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  • in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239827
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    45. Yeager
    46. Pino
    47. Siani

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239750
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    42. Willis
    43. Yeager
    44. Iadisernia

    “Yeager would already be listed long ago if we simply voted according to production, but his lack of power robs him of any potential value. The best-case scenario of him flying through leagues to provide us with a first baseman who hits .270 with 12ish home runs leaves me casting my votes elsewhere even though I consider him each round as a guy we overlook.”

    That is certainly true Nigel. Frankly his stats are oddly similar to John Nogowski, so probably not a bad comp for him. But at 6-2 200 there may be a bit of projection left for him to reach a different gear. Not a terrible 40 something prospect.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239714
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    39. Redmond
    40. Alec Willis
    41. RJ Yeager. I may be a little early on him, but he’s hit since day 1 in the system. Got some pop, stole 17 bags too, not too shabby for a first baseman. He got promoted to Peoria midseason as well. I haven’t gotten to watch him much, but I think he’s a good candidate for some Cardinal magic. I think he’ll prove it over the first part of the season in Peoria and hopefully earn a promotion to Springfield pretty early. Seems like a solid prospect for top 40ish in the system.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239570
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    Gotta pay a little more attention. I’ll take Redmond.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239558
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    36. Mendlinger
    37. Baker
    38. Svenson

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239499
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    33. Gomez
    33. Mejia
    35. Mendlinger

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239267
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    30. Gomez
    31. Mejia
    32. Mendlinger

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239187
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    27. Matthews
    28. Antico
    29. Gomez

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #239022
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    24. Edwin Nunez
    25. Caesar Prieto – Strikes me as a super utility without much pop, but he feels like a pretty good guarantee to get a cup of coffee in the majors, which is more than most will get in this range.
    26. Quinn Matthews

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #238802
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    21. Baez
    22. Edwin Nunez
    23. Pages

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #238663
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    17-Bedell
    18-Honeyman

    Hansen has good numbers, but he seems like the control over stuff college guys that struggle once they reach AA. It’ll be good to see him continue to produce as he climbs the ladder.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #238517
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    #15 Ian Bedell
    #16 Travis Honeyman

    I think injuries are the only thing that have really held Bedell back. He has 4 average or better pitches and pretty good feel already to work them in a game. A little old for A ball due to his injuries, but he dominated the way he should have in Peoria. Double A will be the real test and I think he will likely start the season there.

    As far as Honeyman, he had great tools coming out of the ACC and this might be a little low based on some of the projection from experts, but with no professional experience to go on last year, time will tell.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #238243
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    #13 Won-Bin Cho
    #14 Ian Bedell

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #238098
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    Sorry, for the delay in voting. We’ve been traveling with the holidays. Looks like Davis came in a 9 so for 11 and 12 I’ll go #11 Rajcic and #12 Cho.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #237581
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    I’ll stick with Chase Davis at #7. Still all projection as CariocaCardinal alluded to earlier, and I think the Cards track record with the power OF type is not great, but there are a few reasons for optimism. #1 a 25% Walk Rate and a .366 OBP. 34 SO in 104 ABs (law of small numbers for both stats applies obviously) won’t work anywhere, but it sounds like a guy selling out for power instead of letting it play naturally. Hasn’t been a successful strategy in the FSL historically. I could be wrong as there isn’t a lot of opportunity to watch FSL games online. I think we’ll have a better idea this year in Peoria, but until then I like him solidly in the top 10 based on power/athleticism combo.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #237573
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    I love the pitchers and I especially love that Rajic and Bedell are coming on strong in A ball but I’ll take Chase Davis at #6. I think he’ll be a bit more contact oriented and let the power come naturally once he gets to A+. The Cardinals don’t have a ton of success with this profile, which gives me pause, but they wanted him out of HS and went back and got him the next time he was available. There is something they like and I think it starts to show this year in Peoria.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #237405
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    Scott at #5 for me. His bat may never get to major league average, but if he can get to .250 with a reasonable OBP, his speed will play for a couple of years. I think he’s shown enough improvement this year to bet on a slightly below to league average bat with good OBPs that can wreak some havoc on the base paths and play a good to great CF. So in short it feels like he has a floor as a quality bench guy with an outside shot of being an All-Star!

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #237261
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    I’ll take Victor Scott at #4.

    in reply to: Community 2024 Top 50 Prospect Voting #237190
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    Sorry for jumping in late. I’m voting for Tink Hence at #3. Surprisingly for me, my formula had Wynn and Sagessee at 1 & 2 so I’m in line with the voting so far. Hence and Scott are very close, but Hence’s ceiling puts him over the top at #3 for me.

    in reply to: Trade deadline #230246
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    I generally agree that Mo got a good (not great) return for the obvious trade candidates. He basically did the bare minimum you would expect for a selling team. I think, right or wrong, Mo believes the trade deadline is the most expensive time to “buy” and is likely looking to make the win now moves in the offseason when it’s relatively cheaper as compared to the trade deadline for the players you mentioned above. Again, I don’t know if it’s right, but it lines up with what Mo has said and done in the past.

    in reply to: Trade deadline #230226
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    Per MLBTradeRumors:
    Both likely slot in 15-20 in the Cardinals system per MLB.com.
    César Prieto (Inf / AAA)
    MLB.com – Orioles#16 (45FV) / Prospects1500 – Orioles #15 (Tier3) /
    Drew Rom (LRP / AAA)
    MLB.com – Orioles#18 (45FV) / Prospects1500 – Orioles #18 (Tier4) /

    in reply to: 2023 Draft #227631
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    Hmmm, a power hitting first baseman in the 13th round. I like it. William Sullivan to the HALL!

    in reply to: 2023 StL Game #74: Tuesday, June 20 at Nats #225126
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    Heading to the park tonight. I take full responsibility for their performance, good or bad.

    in reply to: What’s it gonna take to fix the Cardinals #224404
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    This feels like a year you could buy AND sell. I mean at some point you are what your record says you are, but with some luck the market might come to the Cards. They have a good mix of guys you could sell on and prospects that you can move on from. The trade chips I could see are: O’Neill (certainly a sell low), Dejong (particularly if he heats back up), Montgomery (probably their best trade chip), Flaherty (one of the LA teams would buy on him), Herrera (good value and good players in front and behind him), Stratton, Hicks, Cabrerra (teams always need relievers), Yepez, Gomez, and Baker (Big Bats, blocked that could have value to someone). They could even look to check in on a big name ace controllable past this year and consolidate some names like Carlson, Edman, and/or Donovan if that sets you up for next year.

    To me the Cardinals line up well with the Marlins, Guardians, Angels and Dodgers for trades and with some creativity could turnover their rotation AND set up for the future. They have the prospects and controllable talent to go out and get a Bieber and/or Luzardo/Cabrerra, but will they?

    Having said all that I don’t think Mo and Dewitt are going to go that route and I’m not sure they are going to go out and get the ace they need this year or next year. Banking on one of the propsects doesn’t seem to be working either.

    in reply to: Hot stove – Winter 2022/23 #208349
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    Well, seems like it’s done at 5 years. I kind of like it? This seems like the kind of deal you only make now that the NL has the DH. So I don’t think it really blocks Herrera. I’m kind of talking myself into it. Sean Murphy must have been exorbitant.

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