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True, but I think shorter batters are less effected by big legs kicks than taller/longer players. Seems like the lanky guys with long kicks/swings have struggles more....though hit for power when they do connect.

...to Juan Soto;)

His line today is pretty impressive at least. Looks like he might bump is K% back up. I hope.

LucasDad (MN): If you would put Greene in the 20's...where would you put Lewis...the kids drafted 1-1?!?! Craig Goldstein: Well, the draft order is affected by things beyond pure talent (this is part of why the draft system as it currently stands sucks), but he'd probably be behind Greene. We don't have these guys slotted out because we emphasize what we can see/learn from their pro debuts. LucasDad (Mn): What exactly is MN thinking with their 3 picks? It seems like they reached on all 3. It seemed like they were hoping to save money for picks 2, and or, 3...but they were both also reaches. I am very confused. Craig Goldstein: I'm not exactly sure. There's nothing wrong with Royce Lewis -- I know some teams had him valued as a top 2 guy, but it doesn't seem like they used their extra slot value in the first couple rounds. Maybe they'll ink a slew of guys either throughout the top 10 rounds or after to bigger slot deals and take a quantity over quality approach. It wouldn't be the worst gamble in a draft that didn't have an obvious candidate to try and sneak through to a later pick.

Well, the Cubs have the luxury of being able to take this approach due to their having the money to buy and or trade for established pitching. I still agree that hitters are more likely to pan out at the top, but you then either have to buy good pitching or get really lucky later on in the draft or with IFA's.

Questions about his hit tool, power, and arm. So, speed gets him drafted #1?!? I'm hoping those questions on his tools end up wrong, but this seems awfully weird guy to draft at 1-1.

Turely!

In the air? I think he'd benefit from recent swing path and approach of in the air and pulled. Maybe too late, but seems to have worked for the majority of hitters going to it.

Juiced balls tonight?!

Wow, nice shot. Sooooooo needed.

BB is like Trump in that he just can't grasp subtle analogies.

Yeah, kind of a dull list;)

There are only 7 MLB pitchers that have begun the season with 4 straight quality starts; Syndergaard, Bumgarner, Sale, Strasburg, Keuchel, Duffy, and ERVIN SANTANA.

I've unfortunately realized that there are some guys who excel at things that work great in the minors, but don't translate well in the majors. Kinda like a dominant spread-QB in college doesn't translate to the NFL. LHP soft tossers and flat fastball guys seem to be the case for baseball.

I didn't smile when I read this on Fangraphs. I would guess something like .250/.310/?/? http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/updated-xstats-expected-2017-stats/ "Last year Kepler hit 17 home runs, xStats suggests he deserved… 5.7. I’ve never seen such a huge discrepancy between xStats and game results, and I immediately thought something odd must have happened. So I looked deeper, maybe Kepler just happened to have lots of missing measurements for his home runs? It could happen. It didn’t happen." "His home runs seem to fall into two categories: Very hard hit balls on shallow angles to center field, or relatively (for homers) weakly hit balls down the line." "None of this should necessarily sour your tastes on Kepler, but it might serve to temper expectations a bit. xStats projects him to hit .238/.301/.362 with .663 OPS and 11 home runs. Steamer .262/.333/.436 with .769 OPS and 16 home runs."