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Clippard is awful

Tercet seems like the kind of person who you make an over/under regular season win total bet and texts you every time the team loses. Like dude players aren't going to be Barry Bonds every f***ing game. Players struggle all the time.

What a s*** article. Said absolutely nothing we didn't know.

Yeah no way the union would agree to that unless those last couple years of Arb. were a representation of the player's full value on the FA market. Even then if Bryce Harper were to say get a 2 year deal this offseason how much does he get? $100-$120 Million?

Practice. I'm saying he doesn't need to be play 3rd base during games to improve his footwork, first step etc.. Obviously it helps having him perform in game situations but its not like he's going to forget everything.

No he doesn't. Playing 3rd base every day and developing the skills to play 3rd base aren't mutually exclusive.

People don't connect Osuna with Rogers though. Sure Rogers owns the Blue Jays but only time the public hates on Rogers is being cheap when it comes to Jays payroll.

No but he could make a 2-3 win difference. And the energy he would create by being called up would probably help although you can't really quantify that.

Yeah sexual abuse of a child is worse than beating someone to death.. I can't see any MLB team taking the chance. There was an article that I saw that basically quoted scouts as saying their teams weren't even letting them talk to the kid.

Funny that the scouts were bang on with him when he was mashing 2 years ago. Guess he just doesn't have the bat speed to be a successful hitter.

Not to mention the bullpens are way better. You actually have prospects in the bullpen in AAA while AA is basically all scrubs.

Wasn't it like Sandy Alcantra + the rumoured offer before he got dealt to the Marlins?

I thought he was talking about bring him up now vs next year.

Is that 2 guaranteed years plus an option for a 3rd or 1+1? Yeah something similar to the Lackey deal in Chicago seems fair. They really need something better than 3 Garcia type FA fliers if they are serious about competing. Even Sanchez and Stroman aren't dependable right now.

Outside Pearson and (who is out for a while with an elbow injury) you are looking at potential 4/5s. I wouldn't even call Romano a SP prospect at this point.

For as great as the Jays have position player prospects the pitching really looks bleak. Need to sign/trade for actual good pitching this offseason.

AA was on Shulman's Podcast not too long ago and said that they tried to acquire Happ at the deadline in 2015 but had no $ left in the budget. Also that the dealbreaker to getting Zobrist was they weren't willing to give up Tellez (Looks bad in hindsight)

Can they not work on his defense while also DHing 3-4 games per week? I understand they aren't game reps but you develop footwork by practicing as well as first stepquickness etc.. He can take ground balls for an hour and a half every day. Better nutrition in the Big Leagues too with a team chef.

I think everyone is overestimating how much Donladson is going to get in return. Look at what rental bats got last year like JD Martinez.. You aren't getting a Sorotka or Austin Riley.

If you are forecasting a 5 Win season in that last year the extra year of control is worth probably $50 Million so in a way you aren't just saving the actual $. I agree you would make a lot more $ with tickets and TV ratings bringing him up now. Seems defense is the biggest reason he's still in AA.

LH though.

You do know xwOBA takes into account BB/K rates? If you hit the ball as hard as he does and with the right launch angle then he can be successful with a bad BB/K ratio which is what the leader board shows. I'd rather have a guy who mashes and strikes out than some slap hitting Ben Revere. Lets not compare him him to Randy Ruiz and JPA FFS... Maybe he's taking PEDs and that's why hard hit rate is so high but his swing looks really good anecdotally. He's able to drive the inside fastball to dead centre which is really tough to do.

Probably 80 Raw Power and 70 Game Power with a 80 Hit. Law said he had a 70 arm which was pretty impressive to hear although said the defense is bad.

Donaldson seems to be playing hurt or is in huge decline (exit velo is way down, plus the arm issue). If he's now more of a 130 wRC+ bat with average defense and Happ keeps performing the way he has then I think Happ is going to get a better return since everyone always needs pitching. More or less Donaldson is still the more valuable player but could have less trade value given their positions.

Casey Mize Auburn RHP Notes: This is the easy pick. It starts to get dicey immediately after No. 1. VIDEO 2 3ds_giants83.jpg Joey Bart Georgia Tech C Notes: San Francisco controls the draft at No. 2 and has been linked to a number of players with the second overall pick, but they’ve been all over Joey Bart since the beginning of the season. He’s hit and caught well enough to justify going this high, and the highest pick the Giants have had this century prior to this year was in 2008 when the team took Florida State catcher Buster Posey with the fifth overall pick. Drafting an ACC catcher worked out pretty well for them then. Maybe it will again. VIDEO 3 3ds_phillies83.jpg Alec Bohm Wichita State 3B Notes: Philadelphia has selected a few players with questionable impact potential at the top of the draft in recent years, and while there’s still time for 2016 No. 1 overall pick Mickey Moniak to figure things out, there’s a lot of pressure on the Phillies here at No. 3. They don’t select again until the fourth round, so why not take a bat with tons of power at one of the safest draft demographics there is? VIDEO 4 3ds_whitesox81.jpg Jonathan India Florida 3B Notes: India has been surging all spring and it sounds like he’s still in the mix for teams even higher than No. 4 overall. His batting average has recently dipped below .400, but he’s having a career year in the SEC (.392/.531/.791) and has faced significantly stiffer competition than Bohm and Oregon State second baseman Nick Madrigal, which is a point in his favor. India is even better (.407/.559/.852) in conference play. As one scouting director noted, teams who have taken productive SEC hitters at the top of the draft (Nick Senzel, Alex Bregman, Dansby Swanson, Andrew Benintendi) have rarely been disappointed. Additionally, India’s .399 isolated slugging through 47 games is an extremely rare trait to see in a college infielder this century. 5 3ds_reds83 Brady Singer Florida RHP Notes: Singer throws from a lower arm slot, the changeup could be a little better and there’s still some uncertainty surrounding why the Blue Jays didn’t sign Singer out of high school. However, he’s been durable (over 250 innings with the Gators), successful and he has solid mid-rotation stuff. As one of the higher probability major leaguers in this draft, he seems to fit higher than lower in the first round. He pitched well, as usual, in a recent marquee matchup against Mize and Auburn in front of Reds general manager Dick Williams. 6 3ds_mets79.jpg Nick Madrigal Oregon State 2B/SS Notes: Madrigal hasn’t skipped a beat since returning to the Beavers’ lineup after missing almost two months with a wrist injury, with seven multi-hit games since returning to action on April 19. Madrigal will also have the chance to face a pair of potential day one arms in Tristan Beck and Kris Bubic this weekend when Stanford comes to Corvallis for a big three-game series. VIDEO 7 padres-2013.gif Matthew Liberatore Mountain Ridge HS, Glendale, Ariz. LHP Notes: Many evaluators still see Liberatore as the first prep pitcher off the board, and a step above the rest of the high school pitching class. To be clear, Padres’ 2017 first-round pick MacKenzie Gore was ahead of where Liberatore currently is at this point last season in terms of present stuff and command, but scouts love the Arizona commit’s feel for pitching. He was sitting 92-94, touching 96 mph in a recent outing in front of many high-level decision makers for teams picking from five to 10. VIDEO 8 3ds_braves82 Jarred Kelenic Waukesha (Wis.) West HS OF Notes: Kelenic has been difficult to scout given the weather he’s dealt with this spring, but the Braves have had someone from the organization watching his every move. He had a loud performance last weekend, when he went 11-for-17 with five doubles and a home run against Division I commits. While the Braves will always be in the mix for power arms, they could go with arguably the best prep hitter in the class to add to a system already loaded with pitching. Arizona third baseman Nolan Gorman could fit here as well, as a player with more raw talent at this age than Austin Riley, who has developed well in the Braves system. Still, it would be unwise to count Atlanta out of pitching here and it sounds like the team likes South Florida lefthander Shane McClanahan, as well as high-upside prep arms like Ethan Hankins, Kumar Rocker and Carter Stewart. VIDEO 9 3ds_athletics79.jpg Shane McClanahan South Florida LHP Notes: McClanahan should be in the mix higher up the board, so if he falls here the Athletics might be thrilled to get a player with top-five talent. If this scenario happens, it would be a similar situation to how the A’s landed A.J. Puk with the sixth pick in 2016. After a few rough starts in late March and early April, McClanahan has allowed just five hits in his last two games, striking out 23 batters and walking five. VIDEO 10 3ds_pirates81 Grayson Rodriguez Central Heights HS, Nacogdoches, Texas RHP Notes: Rodriguez meets a lot of the same criteria that defined Shane Baz last year, who the team took with the No. 12 overall pick. He’s a big Texas righthander who’s up to 98 mph, has done a lot of work to improve his body over the offseason and repeats his delivery well. A few weeks ago Rodriguez was being talked about in the back half of the first round, but it sounds like he’s moving even higher than that. 11 3ds_orioles87.jpg Cole Winn Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS RHP Notes: Winn has been arguably the most consistent prep pitcher in the class dating back to last summer and Baltimore has shown no recent hesitation with prep righthanders in the first round. A team that doesn’t like injury risks, Baltimore seems like a solid fit for Winn, who has been as steady as they come. VIDEO 12 3ds_bluejays81.jpg Noah Naylor St. Joan of Arc Catholic SS, Mississauga, Ont. 3B/C Notes: Naylor has been rising in recent weeks and, given his strong track record against professional hitters with Team Canada, has an argument as the most polished prep bat in the class. VIDEO 13 1027.png Nolan Gorman O'Connor HS, Phoenix 3B Notes: The Marlins are a tough team to peg at this moment, but many people in the industry believe they will be taking a high school player at this spot on June 4. Gorman wouldn’t have had a shot to get to them before the season, so they might like the idea of popping his close to elite raw power at No. 13. The team has also leaned towards hitters at the top of the draft recently, and given the state of the farm system and major league franchise, might be willing to swing for a homer here with the Gorman—who put on a show at the Major League High School Home Run Derby at Marlins Park last summer. Triston Casas and Naylor were both in that event and also make some sense here. VIDEO 14 3ds_mariners83.jpg Travis Swaggerty South Alabama OF Notes: While the Marlins seem to be leaning towards the prep avenue, Seattle could easily go in the other direction and in this situation Travis Swaggerty would be the best player on the board. Swaggerty is having a solid season, hitting .301/.466/.584 with 45 walks and 30 strikeouts in 166 at-bats. VIDEO 15 3ds_rangers83.jpg Carter Stewart Eau Gallie HS, Melbourne, Fla. RHP Notes: Stewart could easily go higher than this (i.e. Atlanta), but he scuffled a bit in his last start of the season and some evaluators see him more in the 10-15 range now. His two potential 70-grade pitches and performance in front of high-end decision makers this spring should keep him in the top half of the first round either way. VIDEO 16 3ds_rays5.jpg Brice Turang Santiago HS, Corona, Calif. SS Notes: If Turang slips out of the Top 10, it’s going to be hard for many teams in the rest of the draft class to match his reported asking price. Scouts now say that he could end up making it to Louisiana State, something that seemed impossible when the season began. That would still be extremely surprising to actually see happen, and teams like the Rays and Royals have plenty of pool space to pop Turang and sign him. VIDEO 17 3ds_angels87.jpg Ethan Hankins Forsyth Central HS, Cumming, Ga. RHP Notes: Hankins has looked better on the mound in recent weeks as he continues to build innings after missing a few starts with a scapula issue, and his camp is confident that a clean MRI will allow teams to worry less as well. He isn’t quite back to the summer form that had him as the best player in the high school class, but he’s trending in the right direction and currently could be on the board as high as No. 8. VIDEO 18 3ds_royals29.jpg Jordyn Adams Green Hope HS, Cary, N.C. OF Notes: Adams is going to rightfully command a big bonus as a two-way commit with prospects on the football field as well as the diamond, and recently evaluators have even compared the North Carolina outfielder to Byron Buxton. Buxton’s 2012 scouting report sounds eerily similar to Adams, although at this point Adams has less track record than Buxton had. VIDEO 19 3ds_cardinals81.jpg Parker Meadows Grayson (Ga.) HS OF Notes: Meadows would be a slightly off-the-board selection here at No. 18, but St. Louis has been in on the toolsy Georgia outfielder all spring and had no reservations taking prep outfielder Dylan Carlson at No. 33 two years ago. VIDEO 20 3ds_twins81.jpg Jackson Kowar Florida RHP Notes: Kowar could be in the mix throughout the teens, but makes some sense for the Twins as a polished college arm who could move quickly through the system and impact a major league club that’s set on contending. VIDEO 21 3ds_brewers76 Trevor Larnach Oregon State OF Notes: Larnach has been one of college baseball’s most improved hitters this season and has maintained his power throughout the season in the Pac-12. VIDEO 22 3ds_rockies77.jpg Kumar Rocker North Oconee HS, Bogart, Ga. RHP Notes: Rocker to the Rockies. It makes sense phonetically and philosophically as Colorado loves to go after power arms. Fellow Georgia product Cole Wilcox might be in the mix here as well, as he recently out pitched Rocker in a big-time playoff matchup and has seen steady improvement this spring. Wilcox may be higher than Rocker on some teams’ boards, but Rocker has a longer history of showing major league caliber stuff. VIDEO 23 3ds_yankees85 Triston Casas American Heritage School, Plantation, Fla. 1B Notes: It’s sounding like the Yankees want to go after a hitter at No. 23. The major league team currently has some of the biggest sluggers in baseball so maybe they’ll try and replicate the success of Aaron Judge with Triston Casas, who has an imposing frame, a patient approach and serious raw power. Georgia catcher Anthony Seigler might start to be in play in this range as well, as scouting director Damon Oppenheimer has seen him multiple times. VIDEO 24 3ds_cubs74 Anthony Seigler Cartersville (Ga.) HS C Notes: Seigler has done a lot to raise his stock this spring, hitting with authority from both sides of the plate and playing solid defense behind the plate. At this point he should be the first prep catcher off the board aside from Noah Naylor (who many teams might prefer to push as a third baseman) and several teams sound interested in this range. VIDEO 25 3ds_diamondbacks19.jpg Ryan Weathers Loretto (Tenn.) HS LHP Notes: It’s possible that Weathers is gone long before 25. Teams have regularly said he fits in the middle of the first round and he’s pitched well this spring. This mock would have the D-backs taking the best player available. They could also opt for a college bat.