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Seth Romero is the guy I want the most that's realistic to be available. He could give our BP a boost this year From BA On pure talent, Romero is a top 10 prospect and among the top college pitchers in this year's draft. He's a lefthander with a chance to have three quality pitches: a 93-96 mph fastball, a slider and a changeup. Romero's plus fastball is his primary weapon. Throwing from a low three-quarters slot, he does a good job of getting in on the hands of righthanded hitters and is capable of locating his fastball to either side of the plate. His low slot makes his fastball even tougher for lefties. His slider has excellent bite and is also a plus pitch. He uses his changeup less often, but it has deception and the potential to be at least average. Romero has shown a consistent ability to pound the strike zone while generating swings and misses. He was leading Division I with 15.7 strikeouts per nine innings in 2017. For his college career, he struck out 11.5 batters per nine while walking only 2.8 per nine. But as teams line up their draft boards, they're surely spending as much time talking about questions about Romero's makeup as they are discussing his swing-and-miss stuff. Romero was suspended during the 2016 season for what Houston termed a violation of team rules. He was suspended again this April, reinstated and then kicked off the team just a week after his reinstatement. Romero also had surgery during high school where a screw was inserted in his elbow. Scouts will have to feel comfortable that Romero's problems stem more from immaturity than anything else, but at some point, likely in the first round, a team will view his talent as worth the risk, because he's a three-pitch lefty who could move quickly. After throwing less than 50 innings for Houston, his limited workload makes it easier for a team to let him throw significant innings in his first pro season. And he has the stuff to potentially help out a big league club in the bullpen this fall.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/2017-mlb-mock-draft-4-0/#SPoF3PhhUgsolIDp.97 Bluejays linked to Warmoth again.

I will open the auction with Christian Arroyo for Cesar Hernandez

Confirmed

So basically 2/3 months at least and likely not fully back till next year.

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Tulo

Let's Go Jays!

I like this GDT better. Let's go Jays!

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https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/fangraphs-2017-mock-draft/ FG has us taking Warmoth. Warmoth played his travel ball with the Orlando Scorpions as a teammate of Brendan Rogers (No. 3 overall pick in 2015) and Virginia outfielder Adam Haseley, also a likely first-round pick in 2017. A starter since early in his freshman season at North Carolina, Warmoth started to emerge offensively as a sophomore, hit well in the Cape Cod League (.270 with four home runs) and was having an All-America-caliber season as a junior. Warmoth's older brother pitched for Stetson and Florida State and has reached Triple-A with the Angels, and the younger Warmoth has an accurate, plus arm that rates as his best tool. His arm strength, good hands and solid range give scouts confidence Warmoth can stay in the middle of the diamond, and many believe he'll stay at shortstop. Other see him as an offensive second baseman, and his offensive performance was pushing Warmoth into first-round consideration. His power is mostly to his pull side, but Warmoth has the ability to use the whole field and has a solid offensive approach, looking for pitches he can drive and showing the ability to make adjustments. Scouts see him as a high-floor, safe bet big leaguer who could exceed his offensive projections.

Yes let's run out a garbage player because he was good in a small sample size. Seems perfectly reasonable.

A projected 85 wRC+ below average LF is pretty bad.

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Lineups posted!

Pitching: JA Happ Vs Sean Manaea Oakland Lineups: 1. Rajai Davis ® CF 2. Chad Pinder ® SS 3. Jed Lowrie (S) 2B 4. Khris Davis ® LF 5. Yonder Alonso (L) 1B 6. Ryon Healy ® DH 7. Trevor Plouffe ® 3B 8. Mark Canha ® RF 9. Josh Phegley ® C Toronto Lineup: 1. Kevin Pillar ® CF 2. Josh Donaldson ® 3B 3. Jose Bautista ® RF 4. Kendrys Morales (S) DH 5. Justin Smoak (S) 1B 6. Troy Tulowitzki ® SS 7. Russell Martin ® C 8. Darwin Barney ® 2B 9. Ezequiel Carrera (L) LF Game weather: Warm Game Notes: Manena is really good at baseball Prediction: Jays win 2-1

Evan White and Seth Romero please and thank you. White is not your typical college first baseman. Usually college first baseman are players who can't handle another position. White, who wears number 19 because it's Joey Votto's number, is athletic enough and fast enough (he's an above-average runner) to play in the outfield and his plus arm would fit in right field. But White is such a gifted defender at first base that Kentucky has kept him in the dirt. He's a 70 defender at first on the 20-to-80 scouting scale with range, the hands to scoop balls out of the dirt and excellent flexibility. He's shown himself to be an adequate corner outfielder when he got some time in the grass while playing for USA Baseball's College National Team last summer. And he has a long track record of hitting--he hit .318 as a freshman, hit .376 as a sophomore and was posting similar stats as a junior, having shaken off hip and hamstring injuries that sidelined him early in 2017. White projects as an above-average or even plus hitter. But scouts do understandably wonder about White's power. He generally earns fringe-average power grades from scouts and he's never reached double digits in home runs at Kentucky. As a righthanded hitting, lefthanded throwing first baseman/corner outfielder White is going to have to hit for at least average power in pro ball. He does have some athleticism and the frame to add some more weight. _____ On pure talent, Romero is a top 10 prospect and among the top college pitchers in this year's draft. He's a lefthander with a chance to have three quality pitches: a 93-96 mph fastball, a slider and a changeup. Romero's plus fastball is his primary weapon. Throwing from a low three-quarters slot, he does a good job of getting in on the hands of righthanded hitters and is capable of locating his fastball to either side of the plate. His low slot makes his fastball even tougher for lefties. His slider has excellent bite and is also a plus pitch. He uses his changeup less often, but it has deception and the potential to be at least average. Romero has shown a consistent ability to pound the strike zone while generating swings and misses. He was leading Division I with 15.7 strikeouts per nine innings in 2017. For his college career, he struck out 11.5 batters per nine while walking only 2.8 per nine. But as teams line up their draft boards, they're surely spending as much time talking about questions about Romero's makeup as they are discussing his swing-and-miss stuff. Romero was suspended during the 2016 season for what Houston termed a violation of team rules. He was suspended again this April, reinstated and then kicked off the team just a week after his reinstatement. Romero also had surgery during high school where a screw was inserted in his elbow. Scouts will have to feel comfortable that Romero's problems stem more from immaturity than anything else, but at some point, likely in the first round, a team will view his talent as worth the risk, because he's a three-pitch lefty who could move quickly. After throwing less than 50 innings for Houston, his limited workload makes it easier for a team to let him throw significant innings in his first pro season. And he has the stuff to potentially help out a big league club in the bullpen this fall.

It's early man! Last years winner joined around this time.

Overall standings 1. LTBF 15points (Currently winning 75$) 2. Hurl, GD, Orgfiller, Condor13, JFL19 6 points 3. Boxy, 5 pointss 4. P2F 4 points 5. Cyborg, Spats, 2 points 6. Spanky, John_Havok 1 point 7. Multiple people 0 points 8. L54, Mphenhef, -1 point 9. Nafro -2 points _____ Weekly Standings 1. LTBF 2. JFL19 3. John_Havok I'm not going to give negative points again because it sounds like Boxy tried to make a lineup and for whatever reason it did not go through. New rule though, if someone reserves a spot and does not submit a lineup the -1 will go to the person who actually plays a lineup and comes in last.

Poppa Hurl and I have the Cubs in a baseball suicide pool so i'm pretty okay with that Happ homerun

LTBF wins. Congrats.

I really want the Cubs to win so Happ better hit another 2 dingers or no hits at all.

Ugh he crushed that.