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: just watched this with my sons and they approve this message
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| 11:19 |
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| 12:01 |
Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggeno? |
| 12:01 |
: Yeah, hey, I’m caught up!
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| 12:02 |
Question |
| 12:02 |
: Gotta do better than that, it’s just you and me kid.
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| 5:07 |
: Hi everybody! 9 pm ET is the time, right here is the place, the moment will be forever. Or until this chat gets pushed off the main blog scroll. Only time will tell! See you soon!
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| 9:01 |
: Hi everybody! Let’s do this.
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| 9:01 |
Josh Harrison or Pablo Sandoval ROS? Why? |
| 9:02 |
: They’ve been pretty similar thus far:
I’ll say Sandoval. |
| 9:03 |
: I just think he is due to get hot.
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| 9:03 |
: And of course as soon as I say that, he meekly grounds into a double play.
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| 5:04 |
: I’m here! I’ll be in and out since this will be open most of the draft (all of it?) and I have to eat and pee and all that stuff.
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| 5:05 |
*raggaeton horn* *raggaeton horn* *raggaeton horn* *raggaeton horn* *raggaeton horn* |
| 5:07 |
Rangers #4 pick: most enigmatic in first 10? I see you have Trenton Clark there. Anything to add to your prospect report on him? Curious about his speed especially. Have seen between 55 and 70. |
| 5:07 |
: It’s 55 or 60. It’s a maybe CF that would play LF if he can’t stick there but more and more guys telling me they think he can.
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| 5:07 |
Lots of chatter on Aiken, but what about Matuella? Where do you hear his name being called? |
| 5:08 |
: Sounds like his range starts at DET/22 and LA/24 but he should get money from the 20’s wherever he lands
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| 9:11 |
: Hi friends!
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| 9:11 |
: You are all my friends, because you are so tolerant of my tardy behavior.
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| 9:11 |
: Only true friends would be so forgiving
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| 9:11 |
interested to see how venditte does? |
| 9:11 |
: Aren’t we all? Going to be fun to look at his PITCHf/x plots. Also, going to be impossible to look at his PITCHf/x plots
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| 9:13 |
: For the record, he hasn’t been great — lower strike rate than usual, for him. But today I’m learning he’s something of an infield-fly machine
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| 11:31 |
: Going to do some electronica today. Starting off easy.
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| 11:32 |
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| 12:01 |
: I’m here!!!
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| 12:01 |
Thoughts on Lance McCullers? Coming up he was thought to be a reliever due to command issues, but he’s looked great so far. |
| 12:03 |
: Definitely top 75, I forget exactly where I put him in my ranks today. Only concern is that the ball rate on his changeup suggests he can’t command that thing. But if he can get to two strikes, or ahead with one strike to lefties, then he can whip that thing out. The curve and fastball are great, and he has good enough command with them, but not good enough to not have a change.
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| 12:03 |
Just deal for Posey and now have a dumpable Derek Norris and need a SS…..Jung-Ho Kang needs a sweetener coming back right? And Segura is too much? 14 Teamer, H2H with Avg. & OBP |
| 12:03 |
: Here we are, face to face, a couple of Silver Spoons.
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| 12:03 |
: Hoping to find, we’re to of a kind, making a go, making it grow
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| 12:03 |
: Together, we’re going to find a way.
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| 12:04 |
: Also, I misspelled two.
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| 12:04 |
Who might be the next Wade Davis? Is there any way to identify these guys ahead of time? |
| 12:05 |
: To this degree, not really. He always had a good strikeout rate in relief, but his velocity has improved in an off the charts way in relief
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: Hi!
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| 6:03 |
: 9 pm ET, just me tonight. Get your questions in. See you soon!
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| 6:18 |
: Just want to note quickly here that Andrew Cashner was the 45th pitcher ever to allow at least 11 hits and strike out at least 12 batters in a game last night, but became the FIRST to do so in less than five innings. Sort of cool?
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| 9:02 |
: OK, enough polls, let’s chat!
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| 9:02 |
Do you think Jose Berrios gets the call any time soon? |
| 9:03 |
: Heading into the season, KIley had his present grades as pretty close to his future grades, and he has done nothing but impress thus far. The good news is that the Twins don’t NEED him right now, so they have the luxury of keeping him down another two weeks past the Super 2 deadline. But if he stays hot, I would expect him soon thereafter.
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| 11:43 |
: It’s a Monday, but you’re stuck with me this week, as Dan Szymborski and I flipped days this week. You can bug Dan on Wednesday, but today, you get my hazy post-vacation musings.
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| 11:43 |
: The queue is now open, and we’ll get started in about 15 minutes.
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| 12:01 |
: (And after I typed all that out, I forgot to actually open the queue. So now we’ll push the start time back a little bit to let you guys get some questions in while I finish this piece about the Twins.)
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| 12:12 |
: Alright, let’s get this party started.
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| 12:13 |
Is becoming Joe Panik a best case scenario for Rob Refsnyder’s development? How likely is that to happen |
| 12:14 |
: Panik is a weird comparison for Refsnyder, who might actually have some power but probably is a negative defender at the position. I’d guess he’s more Kelly Johnson or something.
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| 9:14 |
: Boy! It’s a chat
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| 9:15 |
: And you’re invited!
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| 9:15 |
Is Strasburg broken or a good buy low opportunity? |
| 9:16 |
: While I recognize this as a fantasy question, it’s also a real-baseball question, so I’ll let it slide. The stuff is there. There’s no clearly obvious indication of injury, and the Nationals do have some depth to use if they were more genuinely concerned. I think what we’re seeing is mechanical, and I think Strasburg straightens it out. Look for a far, far better second half
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| 9:18 |
A lot of people probably expected more out of Phil Hughes this year, just based off what he did last season. Safe to assume he won’t return to last years form? Ks are down, and HR/FB % has doubled from last year. Time to drop, and move on? |
| 9:18 |
: He is still doing the same thing in one way: he’s getting ahead in the count crazy often. He’s pounding the zone with strikes, like never before, save for 2014
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