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Before the start I probably had him in the 45-50 range of this list. Considered him very similarly to Folty. I probably had Sanchez over Cody Anderson, but might have taken Graveman over Sanchez.

I disagree largely with the Hader opinions. Agree on McCullers. Edited list.

One start is just that - one start. Must of us are well versed in the concept of a meaningful sample size. Yet it's still hard to shake the notion that we saw Aaron Sanchez emerge from a cocoon of frustrating inhibitions and sprout his wings as a beautiful SP butterfly this week. How much has your opinion of him changed after that one start? Below, I've ranked 60 2016 prospects and 2015 rookies. These are my arbitrary rankings that I threw together in five minutes. I made no effort to include every notable player. I tried to only include players with SP potential. Where would you have placed Sanchez in this list one week (or one month) ago, and where do you rank him now? 1 .-. Syndergaard 2 .-. Giolito 3 .-. Urias 4 .-. Glasnow 5 .-. Rodon 6 .-. Reyes 7 .-. Matz 8 .-. McCullers 9 .-. Iglesias 10 .-. Severino 11 .-. Snell 12 .-. De Leon 13 .-. Berrios 14 .-. Anderson Espinoza 15 .-. Hader 16 .-. Ed. Rodriguez 17 .-. DeSclafani 18 .-. Joe Ross 19 .-. Gray 20 .-. Hoffman 21 .-. Manaea 22 .-. Newcomb 23 .-. Nola 24 .-. V. Velasquez 25 .-. Norris 26 .-. Carson Fulmer 27 .-. Honeywell 28 .-. Reynaldo Lopez 29 .-. Karns 30 .-. Heston 31 .-. Heaney 32 .-. Lamb 33 .-. Taillon 34 .-. Kopech 35 .-. Holmes 36 .-. Finnegan 37 .-. Greene 38 .-. H. Harvey 39 .-. Stephenson 40 .-. Bradley 41 .-. A. Conley 42 .-. J. Thompson 43 .-. Beede 44 .-. T. Duffey 45 .-. Foltynewicz 46 .-. Bassitt 47 .-. Tropeano 48 .-. H. Owens 49 .-. K. Graveman 50 .-. C. Anderson 51 .-. J. Eickhoff 52 .-. Boyd 53 .-. Lorenzen 54 .-. Chi Chi Gonzalez 55 .-. Wisler 56 .-. Eddie Butler 57 .-. M. Montgomery 58 .-. Mark Appel 59 .-. Nicolino 60 .-. Buck Farmer

He was down like ~2mph in his first game, vs. 2015. 92 instead of 94. He's done

Also they named Osuna closer. The evidence is mounting that Drew Storen is pitching injured and everybody knows it. lol

It bugs me to an irrational extent that they actually didn't use him because he had WARMED UP the day before. Talk about wearing dresses.

Don't even bother

yup! http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/scar-on-the-pitching-arm-of-steve-delabar-of-the-toronto-news-photo/151252786

I love the keywords in his bullet points... - Keeping up on the science. - Analyzing the mechanics. - Refining Algorithms. - Staying in touch with researchers. - Building a library. - Keeping people informed. Prestige Worldwide

I hang on every word that O'Leary tweets. I love his content. The combination of pervasive, arrogant pseudoscience and baseball twitter is just enthralling. This offseason was particularly entertaining because numerous MLB stars publicly trashed him or otherwise embarrassed him on twitter. McCarthy and Donaldson chiefly. Every week he seems to have a funny run in with someone like Eno Sarris. I can't wait to read The Arm.

I took some grainy stills out of the 30 fps video that I took of my tube TV and yeah, there is definitely an iK. Really unfortunate. Good kid. Playing with fire.

Oh, like the numbers weren't enough. Aiken Kolek Rodon Schwarber lmao

- If Storen can't warm up, not come into a game, and then pitch the next day... then he basically can't be an MLB reliever. They shouldn't (and wouldn't) have traded for him if that was true. - They really did not need to see what they had in Leon in that high leverage situation. One relief outing teaches you nothing about a guy anyway. If they DFA him now because he blew it today, that's worse than simply DFAing him without having a look.

A strain is a tear. His body is breaking down from a combination of PEDs and an extremely violent swing. o/u 80.5 games this year probably

Just quit your job and never speak to these carpool people again solved

Storen has one year of control. Ride him into the f***ing ground! Oh man baseball

Yeah I figure that he wanted to get as many relievers as he could into the first series. He probably felt bad about having not called on several of them yet. lol

You're getting old and stupid

dresses

Richard Griffin is a gift Richard Griffin ‏@RGriffinStar 1m1 minute ago Hmm. #bluejays take only Joe Biagini to Montreal from entire bullpen then 4 days in can't use Cecil, Storen, Osuna for last 6 outs. #dresses

Why let Cecil face Forsythe yesterday when Chavez was warm? Then he immediately brings in Chavez after Forsythe homers. Why have Leon pitch in a high leverage situation when Storen and Osuna didn't pitch yesterday and there is an off day tomorrow? <---- egregious I like Gibbons' personality but he's a liability.

GAViN FLOYD.

Rays v Jays is almost always close and entertaining. Good beisbol

Things that are obvious after this series: - Pillar sucks again - Colabello is a pumpkin - Sanchez is an Ace - Stroman is better than Pedro - The umps and MLB have it out for the Blue Jays - Gibby is a misogynist - The Blue Jays aren't the same offensive team as last year

You are the expert so you get 100% deference from me. I think Syndergaard's hair looks super luxurious like a shampoo commercial and also kind of regal but what do I know. For the record, here he is with short hair: http://img.bleacherreport.net/img/images/photos/003/535/831/905ae23ec508929a1a667d1d8b039099_crop_exact.jpg?w=1500&h=1500&q=85