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Brave man. Hope you have a nice cup of French Vanilla to comfort you

Anyone going to watch? No? Cool

Bet the over 8.5. Sanchez gunna get lit.

I really don't see that being a bad idea. He played 1B and OF at Oregon St too. The Bat is special and should play anywhere and if they think playing 1B or the OF now and then to keep him fresh and the bat in the lineup is not a bad idea imo.

The Nipple has failed me

It appears the South Africa women's team does not believe in wearing Bra's and the power of the nipple is very strong. SO LIVE BET ON SOUTH AFRICA. 3.32 ODDS.

Jordan Groshans has now moved up to 48 on BA top 100 list.

RIP Vanderbilt.

SSS but Jansen has been elite according to BP catching D metrics. He currently ranks 6th in FRAA_ADJ and has been hovering between 2-7th the entire year. If he can keep that up and hit at like 85 wRC+ that's a really good player.

As punishment i think TCA should be forced to start David Hess in all fantasy leagues for the rest of the season

I trust everyone is extra excited for the women's World Cup?

https://deadspin.com/this-is-why-kyle-lowry-was-so-pissed-1835288920

Thanks!

3-1. They are playing in min 119 now. I really don't understand this game other than which team will win each match.

How long are these international games? Netherlands are up 2-1 and it says they are still playing at min 107?

Resident soccer expert JFL here bringing you another soccer winner THE NETHERLANDS WIN/DRAW OVER ENGLAND. BET EVERYTHING YOU OWN ON IT.

Our boy Brett Sayre top 50 dynasty rankings from the recent draft In a lot of ways, dynasty leaguers have to fight through the differences between what we want in our draftees and what major-league teams want in theirs. You know, pesky things like pitching and defense. And while this isn’t a particularly strong draft class overall (it’s somewhere between fringe average and average), it is an easily above-average draft class in terms of dynasty value. The weakest parts of the prep class this year are the arms and the catchers, which doesn’t make a large impact on our list either way. Then, in the college ranks, it’s a weak crop in both of the same areas (outside of one major exception on the catching side—we’ll get to that rather quickly). What you have left with is a boatload of hitters, and a bunch with oodles of fantasy upside to boot. There’s power, there’s speed, there are fun players with both. There are outfielders, there are corner guys, there are middle infielders. If you’re someone who loathes investing highly in pitching prospects, it’s like walking into a supermarket hungry. According to MLB Pipeline’s 2019 draft rankings, 14 of the top 25 prospects in this draft class are hitters (non-catchers) compared to just nine from last year. If you expand it out to the top 50 draft prospects, 30 of them are hitters (non-catchers) compared to 24 last year. It’s not just quantity, though. The quality is better. In 2018, dynasty drafts were a complete shitshow. In just the ones I personally participated in, there were six different players selected at the top of the board: Casey Mize, Nick Madrigal, Jonathan India, Nolan Gorman, Trevor Larnach and Xavier Edwards. This year won’t be quite that consensus-less, but there’s not a slam dunk top pick either. However, what this class does offer is slightly more comfortable tiering than we saw in 2018, and I’m going to break the list below into groups based on how I expect them to infiltrate the current dynasty prospect rankings once everyone (hopefully) signs. As always, it’s disclaimer time, so smash that fast-forward button if you’ve been here before. For those of you who are new or want a refresher, this is a list designed specifically for fantasy purposes and is not either pretending to be or wanting to be a real-life prospect list. Therefore, we generally distrust pitchers and catchers, as mentioned above. We also only take into account defense in terms of a player’s ability to stick at a given position. One other fun distinction is that we also take into account what organization these teams are drafted by for a couple of reasons. First of all, we don’t pretend that we’re home park agnostic when it comes to analyzing our fantasy lineups, so why would we when it comes to the next wave of top talent. When Christian Yelich went from Miami to Milwaukee, we collectively rejoiced and for good reason. Secondly, an organization’s developmental track record is an important factor here as well, as none of these players are anywhere close to finished products. Do I particularly trust the Orioles to develop a pitching prospect? Not really! Finally, these rankings do not factor in a player’s signability. I don’t care if the Mets will have to get very creative to sign Matthew Allan, he’s still getting ranked as if he’s flipping Florida the bird on his way to Queens. Like all the cool teams these days, we’ve gone underslot at the top of this article to make room for a lot of content below. Let’s see what we can spend it on: Tier 1: The Obvious New Entrants into the Top 50 It’s a good thing I don’t have any dynasty drafts before January, as these three players are continually flipping between the top three slots in this year’s list. I’ve had each of them at the top spot at some point in the last week and I’ll have probably convinced myself to change the ordering again tomorrow. Needless to say, they’re all quite good and the header might be an understatement. I could see any or all of them being top 25 dynasty prospects by the end of the season. 1) Andrew Vaughn, 1B, Chicago White Sox (Round 1, Pick 3) For a sub-six-foot right-right first baseman to go with a single-digit pick in the draft, let alone the third-overall pick, you can immediately imagine how good of a hitter he is. He’s a potential .300 hitter with the ability to surpass 30 homers and he does it with pristine plate discipline, leading to high walk and low strikeout rates. 2) Bobby Witt Jr, SS, Kansas City Royals (Round 1, Pick 2) If we could all stop fighting over whether people realize Witt is nearly 19 on draft day, we might see that he’s exactly what we want in a fantasy prospect. He’ll stick at short. He’s got plenty of power and speed (and not just 20/20 potential, it’s approaching 30/30 potential). He’s certainly not going to be a .300 hitter, but it won’t matter—it’s enough hit tool for everything else to play. 3) Adley Rutschman, C, Baltimore Orioles (Round 1, Pick 1) Is this me doubling down too hard on my general distrust of fantasy catching prospects? Probably. But have we seen a fantasy catching prospect like this in the last decade? Absolutely not. In fact, just because Buster Posey is the more recent name on people’s minds doesn’t mean this isn’t more of a potential Mike Piazza situation. Yet, he’s still a catcher. Tier 2: The Borderline Top 50 Prospects This is all so much more fun when you don’t have to sort through pitching prospects at the top of the draft. 4) Hunter Bishop, OF, San Francisco Giants (Round 1, Pick 10) With a greater track record, Bishop would be in the tier above, but his offensive tools compare relatively well to Witt’s. We certainly love our power/speed guys over here. There’s a lot of George Springer in Bishop’s profile from a tool and risk perspective, both for better and occasionally for worse. We were hoping for a better landing spot though. 5) C.J. Abrams, SS, San Diego Padres (Round 1, Pick 6) There’s definitely an obvious calling card with Abrams, who could be a 40-plus steal threat at the major-league level due to his borderline 80-grade speed. But this isn’t a Billy Hamilton situation—there’s enough hit tool for him to potentially reach .280 and has enough strength to get to double-digit homers. 6) J.J. Bleday, OF, Miami Marlins (Round 1, Pick 4) Bleday’s breakout and rise up draft boards in 2019 isn’t all that different from Trevor Larnach’s in 2018. What was once a hit over power profile gave way to an absolute laser show through tough conference competition, and now a .280, 30-homer future is in sight even with his future home park doing its best to suppress it. 7) Riley Greene, OF, Detroit Tigers (Round 1, Pick 5) The best natural hitter in the prep ranks, Greene doesn’t have overwhelming power but his strong bat-to-ball skills and approach should allow the whole profile to play up and get the most out of his raw. Relying on a prep bat’s hit tool is always somewhat shaky, but the amateur track record is excellent. Tier 3: The Likely Top 101 Hitters Again, if you like pitching prospects, I’m sorry. You’ll like next year’s draft class better. 8) Brett Baty, 3B, New York Mets (Round 1, Pick 12) If you thought Witt was old, you’d think Baty was Kirk Douglas. Of course, not all ages are created equally and one look at the power-laden corner infielder and you’ll notice that he doesn’t have a ton more filling out to do. It’s 30-homer power paired with a potential plus hit tool, models be damned. 9) Corbin Carroll, OF, Arizona Diamondbacks (Round 1, Pick 16) More of a typical hit and speed over power prep outfielder, Carroll has a Whit Merrifield starter kit—though asking him to have that sort of ceiling is likely asking too much. But a .275 hitter with 10 homers and 30 steals? Yea, that’ll play. 10) Bryson Stott, SS, Philadelphia Phillies (Round 1, Pick 14) You always like to see when a player’s particular skillset is boosted by the park they may end up playing in. Stott has plate discipline and speed with developing power and CBP could help it play in the 15-20 homer range down the road pretty consistently. 11) Kody Hoese, 3B, Los Angeles Dodgers (Round 1, Pick 25) Another draft season breakout, Hoese didn’t play against the level of competition Bleday did and doesn’t have the well-rounded skillset of Bishop, but profiles has more of a .260 hitter with 30-homer potential and the ability to move quickly if the 2019 gains are real. 12) Josh Jung, 3B, Texas Rangers (Round 1, Pick 8) Unlike the third basemen ahead of him, Jung’s profile is less dependent on the power playing through. He’s been a star at Texas Tech since he arrived on campus, and his most realistic ceiling is along the order of Nick Senzel without the speed. He could move quickly to Arlington. 13) Keoni Cavaco, SS/3B, Minnesota Twins (Round 1, Pick 13) Finally, we end the tier with an all-upside pick. Cavaco was relatively unheralded heading into the spring but has boosted his stock more than almost anyone this draft season. Dynasty leaguers have certainly taken note of his plus raw power and plus speed. Tier 4: Some College Arms, I Guess 14) Nick Lodolo, LHP, Cincinnati Reds (Round 1, Pick 7) 15) Jackson Rutledge, RHP, Washington Nationals (Round 1, Pick 17) The ordering of the college arms this year is somewhat similar to the wide open ranking of the dynasty draft overall in 2018, as there’s a case to be made for not only one of these two to be the best arm off the board, but for three others I have ranked in the 20s. Each arm in this tier is representative of a particular ideal and how you rank them depends mostly on what you value in your pitching prospects. Lodolo is the total package guy: very good, but not dominant stuff that pairs well with plus control/command projection. He’s an SP2 if you really squint, but the most likely of the group to be an SP4. Rutledge is the “oh s***” guy: he might have the best fastball and slider in the draft. That said, he’s also 6-foot-8 and is a 20-year-old out of junior college, so how you feel about those two factors likely decides whether he’s the top arm in this class for you. Tier 5: Phew, Back to Hitters: Surefire Top 150 Prospect Division 16) Greg Jones, SS, Tampa Bay Rays (Round 1, Pick 22) Oh, hello super athletic prospect with 80-grade speed. There’s certainly risk in the profile, but Jones offers upside similar to what we all wanted Jorge Mateo to be at his prospect peak (and some still hold out hope for). 17) Michael Toglia, 1B, Colorado Rockies (Round 1, Pick 23) Any time you are a legit hitting prospect that gets drafted by the Rockies, you’re going to end up rising on these lists. That said, Toglia’s potential plus-plus power already made him a top-25 prospect in this class before ending up in the right organization. 18) Tyler Callihan, 2B/3B, Cincinnati Reds (Round 3, Pick 85) We roll deep here, and we don’t particularly care about defense either. Callihan is one of the best natural hitters in this draft class with potential above-average power to pair with it. Who knows where he ends up defensively, but he’ll be able to stand somewhere if he hits. 19) Matthew Lugo, SS, Boston Red Sox (Round 2, Pick 69) There are no shortage of prep shortstops who could develop into high-end fantasy players in this draft, and Lugo is my favorite of those remaining. None of his tools may be elite, but he’s a legitimate five-category and five-tool threat. Nice pick, Dombrowski. 20) Kameron Misner, OF, Miami Marlins (Round CB-A, Pick 35) [Extremely Joe Biden voice] This is not your father’s college outfield prospect. Misner is dripping with tools and there’s probably not a great chance they coalesce into a strong fantasy profile. But he’s got about a 15 percent chance of being one of the best fantasy players in this class with 25/20 upside. Tier 6: Throw Your Hands in the Air Like You Just Don’t Care 21) Zack Thompson, LHP, St Louis Cardinals (Round 1, Pick 19) 22) George Kirby, RHP, Seattle Mariners (Round 1, Pick 20) 23) Alek Manoah, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays (Round 1, Pick 11) And here are your last three actually interesting college arms. Unfortunately, they’re more of the mid-rotation variety. For my money, Thompson is basically a riskier version of Lodolo both from a role and injury perspective (though he does have more fastball) and Kirby is an interesting profile albeit one who hails from Elon College and basically unless you went there, you had to look it up. Manoah was slightly higher on this list until he ended up with the Blue Jays. Like I said in the intro, some pairings matter. 24) Gunnar Henderson, SS, Baltimore Orioles (Round 2, Pick 42) 25) Kyren Paris, SS, Los Angeles Angels (Round 2, Pick 50) These two shortstops profile very differently despite being ranked next to each other. Henderson is bigger and has potential above-average power as his fantasy calling card, along with the ability to help everywhere else. Paris, on the other hand, is a model’s dream since he doesn’t turn 18 until well after the 2019 season ends making him the youngest player on this list. He doesn’t have much future pop, but he can hit and run. 26) Matthew Allan, RHP, New York Mets (Round 3, Pick 89) 27) Quinn Priester, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (Round 1, Pick 18) The two best prep arms in this class are both sitting outside the top-25 for two reasons. First of all, they’re below average in terms of what we expect from the best prep arms in a class. Also, it’s just not a player type I like taking in dynasty drafts. This isn’t a MacKenzie Gore situation, and I’d personally take Shane Baz or Matthew Liberatore over either of them at the time they were drafted without hesitation. That said, they are exciting in their own right. They both rock a mid-90’s fastball and potential plus curve. They both need to work on their change. You’ve heard this all before, after all. You’re not new here. Tier 7: The Traditional Class of Incoming Top 250 Prospects 28) Anthony Volpe, SS, New York Yankees (Round 1, Pick 30) 29) Michael Busch, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers (Round 1, Pick 31) 30) Braden Shewmake, SS, Atlanta Braves (Round 1, Pick 21) 31) Logan Davidson, SS, Oakland Athletics (Round 1, Pick 29) 32) Daniel Espino, RHP, Cleveland Indians (Round 1, Pick 24) 33) Brennan Malone, RHP, Arizona Diamondbacks (Round 1C, Pick 33) 34) Nasim Nunez, SS, Miami Marlins (Round 2, Pick 46) 35) Will Wilson, SS, Los Angeles Angels (Round 1, Pick 15) 36) Shea Langeliers, C, Atlanta Braves (Round 1, Pick 9) This is where you really start to feel the fantasy depth in this draft class. Volpe and Nunez are strong prep shortstops in their own right and it’s not hard to see a path to either becoming a top-12 option at the position one day. The former has the all-around profile with an advanced hit tool and approach for his age, while the latter is more of a speed-based package. Espino and Malone are probably the two most famous pitchers in this class as they’ve been breathing fire on the circuits for two years now. They both have higher-octane fastballs than Allan or Priester, but the overall package just falls slightly behind. Davidson and Shewmake are both big shortstops who have the potential to hit 20-25 homers down the road, but the former has real contact issues and the latter just hasn’t seen it translate well into games yet during his college career. Finally, we have another catcher after just one in the highest tier. This is how you know the extent to which I adore Rutschman. Tier 8: The Wild Cards and Fliers 37) Trejyn Fletcher, OF, St Louis Cardinals (Round 2, Pick 58) 38) Rece Hinds, 3B, Cincinnati Reds (Round 2, Pick 49) 39) Matt Wallner, OF, Minnesota Twins (Round CB-A, Pick 39) 40) Blake Walston, LHP, Arizona Diamondbacks (Round 1, Pick 26) 41) Nick Quintana, 3B, Detroit Tigers (Round 2, Pick 47) 42) J.J. Goss, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays (Round CB-A, Pick 35) 43) Sammy Siani, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates (Round CB-A, Pick 37) 44) Jordan Brewer, OF, Houston Astros (Round 3, Pick 106) 45) James Beard, OF, Chicago White Sox (Round 4, Pick 110) 46) Yordys Valdes, SS, Cleveland Indians (Round 2, Pick 63) 47) Davis Wendzel, 3B, Texas Rangers (Round CB-A, Pick 41) 48) Seth Johnson, RHP, Tampa Bay Rays (Round CB-A, Pick 40) 49) Logan Wyatt, 1B, San Francisco Giants (Round 2, Pick 51) 50) Josh Wolf, RHP, New York Mets (Round 2, Pick 53) There are some really fun names here and although most of them won’t turn into anything resembling a reliable fantasy producer, there are some star-level tools. Fletcher is fascinating as a cold-weather, reclassified unknown who might have among the best power/speed combinations in this draft. He’s going to have to hit in order to tap into that though. Hinds has massive raw power—it’s easy 70 and some might go higher—but he doesn’t really have a good defensive position and he swings and misses too much to be in one of the higher tiers. Wallner is basically the college version of Hinds, hitting at least 16 homers in each of his three seasons at Southern Miss. In reality there’s very little separating Walston from the top of the prep pitching class in front of him and if you wanted to make an argument for him at the head, I would certainly understand—it’s a fun, raw profile as he’s spent much of his high school days being a dominant quarterback. Brewer is also one of the more fun and underrated profiles in the draft class, as a power/speed outfielder who had just one season in a major college conference. I also have an incredible soft spot for the pop-up power pitcher from Texas, and while Wolf doesn’t quite have the velocity or the overall package of Grayson Rodriguez from the 2018 draft, it’s a fun-to-dream-on SP2 upside nonetheless. The Still Undrafted Ones Hunter Barco, LHP Jerrion Ealy, OF Maurice Hampton, OF Jack Leiter, RHP Bryce Osmond, RHP It’s really a shame that it looks like none of these five players are going to sign at this point after slipping through the first 10 rounds of the draft. Hampton is uber-athletic and fits the mold of a potential 15-homer, 40-steal outfielder who would have slotted in behind Misner in Tier 5. Leiter would have been the top prep pitcher on this list had he been even remotely signable. I really like his chances of being a top-five pick in the 2021 draft (he’ll be a draft-eligible sophomore). Barco and Osmond are additional fun prep pitchers who would have slotted nicely into the final tier on the list before getting bumped here. Ealy is basically a more raw version of Hampton, and it would be a shame if he ended up playing football instead, as baseball needs more fun players like the future Ole Miss running back. The Honorable Mentions Ryan Garcia, RHP, Texas Rangers (Round 2, Pick 50) Will Holland, SS, Minnesota Twins (Round 5, Pick 149) Brady McConnell, SS, Kansas City Royals (Round 2, Pick 44) Graeme Stinson, LHP, Tampa Bay Rays (Round 4, Pick 128) Kendall Williams, RHP, Toronto Blue Jays (Round 2, Pick 52)

Yeah, at least it will give me a reason to watch Vanderbilt next year. Should be an amazing team. Sounds like he's going to do the Ohtani thing, and play 1B while rehabbing the arm

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lol

I have a good feeling we snag Spencer Jones in round 34.

Has Spencer Jones been picked yet?

Jack Leiter goes round 20 to the Yankees. Cya in 3 years.

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