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How little do you think Liriano would get if he was a free agent right now?
The guy has like 9 WAR in the last three years and he's lost none of his stuff.
This post by Cyborg would be the most well-informed opinion on the board: http://www.bluejaysmessageboard.com/threads/5548-Official-MiLB-Prospects-Thread-Short-season-ball-is-underway!/page50?p=992229#post992229
Contributions by most other people would just introduce noise.
Do they update team lists during the season? I've never noticed. Thought only mlb.com did.
Doesn't really refute the point though. You said it was absurd compared to "expert opinions" and then Jim Callis, expert of experts, has him a **** hair way.
Yes probably. The system has probably moved up a couple of spots.
+ there seem to have been more positive developments than negative seasons so far this year.
Okay, but you said "Greene at 12 is miles away from what the stats and scouting reports suggest" which is just not correct.
If you want to change that to "I watched him play on the radio the other day and I like his long limbs and handsome California face" then that's fine.
Well last year the book on him was +command and potential + changeup.
I'm assuming he's lost the feel for the changeup this year because guys who nibble with an out pitch should at least get K's.
Thole had a significant skill change / decline. When he came into the league he actually hit for AVG and had real OBP skills - he was basically a viable starting catcher and league average talent.
Not sure what happened to him. Maybe once he started catching the knuckleball it f***ed him up completely.
Harold Ramirez and the Yankees new OF prospect Billy McKinney are cut from the same cloth, so it will be interesting to see how they develop in the same division.
Two guys without CF chops and without big power or speed - but strong hit tools.
Reese McGuire could probably slide into the backup role right now and be worth more than Thole.
People think he is a zero with the bat but his contact skills look good on paper (29 walks and only 26 K's this year in 77 games!) and he's only 21.