Dr. Dinger

I feel like it's usually been around March 1, historically.

Yahoo Baseball opened on Jan 26, 2017 just FYI.

Stopped reading here.

That team is hot. I kinda want to take it and dunk on BBDL for a season before leaving.

NJH is like a 6, I wouldn't bang him with your dick.

I've always hated how prospect sites consider Japanese imports prospects on these lists -- they've already played at the highest level of their respective leagues, they signed free agent contracts, they're usually in their late 20s (Ohtani excepted), and most of them will never spend a day in the minors. They aren't prospects.

I would have had 2, 3, 4, 5 on Law's list if I hadn't traded Tatis. Prospects!

Wow, de Leon's stock has really fallen.

That actually fills me with rage. I wish we could customize position eligibility so that it's strictly 5 games started, and not 5 games started or 10 appearances. A one play shift shouldn't count as an appearance. FFS.

You got any Vlad shares?

OMG Travis Snider isn't even 30 yet. Christ do I feel old.

Having lived through the Travis Snider Era, I'm just going to wait til they do it in the majors before I get too excited. In retrospect, Snider's K:BB even as a top prospect were... wanting. We should have known better, but it was a different time.

I kinda think an 80 hit on Vlad is too much. That's basically what like a .320 hitter throughout his prime? The discipline and walk rate should be elite, but I feel like he's not that calibre of pure hitter. Would love to be wrong, obviously. In my mind I'd project him as more along the lines of 60 hit 70-80 power with 80 plate discipline (if we graded that, which we probably should).

Jo Adell's grades seem aggressive

For some reason I am suddenly very angry at Sean Manaea.

For some reason I actually don't like any of Atlanta's pitching prospects. Trade me Buehler, dick.

I'm willing to make a regrettably short-sighted need trade where I move him for a good pitching prospect. Shame you just don't have any in the range that interests me for him.

The man you dubbed Dominican Bryce Harper?

gtfo. I don't even want Gohara, he's sloppy-fat.

You should trade me one for Juan Soto before he breaks out and becomes untouchable. And yeah, way too low on Luis.

I would not trade Vlad-Devers-Torres-Robles for that whole farm. Depth is nice tho.

And TBH, 4 WAR per season for Yelich could be a conservative projection. Surplus value on that contract could be something like $150-200M in actuality. Crazy valuable.

[TABLE=width: 153] [TR] [TD] Prospect Grade[/TD] [TD]Value (Hitters)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]75[/TD] [TD]$175M[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]70[/TD] [TD]$107M[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]65[/TD] [TD]$70M[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]60[/TD] [TD]$60M[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/valuing-the-2017-top-100-prospects/ So Bo's value is probably something on the order of $60-107M. Yelich's Value [TABLE=width: 563] [TR] [TD]Year[/TD] [TD]Salary[/TD] [TD]Age[/TD] [TD]pWAR[/TD] [TD]pValue[/TD] [TD]Surplus value[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2018[/TD] [TD]$7,000,000[/TD] [TD]26[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]$36,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$29,000,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2019[/TD] [TD]$9,800,000[/TD] [TD]27[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]$38,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$28,200,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2020[/TD] [TD]$12,500,000[/TD] [TD]28[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]$40,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$27,500,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2021[/TD] [TD]$14,000,000[/TD] [TD]29[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]$42,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$28,000,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]2022[/TD] [TD]$15,000,000[/TD] [TD]30[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [TD=align: right]$44,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$29,000,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD]$58,300,000[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]20[/TD] [TD=align: right]$200,000,000[/TD] [TD=align: right]$141,700,000[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] So basically unless you think Bo is going to be a 75 OFP guy, you should be willing to move him for Yelich. Even if you think Bo is a 70, which is probably generous, you should be willing to do Bo+.

... weird.

It was 1, 2, 3 on MLB.com before Ohtani showed up.