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Okay he's not that bad lol. Romano would have finished the job regardless.

Tapia is now at a 97 wRC+ and replacement level. Grichuk at 77 wRC+ and -0.7 WAR. Atkins did this while shedding salary and gaining a C level prospect in the process.

I think people are making way too big of a deal out of Soto turning down the money that he got. He's already won a championship and is a 23 year old superstar on track for the Hall of Fame. He has complete control over the rest of his career. He's earning $17M this season and even if he breaks his leg tomorrow and is out for the year he's still getting $20M+ the next year and likely $25M+ the year after. He's already set for life as are his future generations. The odds of him sustaining a literally career ending injury are very low, and his 50th percentile outcome as a player moving forward is still earning him $200-300M on the conservative side. When you have no risk, why not bet on yourself and see how well you can really do without being constrained to negotiating against only one (bad) team? This isn't an Ozzie Albies scenario where you might accept getting swindled when you're making league min. because you have to consider that the risk of sustaining an injury could actually screw up you and your family's future especially given the situation you grew up in. Juan Soto retires tomorrow and he's already in the 1%, or he retires 2.5 seasons from now and he has $60M in earnings, or most likely he continues down his current path and he's making an absurd amount of money but his lifestyle isn't changing that much.

Teoscar might be underperforming relative to 2020-2021 levels, but he has a 114 wRC+ and 1.2 WAR and projects to be a good hitter. I wouldn't exactly call it rock bottom, he hasn't been that bad and still demolishes the ball when he makes contact.

Adrian Pinto is quietly putting up a 121 wRC+ as a 19 year old in A with excellent K/BB and at least a >.100 ISO, while spending the majority of his time at SS, with some action at CF and a decent amount of reps at 2B. Grichuk now sitting at -1.0 WAR for the Rox, which as bad as it is, is only 0.6 WAR worse than Tapia. But money savings plus a decent prospect is something you can't complain about for a sunk cost.

Kevin Smith might be broken. As you might all remember he had a resurgence last year to the tune of a 144 wRC+ in more or less a full season at AAA. This season though? After a brutal showing at the MLB level over 150 PAs of 46 wRC+ he's been worse across the board in AAA over 100 PAs. 23 wRC+ (TWENTY THREE) with more Ks than in the bigs and zero power output. Zach Logue has been similarly horrible across both levels, Kirby Snead is a replacement level anti-vaxxer (relevant due to implications of playing in Toronto) and Hoglund has yet to throw a professional pitch as he recovers from TJS. Safe to say Chapman, even at his disappointing league average hitting (although he continues to crush the ball with little results to show for it) with good-as-advertised defense was a major coup by the FO for the value paid to acquire him.

If he can tread water in AA it definitely puts him in the radar. I think he has a really good arm and some power, not sure about his actual defensive ability though and if he's a real SS - even a mildly below average one would be big for his prospect status - but the team has given him reps there, at 3B and 2B + 1B last season. He's tracking a bit like Biggio who can play some SS with more raw power and worse on base skills. Arguably a year ahead in the development process with this promotion.

2020 Vlad made a brief appearance there, luckily he got to his senses in time.

Holy f***ing s*** Vlad. Get better f***ing gloves, what the f***.

I think if anything him being rule V eligible means they won't rush him much this season. Hard to justify sticking a 20 year old who hasn't touched AA in your MLB roster as a position player for a full year. I don't think the team will see much/any risk in him being picked, even if they value him highly.

Are you f***ing kidding me.

The one thing I like more than an ump who's terrible at calling balls and strikes is one who is inconsistent with his calls to go along with it.

What the actual f*** was that strike 1 call.

Is that Devon White at first?

The Stripling for Kendall Williams + Ryan Noda deal is looking pretty good. Strip has been a godsend eating up valuable innings effectively and Williams hasn't exactly been tearing it up in the low minors.

Um, half of the Stroman trade netted us Jose Berrios. Anthony Kay sucks but at the time of the trade he was also like a 45 FV, just off the top 100 list kind of prospect. Not exactly nothing. JA Happ would've been a better example of someone we didn't get anything back of value for, although if we look at someone like Brandon Drury and how he's doing nowadays you can sort of see where the process in the valuations came from.

Can we f*** off with this s*** already? This is usually a fun thread to read what's going on around the league, nobody cares about the other garbage.

Chapman is insane at third, what an arm.

I mean it was a little bloop that almost fell between the three of them, obviously the LF takes priority but it's not like he has much of a chance to call anyone off since it was a close call on wether he himself could make the play. Just kind of a s***** spot for the fielders involved resulting in an unfortunate event.

Chapman is stellar, and what a turn from Espinal.

Jorge Mateo stood no chance against those filthy breaking balls.

The saddest thing about this is the Rocket has been making up ground in ISO, could you imagine if Tapia finishes the year having displayed more power than Randal Grichuk, who's only plus tool is his power?

Our xBA in this game is .354, just garbage luck in having hits drop at key moments.

Unreal throw by Moreno but Jesus Bo.

Bats were all over Briske. Long ABs, and rockets of 103, 107 and 110 that just didn't find holes. xBA of .560 that inning. They're gonna score a lot of runs today if that continues.