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Curious if they found some type of adjustment to his swing that has resulted in the huge decrease in Ks. He had never had a K rate lower than 28.8% in AA or above, and was at 31.2% last year. It's incredibly rare to see a 10% reduction but he's managed a 20.3% rate over 301 PAs this year. And that is a large enough sample for a stat like K rate to stabilize somewhat. Obviously expected it to go up, but you can at least see some hope for a K rate around 25%, whereas before you'd have to be drunk to expect him to manage a K rate under 30% against MLB pitching.

Worth noting that their #4 and #5 on MLB, but the Fangraphs they are #7 and #19. And the Fangraphs rankings are much more appropriate based on their scouting reports and performances to date.

I think Norby kind of sucks as a prospect, and don't see how him slotting into LF would be all that helpful. He would be a nice player to have as depth and maybe a 4th/5th OFer. I don't see him as providing anymore value than what Perez has done this year. He'd be behind Greene, Carpenter, and Perez as it stands today for the corner OF spots. Basically nothing more than competition for Malloy and Perez for spot duty. Would be very disappointing to get that quality of prospect as the headliner in the Flaherty trade. In comparison to the Dodgers trade, I would not trade Rushing for Norby and Bradfield straight up.

Bradfield has a .098 ISO as a 22 year old in A+. There is far too much projection and development needed for him to be the top prospect in any trade for Flaherty. He'd be intriguing as the second player paired with a top 100 prospect.

Pass on that Baltimore deal. Id take the Dodgers, Rushing is the level of prospect we should aim for as the headliner for Flaherty.

Greenberg is the GM, not Harris. IDK what exact duties they each have, but it may well be Harris is not even the one negotiating the deals directly.

If we're trading Perez it would have to be like the Paredes for Meadows deal. Trading him for a more established, higher level player. That trade obviously backfired terribly, but that would be the archetype. I don't see that as all that likely.

Not a jab, just explaining the difference between the two list.

And apparently it's impossible to add an .800 OPS hitter. The Tigers already have three hitters in Greene, Carpenter, and Keith that could all be .800+ OPS guys next year, but because they don't have a 4th they are years away from being competitive.

Because your list shows unqualified hitters.

His post is complete nonsense and shows that he clearly hasn't actually looked at the public ally available stats and is simply operating based on feelings.

Unless they are speaking with inside info, it would certainly be surprising not to see Rainer play. Both Clark and McGonigle played last year.

Well that's how international signings work. Multiple players sign for 2-3+ mill every year.

Yeah he signed at 16. He was less known publicly because the Tigers basically hid him from everyone else for a couple years before he signed. But yeah, he was just a lottery ticket, never really considered anything more than that.

I can't speak for what the local newspapers were saying, but nationally there simply was not that much hype around Campos. In no way was he ever really considered some elite prospect or ever looked at as a future franchise cornerstone. And it's really weird to frame it as some huge mystery how he slipped into the US. He defected from Cuba years before he signed with the Tigers. He defected, like every single other Cuban player, when he had the opportunity to do so. We don't need to know the exact details of how it all went down.

Imagine if we would've given up on Keith after 80 games. You need a sufficient sample size to evaluate performance. When your team sucks you can give players a little longer to see how they adjust/grow. Maton is simply not a example that supports your point. Almost 100 games is objectively not a lot.

Nope. Just a really nonsense idea that is continually perpetuated. You draft the best players with no consideration for timelines. The bust rate of top draft picks is way too high to plan anything around them. There is also this thing in baseball where you can trade prospects for ML players. So those high school picks could actually contribute more to the ML roster in 2026 than a college player. Only an incredibly incompetent organization would draft based on hypothetical timelines.

He needs to earn his way back into the core. Until he does that you can't count him as part of it.

They don't draft players without knowing what it'll take to sign them.

They knew what it would take before they made the pick.

Why did that happen?

They did start Clark and McGonigle in the complex league last year.

Twins with 3 of the top 4 and Willi at 13th.

Hopefully they promote him and McGonigle after the draft. Want to get out to see them for the Whitecaps this year. What's the word with Briceno, is he gonna be coming back anytime soon?

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