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  1. BTS
    I don't think anyone thinks he should go to the pen now. It's certainly on the table if he continues on this trajectory though.
  2. BTS
    That is a thick ass.
  3. BTS
    It's all moot anyway. If Vlad is great, there's no way the org lets him walk at 26 years old
  4. BTS
    I'm very interested in knowing if the new balls are the reason why he's throwing 6.5% curveballs this year.
  5. BTS
    Who are these people he's talking about that don't think it's easier to pitch in the league where pitchers hit?
  6. BTS
    Congratulations! How's your blood pressure?
  7. BTS
    It might matter in the standings though. If the team is out of it in September, using a month of service time then and not in April-May might be transferring a win from 2019 to 2018. We've seen guys like Harper, Machado, Acuna, and Bellinger hit the ground running - Vlad could very well be an impact player of that caliber immediately, and having that out of the lineup for an extra month of 2019 could hurt.
  8. BTS
    It's more just an embarrassing look for the team. In this situation he's called up for September even though the team his committed to pushing his service time back, and then mashes in September. The team then holds him down in April and most of May in 2019. This is more egregious service time manipulation than either Bryant or Acuna faced, because not only has he displayed an ability to hit MLB pitching, but they're holding him back a month longer than usual in 2019. IF they're committed to pushing his service time back by a year, I don't think they can justify a September call up. It has to be mid-April 2019 for his debut.
  9. BTS
    L54's team is pretty good.
  10. BTS
    Yeah, it really can't happen now because there's nobody behind him, but it might be best for both him and the team if he were removed from the rotation eventually. He's become a 2-pitch pitcher, and he can't command either of those pitches. He might be lights out coming out of the pen as a fastball/change guy throwing upper 90s for an inning at a time. His 15 starts since 2016 have been awful. If it continues to be more of the same, he's not a starter.
  11. BTS
    Aaron Sanchez - bullpen arm?
  12. BTS
    https://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/may-starting-pitcher-rankings-update/ Pitcher rankings update for May dropped today. Alex Cobb is unranked with a "DO NOT START" category. Same group as Chris Tillman and Phil Hughes.
  13. BTS
    I get it. But in that case, why the f*** would you call him up in September?
  14. BTS
    I can't for the life of me understand the 'call him up in September' crowd. If he succeeds, which he probably would, because he's awesome, the team is left with two choices to start 2019: 1) He makes the team to start 2019. The team loses the year of service time they ostensibly tried to gain by letting him annihilate the upper minors for almost all of 2018 while the team was in a wild card battle and rostering Kendrys Morales. 2) They leave him down until late May to gain the service time. They rightfully get crucified by the fans and media for it. If Vlad keeps mashing I'll be legit pissed if he's held down all year and called up in September.
  15. BTS
    I don't think there was really reason to believe that 2017 Torres was an upgrade on Castro, Gregorius, or Headley/Frazier.
  16. BTS
    Also, spending a few months playing 3B a couple days a week instead of 5 days a week will be catastrophic for his long term development.
  17. BTS
    I’ll process after work tomorrow. If anybody want spreadsheet edit access, PM me your email. We need more people processing trades.
  18. BTS
    Neither of you guys noticed that a trade from August wasn’t processed on the sheet? Ian Anderson and 6th MiLB
  19. BTS
    connorp was easy to beat
  20. BTS
    Processed the spreadsheet parts.
  21. BTS
    Mike Trout is having an insane year.
  22. BTS
    It's probably time for Cinci to pull the plug on Finnegan is a starter.
  23. BTS
    Damn, Soto struck out today. But he also went 3-4 with a homer, so I guess it wasn't all bad.
  24. BTS
    If Vlad is still mashing in June, I think the case to bring him up is stronger than the case for bringing Bryant up in 2014: the Cubs were nowhere near a playoff spot, and Bryant wasn't going to help. Letting Vlad wRC+ 200 for over a year in the upper minors while the team battles for a playoff spot would be something else entirely. At that point, his age-19 season might actually be pretty f***ing valuable.
  25. BTS
    If he gets called up in September, the team has to leave him down most of the way through May next year to push his free agency back a year. That will create a massive issue if he mashes in September, and then through spring next year. I don't see any reason at all to leave him down until September, and then call him up then. If they're f***ing around with service time, he stays down all year and comes up April 20th, 2019, or whatever the date is.
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