Laika

Is this for real?

Jesus, Cody Bellinger has a .593 OPS. Nightmare territory. This is a double week, BTW. July 12th to 25th.

bWAR is basically ERA with adjustments for the quality of defense behind the pitcher, quality of opposition, and parks pitched in. So ERA centric. fWAR is FIP based. Any time a P has a big difference between ERA and FIP their fWAR and bWAR will likely be divergent.

3.3 bWAR right now.

Players with elite or even good command do NOT have the BB/9 and K/BB numbers that Pardinho has posted in the minors. Look at what Chris Paddack did in the minors if you want an actual reference point for plus command down there. IIRC when people used to talk about Pardinho as being "advanced" it was more of a reference to his feel for spin and the fact that he had multiple viable pitches at such a young age. Also people liked his mechanics and delivery. With decent command layered in. So more of a total package thing - he just ticked a lot of boxes.

This might be the lamest thing I have ever seen. Nobody gives a s*** anymore, Martin. The story is old as f*** and you just brought it up again by showing off your jiggly body.

Kind of a s***** derby field after Ohtani and Gallo. Some boring participants. Soto is kind of fun.

Well no f***ing s***, three plus pitches and command = a f***ing Ace. The real comparison is the power arm without much else vs the command specialist without much else.

Fangraphs report is probably the best one out there as far as actual insight goes. Main points: - best command in college - plus slider - fastball has positive characteristics aside from velo - sounds like basic pro weight training could boost velo - once healthy he may not need much development Full Report Hoglund was many scout's favorite non-first round prep projection arm for 2018: up to 96, average off-speed stuff, but a clean delivery and frame with room to grow. He didn't sign as a comp pick of the Pirates and instead went to Ole Miss. He had growing pains as a freshman, but looked crisp in the fall of 2019, which was the start of his ascent to legitimate college ace. Through 2021 Hoglund was arguably the most polished college arm in the class, sitting in the low-90s, while dotting a plus slider on the corner with remarkable consistency. Healthy Hoglund has the best command in this draft. His fastball's tailing action garners looking strikes on the glove-side corner and sets up Hoglund's changeup, which needs to develop. Toward the ends of a dominant 2021, Hoglund looked awkward and uncomfortable warming up for a start and was removed from it early on. He would need Tommy John. We look at his rehab as an opportunity to rework a softer build and maybe exit the process with more velocity. TJ rehab or not, Hoglund has a great chance to be one of the first players from this class to reach the big leagues because of how advanced he is.

This isn't a steal, it's just a potentially nice pick.

They made the playoffs last year and it was a fun season. They sucked ass the year before and got Martin. Enough tanking for a while, thanks.

Nah. I'd rather win.

Sounds like Royals are going way off the board

It's like Kjerstad all over. I'd be mildly annoyed as an O's fan

People don't think his fastball is good enough to be an Ace, basically.

Boston was getting a stud no matter what happened.

Dang, just tuned in. My bad.

And sort of old for the level.

Okay, well that would make perfect sense. I won't dispute that.

You typically see teams go underslot when they have a surplus of picks, i.e. flexibility in the draft. Toronto would really be forcing the issue if they went underslot with pick 1.

Underslot would be weird for Toronto too since they lack a 2nd and therefore lack flexibility. I do think we see a straight forward pick. Bonus = slot value.

I doubt it. They are only four games back of the Mets. A mediocre team wins that division and they have a decent chance still. They can also call up Pache and Drew Waters and try to catch prospect lightning in a bottle.

What tf is a newspaper

Gurriel is a more traditional guy. Someone with a hit tool, power, and an arm. In theory he should be able to hit .280+ with 30+ homers and helpful OF defense, year after year. Biggio is like the polar opposite. I can see why many would prefer Gurriel. Belief in him and skepticism of Biggio.

No. The news is all star game adjacent so it can stay but mods won't let this devolve into a discussion of American politics.