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  1. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  2. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    ...to Juan Soto;)
  3. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    His line today is pretty impressive at least. Looks like he might bump is K% back up. I hope.
  4. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  5. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  6. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  7. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Turely!
  8. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  9. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Juiced balls tonight?!
  10. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Wow, nice shot. Sooooooo needed.
  11. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    BB is like Trump in that he just can't grasp subtle analogies.
  12. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Yeah, kind of a dull list;)
  13. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  14. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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.
  15. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    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."
  16. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Rosario likely isn't on the Twins future radar, I'd assume? Is there something obvious with his pitch repertoire that he could do in the pen that would somehow improve his K% DRASTICALLY? I just don't seem him as (useful) MLB bullpen arm.
  17. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Seems as though almost all of Castro's framing eliteness is to his non-glove side. Although, he will also be a net positive on low-ball pithes too, since KS was horrible at those. Hope we pound the first base side of the plate a lot I guess.
  18. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    I realize that Hughes might actually be holding back some due to coming back, but maybe not much either. People always love to defend lower velocities in ST or use select cases where guys built velocities during the season. However, I was reading on a Fangraphs article recently that ST velocities generally do not improve much at all during the season as a whole (think .5mph was the high end average.) It happens, but often the number get worse too. Guys are always using the 'still building up' when their numbers are not great, but in 'most' cases it simply is what it is. There is always the exception, but there are also just as many, if not more, for losing velocity in season. It is wise to assume velocity won't improve, regardless of situation. When it does happen, just be happy.
  19. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Any talk anywhere of using weighted balls for fielders? Seems that it could help the guys that sre deemed not to have good enough arms to play SS of 3B. Or weak armed OF's. Just have not heard anything on that front.
  20. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    I think taking turns sitting the two vs LHP is good idea, especially with their ages. That way they can continue to get some work vs LHP, but not have their confidence and numbers dragged down as much by facing them as often. I would also think a smarter analytics department can make the decisions of who sits between these two by using information on which one of these guys struggles or succeeds more vs whatever pitches that LHP uses the most.
  21. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    If it was simply to promise to flip him to a contender at the break, I'd be down with it. One way to get younger and better is to sign FA's you intend to flip at the deadline. This doesn't only work with SP, and recently RP.
  22. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Yup, we're not even the team of the future in our own division anymore.
  23. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Haley must be the final piece needed to sweeten the pot in the Dozier trade to get Seager and Urias included. Has to be.
  24. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    I am super confused about what the heck is going on here with this draft and who we will end up with when it is all said and done. I was under the gut feeling that this new FO would identify some rare gem with the #1 pick and they'd mold him into Johan 2.0 or something. Now, it appears that there was no one they felt was worthy as must have on our 40 man available with that #1 pick. I am a little sad and disappointed about it. But, whatevs....back to DaveW-gate.
  25. ShouldaCouldaWoulda
    Sure, but we were probably told from the get go that he was a dealbreaker, unless we included other parts ourselves.
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