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  1. John_Havok
    Lukes and Lopez both making it a hard decision who gets the last bench spot. ya love to see it.
  2. John_Havok
    I think the WBC just needs to tighten up the # of generations it takes to be able to play for a country. Like Austin Barnes plays for Mexico because his grandparents were born in Mexico on his mothers side. But at the same time, would Barnes ever have a chance to play at a WBC for the USA? unlikely. So im pretty torn on how strict the rules should be on who you can play for.
  3. John_Havok
    Yeha probably. Maybe he goes 6th and Varsho 7th. It's kinda weird that with all the lefties they brought in, only 1 will be hitting in the top 5 or 6 in the lineup and the flexibility is really just for the bottom. Im sure Schneider will move guys around depending on their hot streaks and other guys days off that they will get some PAs towards the top but overall, the only lefty I'd want in the top 4 or 5 consistently would be Belt.
  4. John_Havok
    Just pop in Springer for Merrifield and that's your top 6 against RHP in the regular season too.
  5. John_Havok
    I actually love that Orelvis is polarizing the evaluators. Seems everyone believes in his D profile being 3b and that he will be fine there defensively, everyone believes in the power - but the class is split on whether he can make the adjustment on his swing decisions. If he even makes 50% improvement on that, he's probably a future 50. If he improves more than that in that area, probably a 60+
  6. John_Havok
    There's nothing really wrong with the list IMO. Beyond the obvious top 2... everyone else is either at a high enough level that you know what youre getting, or low enough that there's still such a wide variety of outcomes that you wouldn't really expect impact players. They do mention Nunez at the bottom of the article in their "Power-Over-Hit Fliers" Rainer Nunez, 1B - Nunez is a huge-framed 3B/1B who is almost certain to be first base-only at maturity. He’s kept his K rates under control so far, but his righty-hitting first base profile means he has a high bar to clear. Zach Britton, OF - Britton has above-average bat speed but a 40 hit tool. Sebastian Espino, 3B - Espino has a 70 frame and a great-looking swing, but he has no feel for the barrel. Reallistically, Nunez has a profile that every team has like 5 of in the minors so its kinda hard to be excited about him.
  7. John_Havok
    Urquidy for Mexico today vs some guy named Zastryzny for Canada. Z looks like a career minor leaguer, lefty, has had a few sips of coffee in the majors since 2016 totalling about 38 innings, mostly in relief and pitched to a 4.42 xFIP. 7.9 k per 9 and about 4 bb per nine. Looks like fastball, change and slider guy. Here’s hoping he pulls a Skirrow and holds it together as long as he can.
  8. John_Havok
    Well Mexico won 2-1, which pretty much means Canada needs to win to move on.
  9. John_Havok
    Is that a sure thing though? Mexico could then still beat Canada and both teams would be 2-2 along with GB, which means they’d go to that runs allowed / outs recorded tiebreaker between the three teams. That would not favour Canada at all since they’ve allowed 8 runs plus whatever they hypothetically give up vs Mexico with 1 mercy shortened game against GB. In that scenario above it would likely be Mexico advancing unless GB really blows them out, which is pretty unlikely.
  10. John_Havok
    you are correct in that they would want to get team permission. He threw 37 pitches so he wouldn’t have any WBC restrictions on him. He would have had to throw at least 50 to be mandated to have 4 days off
  11. John_Havok
    Jay Jackson still hasnt given up a run this spring. Might be in line for getting his contract purchased at some point this season if he can stay healthy in Buffalo.
  12. John_Havok
    That'll do nicely!
  13. John_Havok
    Countdown to a Dasan Brown stolen base attempt, 3....2....
  14. John_Havok
    I have faith in Brigden, he's in Tampa's system. Which means he's probably their next closer that will dominate the Jays for the next 7 years.
  15. John_Havok
    look at Pool A - every team finished 2-2 LOL
  16. John_Havok
    f*** yeah.
  17. John_Havok
    Naw, if Canada beats columbia they best they can do is 2-2, whereas Canada would be 3-1 if they just win both games remaining.
  18. John_Havok
    This run NEEDS to score.
  19. John_Havok
    They need to win against Colombia and Mexico for sure basically, the tie breakers if they go 2-2 do not favour Canada at all with the 20 runs they've given up in the first 2 games
  20. John_Havok
    Close play but looks like he was out
  21. John_Havok
    Alfaro looks like John Kruk and Jason Momoa had a love child.
  22. John_Havok
    f***... that really needed to drop in..
  23. John_Havok
    Dang right. Clarke went through both Low A and High A last year, Freeman didn't advance a single level.
  24. John_Havok
    Apparently all pitchers from Colombia are lefties?
  25. John_Havok
    At this point im just hoping Canada's pitching holds up. Skirrow was unexpectedly excellent and it needs to continue. This game is going to be tight and I can just envision all the beer leaguers coming in and walking the planet.
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