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My main man David Hess is starting for Baltimore today

RF B. McKinney L LF A. Alford R SS L. Gurriel R 1B Rowdy Tellez L 3B V. Guerrero Jr. R CF D. Pompey B C Luke Maile R DH Dwight Smith L 2B R. Urena B

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Scouting Report: Borucki locates his fastball, gets ground balls and changes speeds effectively to keep hitters off balance. He’s a strike-thrower who walked 2.2 per nine innings in 2017, with good command of a fastball that sits in the low 90s and scrapes 96 mph. He catches hitters leaning out front or swinging through his changeup, a plus pitch that he disguises well to look like a fastball out of his hand. Borucki’s slider is a fringe-average pitch, so he mostly relies on his fastball/changeup combination. While arm problems have hampered him in the past, Borucki showed durability by throwing 150 innings in 2017. The Future: Borucki’s big leap forward put him in contention to compete for a rotation spot in Toronto in 2018, though most likely he begins back in Triple-A. He has the profile of a back-end starter

Are we sure about the diagnosis? Has Adam Lind's Mom given her confirmation?

I was hoping to save my services for the regular season opener but someone needs to do this. JAYS Lineup: 2B Devon Travis R 3B B. Drury R LF T. Hernandez R 1B Justin Smoak B CF Kevin Pillar R C Danny Jansen R SS F. Galvis B DH Bo Bichette R RF D. Pompey B TIGERS Lineup: RF R. Mitchell L LF C. Stewart L 3B J. Candelario B 1B John Hicks R 2B Niko Goodrum B DH D. Peterson R CF JaCoby Jones R SS Jordy Mercer R C G. Greiner R Pitching match ups Ryan Borucki (L) vs Matt Moore (L) Temperature: warm Betting odds: Jays win 100% Other Game Notes - Boston suxxxxxxxx

I'm pretty sure it's televised on sportsnet. But yeah, if TV is not an option reddit baseball streams is probably your best option

Lineups are out. Bo Bichette is the DH for this one

1pm

It's Saturday morning. I'm going to go out on a limb and say he will be sleeping for awhile.

Who's going to lead us to victory today and start the GDT?

yeah about 10 years ago.

I don't understand why a man with that kinda cash would go to a rub and tug. He could have just hired a high end escourt to rub his willy

BA updated their mock top 10 ___ 1. Orioles — Adley Rutschman, C, Oregon State Surprised to see Rutschman’s name here? We didn’t think so. Through four games with the Beavers, the top prospect in the country is hitting .333/.579/.833 with seven walks to four strikeouts and two home runs. Rutschman has been safely entrenched in the No. 1 spot for months now, and there’s no reason to think that he’s anything but the favorite to go 1-1 this June. 2. Royals — Bobby Witt Jr., SS, Colleyville (Texas) Heritage The top high school prospect in the country started his season yesterday, with many Texas schools opening up play this week. Witt still has arguably the best overall profile in the class when it comes to playing a premium position at a high level, with plus power and speed. If he hits at a high level this spring, he should be the pick here behind Rutschman. 3. White Sox — Andrew Vaughn, 1B, California Vaughn is doing Golden Spikes sort of things early this season. After four games in the Angels College Classic in Arizona, Vaughn is hitting a whopping .455/.700/1.000 with a pair of home runs and an unseemly 1:9 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The short, right-right first base profile is a tough one that hasn’t historically been borne out with a lot of success, but Vaughn is such a complete hitter that he could become the highest-drafted college first baseman since 1998, when Pat Burrell was taken with the No. 1 overall pick by the Phillies. Brendan McKay’s No. 4 selection in 2017 is the mark to beat, though. If you don’t want to count McKay given his two-way nature, the next-best mark is No. 7. Virginia's Pavin Smith (D-backs, 2017), Miami's Yonder Alonso (Reds, 2008) and Florida's Matt LaPorta (Brewers, 2007) were all selected with the seventh pick in their respective drafts. It would be surprising if Vaughn wasn’t selected before that. 4. Marlins — C.J. Abrams, SS, Blessed Trinity HS, Roswell, Ga. Abrams could go higher than this, and it wouldn’t be a total surprise to see him selected as the first non-Rutschman player off the board given the way some scouts have been talking about him this spring. He’s a faster runner than Witt, and he hits from the left side with better bat-to-ball skills. If a team believes he’ll become a premium defender at either shortstop or centerfield and develop more power down the line, then it’s easy to dream on him. Even if he goes after Witt, it would be surprising for him to not get selected among the top five to six picks at this point. He’s gone 4-for-10 through three games, with three doubles and has yet to strikeout. 5. Tigers — Riley Greene, OF, Hagerty HS, Oviedo, Fla. Witt and Abrams will likely both be off the board before Greene, given a huge edge in supplemental tools and position, but there are scouts who put 70-future grades on Green’s hit tool and that means he’s going off the board quickly, regardless of where he has to play defensively. The Tigers last four first-round picks have been righthanded pitchers, but given the way the class is shaping up and what we have in front of them in this mock, Greene makes plenty of sense here. JJ_Bleday_JohnByrumGetty.jpg Baseball America College Podcast: Preseason All-Americans Teddy Cahill and Carlos Collazo break down the Preseason All-America teams and Vanderbilt outfielder JJ Bleday joins the show. 6. Padres — Daniel Espino, RHP, Georgia Premier Academy, Statesboro, Ga. This is where things get tricky, not necessarily because it’s the Padres picking, but because the first five players are the easiest and most obvious to get off the board. This is the range where college hitters who perform could start to become more of a factor, though with San Diego it’s tempting to pair them with both a high school player and a pitcher. Lefthander Hunter Barco has taken huge strides with his body composition this spring and the early reports from scouts are exciting. It’s tempting to put a prep lefthander here, but we’ll hold off on Barco this high for now and instead lean towards the prep arm with the best pure stuff in the class. 7. Reds — Josh Jung, 3B, Texas Tech Jung hasn’t tapped into his power through three games this season (a fourth against Oregon was canceled), but he is the best college hitter on the board at this point and has posted a .333/.429/.417 slash line with two walks and two strikeouts. The power will come. More interestingly for the Reds here, they have taken college third baseman in first round in two of the last three years (Nick Senzel in 2016 and Jonathan India in 2018). 8. Rangers — Corbin Carroll, OF, Lakeside HS, Seattle Carroll doesn’t start playing games until early March, but the Rangers have taken a high school player with 11 of their last 13 first-round picks, dating back to 2009. Carroll isn’t as tooled-up as fellow prep outfielder Jerrion Ealy, but he challenges Greene for the title of best pure hitter in the prep class while also being among the best defenders in center field as well. 9. Braves — Will Wilson, SS, North Carolina State Let’s get a bit weird. With Brian Bridges no longer calling the shots as scouting director for Atlanta, maybe this will be the first year since 2014 that they don’t take a pitcher in the first round. Nine of the Braves' last 10 first-round pick have been pitchers, with Braxton Davidson in 2014 being the only exception. In this scenario, the Braves are going back to North Carolina, but to the college side with one of the best pure hitters in the college class in Wolfpack shortstop Will Wilson. Wilson has started the year strong through four games with a .333/.444/.867 slash line, a pair of home runs, a pair of doubles and two walks to two strikeouts. He also has a tremendous track record of hitting in college, and while teams don’t and shouldn’t draft for organizational need, he happens to fill that as a middle infielder, whether that’s at shortstop or second. A rising college bat makes sense in this 6-10 range, and so far in this young college season Wilson fits that profile better than many. 10. Giants — Graeme Stinson, LHP, Duke San Francisco has a terrific track record of developing pitchers, so let’s give them the pitcher with the best pure stuff still on the board here at No. 10. Stinson was good in his debut against Lehigh, though he threw just three innings and will need to work deeper into games throughout the season as he gets stretched out. He struck out six batters and walked none, allowing just three hits while showcasing his typical stuff. A Graeme Stinson/Joey Bart battery would be exciting to watch throughout the minors, and in this scenario that becomes a possibility. RELATED STORIES

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Elite prospect: Projects to be top 10-15 percent of the league at their position. High-end prospect: Projects as a legit top-line forward who can play on your PP1/top pairing defenseman. Very good prospect: Projects as a top-six forward/top-four defenseman/starting goaltender. Prospects are not eligible if they’ve played more than 25 career NHL games in a season, 50 career games, 27 years of age or older, or were currently in the league as of Jan. 12. From our previous rankings at the start of the season, 25 players have “graduated” out of eligibility, so keep that in mind as you look at a player’s preseason ranking. While a player may have moved up in the ranking, they might not have improved as much as their peers . Any questions? Join me Wednesday at noon ET to discuss these rankings and more. Elite NHL Prospect Quinn Hughes, D, Vancouver Age: 19 | Drafted: Seventh overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 7 Skating: 70 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 35 Hockey sense: 65 Quinn Hughes is a special talent. The way he skates is unique and separates him from the pack. He’s a truly elite skater but it’s not just speed, his edges are ridiculously good. He spins off pressure and gets up to top speed incredibly well. He’s also very skilled and makes elite plays seems routine. He has a fluidity to his game that I’ve never seen before. Every pass is crisp and on the mark, every rush seems easy. He’s a small defenseman and he’ll never be known for his penalty killing ability, but I think he defends OK. The biggest thing I’ve seen with Hughes is he needs to improve is cutting down the turnovers, especially the high-risk ones. But you take some bad with a truckload of the good. He projects to be a star defenseman in the NHL. Read more: Hughes finally arrives in Vancouver The skills that allow Quinn Hughes to thrive on the power play Martin Necas, C, Carolina Age: 20 | Drafted: 12th overall in 2017 Previous ranking: 10 Skating: 60 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 60 Necas didn’t have the best world juniors, but he’s been great everywhere else in the past year and a half. I’ve watched him in the AHL where he’s looked very good and other scouts have said the same. His skating, skill and vision are all plus tools. He can push the pace with his speed and make skilled plays at an NHL pace. Necas has the potential to be a No. 1 center who drives a line. He’ll need to get a lot stronger and a little more consistent in terms of how he physically competes, but I expect he’ll be in the NHL in the near future. Owen Tippett, RW, Florida Age: 19 | Drafted: 10th overall in 2017 Previous ranking: 30 Skating: 55 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 65 Shot Grade: 60 Tippett has really impressed me this season between the OHL and Canada’s U20 team. I see a player whose game has started to mature and has a talent level that’s off the charts. Tippett’s skill level is elite, he makes plays many wouldn’t even think of trying. He has the individual skill to dance around defenders, but what’s really impressed me is his playmaking. He makes the tough passes consistently, hitting pucks through seams on the power play and showing a lot of creativity as a playmaker. He still has his great shot, and that combination of tools makes him lethal. He’s never going to be a great defender and will have the occasional night off, but when he’s on there aren’t many players who can match his talent level. High-End NHL Prospect Filip Zadina (Photo: Charles LeClaire/USA TODAY Sports) Filip Zadina, RW, Detroit Age: 19 | Drafted: Sixth overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 6 Skating: 55 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 60 Shot Grade: 60 Zadina had a very disappointing world juniors, and while he’s been quite good in the AHL, he hasn’t been blowing doors down. There’s some reason for pessimism, he hasn’t been dancing around guys like he did last season and his compete level has worried me at times. But there’s still plenty of reason for optimism. He has a ton of talent, his skills are fantastic, he skates well, he’s got that cannon of a shot and, from what I’ve seen this season, his playmaking/vision is better than I thought last season. I still think he’s going to be a great NHL player but it may take more time than I initially thought. Read more: Where Filip Zadina goes next Behind the scenes with Zadina at the draft Barrett Hayton, C, Arizona Age: 18 | Drafted: Fifth overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 41 Skating: 45 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 50 Hockey sense: 65 I’ve written a lot this season about Hayton, but he’s looked fantastic every time I’ve watched him. His skill level and playmaking ability are among the best in junior hockey and at the world juniors he showed people how creative he can be. While his skill drives his value, he’s also a very competitive two-way forward who projects to be a reliable defensive center in the NHL. He’s improved his skating and can play at a quick pace when he wants to, but too often I find he slows the play down more than I’d like. With his talent and progression, it’s hard to be too down on him, and I think he could be a top-line center one day for the Coyotes. Read more: Barrett Hayton is checking all the boxes Jordan Kyrou, RW, St. Louis Age: 20 | Drafted: 35th overall in 2016 Previous ranking: 16 Skating: 65 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 40 Hockey sense: 60 Kyrou hasn’t had much success at the NHL level this season, but he’s been fantastic in the AHL as a 20-year-old, named an AHL All-Star and consistently a threat. The offensive tools Kyrou has make you optimistic about his NHL projection. He’s an elite skater with a lot of offensive creativity. He can play in a straight line with his speed, as well as having the skill to pull up and make a play. He’s got to get stronger, a little tougher and learn to play inside the dots, but the talent will make him a power play guy if he rounds out his game a little bit. Read more: The grandson of Greek immigrants, Jordan Kyrou’s NHL career seems ‘meant to be’ Grigori Denisenko, LW, Florida Age: 18 | Drafted: 15th overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 35 Skating: 55 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 65 Denisenko was the best player at the recent world juniors and has impressed me this season. He’s got nearly every tool you want despite not being the biggest guy. He’s quick and elusiveness with great edge work, he’s got high-end hands and vision, and he plays hard. If anything, the criticism of him is he plays too hard at times and goes over the line. The production hasn’t been there for him in the KHL, but it’s the second best hockey league and he’s very physically underdeveloped. Once he bulks up, I think he’ll be a no doubt top-six forward. Rasmus Kupari, C, Los Angeles Age: 18 | Drafted: 20th overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 18 Skating: 60 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 50 Hockey sense: 55 There are times when I’m watching Kupari and I think he’s not only going to be good, but he could be a cornerstone player. The raw tools are off the charts. He’s a pro-sized center with high-end speed and puck skills who makes filthy moves seem routine, and he can do so at top speed. He’ll have rushes where he goes through several guys and you wonder just how high the ceiling is for him. I like his hockey sense, but I don’t think he sees the game at the same level as his other attributes and that’s the main thing holding him back from hitting the highest echelon for me. His production concerns from his draft season have all but subsided, and he looks on the fast track to the NHL. Read more: Kupari a ‘man among boys’ at WJC Cody Glass, C, Vegas Age: 19 | Drafted: Sixth overall in 2017 Previous ranking: 12 Skating: 45 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 55 Hockey sense: 65 Glass has torn up the WHL for the past two-and-a-half years and was quite good as Canada’s No. 1 center at the world juniors. He’s a top-end playmaker. He’s the prototypical guy you want on the half-wall on the power play due to his vision and skill level. He knows how to wait out options, sees options develop and has the soft touch to thread passes through any lane. He’s worked on rounding out his game and I think he’ll be a decent two-way guy as a pro. He’ll never be confused for a physical guy, but his smarts will carry him a lot in that respect. Glass skates fine but I find he plays a bit slow at times. When he wants to turn on the jets, he has an extra gear. Cale Makar, D, Colorado Age: 20 | Drafted: Fourth overall in 2017 Previous ranking: 20 Skating: 65 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 40 Hockey sense: 60 Makar returned for his sophomore season at UMass, where he’s been the best player on one of the better teams in the nation. He’s one of the best puck rushers you’ll see, as his great speed combined with his skill level can make him a nightmare to handle for defensemen when he’s coming up the ice. He’s at his best on the rush, but he’s also a very smart player who can make the tough passes. Makar will never be the best defender as a pro due to his size, but at the collegiate level, he’s defended more than fine. The 2017 fourth-overall pick by the Avs will likely sign and suit up for them this spring. Read more: The hockey world at his feet, Cale Makar continues to tread lightly Vitali Kravtsov, RW, New York Rangers Age: 19 | Drafted: Ninth overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 17 Skating: 50 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 50 Hockey sense: 60 Kravtsov has been very impressive over the past 12 months in the KHL and international play. Kravtsov’s point totals haven’t been amazing this season in the KHL, but Chelyabinsk has a weak team. His game is defined by his skill. When Kravtsov has the puck, he’s looking to make something happen. He makes the flashy skill plays seem routine. His playmaking has also consistently impressed me this season. I wasn’t 100 percent on that aspect of his game going into the draft, but I think his vision is high-end now. His pace at times could be better, but he can skate fine when he gets going. The main thing with Kravtsov is improving his compete level. He can get lost on the perimeter and taken out of games physically. Dominik Bokk, RW, St. Louis Age: 18 | Drafted: 25th overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 21 Skating: 55 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 60 Bokk hasn’t dominated the SHL this season but I still think his development is on track for a guy who one-and-a-half seasons ago was in German junior hockey. He was the top scorer at the U20 B pool and, in the past month, his play in the SHL has gotten a lot better, with him being a regular on Vaxjo’s top power play unit on the half-wall. His skill level is great. I saw him fighting the puck a bit more than I’d have liked early on this season, but I was also more impressed with his vision and pace than what I saw last season. He may take longer than a typical top prospect and needs a lot of work off the puck, but I think when it clicks, with his skill level, he’s going to start rolling over teams. Troy Terry, RW, Anaheim Age: 21 | Drafted: 148th overall in 2015 Previous ranking: 51 Skating: 55 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 60 Terry is the best player I’ve seen in the AHL this season. The 21-year-old has at times shown the ability to dominate that level with his offensive ability. Terry has a ton of skill and playmaking ability. He’s always looking to make a play, he does so many good things in small spaces and makes creative decisions without much room to work with. Terry has also played with pace, using his speed to push defenders back and then making a skilled play at full speed. Despite being an older player he still has room to fill out physically and can get pushed off pucks, but he does compete well. Read more: His name is Troy Terry. This is his evolution. Nick Suzuki, C, Montreal Age: 19 | Drafted: 13th overall in 2017 Previous ranking: 34 Skating: 45 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 45 Hockey sense: 70 I was unsure on Suzuki last season, I watched him a fair bit and he never blew me away like in his draft year. This season I’m back on the bandwagon. Between his OHL and World Junior Championship play, I’m back toward my original assessment. He’s an elite playmaker who sees the ice like few others. He combines that with a high skill level and makes difficult plays seem easy. Suzuki can score goals and has a good shot but has a pass-first mentality. Despite being small and lacking physicality, his exceptional hockey IQ allows him to be a good defensive forward. His main issue has and continues to be his skating as he really lacks any kind of dangerous gear. Once he’s in the offensive zone he’s lights out, but he could struggle to be the main zone entry guy on an NHL line. Read more: Suzuki continues to show why he was the key piece of the Max Pacioretty trade How Suzuki became one of junior hockey’s most dynamic threats Ryan Merkley, D, San Jose Age: 18 | Drafted: 21st overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 28 Skating: 60 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 35 Hockey sense: 65 Merkley is a player that you can write a lot about. He’s an elite playmaker whose vision is off the charts. When he’s on, he’s making cross-ice passes with frequency, dancing around the blueline and making defenses look silly. But he’s had some off nights where he’s making bad decisions defensively, letting his emotions get the best of him and is a major negative. He’s been traded this season and is off to a fresh start in Peterborough. Adam Boqvist, D, Chicago Age: 18 | Drafted: Eighth overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 25 Skating: 55 Puck Skills: 60 Physical Game: 35 Hockey sense: 70 Boqvist has been good this season in the OHL, his first season in North America. Some games he hasn’t been as impactful and some games his playmaking stands out in a major way. His skill and particularly his offensive instincts are great, he sees the ice so well, and he is very creative in how he jumps into attacks and creates chances. I don’t think he’s shown a ton of pace on the smaller ice. He’s a good skater but some games he plays a bit too slow. He’s also not the biggest or meanest defenseman, so he might need time before he heads to the league. Read more: How Adam Boqvist uses tempo, speed and a big shot in a small package to dictate ^^ Is available too

The #1 NHL mid season NHL prospect is available for trade. Elite NHL Prospect Quinn Hughes, D, Vancouver Age: 19 | Drafted: Seventh overall in 2018 Previous ranking: 7 Skating: 70 Puck Skills: 65 Physical Game: 35 Hockey sense: 65 Quinn Hughes is a special talent. The way he skates is unique and separates him from the pack. He’s a truly elite skater but it’s not just speed, his edges are ridiculously good. He spins off pressure and gets up to top speed incredibly well. He’s also very skilled and makes elite plays seems routine. He has a fluidity to his game that I’ve never seen before. Every pass is crisp and on the mark, every rush seems easy. He’s a small defenseman and he’ll never be known for his penalty killing ability, but I think he defends OK. The biggest thing I’ve seen with Hughes is he needs to improve is cutting down the turnovers, especially the high-risk ones. But you take some bad with a truckload of the good. He projects to be a star defenseman in the NHL.

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I doubt this site is credible and a 7 round MLB mock draft is 100% useless right now but it's still fun and it has Will Holland to the Jays! So i'm going to post it https://www.draftsite.com/mlb/mock-draft/2019/

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That was a really fun read. Thanks for posting.