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07-17-2022, 08:52 AM | #376 |
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07-17-2022, 01:36 PM | #377 |
Perpetual Mediocrity
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So what's the deal with Matt Carpenter becoming Barry Bonds for the Yankees?
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07-17-2022, 06:07 PM | #378 | |
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I do that. But I’d need a negotiating window because there’s a non-zero chance that Boras just insists on taking his guy to FA and nobody is worth that for a mere 2.4 seasons. If you can’t get a contract done, take Walker and one of the SPs out of it and I’m still game. |
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07-17-2022, 06:10 PM | #379 | |
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Nobody in baseball has a better feel for how much it takes to get a deal done. It allows him to make sure he comes up just an Nth short and still claim he tried. |
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07-17-2022, 07:37 PM | #380 |
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07-17-2022, 07:39 PM | #381 |
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https://www.mlb.com/prospects/draft/...-hjerpe-687309
True to form. Passed on Brock Porter the highest HS pitcher on the board with a high ceiling for a lower ceiling college pitcher. I don’t hate this guy just not sure you couldn’t have got him in the supplemental round. |
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07-17-2022, 07:42 PM | #382 | |
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07-17-2022, 07:45 PM | #383 | |
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I'd probably put Hjerpe immediately ahead of McGreevy. I think he's probably immediately no worst than the #6/7 prospect in the system and with as disappointed as I've been in Liberatore at the big league level, I think there's an argument that he's the #1 pitching prospect in the system. Now I wouldn't put him there - I think that's Graceffo and Hence may not be far behind. But when considering polish and proximity, Hjerpe may be higher. It's a fine pick. And when a top prep arm falls like Porter is falling, there's usually a really good reason for it. |
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07-17-2022, 07:49 PM | #384 | |
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But that's why I think the Cardinals can get this done. After Alvarez, Walker's the best pure hitting prospect in the game right now. And you have to figure the Nats are going to build their package around the best offensive piece they can get. So that puts the Mets and Cardinals in the drivers seat. We can absolutely overwhelm the Mets package though. Baty and Gorman would wash but beyond that we can start pulling ahead. Walker/Gorman answers the Mets Alvarez/Baty and we can start to pull away from there. |
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07-17-2022, 07:55 PM | #385 |
What's up braj?
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07-17-2022, 07:59 PM | #386 | |
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07-17-2022, 08:02 PM | #387 |
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Hey you Cardinals fans got Cooper Hjerpe.
DJLN - save your criticism. (More so the guy DJLN was responding to) He is Chris Sale 2.0. His ceiling is plenty high. He went to Oregon State University. I'm not thrilled he went to the Cardinals. The Cardinals should be thrilled he went to the Cardinals. |
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07-17-2022, 08:43 PM | #389 | |
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But again, my goal with Gorman is to deal him before people realize he’s a .220 hitter and with Walker - well ya gotta give to get. Juan Soto is the nearest thing any of us have seen to Ted Williams, fellas. He’s absurdly good. |
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07-17-2022, 08:47 PM | #390 | |
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Sale threw 99-101. Sale still throws 99 with a decade as a professional under his belt. Being a levery lefty with a sidearm delivery doesn’t make you Chris Sale. He’s a probable mid-rotation arm who may develop into a 2 someday. But he doesn’t have anything in his arsenal that looks to project even at a 70, let alone the two 80 grade pitches Sale had. At 22 he’s a solid selection but I don’t imagine he’s going wow anyone for most of his career. |
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