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I thought I'd pose a question on the positives and negatives so far in the season just to see where people's thoughts are (and not devolve into a never ending discussion on firing CDH and CDB as it seems like every baseball discussion turns into on other GT boards): Positives: -offense better...

Seems like you'd want somebody with some starting experience so I would guess Carwile and then Finateri. Whoever it is, you'd be happy if they got 4 innings.

Always fun to play this game. Here's the big picture from my standpoint. Of course this doesn't take into account people developing more than we've seen from them before or freshmen that surprise when they get to campus. Also, I will not list people like Bartnicki, Crawford, Roedig that may...

On Wheat, I read a Cubs-specific article saying they don't expect to sign all 20 draftees, but will probably get at least 18. Right now, they have only signed 2 of the 11-20 round picks, neither for over 125K. They haven't saved a lot from the first 10 rounds so far and still have to sign their...

It feels like to me the Covid eligibility made little difference at this point as the vast majority of 3rd year players got drafted and left, even with 2 years of eligibility left. I guess the “age penalty” starts to weigh in and counteract that extra eligibility. Perhaps that played a role in...

This is actually a great example of what I’ve been thinking about. It feels like we get focused on these high talents that are really more of projects in college baseball with high ceilings down the road (Maxwell and Grissom as examples). They come in with ups and downs and then are gone off to...

Logically, i feel like Grissom and Borden could dramatically improve their stock with another year. But the fact they got drafted makes me feel like a deal is in place. Grissom really surprises me. Unless he’s able to get a bonus like a 5th/6th rounder, seems like he wouldve come back with 2...

One thing to keep in mind with these player departures, Perfect Game has us as the #7 recruiting class and it looks all but one (maybe 2) are coming including the top 3-4 ranked recruits. At some point your good recruits have to play. It might be a step back next year but 2024 could have a lot...

Sorry, you are correct, I should have explained more about the cap of $125,000. The data above shows very few last year in rounds 11-20 got more than 125K. My point is that those mentioned all should have real expectations of top 10 rounds next year and a good bit over the 125K. Like I said, I...

Anybody picked tomorrow is capped at $125,000 signing bonus. With Borden, Compton, Grissom, Reid, Deleo all having 2 more years of eligibility (not to mention all the incoming recruits except for King), it would be very surprising to me to see them sign instead of trying to move into the top 10...

ESPN insider (subscription required) has C signee Lamar King ranked 102. I had not seen him on draft lists before. Quick scan shows Parada - 4 Simpson - 79 Maxwell - 129 Gonzalez - 157 Compton - 214 He stops at Top 300.

Coming back to get your degree sounds good in theory, but just look at how long it took Teixiera to finish. 20 years? Now granted he was having a long playing career in MLB during a lot of that time, but he made the comment on how difficult it was because you had finish on campus, not taking...

There was a list somewhere I saw. I think Simpson, Gonzalez, Jenkins, Borden, Maxwell, Grissom. Pretty sure Reid and Compton were our only draftable underclassmen that weren't there. Samol was the only recruit we had there.

There's always a few freshman that committ/sign that don't wind up on campus. Of the 21 listed, I'll say 15 come. I'll guess 3 transfers. That leaves 17 spots. If all the potential draftees left (including people like Huff and Grissom) I count about 14 on the roster this year that you would feel...

Let's go Irish! Wonder if UT will change their attitude now or just double down and come back as even bigger classless idiots next year. I absolutely was rooting for the ACC there to help conference reputation. ND was a classic example of a team that was screwed by the Committee the last 2...

Awww, I feel so sorry for Tennessee. Those players seem like such an upstanding group of kids..... Seriously, this is why I was really hoping we could get to Monday against them, even with a decimated pitching staff. You could start to see in our game the weight of the expectations getting to...

I suspect Maxwell is gone. However, if he went in the 6-10 round range, given that he has 2 more years of eligibility, I could see a scenario (especially based on the UT game) where if he and the coaches commit to a full season starting, he could make himself quite a few extra dollars next year...

I was trying to think, is there any other sport where flipping off another player while actively playing wouldn't be some kind of penalty? Football would be a 15 yard penalty, basketball would be a Technical, I imagine it would be a yellow card in soccer. But not really sure there's any penalty...

There's clearly difficulty in him switching from the macro view he had with the Yankees where long term outcomes were the focus to the micro, game by game, pitch by pitch view that he needs where it's the current game outcome that is the primary focus. Like everyone else, I certainly don't have...

Ump was pretty inconsistent for both teams. Maxwell probably got a lucky called third strike with the bases loaded on his last pitch of the night. But the final pitch was a terrible call.