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What about some more Steven Wilson

I mean, if they were going to take a pitcher, sure. But dear f*** they need bats.

Why is Southpaw just fucking around up near the stage ??

Ayyyy yo.

My sources say Kurtz. Sources: Knowing to expect pain.

I feel like Crochet hits the IL before landing if he's traded there. Dear lord.

"f*** it, we ball."

Yeah as much as I would stan a Cags pick, Bazzana or Codon on the board would send me over the moon

Ok but what if they draft him as a center fielder

A tip of the cap.

For real, the only reason the Sox don't have Witt is cause the Royals were slightly worse.

Hell, he had success starting in 2022. Then he died.

Everyone in this argument is correct. Orioles getting high draft picks helps tremendously. Adley was the most slam dunk #1 ever. Getting Competitive Balance picks is a fucking cheat code in the MLB draft. It's like @bmags once said, you'll see all these teams get high praise post-draft and be like "how did they get so many steals?" Oh, it's cause they get so much extra bonus money. Imagine if the Sox could shift money around to get an extra Wolkow every year. The Sox were bad at drafting pre-Shirley. Crochet's a hit, now hopefully Colson and Schultz hit and depth lands.

Greg: Tanking is for nerds.

That's certainly one way to get a Top 6 pick next year.

The best part is that Crochet should hypothetically boost Fedde's value. Teams want Crochet but the price is too high, well, they can start negotiating down to Fedde. And if one of them is off the market, the other becomes more valuable.

I'm personally OK with the Cubs springing to life until July 31, then collapsing again.

Never has a pitcher been so aptly named.

If anything helps with selling Vaughn, it's that since June 1st, he's in the Top 6 for average, OBP, slugging and wRC+ for first basemen.

Technically, both can be true.

Also, obvious fluff quotes from a coach, but: Legit question cause I have no idea how/if it's possible to find these stats for college ball: Do we know how to find what a batter's chase rate is on specific counts? Cause that could explain the low K% but high chase rate.

I used to think this. But now? I don't know.

That's 100% how it should be. I initially read this as they'd be the only two guys they'd trade and was very confused.

After listening to Joe Doyle on CHGO, he gushed about Cags' ability to expand the zone and avoid striking out (9% K-rate). Is this expected to explode in the majors? Obviously quality of competition goes up, but he basically cut his strikeouts in half this year while tripling his walks. That indicates that he got a lot choosier?

He's had some big blasts this year, but I guess if we're going off small sample sizes we can say that Gavin Sheets had a similar profile for a while since he had very limited in game power early in his career.