John_Havok
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Players of the day: Erickvi Celedonio, Samad Taylor, Anthony Alford, Jason Leblebijian, Darnell Sweeney Honourable mentions: Colton Laws, Kevin Smith, Reese McGuire, Roemon Fields
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They must be to start a 17 year old stateside rather than the Dominican Summer League
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Average power in the minors usually doesn't translate to average power in the majors. His absolute ceiling is average power, which would be awesome. I never said he has no power, that's you putting words into my fingers and building a nice little strawman to tear down. I concede that my choice of words stating "there's not much power there" was misleading, as what I meant to get across is that I don't expect above average power output in the majors and it's certainly not his calling card. However, as I said, the bar for catchers is low and you are right that he does drive the ball well for doubles. And yeah, Roemon Fields is completely devoid of power.
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There's way too many college guys for that though, some will be sprinkled into rookie and rookie advanced, while others may actually get some full season exposure, like some pen arms.
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Bear in mind when Fangraphs does it's rankings they always say all 60 FV guys are about the same rank, so technically all their 60 FV guys tied for 6th. But I think the main point here is why isnt a 65 or higher, seems kinda silly to me too given he's already having success in the majors while guys older or of equal age haven't made it yet.
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Bit of a conundrum for sure. His hit tool is legit, but there's not much power there at all. Speed obviously isn't a strength, but has an okay arm. Right now he's still projecting as a below average bat in MLB due to the lack of power, luckily the bar for offense at catcher isn't high. All those catcher intangibles has to be a strength or his bat won't play anywhere else.
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Chavez Young very quietly having a pretty good season in Lansing as a 20 year old. He's riding a .400 babip but that's only slightly high for his minor league career so far. HIs K rate has dropped, and walk rate gone up since 2016 with advancing levels. Might be something there someday. .327/.383/.483/.866 slash line with 69 hits, 17 doubles, 5 triple and 2 HR, 17 SB (8 CS). Last 10 games hitting .444 with more walks (7) than Ks(6).
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Players of the Day: Sean Reid-Foley, Jonathan Davis, Bo Bichette, Max Pentecost, Anthony Alford, Roemon Fields, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Reese McGuire Honourable Mentions: Ryan Noda, Tayler Saucedo, Kevin Smith, David Jacob, Gunnar Heidt, Taylor Guerrieri, Tim Lopes
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Try my amazing pitching picks combining for -10
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Gives an idea of how dominant he can be when his command is on.
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Holy s*** those are gold!
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha SUCK IT LONG...AND SUCK IT HARD SHOWALTER !!!!
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Sure. But he's 19, not 35. Kind of a huge difference. Most fatties never get into the real injury issues until they push 30. Immediately using the fat angle for a knee issue for a 19 year old, especially after his base running thing... just seems like a lazy narative
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Please call up Vlad Guerrero Jr. Thread
John_Havok replied to GodDonaldson's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
Yup. Strained patella tendon. Out for a month. -
No s*** lol
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I wouldn't go near the top 5... Gretzky, Howe, Orr, Lemieux and Richard are a pretty tough level to crack. Then... like Beliveau, Messier, Yzerman, Crosby, Bossy, Lidstrom, Bourque, Roy, Brodeur, Lafleur...Harvey even.... I could hear some arguments to slot him in there somewhere depending on how people value goalies and Dmen over dominant goal scorers
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Arguably top 10, easily top 15-20
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha SUCK IT SHOWALTER
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Yeah, that's my read too. And he's a bit thick, he's no prince fielder body type either. The posters trolling about a fat 19 year old with already bad knees are just silly. That said, maybe an injury like this will flick a switch in Vlad's head that getting into better shape should be higher on his priority list
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I'd say 1 more level to get truly excited. ... but 21 in high A is a great step. Still dealing with SSS issues there. Definitely a guy to be cautiously optimistic on though
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha SUCK IT AGAIN SHOWALTER!!!
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And it was a great game too.
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s***ing on the Orioles is always a good time.
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Players of the Day: Santos Moreno, Kevin Smith, Nash Knight, Ryan Noda, Roemon Fields Honourable mentions: Jose Zepeda, Rainer Nunez, Harold Ramirez, Riley Adams, Patrick Murphy, Chavez Young, Lourdes Gurriel Jr, Danny Jansen, Tim Lopes, Ian Parmley
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha SUCK IT SHOWALTER!!
