I never said he suxxx. He's a great SP2, at least. I doubt he's a legit ace. I wouldn't take him ahead of, say, Price, Felix, Syndergaard, Stras, Carrasco, DeGrom, Harvey, etc.
The Stros have a great team too, no doubt. I think Keuchel will take a step back this year, though. I look forward to BTS drafting him ahead of Gerrit Cole and Madison Bumgarner.
Two legit aces and a lineup without any real weak spots, if they upgrade at C. Mazara, Brinson, Gallo and Odor are all potential all-stars under control past 2020. They should be quite formidable.
For sure. The Rangers had him in AAA as a 20 year old, he's fast-tracked. Plus Hamilton suxxxxxx, and Choo is pretty injury-prone as well. DeShields suxxx too, but that doesn't really help.
Hate to say it but the Rangers are going to be scary good this year.
C Lucroy??? Probably IMO
1B Moreland/Gallo
2B Odor/Profar
3B Beltre/Gallo
SS Andrus/Profar
CF DeShields/Brinson
OF Choo/Gallo/Mazara
OF Hamilton/Mazara/Gallo
DH Fielder
Darvish/Hamels
Pretty damn good and should be for years.
Nobody near the top of my board fits that description, so I hope you're right.
Also, I just realized Jon Gray isn't eligible for this draft. I totally missed his debut.
The last 1B that really even made it into the the Top 15 or so of prospect lists was Freddie Freeman. Goldy got largely ignored, Rizzo got some love but not nearly what he deserved with what we know now.
I can say this now, but if Benintendi and Mazara were both gone at 5, I would have taken Reed, even over Giolito. I wasn't going to take Benintendi, but I would have swapped spots with Boxy and targeted Reed at 7.