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Keith has both a higher GB% and pull% than Canha. Canha is hitting more GB than he normally does so far, but for his career he hits less GB than the MLB average. Keith also has a .444 OPS on the season. Also, you absolutely want one of your 3 best hitters in the #2 spot. Really what's happening is Canha had one bad AB where he GIDP in extra innings against the Mets and you're basing everything upon that one AB and burying your head in the sand and ignoring all the evidence that shows your take and opinions are blatantly incorrect. Literally all the things you say Canha lacks for the #2 spot are legitimate strengths of his game.

Correct, those cleats are no way indicative of being thin skinned.

It absolutely does not make a huge difference lol.

Riley Greene would really benefit from a robo ump.

Its a rate stat, not a counting stat, so whether second or overall is irrelevant. And replacing our third best hitter with one of our worst at the top of the lineup is honestly one of the worst suggestions I've seen on this board.

Fortunately there is actually a stat to measure that. And it turns out that you're wrong. He's basically average at avoiding GDP every single year, and +2.5 for his career overall.

Why do we keep hitting him leadoff though?

Botch back to back double plays to give the Twins their second run. Not getting an out on the bunt, and then give up 3 runs on an error there. Add in Carpenter not going first to third on a single to right in the bottom of the 11th. Just can't do that. This team is gonna be in a lot of close games, they need to be a team that wins because they execute the little things.

Never should've been in that position. How Carpenter did not go first to third on a single to right is baffling.

Carpenter should have been on third after Keith's single.

Season long offensive struggles not withstanding, this is more of a great pitcher just in the zone than anything IMO.

Dude had 10.97 K/9 last year, kinda surprised his career high was only 12.

A dropped pop up, and then a routine grounder where they dropped the pitch to second. Ump also screwed him with a terrible call that would've resulted in a strikeout and but instead ended up a walk. Then he he struck the fourth batter out before being pulled.

It will also probably result in a 300% increase in attendance from this year.

You see that part where it says they were ranked #2 in the preseason prior? Could you be more disingenuous when it comes to anything involving Avila?

If the drafted player reaches the majors and is a quality player there, the pick was a success. The odds of any one pick being the best possible pick are far too small for there to be any reason to compare who you got with somebody who was drafted after.

Grayson Rodriguez is a good example for pushing Jobe to the majors as fast as possible. If you are dominating in the minors you keep pushing until they fail. If they struggle in the majors you can send them back down, just like with Grayson. And Grayson overall had a very promising year in the majors.

Agreed, and Mannings statcast data is not good either. The only hope I have with Manning is that he can be a durable innings eater, which he hasn't come close to doing. But he does have the frame and build that looks capable of being a guy that can go out and give you 200 IP. A back of the rotation guy that can give you a mid 4 ERA is valuable, especially when that guy is cheap and under team control. But that's about all I'd hope for out of him at this point.

It's being streamed on MLB.com.

There was really no question about how Greene's bat would play at a corner. He was a top 5 pick when nobody was really expecting him to be anything more than a passable defender in a corner spot. His bat was always projected to play anywhere. And Clark certainly fits the mold of a two way player, though he's still got a ways to go.

That was a suspended game. They played another, full, game today as well, which he played in.

2 for 3 with a 2B, HR, and BB today.

Teams have always been free to suppress service time, and they have only ever done it for top prospects. If a guy isn't projected to be an impact player, he's not being held down to suppress service time, he's being held down because he's not good enough to force his way to the majors.

Hoping to see Jobe get promoted to WM this year so I can catch one of his starts. Wonder if they might just keep him down in Lakeland though so he can get more reps, easier competition makes it easier to pitch deeper into games, and he still hasn't gotten past 4 IP in a start yet. Curious to see how cautious they are with managing his workload, and how much they're even looking to stretch him out this year. He's just barely past 100 IP in his career at this point. Coupled with his lack of pitching in HS, he's got so much less wear and tear on his arm compared to everyone else his age. But no way of knowing how he can hold up through 100 pitches or for a full season until he does it.

That is no longer true for the NBA. Players can sign with approved agents and maintain their eligibility, but they have to withdraw their name before the draft. Hockey players can be drafted and still go back to college with their team retaining their rights. It's common even for first round picks to play an additional season in college.