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I know that they were trying to go underslot, but the pick I didn't quite understand today was Jake Miller. I know they are all lottery tickets, but outside of his relatively good K/9 and BB/9 numbers, didn't see much to suggest any chance of success.

Andrew Jenkins, 1B, Georgia Tech in the 9th Round

Seth Stephenson, OF, Tennessee

Gold is probably the most intriguing pick thus far IMO... he took a pretty hard fall given where he was ranked. Has the tools to be a big leaguer, but can he put it together?

For now, yes.... we'll see long term.

Gold and Jung, one would think

They badly needed an infusion of position players, particularly ones who are more advanced, and they seem to be accomplishing that while not reaching as well. I'll take it.

Any particular reason? I can't really say that I hate any of their picks thus far, although I'm not a massive draft follower

87th ranked player from MLB Pipeline, not bad for the 5th round

Luke Gold, 3B

Now that Jared McKenzie is gone, kinda hoping for Jace Grady for their 5th round pick (although guessing pitcher lol)

He got his Meltons mixed up lol

Ahh, my bad, got the numbers mixed up.

Correct. When Al gets 11 years like Randy Smith, we'll talk then.

I don't mind the strategy with Fulmer or even Chafin, because they are on more short term deals, but trading Alex Lange or even someone like Will Vest for a lottery ticket seems unwise from where I'm sitting. Theoretically, they are all available, but the price for guys that are controllable longer term should be higher.

On this score, Biden's problem is that he's old. That's it. And questions about whether we want a President who approaches 85-86 years old in his theoretical second term are fair. But people can age and have less stamina without having dementia. And it's crazy offensive when people spend so much time trivializing that condition all for political point scoring. Especially for those who have to deal with the condition within their family. And when they conflate aging with dementia, which is also wildly offensive and ageist.

Greene has played 27 games, and in that time Greene currently has a better wRC+ than what Tram or Lou finished with in their first year, plus, comparable OPS's. So it's fair to say that, with a full season of ABs (which he won't get this season because of his injury), he would have a chance to hold up his end of the bargain. I'm not saying that Tram and Lou weren't a better combo in their first year, obviously they were, I just think comparing Riley Greene to either Gabe Kapler or Robert Fick is kinda ridiculous at this point. And that he's probably more comparable to Tram or Lou than he's being given credit for with MCS' framing.

Tork? Sure But Greene currently has a better OPS than Tram in his first full season and about the same as Whitaker in his. It's ridiculous to call him Gabe Kapler or Robert Fick based on what we've seen thus far.

"But surely there's an exception for this though"

The bullpen can probably hold their own without Fulmer and/or Soto/Chafin, but the starting pitching concern is real. It would be nice to know if Manning/Wentz were anywhere near being available, as that would help in the whole keeping things afloat bit.

I agree with all of this. The resiliency of their pitching with all of the injuries is actually a great story, but for obvious reasons, that's overshadowed by the historically bad nature of the offensive production. Which is ultimately the reason they find themselves 18 games under .500. I would also clarify that, yes, as bad as the injuries have been, this does reflect on Avila and his ability to build the ballclub.

C'mon man. Lou and Alan weren't Lou and Alan at that juncture of their careers either.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: it's never enough to dislike Joe Biden on policy grounds. People have to get personal and nasty, and people have to trivialize a problem that impacts countless numbers of American families. I wasn't and still am not a big fan of speculating about Trump's mental health or whatever problems he may have, and I find it equally appalling (and hypocritical) that people do the same stuff with Biden.

I'm late to this, but Biden has done the "gesturing toward the chair" motion thousands of times in his political life. Including during the last campaign we just lived through. The video is pretty standard. I don't know if he'll run, and even i'm questioning whether the Democratic Party could do better in a couple of years with someone else, but Crowley is just exhibiting some Biden Derangement Syndrome with this one.

She's downright Orwellian. What a ghoul