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Full interview: http://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/opportunities-abound-blue-jays-second-draft-shapiro/
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General 2017 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
metafour replied to reedjohnsonfan's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I think that Smoak probably already knew that striking out ~60% of the time when getting to two strikes wasn't an optimal "approach". -
This is the second time I've seen us linked to Fairchild as Keith Law also mentioned in one of his mocks that he's heard us in on both Wake Forest guys (Fairchild and 1B Gavin Sheets).
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Throw DJ Davis on your list too then. Sorry, it just seems like you had to reach into the mid 20's (or later) of our prospect list to make some sort of point that fits your narrative. Yes, our system is treading water because a career ~.500 OPS hitter still hasn't managed to become an elite hitter. Good point. Also; Gudino's OPS by season: .386 .516 .599 .618 Is he good? Not really, which isn't even the argument I'm making. How is he tumbling when he is in fact getting better every year, by actual empirical study.
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Baseball America and MLB.com updated their draft rankings. BA 500: http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft-preview/ MLB 200: http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2017?list=draft
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Its still his best offensive season to date, and he's doing it at the highest level he's been. My argument isn't that he's a top prospect all of a sudden, its that he is in fact getting better. Its not like he was considered a top prospect for us going into this season, so I'm not even sure why he made your list. He is, in fact, rising. Rising a lot? Not really.
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Pruitt is 'falling' by not even taking an at-bat? His season hasn't even started yet. Also, Gudino is 'rising' if anything as this is literally his first season to actually show anything with the bat, and he's still only 20 in A-ball.
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Jeff Hoffman: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 9 K 26 K, 2 BB in 20.2 IP
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Looks like Rodrigo Orozco was promoted to Lansing. Started in LF today, batting lead-off: 1 for 5.
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On Donaldson: "He's getting close", "He's close", "Watched him today, he's getting close", "Talked to him today, he says he feels he's getting close". Dear god, shut the f*** up and find something else to talk about.
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f***, 4 for 4 means that Bichette's BABIP is going to rise after this game. Bad news guys.
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Pentecost threw out two runners today.
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Bichette has much better defensive projection than Vlad. Who knows what happens in the future, but there is obvious scouting bias at play when you compare prospects like this.
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Bichette HR to right field in AB#1.
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Frankie Piliere today:
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Read the Tweet, the Red Sox ("most on him") pick at 25 and our second pick is at 28. It seems unlikely at this point that he's still there at #28 the closer we get to the draft; in fact it wouldn't even surprise me if he's not even available at #22 on draft day given the 'meh' nature of this draft and the fact that he's a 20 year old hitting 100 mph.
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General 2017 Blue Jays Discussion Thread
metafour replied to reedjohnsonfan's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
One of the Fangraphs writers wrote an article before this season even started in which he revealed that Smoak's closest comp based off of his launch angle, exit velocity, and contact percentage last year was actually Freddie Freeman, so this was absolutely "known" to some degree. He's making way more contact this year and that natural angle/velocity is flourishing. -
JUCO RHP Nate Pearson FB 98-100 (T101 on stadium scoreboard), SL 88-90, CB 80-81, CH 91-92 in the Florida All Star event today. https://twitter.com/FPiliereD1/status/869367399597977601
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Relax. Its two baseball players more or less slapping each other.
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He's been reportedly hitting ~96 this year and sitting low 90's. He's missing a ton of bats every start and his changeup is one of the best secondary pitches in our organization.
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Ryan Borucki: 5.2 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K (1 HR) Kid's stuff is very impressive.
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Bichette: 3 for 3, 2 2B, HBP. All three hits were line drives.
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Is that a Clone High reference...?
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GDT: Braves @ Jays Game 2 of 2 4:07 EST
metafour replied to Spanky99's topic in Toronto Blue Jays Talk
I can almost guarantee you that no analytics person is suggesting a gameplan that revolves around a superior hitter giving up an out (bad) so that career scrubs like Goins and Barney can hopefully cash runners in.