Monkeypaws

Free college looks pretty good compared to 20K.

I am bummed that these prospects aren't getting a chance to develop as normal. Wonder what the long term effect is for young ballplayers not playing ... my guess is there is no good effect. Feel for guys from the previous draft like Willie Joe Gary and Regi Grace, or Cavaco from this draft - young but very raw talent that need innings to get somewhere.

The top two kind of remind me of the year the Twins went Travis Lee-Jacque Jones with their first 2 picks. The main difference, besides Lee not signing, is that the Twins were picking 2nd as opposed to 27th

Ted tweeted about an hour ago that they reached an agreement.

If I were a HS baseball player and could score a nice bonus today, I would do it. There is so much uncertainty as to the future of the minors, the draft, etc.

The Tigers are winning in the name department so far with Spencer Torkelson and Dillon Dingler.

Hurrah -- Nice to see this.

If you expand it to include the entire ML organization, I'd rank Rocco Baldelli as the coolest. Dude goes to Phish shows after all.

My prime beef with this whole plan, correct me if I'm wrong, was it seemed to be MLB's reaction/solution after they had egg on their faces when the news broke about how poorly many minor league baseball players were paid.

Unfortunately the PCL would be the only real fit. The Saints are too big for the Midwest League, AA doesn't come near the midwest, and the International League stops in Indianapolis.

Looking at some numbers from 2019, the Saints averaged about 8,000 per game, which puts them in the top 10 for all affiliated minor league teams. https://ballparkdigest.com/2019/09/23/2019-milb-sc-indy-attendance-by-average/

The Bomba Squad - looks like their record is good for another year at least. Great pleasure to watch this Tom.

As the thing continues to spread - nightmare scenario is this great lineup will get caught in limbo as games get played in empty stadia, or cancelled.

Sorry, not gonna read 6 pages, so repetition going down. Justin is eloquent compared to most, and had all the cred you could possibly want. Bert, Kitty Kat, Hawkins and Morris have the pitcher's pov, completely different read on the game, and some of them be in the HOF, or deserve too be. Bert has been great all these years, f bombs and all. Dude has personality. I like the former Twins in the booth. Wild are a train wreck compared to the Twins, though Ryan Carter is good.

Thanks for the trip down memory lane - still thought some of those guys were Twins.

Keith Law just ranked the Twins minor league system 15th overall. https://theathletic.com/1641139/2020/03/02/keith-laws-farm-system-rankings-for-all-30-mlb-teams/ I thought we were a little better than that.

Burgundy with the scoop!

I like Royce for who he is - solid dude.

Hoping for bet won with Chacin. It will force me to learn how to spell Jhoulys.

Is Amsterdam's airport named after him?

As the news broke about the Astros scheme, I was fine with MLB’s initial punishments. The comportment of the organization and the players since leads me to believe stripping them of the title is the only fit punishment.

Just strip them of the damn title. That is the best way to get closure here.

So does that mean the plan to kill all those teams has itself been killed?

Impact pitching - I wish folks would give Falvey a break on that. The said they would pursue impact pitching. They did. Pursuit of doesn't always equal success.

2012 for sure - 20+ WAR and counting 2018 is also trending pretty well. We sound like wine snobs