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1B aren't as valuable because the position demands the least amount of physical tools. Scooping/picking throws in the dirt and feeding the pitcher covering the bag don't require a great arm or a ton of speed. Therefore the pool of MLB players who could possibly man the position is extremely high. Now that doesn't mean that just because you meet he minimum physical requirements (which nearly everyone who steps on an MLB diamond meets, save for a few) doesn't mean you'll be good at it. But you can at least try to play the position and odds are with enough reps you might even be able to do it adequately. Compare that to SS or CF. You WILL have to have a minimum amount of foot speed and arm strength to play those positions. If you don't have those physical tools, you will never be adequate at it no matter how many reps you take or how good you are at the technical aspects of the position, etc. If you want a real life example, use Christian Walker. He's seemingly the best defensive 1B by far and he's got 25th percentile sprint speed and 5th percentile arm strength. He simply cannot play anywhere else adequately while being THAT slow and with an arm THAT bad. Yet he's still the best defensive 1B in all of MLB.

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Yeah Noda ranks up there among the best he's traded as well. But like Thomas, he milled around the org he was traded to for a while before being picked up for free from a 3rd org.

Yep good call. He traded Thomas to the Cards when he was league average in A+ as a 21 year old for international pool money. Thomas kicked around the Cardinals org for a while before being traded at the deadline for 37 year old Jon Lester.

Has Atkins ever traded a prospect who turned out to be good? He's traded away a lot of them. Surely there has been one, right?

https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/blue-jays-farm-report-better-pitch-selection-helps-martinez-hit-for-more-than-just-power/ All sorts of goodies in this one from Davidi. -Orelvis is expected to join AAA soon. -Tiedemann back in 3 weeks. -Alan Roden expected to join AA soon. -Barriera could be back in a couple of weeks.

Most prospects are still figuring out AA at age 24? I guess some of them but Top 50 are usually better than that. And no s*** injuries have slowed his progress, in fact they've almost derailed it. The guy has hit 60 innings once in his entire baseball career and that was way back in his freshmen year of college when he was a part-time starter in a small conference. Now here he is working his way through a "rough stretch" in AA as a 24 year old while averaging 3 innings per start. Lol what a stud, let's throw a parade. And I'm not even saying this guy isn't a prospect. Slap a 40 FV on him. Bump it up to a 40+ if you want. Hell, let's get crazy and give him a 45 FV. But the #51 overall prospect? That's amazing. These publications must be huffing the Dodger's paint to try and sell more subs or something.

Well first off he's not a kid, he's almost 25. And he throws such devastating lightning that the 22 year olds in AA that he's facing are spanking him to the tune of a 4.50 ERA across his two seasons in AA. Steamer thinks he'd be good for a 4.68 FIP as a reliever if he were called up right now. He wasn't even that good in college. Amazing how he parlayed 45 good innings in A-ball as a 22 and 23 year old into fooling some major prospect publications that he's a Top 100 prospect.

I got these updates from Fantrax today.

Bumping this because Ruiz has been worth -1.0 WAR so far this year.

Lol BP moved Frasso up even more?? What exactly about this season has them so excited? He's done nothing to dispel the reliever risk tag, instead he's solidifying it with 3 innings per start. And he's not even dominating in those 3 innings. Kloff is running a lower xFIP than Frasso, and he's doing it in over 5 innings per start as an age appropriate 22 year old. Would love to know BP's reasoning for their ranking but they conveniently ranked him #51 so they didn't have to.

Vlad's defensive OAA has really tanked this year. He's horrible at plays in (-4) and to his right (-6), but fine to his left (0) or going back (-1). On the plays in or to the right, does that have to do with his range? Or could the numbers to his right be tanking because his throws to the pitcher bad? Or both? Could this be remedied by positioning him a little more to the right and in? Or would that not necessarily help.

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Get them to throw in one of their optionable fringe starters on top of it.

Yeah he's the perfect guy to move at the deadline. Some GM looking to make a deadline splash would likely overpay for him.

Just got back from a vacation (Thailand). I'm not running to dust off The Sheriff's badge just yet. But rest assured, I will be monitoring this situation VERY closely.

Manoah is back. The offense is back. The playoffs will be easy to make.

No I’m not watching. On a road trip following along on the score app.

He’s not drenched in sweat and sucking wind trying to beat the pitch clock?

What if he’s back?

Agreed and I think that's why they called him up this early. To get more data on him prior to the break. I think Hurl is right in that they called him up this early to see what they've got up until the trade deadline. If he can show that he can pitch like a decent #4/#5 starter then he and possibly Ryu can hold that spot down for the rest of the year. If not, then they'll need to make a trade for a Lorenzen type.

He takes the same immature approach in his ABs. Hacks away at low and away sliders and he tries and takes the extra base all the time. If he let the game come to him more he'd be twice the player.

Death, taxes and Vlad running into outs.

I also said the trade was fine so how am I reaching? I demand a full retraction.