RandyMarsh

Well if Greene and Tork end up being stars I think that would offset the potential busts of Manning and Mize. That would essentially be about a 50% hit rate on your top 10 picks(not counting jobe) which I would imagine is about the best you could realistically hope for.

After Hill's infield single Cmo did the whole Major League II rant that the coach said to Hayes about how he should never hit a ball in the air instead just hit groundballs and use his speed. Dan didn't know how to respond to that.

I remember when we first drafted Porcello there were talks we be the modern day Braves with him JV, Bonderman and Miller. We got one ace out of the 4, one servicable starter in Rick, a stud reliever(well not us but you get the picture) and a flame out. If we could get something similar out of our top 4 now that wouldn't be the worst thing.

It would be nice if we got atleast one ace out of our "big 3". I suppose realistically 1 out of 3 was probably the best we could've hoped for.

Connor Pilkington? Yeah he definitely got got his lunch money taken from him as a kid.

Are they allowed to trade a 1st? I thought I heard somewhere that they can't trade a 1st until they convey the one they owe to Houston(I think it was Houston) that they gave up to draft Stewart.

All we needed was Back to back posts of me questioning their scoring drought and Lee bringing up the Castros sucking and we got a home run from a Castro.

I wonder how many 15 or so scoreless inning streaks we have this season like we're on now? Has to be atleast a half dozen right? There was a time when something like this would seem really crazy but now it's a weekly occurrence.

Sounds like the Tigers got screwed by instant replay again, Dan and Cmo seem to think Hill was clearly safe after looking at replay.

Since 2016 every year Grossman had an obp of .337 or higher with many of those years being .360 or higher so even though he struggled this year he had a 7 year stretch of getting on base at a solid to plus rate. Ill put more stock in that then a bad 4 or 5 week stretch to start this year.

Yeah I thought the Mini MIggy thing was strictly looks wise and how Miggy took him under his wing and had nothing to do with actual skill. When Garcia first got called up he was basically attached at Miggy's hip when they weren't on the field.

Kinda surprised we are actually better offensively relative to the league than last year. I mean I knew we sucked at this point last year too but this year just seems so much worse offensively, even when you factor in scoring being down.

Considering the Twins scored 4 runs through 5 batters I will take a close defeat like that. I thought it was going to be bloodbath after that.

Do you think he is a guy that can play in the modern NBA? I have no problem if he doesn't have superstar tendencies, if he can just be a plus player that can stay on the court in the playoffs(assuming we ever make it there) then I'd be fine taking him. I still prefer Mathurin though cause to my amateur scouting he seems to offer the best combination of fit, upside and floor.

Speaking of Howard's actor it has kinda bugged me where I known him from since the start of the show but for some reason I never got around to looking it up but the other day I was watching Saved by the Bell The College Years for nostalgia sake and he is the professor on there. I used to watch that show all the time when they ran reruns on TBS in the morning in the late 90s to mid 00s so that is definitely where I knew him from

Somebody on Twitter pointed out that by Howard making himself a normal coffee instead of the much stronger latte it showed he may not drink a ton of caffeine. They speculated that they made sure to show that cause earlier in the ep the Vet tells Jimmy that the effects of the drug are based on your normal caffeine usage.

Lol I remember that, in fact I was just a lurker when that was posted but it inspired me to make an account just so I could comment on it.

I didn't catch the killer latte line but with him saying that I totally could see Cliff being the one who dies, if it isn't him then somebody is definitely dying off the latte cause Gilligan doesn't just do throw away lines. Unless that is the same place that Lydia had her coffee at and that's the reference. Actually now that I think about it she drank tea I believe so scratch that thought.

I hear conflicting things about Murray. Some say that he has limited upside and doesn't translate well to today's NBA but then I watch some videos on youtube from people that have said things like "He is perfect for the modern NBA". I can't remember who made the comparison but somebody I read or follow said he is alot like Middleton, if he turns out to be him I wouldn't be upset.

Currently I'm Mathurin, Sharpe, Ivey, Murray but I'm sure I will change a bunch of times from now till the draft. Even though I know little about Sharpe the only reason I have him so high despite never watching him play a game is because he was the number 1 recruit out of high school so he has the pedigree that I'm banking on.

I saw Grant was trending last night so I clicked on his name to see what was up and all the commotion was about a trade proposal a Thunder blogger came up with. He suggested that if the Thunder are serious about wanting to trade up from 12 that they could package 12 and Dort to Portland for number 7 and then Portland could trade the 12th pick for Grant. Id of course rather just trade straight up with the Blazers for the 7th pick but if this is the only way to facilitate a move with them Id settle for 12. In this scenario the Blazers would get Dort and Grant for the 7th pick instead of just Grant if they went straight through us.

Theres no sugar coating it he has been bad at the plate but aside from the fact that he is streaky you have to keep in mind that offense is WAY down throughout baseball this year. He isn't the only big name struggling at the plate. A couple of those guys Im referencing have started to pick it up in the past week so hopefully Javy will join them. Another to thing to keep in mind is he did miss those couple weeks to start the year so perhaps between that and the short spring training he never properly got his timing right or maybe there are still lingering effects from the hbp. Lastly I don't know how much stock I put into the "hitting is contagious" cliche but if there is a nugget of truth to that the fact that the rest of the team has been garbage hasn't done him any favors.

In his AA debut Flores with 5 innings of 1 hit, no run baseball with 7Ks(1BB).

Or try to hangout all night at one of Deuce's many underground establishments in Toledo.