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Jack Parkman

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  1. What are you smoking?? His drafting since the rebuild has been awful. I count 2016 as the start because it was clear they were going to fall off the rails by June 1. Collins(bad) Burdi(injured) Burger(injured) Madrigal(meh) More of the same shit, different year. They focus more on floor than ceiling and that is their problem. They will continue to draft poorly until they take a balanced approach to drafting and learn to take calculated risks. You are more likely to hit a HR when you're trying to, rather than when you're trying to hit a single or double.
  2. Yes, which is my point exactly. He's only been up for one full season in the Majors. Give him time.
  3. If Moncada isn't a star, I don't know where they're going to get another one after Eloy. Hell I'm not even sure Eloy will be a star. You never know with this org.
  4. Mixed bag for Gio today, according to Fegan. Continue building up for the season, and maybe he gets that velocity back. We'll see.
  5. The fact they even thought it was possible to get either player at what they were willing to pay was delusional. They should have STFU about it instead of making it so public if they were going to lowball them. They should have been the "mystery team"
  6. 2 groundouts after the 2b but a wild pitch mixed in there. 1-0 Ms.
  7. Moncada K in 1st at bat btw. Gio Ks Gordon in his first batter. Sitting at 95 Then gives up a 2B to Haniger.
  8. Disagree completely. Peak market was 375 for Harper and 350 for Machado. I thought that each would be signing a deal over 350 going into the offseason.
  9. So then Moncada is a bust then too. There is no hope with him, might as well DFA him. If players don't put up All Star numbers in their first full season in the majors, they're lost causes. Moncada led baseball in Ks last year so I guess he sucks too. It was both players first full year in the Majors. They were bad. They can never get any better. Do you see how ridiculous you sound?
  10. Completely disagree. Both deals were a bargain for what they bring. Anyone who doesn't see that is a moron.
  11. What is horrible is that the deals that both players ended up signing is a fucking bargain, and the only people that realize that are the fans. Cue the Uncle Scrooge McDuck memes. They should have been lining up to sign either player to either deal and they're just too stupid.
  12. It isn't really about having faith or not having faith really. It is about using your brain and logic tells you that he was damaged goods when they acquired him. The Nationals really messed him up, and it was going to take time to fix. Roy Halladay was the worst pitcher in Baseball for a few years too. He didn't figure it out until he was 26. The result was a HOF career. Greg Maddux got lit up for the first 3 years of his career too. Kluber as well. There are countless HOF pitchers who didn't become the HOF pitcher they were until their mid-late 20s. Chris Sale is the exception, not the rule.
  13. You know, maybe your problem is that you guys have a different set of expectations. I've always expected him to struggle for a season or two before finding his way, and you guys are all ready to DFA him now. Nobody knows if the kid is going to ever figure it out, but.......The huge thing is is that I see progress despite the results not being there all of the time. When somebody is struggling in any aspect of life, if you only focus on the results you'll always be disappointed and there will never be any way to please you. You guys seem like the parents who expect their kids to get straight As and then your kid gets grounded if they get a B.
  14. Exactly. He's been trying to pick up the pieces ever since. He's 100% a project and everyone that has expected quick results or his former top prospect status has been disappointed, and have written him off already. Nobody is willing to be patient with the guy and he has always been a complete wild card. Last year he proved he still has good enough stuff to be a #2, but now it is all about throwing strikes and him learning to pitch. The Sox aren't dumb, and they aren't going to punt on him until they're left with no choice. IMO he has to figure it out within the next two seasons, otherwise he's going to be the victim of a numbers game. I feel like I'm the only poster here that understands this and actually takes a rational approach. Most others wouldn't have cared if they cut him last June. The most likely scenario was exactly what has happened so far. You have to hope he turns it around over the next year or two. If these tweaks click, watch out.
  15. https://www.mlb.com/news/top-10-farm-systems-in-mlb?t=mlb-pipeline-coverage Discuss.
  16. Calling him the Adam Engel of pitching isn't fair to him because that implies he never had talent to begin with. I know most are down on Gio but I haven't lost hope that he'll figure it out. I don't understand completely writing him off as a lost cause already. He's still only 24. he's only 6 months older than Dunning.
  17. I really don't care. It is his first start of the spring. I care more from like March 10th onward, when the starters start to go 4+ innings.
  18. 7pm CST BTW: Giolito was terrible last year. That doesn't mean that the talent isn't still there For some hope: https://theathletic.com/842154/2019/02/28/lucas-giolito-is-back-in-the-lab-trying-to-start-a-prove-it-season-on-the-right-foot/ Most notable things about the article for those that don't have a subscription: 1) He has eliminated the big arm swing in his delivery, says that it made it more difficult to throw strikes. Delivery is now more compact. 2) Spin rate is up this year due to changes in the delivery. This should, in theory, correlate to a velocity increase. 3) He does Driveline-style workouts, but on his own so that he can modify them to fit what he wants to do
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