Laika

Only vaxxed cocks for me

Be tolerant you old f***

Zip it twerp

Shut the f*** up Spanky

By Ben Badler on April 18, 2022 Toronto's international pipeline is having an obvious impact at the major league level with 2015 signing Vladimir Guerrero Jr. one of the best players in baseball. Outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (Cuba) and catcher Alejandro Kirk (Mexico) are other homegrown international signings on their big league club, Venezuelan catcher Gabriel Moreno is the organization's No. 1 prospect and should join them by the end of the year, and Dominican shortstop Orelvis Martinez is another Top 100 prospect already in Double-A as a 20-year-old. Top Of The Class Venezuela has been home to some of the top international catchers in recent classes, including Diego Cartaya of the Dodgers and Francisco Alvarez of the Mets. The Blue Jays—who have shown a knack for signing and developing international catchers themselves with Kirk and Moreno—landed one of the premier catchers in the 2021-22 international class by signing Luis Meza out of Venezuela. Meza's hitting ability and defense both stand out. He's agile and flexible behind the plate, getting low to the ground to block and receive well for a 17-year-old catcher. With an arm that grades out as at least solid-average, Meza has a chance to develop into an above-average defender. Offensively, Meza has an advanced approach, controlling the strike zone well with a high contact rate in games and the ability to use the whole field. His swing is loose, easy and handsy, producing line drives all over the field. It's a hit-over-power profile now with gap power, though he has a lot of space to fill out his broad-shouldered frame and grow into more power once he packs on more strength. Name To Know Jean Carlos Joseph, OF, Dominican Republic: At 5-foot-11, 160 pounds, Joseph is a wiry, bouncy athlete whose diligence and attention to detail on defense are evident in the way he shines in center field. He breaks well off the bat with good defensive instincts, running well with good range and efficient routes. Joseph has a strong arm too, giving him the building blocks to develop into a plus defender. During the amateur scouting process, Joseph was a skinny, line-drive hitter, and while he still has a lean frame, the spike in his power has added a new dynamic to his game. He has a fairly sound swing and the raw power to drive balls out from center field over to his pull side, with a chance for more coming as he continues getting stronger. Railin Tejada, OF, Dominican Republic: Tejada isn't that tall, but he packs a lot of strength into his 5-foot-11 frame. That physical maturity leads to impressive damage on contact when he's able to connect, with a power-over-hit profile offensively and a defensive skill set that fits in a corner. Raudy Gomez, RHP, Dominican Republic: Gomez is an athletic, 5-foot-10 strike-thrower with feel for three pitches. He's not that big but it's a potential starter profile between his delivery, athleticism, control and pitch mix, starting with a lively fastball that has trended up and now touches 93 mph. Gomez has a knack for manipulating both of his offspeed pitches, including a breaking ball with tight spin and a changeup with fading action that he sells with good arm speed. Sleeper Watch A Venezuelan third baseman, Kendry Chirinos packs a lot of strength and physicality into his 5-foot-11 frame. His combination of strength and fast bat speed portends impressive power potential, with a strong arm that fits at third base.

The new CBA does not incentive early season promotions because players who finish 1 or 2 in ROY voting are awarded a full year of service time. So if the O's promoted Grayson now and he finished 1 or 2 in ROY, they would NOT be eligible for the prospect promotion incentives because he was not up on day 1 but they would also not get any extra control over him. Under the new CBA you won't see a lot of early season promotions. You'll see prospects either break camp with teams or come up like half way through the year (or later). Generally: Opening Day - you will see elite prospects make teams April and May - you will see almost no top prospects get promoted June - maybe some promotions July - you'll see promotions. promoting teams effectively get 6.5 years of control. hard for rookies to win ROY with half a season of stats. August and September - you'll see a lot of teams wait until late August to promote prospects because they want to keep them rookie eligible for the following year BECAUSE if they put them on the opening day roster they can get the prospect promotion incentive By the way, the PPI is not just in the rookie year. If a player eligible for the PPI pick awards remains with the promoting team that put him on the OD roster and the player wins the awards in any pre-arb season, the team gets a pick. But teams can only get 1 pick per year I think.

Yeah but f*** Boston

It must be hard for these guys to play at 11 am haha

haha he's an interesting prospect!!!

the man has CANCER dude

the worst immaculate inning in history

ask if he knows about the projection system KATOH and what he thinks about it being named after him if so

Even just some of the little trades like getting this Espinal guy for Steve Pearce...

uhhhhh he's throwing 101 here with a breaking ball that is as high as 91.3 mph if the gun is accurate

why would you say skull f*** lmao

Yeah he looked fine. Maybe the D isn't as bad as the MLB level defensive stats have been

Hmmm I think the scorer has discretion there to pick the non starter who had the most impact. Wins are dumb as s*** though

Honestly it's hard to think of a more appropriate statement on inclusivity and acceptance than starting Ross Stripling on Jackie Robinson day

That's who you went with? Lisa Ann?

They have an extra deep pen this month. I wouldn't worry too much about reliever usage yet. Other than Romano who is getting taxed a bit early.

some people see that and just think "wow Jose Trevino stole a game"

well, you noticed and commented so it worked in a way

no.

Semien kind of completes that offense tbh

In a standard 5x5, 12 team league Semien would be worth about $13 and J Rod projects to be worth around $2. By steamer. By The Bat it's $16 and $2