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Leahy might turn out to be that ace. Caray said his ERA is 1.21 over his last seven games.
I get a stomachache every time a catchable ball hits the dirt slightly to the right of Crooks and rolls back to the wall. Crooks is just plain clumsy, IMHO.
And let’s not forget that Hjerpe is killin’ it on his come pack trail. Kyle has as a man crush on Hjerpe.
So who still wants to trade O’Brien? He’s not always fun to watch. But he has stats that say we don’t want to give him away. Maybe Gastelum replaces him one day, but not yet.
Pallante had another good game last night (07-24-26) He stills needs maturity and confidence, IMO. I’m starting to think of him as a rotation NO. 2 eventually, or at lest a solid No. 3. I’m happy for the guy if he makes it. Too early to trade him.
We need to move May (think Matthews) and find a place for Liberatore unless Dobbins is already that player.
I really like both of these rankings. But I was wandering who was going to be pushed out of the top 20. Looks like it was Brandon Clarke. Rocco Maniscalco and Tai Peete to name just two seems to have done it.
I’m mot disputing anything. Just having fun with this.
Thanks. After this last draft I think it’s going to be real tough for Brian and Kyle to stop at the top 50. The rankings might have to go to the top 60, plus sleepers and hidden gems.
Your points are well taken. I hadn’t given much thought to Pallante’s cost, control, arbitration, etc. I just think it’s fascinating and satisfying to see a young twenty something progress, and at some point, achieve his dream.
C27 – Have you figured out what we have with Leahy yet? Is he pitching beyond his means, or has he emerged as something special?
I agree. Nootbaar, Romero, and May. The trouble is that none of of them are going to bring much back. It’s basically about clearing roster space.
This comment has to do with catching and with Pallante. IMO, Pallante is still settling in as a regular rotation pitcher. He still needs to mature some more. His last outing went south when he had a runner on first base. Pallante threw a catchable wild pitch/passed ball that Crooks let roll right passed him and back to the wall. The runner advanced to second base. Then a pitch was hit back to Pallante. The runner advanced to third and Pallante tried to throw the runner out at third and was late. Now Pallante had runners on first and third with nobody out. Pallante’s start went downhill for the rest of the inning although he did pull himself together eventually. It all started with Crooks stabbing at a catchable ball that was off the plate on the ground. My points are that we need a catcher that can handle defense, and Pallante could still become a reliable starter.
1982 willie – I get your real world logic about what’s fair to pay a teen or twenty something kid who still teases his sister and gets reprimanded by his mom for not keeping his room clean. But I don’t feel a bit apologetic about giving this kid, or any of these kids for that matter, only a half million bucks.
I know Raniel Rodriguez is constantly referred to as a catcher. But I listened to him say in an interview while playing in Springfield that he needs to work on his catching. It’s a little late for a kid to start working on his catching at AA. I see Rodriguez as our future first baseman. I like Burleson a lot but he could bring a substantial return in a possible future trade. Bernal, IMO, is our future catcher.
I know that’s just the way the system works.
But, for me, handing over 1M$ +++++
to some teen or twenty something kid is still mind boggling. Not all of these kids will benefit from the money. But at least they’ll have a tale to tell.Glad Maniscalco and Randall are signed for my own selfish reasons. And I hope they are successful no matter what.
The trade deadline is getting less and less interesting with Romero being post surgery, May showing why the Dodgers cut him, and Nootbaar being interesting but not impressive. I think the teams talking to the Cardinals will be shopping for a bargain.
It would be helpful if someone who has had appendicitis would talk about what recovery is like. If a player has stitches on their belly, it seems like it would be quite awhile before he could throw a fastball again.
I become less interested in a player that would demand that much over slot. Either he’s got a rather grandiose idea of his value, or he’s afraid that he might not be good enough to get a multi million dollar contract some day, so he’d better get it while he has the chance. It could also be that someone is getting inside his head and giving him bad advice. Who knows? Let’s just wait and see what happens.
BTW, BHC, do you know if Maniscalco can play third base?
I think that I might have said this before. But here it is again. I hate battling and battling to win a game only to have the win given away in the 9th inning. I absolutely do not want to trade O’Brien.
One of the most painful things that can happen in a game for me is to battle and battle through 8 innings only to lose the game in the 9th.
I don’t want to trade O’Brien. Nothing to debate. Nothing to argue about. I don’t want to trade him.
There’s a podcast where 3 Springfield players are interviewed. One is Dohm. One Czinje (not sure about spelling). The last is Raniel Rodriguez In the interview with Rodriguez, Rodriguez says his catching isn’t good and he has to work on it. I still say that Bernal is our future catcher.
I can’t remember the name of the podcast, but it’s there in Rodriguez’ own words.
No trason to think Leahy is not a 2 or 3 starter yet. Don’t feel the same about Liberatore. Still a a reliever, IMO.
I am going with Kuhns as my sleeper pick of this draft. He just looks like he has the all raw materials.
As we all know the draft is a crap shoot. Anybody can take an optimistic guess. I’ve done a completely unscientific analysis of my guesses and I think I’ right about 40% of the time.
I’t made sense to me that the Pirates to have drafted for need. I hope they can luck into a power hitter later in this draft.
Love stlcard’ mention of a salary floor. Add a salary ceiling. A deal like this will make it easier to stay under a salary ceiling going forward. And then there’s another part of the Owners’ proposal that takes a designated part of the revenue from all 30 teams, adds it together, then divide it by 30, and distribute an equal share to each team. Make that happen, too.
I disagree with 1982 Willie in that escalating salaries won’t, and in my view, can’t go on forever. Just because it’s been going on for a long time doesn’t mean the future can’t be different. Some semblance of fiscal sanity has to be found.
You would think that a similar deal is in the works for Walker and Winn.
