Carlos Danger

That is basically exactly what I said.. His peers set a bar and everyone thought he would reach that bar or surpass. He is progressing as a normal kid his age/ages.. but if you compare to Acuna, Soto, Tatis etc, no...

I am probably one of the only ones here in your camp. I think the issue was is his peers.. Acuna, Soto, Tatis were in the same boat and they didn't really skip a beat.. Then there is the weight thing.. and those guys being plus D or solid D at their positions... I thought Vlad's path would be like Miguel Caberra... But Miggy stayed at 3b longer and started out in fire and continued... I think Vlad will come around, but just seems to be at a more normal rate for guys his age vs some others with same hype... I am also not going to lie and say the weight issue at such a young age doesn't concern me, because yea, you can Crossfitt the s*** out of it at 19,20, 21, but as you get older it ain't going to be any easier for him..

I agree with this... If Espino was closer I would prefer him... Both was not really on the table for the guy I traded. I think Marquez has more Fantasy value /currency as an asset at this point also. Thanks

Thanks, I appreciate the feedback!

Shutting down another year of baseball for a labor dispute would be league suicide especially coming off a 60 game season. It would be the 94 season X 50 as far as negative fan blowback.... Not only no, but HELL NO!

Which combo do you think offers more value. Dynasty H2H. I am in need of 2b, 3b and SS backup depth, I have zero. if my primaries go down or off day etc. However, also want need SPs... and to stock up on. 1.Brailyn Marquez SP Jose Garcia SS 2. Daniel Espino SP Jose Garcia SS 3. Jean Segura 2b/3b Ethan Hankins SP 4**** Maybe I can swing it, but doubt it, but if comes out #1 I will try harder.. LOL Brailyn Marquez - SP Daniel Espino - SP Thoughts? Thanks!!

It is??? I just saw the cover and said to myself damn, I wish this was in Xbox.. I tried that RBI baseball one year and it sucked!!! Yes!!! Thanks!!!!!

So who ghost edited my post? There are almost 22 million people in FL, almost 2/3 the population of Canada. In 2017, there were almost 17, 000 deaths a month in Florida.. 4000 is a blip..

The rational for one month delay was a higher % of the general population being vaccinated by then. My point is, what is the metric? Will they keep moving the goal posts..? What if the new strains start to hit? I am in Florida and everything has been relatively normal for months apart from the 4,000 people who died in January. So they set a target of they want X million vaccinated by start of play, fine, but then a second or third strain and they need another vaccine.. They meet the target for vaccines but cases rise 50% with warm weather and more people out and interacting? My point being, either you have protocols in place for fans like they did for the payoffs, NFL, College etc, or you don't. They think they will go full capacity due to one month??

I agree with him.....

The idea to move the start of the season back a month is BS. Either you are set to play now, or you are not ref COVID. Every other sport is doing it. What is the metric going to be? It will just keep getting pushed back again and again. A new strain will come up or we now need a different vaccine. To me, total BS, if you can plan in May you can play in April/March.

Martin!

I think everyone knew this was coming once the other SS went off market. Phillies were scared if they didn't act fast the music would stop and they would be left without a chair.

Ohhh you have him in BBDL then and not here? My bad..

Spanky will trade you Tanaka for him and maybe throw in an RP also

Dude, I never said or insinuated in any manner or form that was from me.. I even wrote I couldn't put/ size the graphs properly. Anyone who really thinks I wrote that is a moron. It is pretty obvious which are my comments and which are cut and paste. Your post is ridiculous.

I am ALL for more pitching and agree 110%.. I just think we need to concentrate on SPs more than RPs.. Assuming they are not doing both concurrently.

I said it was interesting to look back on this thread and the year prior. I believe Biggio was a Bust in year prior. I wrote my 3 picks just like anyone else and when I put SRF as a bust, it generated no less than 4 posts criticizing my selection. I feel great, thanks for asking. It feels good to have my predictions validated. How are you doing buddy? Ready for the weekend!?

If we based lineups on projections then SRF should have been our #2 SP to start the season a few years ago. That concept is not accurate nor smart on rookies or guys who have barley had 162 games under their belt. What were the projections on Vlad coming out of AAA..? You need to set your lineup based on projections and major league track record if there is one. Put Vlad in a spot where he has performed for, IF his "projections" kick in, then you move him up. But putting him as clean up with other better proven options is stupid, and is very hard for me to understand.

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Why do people keep putting Vlad 4th when Teo and Gurriel both outperformed Vlad. Until Vlad stops massacring insects and worms, he needs to hit back further and earn his way into the clean up spot. What he did in the minors and name means jack s*** to me until he starts doing it in the majors...

3rd in defensive OFs????

Ha! LOL probably true!

When he comes out of the pen since they went with a 4 man rotation not including HDMH... LOL

The issue with Kulh is his pitch usage. He also had a one blowout against the Marlins that jacked up a lot of bad numbers. He was also coming back from basically two years off. He finished strong and is the exact type of SP the Jays appear to be targeting with the thought they can fix or see some solid underlying metrics.. He is a low cost with upside potential pitcher which the Matz trade shows they are willing to take fliers on. The Jays were mentioned with him at the deadline which probably means they were at least looking at him. Many other SPs you have to pay a high asset price for and apart from Bauer and one or two others, there is not much in FA.. Kulh is a cost vs reward target to buy low instead of waiting until he breaks out and becomes very expensive. From Fangraphs: The Pittsburgh Pirates don’t have much going for them this year. One bright spot who has shown potential is pitcher Chad Kuhl. Kuhl is an interesting case and I am somewhat surprised people haven’t run to add him. Kuhl started the year piggybacking for Steven Brault but that ended quickly and he has moved into the starting rotation after only doing it twice. In four starts this year he possesses a 2.70 ERA and has only allowed more than one run once in those four starts. Now the 6.10 FIP, .128 BABIP, and near 100% LOB% screams massive regression. But he might not regress as much as one would think. Kuhl actually has two above-average breaking balls in his slider and curveball. Both produce a ton of whiffs, and while he could locate the curveball a little better his slider is located very well. The main crutch for Mr. Kuhl is his sinker. With a .399 wOBA against, I wonder why this is his featured pitch. Hopefully, the Pirates and their new “philosophy” can fix this. For all of Chad Kuhl’s positives and negatives, overall he’s a solid streaming option. He pitches very well at home, and can handle both right and left-handed hitters. In the right matchups, he makes a ton of sense and with those two plus breaking balls in his back pocket he should be able to eliminate potential blowups. Another from Fangraphs: Chad Kuhl eventually moved into the rotation for the Pirates last season. As a starter, he pitched 41.1 innings with a 4.57 ERA, 5.78 FIP, and 4.90 xFIP. What’s so interesting about Kuhl is his stuff is really good. In fact, if you use Ethan Moore’s Quality of Pitch (QOP) metric he is ranked up there with Mike Soroka and Kenta Maeda. Kuhl can take a step forward if he caters more towards his breaking stuff, especially the slider. He mainly throws a sinker (42.1% usage) but it just flat out isn’t a good pitch. His command on it is terrible and it gets crushed. Actually crushed might be an understatement. Opposing hitters had a 186 wRC+, .309 ISO, and .448 wOBA against it. Those are some of the worst numbers I have ever seen for someone’s number one pitch. When you move on to the slider that he throws 34.5% of the time the numbers look much better. Opposing hitters only had a 52 wRC+, .244 wOBA, and .058 ISO against it. He also was able to induce whiffs as it posted a 20.1 SwStr%, well above the league average of 17.1%. While he should probably throw it out of the zone more his slider doesn’t possess any flaws, so why not throw it 40% of the time? Kuhl needs to dump the sinker or at least drop the usage to 30%. Relying on his slider and curveball could work wonders.