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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 20, 2024 9:04:38 GMT -5
With another gem, Spencer Turnbull seems to be living up to his potential. For $2mil the Phillies may have gotten the best free agent SP deal. Turnbull wasn’t on anyone’s radar. I didn’t even know he was a FA Look at Dombrowski finding a hidden gem, lol. Thought he wasnt supposed to be able to do that. There are things Dombrowski is bad at. Talent evaluation isn't one.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 20, 2024 8:58:22 GMT -5
If they DFA Dalbec they'll need to call up another infielder, which means they'd then need to DFA someone else because Heineman is the only healthy position player in the minors on the 40-man. In other words, Dalbec wasn't an option here, which isn't to say they couldn't separately decide to make a switch at that roster spot in an unrelated move at some point. It was either 60-day Mata or DFA Jacques. I think there's a decent chance he clears, honestly. I do not believe 60-day DLs can be retroactive can they? When you transfer a guy from the 10/15-day it counts all of the previous dates, yes. It's not really "retroactive" cause he's been on the IL. When placing an active player on the IL you can backdate it by 3 days I think.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 20, 2024 8:56:47 GMT -5
Since when does Rodriguez-Cruz throw 98 MPH? I read about a velocity spike back during ST but 98 is a couple notches beyond that I had seen then. It's very possible he was reading that off the stadium gun, keep in mind. We'll see when we get numbers at the end of the month what kind of velo he's at. Here's Ian from camp.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 19, 2024 16:42:46 GMT -5
Joe Jacques DFA'ed to make room for Booser, per Cotillo. I liked Jacques more than most, so I'm sad to see this, at least while Dalbec is still out there breathing the free air. I suppose this bodes well for Mata's health as well. If they DFA Dalbec they'll need to call up another infielder, which means they'd then need to DFA someone else because Heineman is the only healthy position player in the minors on the 40-man. In other words, Dalbec wasn't an option here, which isn't to say they couldn't separately decide to make a switch at that roster spot in an unrelated move at some point. It was either 60-day Mata or DFA Jacques. I think there's a decent chance he clears, honestly.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 19, 2024 13:28:23 GMT -5
What's the plan here? Is he just a throwaway? Do they plan to to give him major league innings in his current state? Is he a project for the pipeline? I'm ok with 1 and 3...2 would be scraping deep down in the barrel With all the starters on the DL, AAA is short of starters. Maybe Gutierrez is simply to help fill the innings in Worcester. Somebody needs to start those games as well as in Boston. Eh, I don't know that you trade for a guy on the 40-man for that.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 19, 2024 13:25:07 GMT -5
Perales got scratched. I'm sure Ehrhard was just eating innings. After catching up on usage, it seems like Rogers (last pitched 4/9), Sena (4/10), and now Perales are all hurt. It looks like Steinbaugh might take Rogers' spot on the rotation. If they were saving Landry for long man duty tonight I could see nobody being available behind Brand. Welcome to the 165-player domestic reserve list era!
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 19, 2024 10:03:40 GMT -5
Perales got scratched. I'm sure Ehrhard was just eating innings.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 18, 2024 20:22:25 GMT -5
I had no idea Story was still on the 10-day - I assume that'll be the countermove. As mentioned in another thread, you don't put a guy on the 60-day until you're adding someone to the 40-man roster.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 18, 2024 20:20:47 GMT -5
Not really sure where to ask this query, but seeming as Yoeilin will most likely be the main attraction of the FCL squad this year (and I can't find a dedicated FCL thread), I'll go here. Does anyone know how accurate the roster projections for the FCL team on the site is at this point in the season? Would they wait to announce further roster cuts around that level until right before their season starts on 5-4, or will it be more gradual? I am obviously super excited for stateside reports on Cespedes and Arias like everyone else, but I'm also interested to hear if anyone is standing out amongst guys like Chansol Lee, Batista, Bates, Polanco, etc. In theory there could be cuts, but the players in Fort Myers count towards the 165-man domestic reserve list, so there really isn't a reason for more cuts. I'd guess the projection we have is pretty accurate. We know who was in the US in minor league camp and... well... let's call the other guys who'd be coming up from the DSL a very educated guess.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 18, 2024 20:18:58 GMT -5
Historically, our page hits go as the team goes, to a large degree. Sort of counterintuitive when you think that if the MLB team is down people want to read up on the future but it tends to correlate to how well the MLB team is doing.
That said, the past year or so has been some of our best success. I think the org pushing the farm a lot may have something to do with it.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 17, 2024 15:05:05 GMT -5
Why hasn't Story been moved to the 60 day yet? Doesn't happen until they need his spot for someone And to be clear, literally can't, per the rules. Not sure why, but you can't put a guy on the 60-day until you need his 40-man spot.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 17, 2024 12:45:17 GMT -5
Just edited the post. Let me know if I didn't do the separation right.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 16, 2024 15:12:11 GMT -5
Ozzie Albies to the IL with a right great toe fracture. Today I learned there are lesser and greater toe injuries. The NHL would never go to this level of detail. "Right wee wee wee all the way home toe fracture."
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 15, 2024 16:05:15 GMT -5
Current batting averages of right-handed sticks in the top 25: 4. Rafaela (.170, 56) 5. Bleis (.200, 38) 11. Yorke (.269, 27) 14. Meidroth (.167, 43) 15. Castro (B) (.095, 30) 16. Jordan (.056, 22) 18. Johanfran (.346, 30) 22. Campbell (.200, 30) Adding plate appearances for very important context.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 14, 2024 9:53:19 GMT -5
Prediction: with the FCL now playing in the first half, Cespedes will be top 100 midseason.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 14, 2024 8:11:15 GMT -5
If the big 3 continue there good starts, and with all the prospects about to graduate, what are realistic rankings we can wxpect to see on the next updates? In think we will see Anthony and Mayer in lots of top 10s Eh, are there that many? Holliday, Chourio, Carter, Langford, Merrill is the list of guys ahead of both at MLB. Add Keith ahead of Anthony.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 14, 2024 8:07:41 GMT -5
Been done like 4 times. I went off beat brandy by looking glass. Great cover of that one by RHCP on their Live from Hyde Park album. Not that the original isn't great either.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 12, 2024 8:12:45 GMT -5
Where has Zanetello been? I didn’t see that he was hurt or anything Hurt (left hamstring strain) but wasn't enough to put him on the IL (although at this point he could've been). My guess is he's playing soon. It was more of a "he's behind" thing.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 12, 2024 8:11:34 GMT -5
I guess this question could be easily answered by me paying more attention to the starters each day, but with the set 6 man rotations what happens to the starter’s spot when there’s a postponed game? They're likely making it up later in the week so it's not a big deal.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 11, 2024 15:43:09 GMT -5
WooSox pitching depth: Actively want to see in the majors - Booser Perfectly acceptable up and downers - Criswell, Kelly Barely acceptable up and downers - Uwasawa, Benitez Prospects not at the front of the line yet - Fitts, Guerrero Please no - everyone else
Eh, that's a bit harsh. Gambrell is probably a major leaguer and you named 7 of the 16 pitchers, which is a decent cut.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 11, 2024 7:29:52 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/business/shohei-ohtani-ippei-mizuhara-plea.html“Those briefed on the matter claim that prosecutors have uncovered evidence that Mizuhara may have stolen more money from Ohtani than the $4.5 million he was initially accused of pilfering, the people said. In particular, the authorities think they have evidence that Mizuhara was able to change the settings on Ohtani’s bank account so Ohtani would not receive alerts and confirmations about transactions, the three people said.” Thaaaaat explains a lot Still wanna find the bookie that will allow that much debt from a translator to go uncollected. Perhaps they just assumed Shohei has the guy living more lavishly than he himself lives I mean, given the number of people here who didn't believe Ohtani wasn't involved would it be crazy to think that the bookie might've thought similar?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 11:11:47 GMT -5
The other enormous difference between the Braves extensions and these two is that the Braves extensions have been for much better value. Would you rather have (healthy) Strider or Bello at the same money? Rafaela got more than Albies (but less than Harris).
I like the idea of these extensions but... I want to wait to see the structure here before concluding anything.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 6:24:52 GMT -5
Fwiw I'm pretty sure the inverted W thing, while also being a really stupid name (if only we had something, like perhaps another letter, that looked like that shape!) was debunked years ago.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 6:05:28 GMT -5
S/O to Stats for basically calling it (this was his guess before they announced the years and money, coming to 8/50.3).
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 6:01:52 GMT -5
No Mark Bellhorn, Alan Embree, or Doug Mirabelli, Wakefield's personal catcher. Googled around a bit and Embree is a pitching coach at Bushnell U in Oregon. No idea about the other 2.
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