep 2005
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In an article about the Royals 2015 international signing class (where they got Matias) there was this little gem...
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The Vlad thing happens but man - what does 'unable to secure the funds' even mean? The billionaire owner of a major league team need to call the bank and get his credit line extended or something? That's just odd... |
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07-17-2018, 08:46 AM | #2800 | |
Hockey Town
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07-17-2018, 08:50 AM | #2801 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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Soto was in A ball to start the year and missed almost all of 2017. He was in the mid-20s in most pre-season lists and had been promoted off of them by the time the mid-season lists came out. Acuna and Vlad were 1-2 on all pre-season lists with Freddie Tatis in 3rd on most of them, IIRC. Forrest Whitley was generally the top pitching prospect until his PED suspension. I don't recall Soto being as much as a top 20 guy anywhere I looked. |
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07-17-2018, 09:09 AM | #2802 | |
M-I-Z-Z-O-U
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My understanding is they would have had to go over 3.5 for Vladito due to his relationship with Toronto. The Royals top 4 2015 prospects were Vladito, Soto, Acuna, and Matias. Scouts were on point. Suspect they probably had less set aside for international signings that year than normal... and paying the tax for blowing it out. |
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07-17-2018, 09:10 AM | #2803 | |
remember, remember
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07-17-2018, 09:12 AM | #2804 | |
Hockey Town
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07-17-2018, 09:17 AM | #2805 | |
Sauntering Vaguely Downwards
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