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I voted 7 times

I need a change. Throw Thor, Springer into the mix. Speedy has been asked to drop by and make his declaration

I really like Sixto. Think it is better than most of rumoured returns. I can't say anything positive about Alfaro cause it would lead to multiple offers from Dinger

Maybe just do it in a funny way saying "if rumours are true, Marlins are looking to upstage the NBA, making the biggest trade on NBA trade deadline day". I have PM'ed you the source's name.

I just got a text from someone who is almost never wrong that Realmuto trade is finalized. I assume this is the Phillies Alfaro, Sixto + deal.

I'll be obnoxious for you.

It's Hockey Day in Canada this weekend...yeah Sunday is fine. I'll check in all weekend to see when it starts.

I genuinely want to opt in...although I feel like middle of the pack is what I'd draft anyway (it's who I am...middle of the pack guy). I'm 95% sure I'm throwing Thor into the mix and will be in. Will confirm tonight.

I liked the list and format a lot. Has it got any interesting re-tweets or forwards that you known of. Now the episode I thought lacked direction and had some awkwardness...but it still made me laugh several times. The exception being the poor cat getting blamed for Mariam's flatulence, that story lacked for me.

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Fantrax Dynasty (remember this is fantasy not reality) prospect ranking. I don't know this guy but he is more bullish on Smith than even me. NOTE: I did not include Yusei Kikuchi as he does not qualify as a prospect under MLB’s guidelines. I also did not include Kyler Murray due to the growing speculation that he chooses the NFL over MLB. If he were sticking with baseball, I’d have him around 150, for reference. As for Kikuchi, he’d be in the back-end of my top-100 if he was eligible. Top Prospects for Dynasty Leagues RANK PLAYER POSITION MLB TEAM 1 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 3B TOR 2 Eloy Jimenez OF CHW 3 Fernando Tatis Jr SS SD 4 Victor Robles OF WAS 5 Wander Franco SS TB 6 Royce Lewis SS MIN 7 Jo Adell OF LAA 8 Alex Kirilloff OF MIN 9 Kyle Tucker OF HOU 10 Forrest Whitley RHP HOU 11 Nick Senzel 2B/3B CIN 12 Keston Hiura 2B MIL 13 Taylor Trammell OF CIN 14 Bo Bichette SS TOR 15 Jesus Luzardo LHP OAK 16 Nolan Gorman 3B STL 17 Peter Alonso 1B NYM 18 Jonathan India 3B CIN 19 Michael Kopech RHP CHW 20 Luis Robert OF CHW 21 Andres Gimenez SS NYM 22 Carter Kieboom SS WAS 23 Jarred Kelenic OF SEA 24 Brendan Rodgers SS/2B COL 25 Yordan Alvarez OF HOU 26 Alex Reyes RHP STL 27 Garrett Hampson 2B/SS COL 28 Dylan Cease RHP CHW 29 Trevor Larnach OF MIN 30 MacKenzie Gore LHP SD 31 Casey Mize RHP DET 32 Kristian Robinson OF ARI 33 Chris Paddack RHP SD 34 Brent Honeywell RHP TB 35 Jesus Sanchez OF TB 36 Luis Garcia SS/3B WAS 37 Estevan Florial OF NYY 38 Xavier Edwards SS SD 39 Kevin Smith 3B/SS TOR 40 Vidal Brujan 2B TB 41 Joey Bart C SF 42 A.J. Puk LHP OAK 43 Cristian Pache OF ATL 44 Hunter Greene RHP CIN 45 Touki Toussaint RHP ATL 46 Drew Waters OF ATL 47 Gavin Lux 2B/SS LAD 48 Mike Soroka RHP ATL 49 Austin Riley 3B ATL 50 Mark Vientos 3B NYM 51 Victor Victor Mesa OF MIA 52 Alex Verdugo OF LAD 53 Nick Madrigal 2B/SS CHW 54 Matt Manning RHP DET 55 Jazz Chisholm SS ARI 56 Yusniel Diaz OF BAL 57 Brendan McKay LHP/1B TB 58 Nolan Jones 3B CLE 59 Francisco Mejia C/UT SD 60 Nate Pearson RHP TOR 61 Michael Chavis 3B BOS 62 Nico Hoerner SS CHC 63 Danny Jansen C TOR 64 Sixto Sanchez RHP PHI 65 Nathaniel Lowe 1B TB 66 Luis Urias 2B SD 67 Oneil Cruz SS PIT 68 Jahmai Jones 2B LAA 69 Colton Welker 3B COL 70 George Valera OF CLE 71 Daulton Varsho C ARI 72 Ian Anderson RHP ATL 73 Luis Patino RHP SD 74 Brandon Marsh OF LAA 75 Marco Luciano SS SF 76 Brusdar Graterol RHP MIN 77 Jordan Groshans SS TOR 78 Deivi Garcia RHP NYY 79 Ryan Mountcastle 3B BAL 80 Alec Bohm 3B PHI 81 Triston McKenzie RHP CLE 82 Grant Lavigne 1B COL 83 Adonis Medina RHP PHI 84 Ke'Bryan Hayes 3B PIT 85 Khalil Lee OF KC 86 Adrian Morejon LHP SD 87 Julio Pablo Martinez OF TEX 88 Mitch Keller RHP PIT 89 Elehuris Montero 3B STL 90 Heliot Ramos OF SF 91 Josh James RHP HOU 92 Michel Baez RHP SD 93 Cole Winn RHP TEX 94 Luis Garcia SS PHI 95 Matthew Liberatore LHP TB 96 Leody Taveras OF TEX 97 Kyle Wright RHP ATL 98 Justus Sheffield LHP SEA 99 Cavan Biggio 2B TOR 100 Malcom Nunez 3B STL 101 Bubba Thompson OF TEX 102 Ryan McKenna OF BAL 103 Jeter Downs SS LAD 104 DL Hall LHP BAL 105 Julio Rodriguez OF SEA 106 Logan Allen LHP SD 107 Esteury Ruiz 2B SD 108 Monte Harrison OF MIA 109 Luis Rengifo SS LAA 110 J.B. Bukauskas RHP HOU 111 Travis Swaggerty OF PIT 112 Isaac Parades SS/3B DET 113 Jon Duplantier RHP ARI 114 Seuly Matias OF KC 115 Griffin Canning RHP LAA 116 Keibert Ruiz C LAD 117 Daz Cameron OF DET 118 Hudson Potts 3B SD 119 Jordyn Adams OF LAA 120 Tyler Nevin 1B/3B COL 121 Brent Rooker 1B/OF MIN 122 Ronaldo Hernandez C TB 123 Justin Dunn RHP SEA 124 Tristan Casas 3B/1B BOS 125 Austin Beck OF OAK 126 Brady Singer RHP KC 127 MJ Melendez C KC 128 Brayan Rocchio SS CLE 129 Alek Thomas OF ARI 130 Bobby Dalbec 3B BOS 131 Bryse Wilson RHP ATL 132 Jhon Torres OF STL 133 Shervyen Newton SS NYM 134 Lazaro Armenteros OF OAK 135 Adam Haseley OF PHI 136 Nick Pratto 1B KC 137 Evan White 1B SEA 138 Luis Alexander Basabe OF CHW 139 Seth Beer OF HOU 140 Ronny Mauricio SS NYM 141 Shane Baz RHP TB 142 Jonathan Loaisiga RHP NYY 143 Shed Long 2B SEA 144 Blake Rutherford OF CHW 145 Orelvis Martinez SS TOR 146 Brandon Lowe 2B/OF TB 147 Akil Baddoo OF MIN 148 Franklin Perez RHP DET 149 Dane Dunning RHP CHW 150 Wander Javier SS MIN 151 Jose Siri OF CIN 152 Randy Arozarena OF STL 153 Noelvi Marte SS SEA 154 Ethan Hankins RHP CLE 155 Sean Murphy C OAK 156 Greyson Jenista OF ATL 157 Kyle Muller LHP ATL 158 Eric Pardinho RHP TOR 159 Sherten Apostel 3B TEX 160 Hans Crouse RHP TEX 161 Mike Siani OF CIN 162 Logan Gilbert RHP SEA 163 Jake McCarthy OF ARI 164 Austin Hays OF BAL 165 Anderson Espinoza RHP SD 166 Shane McClanahan LHP TB 167 Clarke Schmidt RHP NYY 168 Corey Ray OF MIL 169 Luiz Gohara LHP ATL 170 Taylor Widener RHP ARI 171 Calvin Mitchell OF PIT 172 Lucius Fox SS TB 173 Alex Faedo RHP DET 174 Tirso Ornelas OF SD 175 Grayson Rodriguez RHP BAL 176 Christin Stewart OF DET 177 Tony Santillan RHP CIN 178 Corbin Martin RHP HOU 179 Will Smith C/3B LAD 180 Micker Adolfo OF CHW 181 Jackson Kowar RHP KC 182 Nick Neidert RHP MIA 183 Tyler Freeman SS CLE 184 Jameson Hannah OF OAK 185 Miguel Amaya C CHC 186 Jeremiah Jackson SS LAA 187 Cole Tucker SS PIT 188 Michael King RHP NYY 189 Dustin May RHP LAD 190 Freudis Nova SS HOU 191 Josh Naylor 1B SD 192 Luis Medina RHP NYY 193 Sandy Alcantara RHP MIA 194 Alexander Canario OF SF 195 Parker Meadows OF DET 196 William Contreras C ATL 197 James Kaprielian RHP OAK 198 Ryan Weathers LHP SD 199 Brice Turang SS MIL 200 Luis Santana 2B HOU 201 Tristan Pompey OF MIA 202 Mason Denaburg RHP WAS 203 D.J. Peters OF LAD 204 Roansy Contreras RHP NYY 205 Jhailyn Ortiz OF PHI 206 Moises Gomez OF TB 207 Mariel Bautista OF CIN 208 Nicky Lopez SS/2B KC 209 Braxton Garrett LHP MIA 210 Zack Collins C CHW 211 Bryan Abreu RHP HOU 212 Beau Burrows RHP DET 213 D'Shawn Knowles OF LAA 214 Lolo Sanchez OF PIT 215 Gilberto Celestino OF MIN 216 Jorge Mateo SS OAK 217 Ryan Vilade SS COL 218 Yu Chang 3B CLE 219 Kolby Allard LHP ATL 220 Connor Scott OF MIA 221 Willi Castro SS DET 222 Buddy Reed OF SD 223 Kyle Isbel OF KC 224 Trevor Stephan RHP NYY 225 Cole Roederer OF CHC 226 Jhoan Duran RHP MIN 227 Andrew Knizer C STL 228 Antonio Cabello OF NYY 229 Myles Straw OF HOU 230 Jean Carlos Encarnacion 3B BAL 231 Joe Gray OF MIL 232 Sam Carlson RHP SEA 233 Nick Schnell OF TB 234 Joey Wentz LHP ATL 235 Miguel Vargas 3B LAD 236 Adam Kloffenstein RHP TB 237 Isan Diaz 2B MIA 238 Misael Urbina OF MIN 239 Wenceel Perez SS DET 240 Geraldo Perdomo SS ARI 241 Kyle Lewis OF SEA 242 Miguel Hiraldo 3B TOR 243 Cole Ragans LHP TEX 244 Brock Deatherage OF DET 245 Jake Fraley OF SEA 246 Chavez Young OF TOR 247 Patrick Weigel RHP ATL 248 Adrian Hernandez OF NYM 249 Dennis Santana RHP LAD 250 Sean Reid-Foley RHP TOR Eric Cross is the lead MLB/Fantasy Baseball writer and MiLB prospect analyst for FantraxHQ and has been with the site since March 2017. 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absolutely. In my 20's I'd know who many of the players were sleeping with (At least those that did so at Al Fresco's and a couple other Toronto bars). Now it's tougher for me to get to know the ball bunnies so I have to live off a few unreliable sources. It is amazing how many people will tell you "my friend is sleeping with a Blue Jays player". My first co-ed team I ever played with there was a girl that proudly wore her number of professional baseball players she had in her life as her jersey number. Her husband was as proud of her as I was (the players were before his time with her)

please defend.

I was a big proponent of baseball needing change, but Manfred pulled off what I think is a miracle when he got Fox to extend to 2028. While I still think extra innings needs a change, I say f*** all the other little changes and deal with pleasing the MLBPA to avoid a strike. Then in 10 years let some new commish deal with the super low ratings and potential revenue drop. The game will probably end up a 7 inning game someday anyway.

Odd assault story coming out from 2015 Spring Training. Seventeen year old drinking in a pair of minor league players room along with 2 women she did not know (one of which is married to a current Dodger supposedly, unknown if it is one of the guys in the incident). 17 year old got hammered, puked and then beaten by the two girls while one player filmed it on Snapchat. Girl's grandmother went to the Dodgers and Gabe Kapler dealt with it. He didn't go to the police as the players weren't directly involved in the assault. Dodgers lawyers offered advice of getting the girl and the players together to deal with this. The sit down never happened. The girl was arrested a week later and then gave a story different from what she had told her Grandmother as she added a sexual assault against one of the minor leaguers, saying he grabbed her breasts and fingered her while the other player was in the bathroom with the other two players. The girl did not want charges laid and ran away from state's custody shortly after. Police moved on without charges laid. There are different stories from Kapler now and the grandmother about whether the Dodgers offered financial support (Dodgers claim they did not). I don't think Kapler or the Dodgers actually did anything wrong here as they may never have known about the sexual assault and I don't know they had any obligation to go the police. Intrigued to know who the "wife" was. Been a rough month for the Dodgers.

Wat???? Basketball has gone through about 15 major changes over the past 40 years. They added a f***ing three point line

Spenny Tork (ASU...broke Barry Bonds ASU freshman home run record before Pac 10 play began) is the best fantasy bet for 2020. Might be a future TTO guy but probably will come out of the draft with 80 raw and 70 game power profile.

He's a bunting Coordinator with the Phils. That is the equivalent of a Windows 95 tech in our offices.

It might be posturing for the lawsuit but that what I read today is that his career is done. So Mr. Lawyer considering what we are used to hearing for numbers in U.S. lawsuits, why is the number on this suit seeming so low? I mean Capel could argue that he is a top 30 prospect for the Cards. Or can you not project future earnings that way?

he was never going to have an MLB career but he'd get lots of opportunities to be paid for baseball on his name alone. Can't throw a ball still, so I'd assume can't swing a bat either. Capel had a shot to make the bigs at some point.

Kacy Clemens career is over after his run-in with bouncers at a Houston bar on New Years Eve. Connor Capel (who is in the Cards org) suffered a fractured skull. Neither were intoxicated and are suing for $200k and are fighting to get the bar shutdown.

Who has ESPN access? Can you post his history of top 100's just to see if Law is terrible or not. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/10334094/complete-archive-keith-law-ranking-top-100-prospects-mlb

Some of us are willing to die for the DDL.

P2F masterfully turned your perennial playoff contender into the Town Bike in 2 short years GD jew'd his way into North's team Gibbers is probably having a racist fit as Cuban Orgfiller owns his team now KingKat is gone and most just think he changed his team name to Abom I don't think Sammy ever explained why he was leaving, but his team went 1 province west as L54 took over.

Jays new bench coach teaching the local media