Laika

I think the people who say that Toronto is having a horrendous year on the farm are just paying too much attention to the pre-season top prospects and not enough to the 2023 risers. It feels like lots of players are breaking out. Yeah, Toronto hasn't found any new top 100 prospects this year but the depth might be filling in nicely. There is a cohort of interest relief pitching prospects in the upper minors now, for one thing.

Alex De Jesus a prospect again? Nice Watch him out WAR Frasso

Should we just start enforcing rule #8? 8. No public posting that is overtly critical of moderators, a moderator, or any moderation decision Perhaps the issue is that we let people get away with this 99% of the time. And 90% of the time it's the conservative human centipede s***ing deeply ironic whataboutisms all over the board

Yeah I'm done trying. You're all f***ing idiots

oh the dynasty rankings yeah, no f***ing chance he is this high for me. I would probably drop him back behind Corbin Carroll and Tucker I guess you still take him over Devers/Alonso/Riley though

ranked where?

he f***ing suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks ugh

Vlad: .275/.768 Kiermaier: .275/.764 lmaooooo

"he's not a prospect" = absolute statement "I mean he's not a prospect by my arbitrary definition" = you walking it back nothing is wrong with debate, you are the one complaining about it. "Let's move on FFS." = you.

Okay In the future, perhaps do not make absolute statements on debatable topics. And then perhaps debates won't follow!

that's probably his post for the season but the turning point is in

why are you being obtuse just zoom out and look at the big picture. there is no reason to cherry pick any sample he was not great but not hopeless as a 20 year old in AA (almost average, with some tools and defense) he has been good as a 21 year old in AA this year (121 wRC+ infielder with good age vs. level) and then when you look at the trends on his K and BB and ISO numbers year to year, it looks like he has developed significantly

Tim Mayza is a stud

Oh boy

I don't really give a s***. Not gonna look it up or check his Twitter. The substance is not even relevant. The story is just that Hudgens' political views might lead to... something.

seems baseball relevant to me we literally just saw stupid social media smoke turn into a contributing factor of an MLB RP losing his job in a matter of weeks if the Reddit losers are digging this up now then it's at least plausible that Hudgens' time with the Blue Jays will soon be over

lmao here we go agaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin bro you are a BENCH COACH in baseball. your job security is close to bottom of the scale. get the f*** off twitter.

Hey if Luis Arraez hits .400 then you will have seen a piece of history.

Just limp into the playoffs, pathetically with 50% attendance and no fanfare, then hand the ball to Goose and pray. WORLD SERIES HERE WE COME.

I can't even watch these games anymore and Vlad is most of why. Just so f***ing disappointing, all the time. He's also at the point in arbitration where he is arguably overpaid. They would never non-tender him but they might end up paying 26 year old Vlad $20M for f***ing nothing.

these sentences are contradictory, friend

Keith Law’s 2023 MLB Mock Draft 2.0: First round changes as intel increases closer to draft Keith Law Jun 20, 2023 31 Save Article Now we’re just 19 days from the 2023 MLB Draft, or at least the first day thereof, which will take place in Seattle on the evening of July 9. There are, as usual, a lot more rumors out there about which teams are on which players. I don’t pretend to have any more clarity at the first pick and I don’t think we will know for sure until shortly before the draft begins. The Pirates will probably consider different players and their bonus demands, and decide whether they want to go with the best player or try to save to draft additional first-round talents when they pick again. 1. Pittsburgh Pirates – Dylan Crews, OF, LSU I’m sticking with this one, not because I think it’s a mortal lock, but because any other name here would be a straight-up guess. We all know they’ve looked at Crews, Paul Skenes, Wyatt Langford, and Max Clark at the very least, and none of those would truly be a surprise, although my instinct says they won’t go with a pitcher when there are several equivalent position players available. It could also just come down to money, as the Pirates’ draft from 2021, where they went under slot with Henry Davis to sign three high-ceiling high school guys, looks really strong right now. 2. Washington Nationals – Paul Skenes, RHP, LSU I think this is Skenes or Crews. If Crews is here, I believe the Nats would just take him; Mike Rizzo didn’t pass on Strasburg or Harper in their drafts, and took Anthony Rendon, who came into his draft year as the likely No. 1 pick before hurting his shoulder, in 2011. Crews is this year’s version of that, the consensus top prospect, on everyone’s radar for three years, and someone who could impact the big-league club very quickly. 3. Detroit Tigers – Max Clark, OF, Franklin (Ind.) Community High This is where we could start to see some sort of shake-up; the Tigers are certainly on Crews or Skenes, and Langford as well, but I’ve heard them with Clark, Walker Jenkins, and even a little with Kyle Teel, although that last one might be more about drafting for need than going best player available (BPA). 4. Texas Rangers – Walker Jenkins, South Brunswick High (Southport, N.C.) I’m betting this is Jenkins or Clark. If both are here, I’m not 100 percent sure which way they’d go. Then the question becomes whether they can shave enough to go way over slot with their next pick, which isn’t until the fourth round, just like last year. 5. Minnesota Twins – Wyatt Langford, OF, Florida Same story as last time around, where folks expect the Twins to go college over high school, so names like Kyle Teel and Jacob Gonzalez come up, although if they’re really that driven to go for a college bat, shouldn’t we be hearing names like Matt Shaw and Tommy Troy who’ve performed and have excellent batted-ball data too? 6. Oakland A’s – Kyle Teel, C, Virginia I’ve heard they prefer a hitter, which would probably be Teel or one of that big ol’ group of college infielders, including Gonzalez, Jacob Wilson, Shaw, and Troy. I know they’ve scouted Noble Meyer pretty heavily, though. 7. Cincinnati Reds – Rhett Lowder, RHP, Wake Forest I keep hearing this is Teel, Lowder, or Chase Dollander. I don’t think they’d do Meyer here, although they’ve also seen him a lot. 8. Kansas City Royals – Blake Mitchell, C, Sinton (Texas) High I’ve heard this one a ton recently, even though a high school catcher in the top 10 is a pretty risky move. I’ve also heard the Royals with Wilson, Gonzalez, and Meyer. 9. Colorado Rockies – Chase Dollander, RHP, Tennessee Word is the Rockies would probably take the best college pitcher available here, which could be Dollander, Lowder, maybe even Joe Whitman if you really value the lefthandedness. They’d love Walker Jenkins and they’re in on Meyer. 10. Miami Marlins – Noble Meyer, RHP, Jesuit High (Portland, Ore.) Meyer’s market is weird — he’s got interest from 6 through 10, but it seems like below this he might not be in play until 15 or even until closer to 20, so the Marlins could try to use that as leverage to get him under slot if he gets to this pick, arguing that if he doesn’t sign here, he’ll get much less somewhere else. That’s a bit speculative because it assumes no team in the 11-15ish range is lying in the weeds on him, but that’s how the board looks right now. I’ve heard the Marlins absolutely all over the place, including interest in Shaw, Teel, and Colin Houck. 11. Los Angeles Angels – Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF, Vanderbilt The Angels have been linked a lot to some high school bats like Houck and Eldridge, but some folks think they’ll take a college hitter to try to get help to the majors sooner, which could be Bradfield, one of the best defenders in the class, or Brayden Taylor. 12. Arizona Diamondbacks – Brayden Taylor, 3B, TCU Arizona’s been linked to Houck and a group of those college bats who will probably fly off the board in the 11-15 range, like Taylor, Shaw, and Tommy Troy. 13. Chicago Cubs – Colin Houck, SS, Parkview High (Lilburn, Ga.) Houck and Aidan Miller apparently had great workouts for the Cubs recently, adding their names to a mix that also includes that same college hitter group, notably Shaw and Troy. 14. Boston Red Sox – Matt Shaw, SS, Maryland Shaw is one of the best hitters in the college class, with hard contact and power, but needs to play somewhere other than shortstop. He’s one of many college bats I’ve heard linked to Boston, along with Troy and Taylor, all of whom are good batted-ball data guys as well as hitters scouts believe will continue to hit in pro ball. 15. Chicago White Sox – Yohandy Morales, 3B, Miami The White Sox have been linked heavily to Morales and Taylor in the last few weeks, with a heavy presence at TCU’s regional and a strong workout with Morales after that. 16. San Francisco Giants – Walker Martin, SS, Eaton (Co.) High This link has come up at least three different times for me in the last week, as the Giants have been heavy at Martin’s games and seem to be the high mark for the 19-year-old. If they end up going college instead, they’d be on Bradfield or Gonzalez. 17. Baltimore Orioles – Arjun Nimmala, SS, Strawberry Crest High (Dover, Fla.) This seems like the floor for the 17-year-old Nimmala, who is one of the draft’s youngest players and has shown strong exit velocities, two things the Orioles definitely value in the draft. I’ve heard them on Bryce Eldridge, another big EV guy, and I think they’d be a player for Brock Wilken if those high school bats were gone. As usual, no word around them taking a pitcher in the first. 18. Milwaukee Brewers – Tommy Troy, SS/3B, Stanford There are too many good college bats in the first round this year and not enough landing spots for them in the top 15, so three or four are going to end up in the second half of the round and the teams that land them will be over the moon. I could see Troy, Gonzalez, or maybe even Shaw getting here. 19. Tampa Bay Rays – Jacob Gonzalez, SS, Mississippi It seems like Gonzalez is in the mix for a lot of teams but perhaps nobody’s top choice above this, which might make him a victim of that surfeit of good college bats. Taylor or Wilken would fit here, with Wilken making a very big late push starting in the ACC tournament to overcome questions about his so-so performance in the regular season. 20. Toronto Blue Jays – Aidan Miller, 3B, JW Mitchell High (Trinity, Fla.) Miller had a rough spring due to a broken hamate bone but has had some strong workouts for clubs this month now that he’s recovered. I also think the Blue Jays represent a floor for several of those college bats who might slip out of the top 15 because of the crowded class, so maybe they go after a Wilken or Gonzalez. 21. St. Louis Cardinals – Kevin McGonigle, SS, Monsignor Bonner High (Drexel Hill, Pa.) I know the Cardinals were one of the few teams still on McGonigle late in his season, and the Cardinals have certainly had more success with high school hitters in the first round (Jordan Walker, Nolan Gorman, Dylan Carlson) than other categories of players. 22. Seattle Mariners – Nolan Schanuel, 1B, Florida Atlantic The logic here is the same, as folks expect Seattle to mix up the players they take here and with their two extra picks right after the first round proper ends, probably with one college bat and then a couple of high school guys. Schanuel doesn’t have the positional value or athleticism of the college hitters I’ve got going ahead of him, but he is the only guy who could argue his on-field performance was close to Crews’ this spring. 23. Cleveland Guardians – Jacob Wilson, SS, Grand Canyon I have heard Wilson going in the top 10, maybe to Minnesota or Kansas City, and I may be introducing some of my own bias here as I don’t think Wilson lines up very well against many of those other college hitters, nearly all of whom hit the ball harder than he does. Cleveland loves hitters who rarely punch out, and they’d probably be in the mix for Schanuel and Wilken as well. 24. Atlanta Braves – Brock Wilken, 3B, Wake Forest This is more about opportunism, as Wilken would be great value at the spot. In a draft that’s very heavy on position players, I’d be a little surprised if Atlanta took a pitcher, given that their farm system right now is basically three pitchers in a trenchcoat. 25. San Diego Padres – Bryce Eldridge, 1B/RHP, James Madison High (Vienna, Va.) When in doubt, look for the highest-upside guy left on the board, at least where A.J. Preller & company are concerned. I’m betting that’s a high school hitter, although I think it’ll be a guy with tools/upside like Eldridge, Dillon Head, or even a tough sign like Roch Cholowsky, rather than a more polished player with a lower ceiling like McGonigle or Colt Emerson. 26. New York Yankees – Sammy Stafura, SS, Walter Panas High (Cortlandt, N.Y.) The Yanks have been very heavy at Stafura’s games this spring and they’re linked to him as strongly as any team picking after the Giants is linked to any one player. I’ve also heard them on Tai Peete and Eldridge. 27. Philadelphia Phillies – Joe Whitman, LHP, Kent State The Phillies have gone high school in the first round in each of the last three years, but I would bet they’d be more inclined to go college at this point after a World Series run last year, as the team needs help in the shorter term, whether it’s from prospects reaching the majors or becoming trade pieces. Whitman is the only lefty I have going in the first round, which would be the latest ever for the first left-handed pitcher to come off the board. 28. Houston Astros – Hurston Waldrep, RHP, Florida Waldrep’s got one of the best pitches in the draft in his splitter, but he hasn’t had the results to match, so he’s clearly sliding. I’ve heard the Astros are hoping Eldridge gets to them. 29. Seattle Mariners – Dillon Head, OF, Homewood-Flossmoor (Ill.) Community High 30. Seattle Mariners – Tai Peete, SS, Trinity Christian High (Sharpsburg, Ga.) Two more high school names I’ve heard with the Mariners, although, to be fair, they’re going to be linked to just about every high school hitter who might be a first-round talent, because they have the picks and the money to go after those guys.

boooooooobz

soon? you are so dense

I don't buy the Click hype. I mean it's POSSIBLE he is great. The Rays liked him and the Astros liked him and those are two smart orgs. But his Houston run was so short, and every significant player on their World Series team probably arrived in Houston before he even did (2020).