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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 5:59:08 GMT -5
Dave Roberts is managing the Dodgers, Bill Mueller is a hitting coach with the Marlins. Maybe Pedro just hasn’t confirmed his logistics yet? He’s as tight with the organization as almost anyone on the list and his protege Bello is pitching that day. Pedro has TV commitments for TNT or something. He was there yesterday but couldn't stay for the game.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 5:55:35 GMT -5
That there is no better alternative, and yet no mention of it yet, suggests that they are looking into trades. Slim possibility, but due diligence. Chris Henrique reported Gonzalez was being recalled yesterday and we'd heard the same. Regardless, in these situations, they always wait to announce the recall until the next day - it's not a sign they're looking for something else. If there's no off day, they announce the demotion after the game and the recall day of the next. Here, with the off day, they announced Dalbec down on the off day and will announce Gonzalez today. Standard procedure. I think, among other things, it's one less day of a guy counting against the CBT, although that's probably not the reason.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 9, 2024 5:51:29 GMT -5
Kavadas is off to a great start. Kind of a forgotten man (understandable given his profile) He’s the future DH they didn’t see He sat 4 of the first 5 games, including the first half of the doubleheader, and seemed relegated to a bench role, but has now started the last 4. Curious to see what happens with him now that Dalbec is back in Worcester.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2024 7:21:43 GMT -5
Salem rotation is Duffy, Rodriguez, Cohen for the weekend Chris and Ian hinted on the pod at there being a story behind why he doesn’t go by Rodriguez-Cruz anymore and I don’t remember hearing it (though I may have fallen asleep on the bus) - did I miss it or did it never get told? No story. Seemed like he's going by Rodriguez. But it's been back and forth that way for a while.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 7, 2024 7:19:43 GMT -5
Stanley Tucker at third?? He got a little bit of time at 2B and 3B last year. In the Draft League he actually primarily played shortstop. They'll move him around.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2024 7:15:16 GMT -5
Is Yorke is repeating AA despite having nearly 500 PAs there because he's blocked by Meidroth, or is there something they want him to work on more in AA? Interestingly, Meidroth has only played 3B so far. 2B has been split between Alvarez, Hamilton, and Gonzalez.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 5, 2024 6:48:25 GMT -5
They'll play guys at multiple positions. Last year, Mayer, Yorke, and Tyler Dearden were the only players in the system stateside, other than draftees, who saw time at only one position other than the catchers and first basemen. I think.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 3, 2024 16:15:26 GMT -5
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 3, 2024 12:34:57 GMT -5
The Braves didn't think Grissom couldn't handle 2nd, they just happen to have Albies locked up and going nowhere and he's arguably the best 2nd baseman in the league. Certainly he is one of them anyway so Grissom if he was going to get consistent PT with the Braves it was going to have to be at a position other than 2nd. Yeah if the Braves actually thought Grissom should be a left fielder than they would’ve just made him one lol Yeah I think it was Clegg who pointed out on our podcast that the "Grissom is going to platoon in left with Kelenic" thing never really made sense.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Apr 1, 2024 19:34:11 GMT -5
Hightlight. Chris Hatfield: If Ian and Chris Clegg are the dynamic duo what are we? Ian Cundall: An old married couple. It didn't really come through on the audio but I lost it when he dropped that one. Let the guy host a few episodes and suddenly he's got jokes.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 30, 2024 8:01:02 GMT -5
Hamilton HR. Opening day god. In his 3 opening days with Boston 8/14, 1 3B, 4 HR, 5 R, 10 RBI, 3 K, 2/3 SB 0/4 in his first, with the Brewers
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 29, 2024 12:11:59 GMT -5
Moving the FCL season up was such a good idea, I'm honestly not sure why it hadn't come together sooner. Probably much easier to keep your short season/XST core in place when there's such a natural lead-in to games, and it allows players that stand out in short season ball more time to advance to greater tests and on the flip side, teams may feel less pressured to push a player up to full-season ball on Opening Day. I'm thinking specifically about Yoelin Cespedes here - I fully expect him to play games in Salem this year, but it's nice not to feel like he's missing out on half a season of development by starting in the FCL. We could see more mid-season releases than before if the earlier promotion timeline creates roster crunches at the mid-levels of the system, which would be unfortunate, and it sucks that draftees get less time to dip their toes into pro ball (though a lot of them don't end up playing anyway, especially pitchers), but more good than bad for sure in my mind. Agreed that it's a good thing, but I also think you're overestimating the difference between XST games and FCL games. The difference is basically that we get the results of one.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 29, 2024 5:36:51 GMT -5
Wander Franco's suspension extended through June 1st For now If they ever let him play again it’s a disgrace. The MLB is already way too lenient with domestic abuse, but this is even worse. The game of baseball is way bigger than these guys and doesn’t need them in the slightest. I wish they’d start sending a clearer message via lifetime bans. I believe under the current policy, MLB just does this administrative leave suspension until whatever other legal process is compete, then imposes is own suspension. I think they're not allowed to do it for an indefinite period so they have to just pick some length of time in order to have the flexibility to then act if something does come down.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 28, 2024 5:53:11 GMT -5
He had an opt out with Tampa if he wasn't in the majors, he exercised that, and then was traded before he was granted free agency and then we didn't add him either? I don't understand how this one went down If he did exercise his assignment clause, it means he needed to be offered to every team. However, if nobody wanted to add him, it's possible the Red Sox took the opportunity to send the Rays cash for him after.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 26, 2024 21:48:33 GMT -5
Matthew McCaunaghy On the Cespedes BP, how much can you tell? Seems that pitch recognition is far more important than the hit sound. They addressed this on the episode discussing his live BP against Fitts.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 26, 2024 15:41:12 GMT -5
That 2023 draft class is incredible (Teel included). Figure Crews and Skenes shouldn't be terribly long either. Can't wait until answering questions a year from now about WHY ISN'T TEEL THE STARTING CATCHER YET WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR?
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 26, 2024 15:37:37 GMT -5
Seeing Mark Kolozsvary catching. I get the team needs to carry three catchers during Spring Training but he's 28 and pretty obviously an org guy at best. What is the thinking in having Kolozsvary with the MLB club when Teel is so polished? Is it just that Teel is getting a lot more work in minor league Spring Training than he would be if he was backing up Wong and McGuire? Teel wasn't even in MLB camp. Kolozsvary is there because he's one of the depth catchers in AAA. You don't really use a guy headed to AA for that sort of thing.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 26, 2024 12:10:23 GMT -5
So then Giolito isn't notable ? Click through.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 26, 2024 11:55:28 GMT -5
I like it when the podcast description says things like "Players discussed include Roman Anthony, Marcelo Mayer, Yoeilin Cespedes, Richard Fitts, Franklin Arias, Blake Wehunt and more!" Both makes me want to listen, and also helps when they say a guy's name once and then talk about him for five minutes, saying "he" and "his" and never saying his name again. FYI, this is pretty much an issue for any podcast. As a listener I have the same frustration sometimes, but note that it's very hard to get into the habit of saying a guy's name over and over again.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 25, 2024 7:42:42 GMT -5
I'm cheating, but guys currently eligible for this thread who won't be for long.
Starlyn Nunez Luis Cohen Jhostynxon Garcia Blake Wehunt Hayden Mullins Jeremy Wu-Yelland
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 20, 2024 16:23:47 GMT -5
The loss of a second round pick is huge deal. Imagine a 2020 draft in which the Red Sox can wait until the second round to take Nick Yorke and can instead draft, say, Tyler Soderstrom. They probably don't take Jordan in the third but that's huge.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 20, 2024 16:17:57 GMT -5
Jimenez peaked at #4 twice.
10/23/19 thru 2/10/20, behind Casas, Mata, and Groome. This is probably the nadir of the system, as Dunnzo said.
April and June thru July 2021, behind Casas, Downs, and Duran. Coming up but still weak. In May he got passed by Whitlock (who then graduated) and Houck for a month.
I think, at his peak, he's maybe a little bit down from where Bleis was this offseason, which for Bleis was down from where he was entering last year, for context.
To maybe put it another way, as a fantasy baseball player in a deep dynasty league, I was never really tempted in our minor league draft to draft Jimenez, whereas I was pissed when our director of scouting grabbed Bleis last year. And Bleis is by far the better defender.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 20, 2024 15:45:23 GMT -5
I've found that stadium shows are often about where you are. I saw the Stones at Fenway, dead center in the stands and it was fine. I saw them at Gillette off to the side and high and all the sound escaped out the end of the stadium. But I've seen other shows there off to the side and low and it was fine.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 20, 2024 15:40:53 GMT -5
This sounds great but at the same time brings back memories of excited reports about Gilberto Jiménez arriving "looking like a halfback." Hard to believe he's fallen completely out of the top 60. I wonder if we had the data we have now (and thought the same) if Jimenez wouldn't have gotten quite as much hype, at least here. Fwiw, not only is he not ranked, he was available in minor league Rule 5 and nobody took him.
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Post by Chris Hatfield on Mar 19, 2024 12:27:26 GMT -5
Would they even get out from Murphy's contract? I know if arb guys get cut before a certain point the team only owes 1/6th (J.D. Davis). Not sure about team control guys.
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