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Depends on the outlet ranking them. Baseball-America gave us 7 Top 100 prospects, so they're going to have us higher.
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That would be a good idea. Need some certainty in that future OF, and Grichuks floor is really high with his defense.
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Kepler also extended:
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Nola signed an extesion with the Phillies buying out 2 of his free agent years
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KeBryan Hayes at 20 might be the highest I've seen him. Also, I would take Jesus Luzardo over almost every other pitcher above him except Whitley.
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We're never going back to the days of pitchers like Roy Halladay, and that was apparent even before the opener became a thing. If there are pitchers rotting away in the minor leagues because teams are waiting for them to develop into competent starters, I don't mind the idea of bringing them up to be used as an opener if that's how they can provide maximum value. Good on them for getting paid. And at the end of the day, if a pitcher proves themselves capable of being a Sale or Scherzer type workhorse, the opener will literally have zero impact on them as those types are always going to have spots. The opener is really just the death of the mediocre 4th/5th starter.
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Maybe it's the optimist in me, but I'll say we end up with 80 wins. We were already a Top 10 hitting team by wRC+ last season, and Vlad and Jansen are going to only improve that. Hard to see the pitching being as bad as it was last season too. Baserunning and defense will still be s*** though.
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Didn't realize that it was from point of contact. That makes more sense. I was timing it starting from his first step.
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Anyone else have a home to 1st speed of Vladdy Jr.? I've timed it according to the video here at about 19 seconds in, and he seems to run a ~4.05 home to 1st when he's hustling down the line. That doesn't seem right though, because according to Fangraphs own objective scale, that would give him a 80 run tool.
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According to Ken Rosenthal, the universal DH and 3 batter minimum might come this season: https://theathletic.com/802364/2019/02/05/rosenthal-three-batter-requirement-for-all-pitchers-universal-dh-part-of-proposals-that-could-bring-big-change-to-baseball/
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Towering in a horizontal manner?
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Vlad towering over J-Ram:
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Keith Law also had Amed Rosario as his #1 prospect 2 years ago.
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Prospects Live
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This same account broke Gordon Hayward to the Celtics before anyone else. May be legit:
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The projections take into account the bench too, which admittedly the Reds don't really have that great of. And that's fair. But I see their regulars producing at least a 115-120 wRC+ in almost every spot. We'll see. I'm more bullish on their lineup than the projections. But I also really like Suarez, Puig, Gennett, and expect Votto to have an MVP like season.
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I'd only really put the Red Sox, Yankees and Astros firmly ahead of them off the top of my head with it being a wash between the rest of the teams in the Top 10. They're in that 2nd tier with teams like the Brewers, Cardinals, Nationals etc.
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Yeah, that pitching still isn't good, but it'll still be a fun lineup to watch. And I like how the Red FO is going for it and being proactive.
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Last season: Votto 134 wRC+ Suarez 135 wRC+ Gennett 125 wRC+ Realmuto 126 wRC+ Puig 123 wRC+ Winker 128 wRC+ Votto will probably have a better season, and Senzel should add to that too. That would be one of the better lineups in the league if they all stayed healthy. They don't really have good depth though.
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Reds making a serious push for Realmuto, according to Heyman. If they get Realmuto, they might have one of the best lineups in all of baseball: Votto Suarez Realmuto Gennett Puig Winker Senzel
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Great piece on Kevin Smith's breakout and new hitting coach Guillermo Martinez: https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/inside-blue-jays-prospect-kevin-smiths-breakout-season/
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Hunter Strickland to the Mariners, 1 yr deal.
