Dr. Dinger

Jose Bautista is slashing .417/.541 over the last 30 days and is closing in on 3B eligibility. Who's buying? PM me with wise offers.

I'll trade you my cold cut trio of NAs! Urias + Kingery + Joe Jimenez. Solid deal for both sides.

Silvergun pretty much owns every elite reliever that I don't, and he sure AF isn't going to trade them to me. Devenksi tho...

So if I, for example, cut Kingery and Urias the day before the draft, anyone can draft them? Thanks chief.

What's the rule on dropping a prospect from my MLB roster before the draft, and then selecting them with an MiLB pick once they're unowned? Asking for a friend.

More BP chat stuff: TrickDaddy14 (Bronx, NY): Please rank in order of highest fantasy upside: Kyle Tucker, Vlad Guerrero, Rafael Devers, Juan Soto (this is my order)... Thank you! Wilson Karaman: Strictly ceiling, no regard for proximity/risk/etc.? Vladito, Devers, Tucker, Soto for me --- Seth (NYC): For purely fantasy - Carter Kieboom or Bo Bichette? Wilson Karaman: I'll take Bichette because I'm a sucker for violent swings with violent results. I like Kieboom a lot too though, wrote optimistic things about him pre-season. He just sustained what sounds like a fairly significant hamstring injury, unfortunately, which'll likely knock him out for a while. Bummer given the early groove.

I'm just putting him on the general radar, I owned him in LOD so I've been tracking him for awhile. He's putting up better power numbers than Rhys Hoskins did in Reading and he plays 2B. Whether or not he's keepable totally depends on what happens the rest of the season, he makes an intriguing stash though. He's got the best wOBA in AA among actual prospects.

No, that's just the foreplay.

You should probably trade for Kingery, since your 2B situation currently consists of Sogard and Peraza, with nothing in the foreseeable future. Most teams would kill to have a legit 2B prospect with a .444 wOBA in AA. I mean in actuality, you should have just picked him up as an MiLB free agent, but there's a tax for not being as smart as me.

What is this, Red Shoe diaries? Get a room.

Is Scott Kingery the newest swing plane zealot? Previously considered to have 40/50 grade power, Kingery just blasted his 14th HR in AA and now boasts a .374 ISO. On an unrelated note, I have way too many NA guys.

CoreDick is out of his mind right now... .434 wOBA JFC

He's now projected for 30 HR! I know how much you love projections.

More from BP Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B, Toronto Blue Jays (Low-A Lansing) I have to begin with a confession. Vladito lured me in with nostalgia before he’d even finished his first at-bat. I saw him take a hack at fastball that was easily out of the zone, up and off the plate. It’s the kind of pitch that will usually generate a bad swing when chased. Instead, Guerrero got the end of his barrel on it and drove an absolute missile down the opposite line. The ball struck the wall foul by about a foot, but I was stuck watching flashbacks of Vlad the elder playing on TV when I was a kid. That said, there is a lot more to Guerrero than just namesake. He is a freshly minted 18-year-old who is laying waste to the Midwest League. As highlighted above, he has some pretty impressive raw power that he has had no trouble getting to in games. He has a wonderfully violent swing that leaves little doubt he’s hacking as hard as he can, but he streamlines his toe tap and load when he has two strikes to emphasize contact. However, what impressed me most about Guerrero was the bat control he exhibited. He had a knack for getting the barrel of his bat on just about anything. That sounds familiar. There are also downsides to his profile, and they are centered around his defense. Guerrero is currently stationed at the hot corner, but odds are slim that he stays there. While he has the arm strength to play third, his hands are stiff, his footwork is clunky, and many of the throws he made were short or offline. He’s a 45 runner, 50 underway, but those grades are likely to go down given his body type. (He’s listed at 6’1”, 230.) This means the likely landing spot for him is first base. Even so, if there’s a type of bat that can carry a 1B profile, it’s this one. —Emmett Rosenbaum

From BP: Saturday, May 20: Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 3B, Toronto Blue Jays (Low-A, Lansing): 3-3, 2 R, 2B, 3 RBI, BB This kid is unbelievable. Such an impressive offensive talent, and it’s amazing to consider that his development is just beginning. Sunday, May 21: Vladimir Guerrero, Jr., 3B, Toronto Blue Jays (Low-A, Lansing): 5-7, 3 R, 2 2B, 3 RBI, BB Seriously….ridiculously talented.

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Not many teams can sustain the loss of Syndergaard and Chapman. I'll just try to tread water.

I finally bench Gsellman and he gets 2 Ks with a hold.

Jake Lamb <3

Yeah, but so do old guys. I held Bautista and Pujols a year too long.

So you're saying I'll have three Top 5 prospects in DDL next Spring?

#1 next season will probably be Gleyber. Moncada and Rosario probably won't be Top 100 eligible. Robles is a slappy hacker, I'm not that into it.

May 19, 2017 The Call-Up Anthony Alford by Jeffrey Paternostro and Mark Barry The Situation: With backup outfielder Darrell Ceciliani on the disabled list with a shoulder injury and starting center fielder Kevin Pillar suspended by the team, the Blue Jays have need of an outfielder for a few days. They’ll be using this as an opportunity to get their best outfield prospect’s feet wet in the majors. The Background: Anthony Alford was taken by the Blue Jays in the third round of the 2012 draft out of Petal High School in Mississippi. He was expected to go higher, but signability concerns attached to his NCAA football commitment dropped him to Day 2. The Jays gave him $750,000 as part of a two-sport deal that also allowed him to play football at Southern Mississippi. He began focusing on baseball full time in 2015 and immediately broke out at the plate, smashing both A-ball levels to the tune of .298/.398/.421 and breaking onto top 100 lists. His 2016 return to Dunedin was marred by a concussion and leg injuries, but a healthy Alford has resumed mashing the baseball this season, posting an .866 OPS in 33 games in the Eastern League. Scouting Report: The first thing you notice with Alford is the body. He looks more like a strong safety than a center fielder. Of course he has been both, but the SEC football athleticism has translated well to the diamond. He’s a plus runner with a plus arm, and can go get it in center. That’s a pretty good start if you are building an above-average major-league regular from scratch, but Alford has broken out at the plate this spring as well. A lot of this may be due to being healthy after an injury-plagued 2016, but the fact that he has handled to the jump to Double-A with aplomb is still noteworthy. There’s some pre-swing waggle and a leg kick here, but Alford is strong enough and athletic enough to keep everything under control. He hits line drives with authority to all fields, and has an advanced approach at the plate considering he only focused exclusively on baseball in the last few seasons. He looks like he should hit for more power than he does. There isn’t a ton of lift in the swing, and his approach favors the big part of the park. I think he’s strong enough that double-digit home run power will come eventually, but it may take some time to show up. The rest of the profile though, that’s here now and should give him a decent shot to jump right into the deep end of the pool in Toronto despite fewer than 150 plate appearances above A-ball. Immediate Big League Future: This is likely just a weekend trip up north for Alford, but his strong early 2017 campaign has put him on the map for a call-up if and when there is a longer-term need. And if this does end up a lost season for the Blue Jays, they might want to see what Alford can do at the major-league level sooner rather than later—although I’d imagine sooner would still be later than the Super 2 safe harbor date. —Jeffrey Paternostro Fantasy Impact: Alford has more than held his own this year, slashing .325/.411/.455 with three homers and nine stolen bases in 141 plate appearances. He also has shown great discipline at the plate, drawing walk rates well over 10 percent at every minor-league stop, while also striking out in only 17 percent of plate appearances this season at Double-A New Hampshire. At his peak, Alford has the potential to be an 10-homer type, but his real calling card will be his wheels. Alford has always had success on the basepaths when healthy, and could be a threat to swipe 30-plus bags, if he hits enough to get on base. The question becomes: how long will Alford be up? Even though he's been in the Blue Jays' system since 2012, he still has less than 1,200 minor-league plate appearances, and only 141 above High-A. It's hard to imagine this call-up isn't primarily to just have an extra functional body on the roster. Having said that, if you're in a deep, deep re-draft league, I might scoop Alford up on the outside chance that he sticks for longer than anticipated, especially with stolen bases at such a premium. Long term, he's still likely a top-50 dynasty prospect, but he might just need a little more time to develop. —Mark Barry

Danny (Toronto): Bo Bichette the next big SS prospect? If not him, who? Jeffrey Paternostro: If you think he is a shortstop long term, definitely. If you don't--and I'm skeptical--he's still a very good prospect. --- Seth (NYC): For purely fantasy - Carter Kieboom or Bo Bichette? Jeffrey Paternostro: Man, this is well within the fudge factor for me, both potential plus offensive forces, both probably not shortstops long term, it might come down to ultimate positional home, but I think I'd take Kieboom's bat at this point. Might change my mind in a week though. --- Ben (NYC): #1 prospect in 2018, 2019, 2020? Jeffrey Paternostro: I forget how I answered this last year when I was asked, so I guess I will take another crack. 2018: Victor Robles 2019: Vladito 2020: Ehhhhhhh, let's say Kevin Maitan I guess. --- Source: https://baseballprospectus.com/chat/chat.php?chatId=1411

Alls I knows is I hold the single season win record and all-time W% record and have two PM Trophies to your 0.