Like most Cards prospects, Harrison Bader looks annoyingly good.
But like most Cards prospects these days, him grabbing a starting role at any point will be a bit of a crap shoot. Just so much competition in that organization to have to surpass.
Just ask Tommy Pham - 1.5 WAR in only 50 games last year, and this year he doesn't even get a chance. In almost every other organization he would have been anointed... as something in 2016.
I feel pretty even about it. I needed something else on offense anyway and it made sense for my team and timeline - with Villar fully entrenched as a first division SS now and Reyes maybe coming back soon I could afford to trade the SS depth.
I shopped Turner and Manaea and other pieces aggressively for a big bat and Puig was basically as "big" as it got. It was Puig or JUpton - pick your poison. The price tags on Braun and Cespedes were higher and I got dead air on most other inquiries. I was motivated to do a trade before the cutdown, for obvious reasons. I think KK made the smart choice in not promoting Turner. Prospects need to force their way up in this league IMO.
Hopefully Yazl Pweeg can get healthy..
The draft is roaring along, and with all of the close proximity picks for people remaining, we should be done extremely quickly this year.
DDL looking good, as always.
Top end seems thinner than usual but it's not drastically different. Last year's draft flattened off after pick 6. 2014 and 2013 don't look amazing throughout the top - elite names are kind of randomly dispersed in the first round or two.
I guess my point is that the top end of the 2015 draft was special. I don't think this one is much different than the two drafts before 2015.
1 Hail To The Victor Victor Robles OF WAS
2 Jean Segura-lites Cody Reed SP ARZ
3 Bye Week
4 Jean Segura-lites
5 Bye Week
6 Jean Segura-lites
7 Sammy's Sluts
8 Georgia Peach
9 Georgia Peach
10 Taijuan On!
Cut Rookie Davis, William McKinney, and Harold Ramirez.
Trea Turner extremely likely to be on the move before midnight. Dangle your big fish if you haven't already...