Has there EVER been a statement and question a certain someone should absolutely never have made and asked publicly more than...
Kinda pathetic to see yourself as a message board knight in shining armor. How impotent does someone have to be in real life to resort to playing hero on a message board?
DirkPiggler (02-03-2019)
"Well, you’ll learn soon enough that this was a massive red wave landslide." - thethe on the 2020 election that trump lost bigly
“I can’t fix my life, but I can fix the world.” - sturg
Any new Bud Norris rumors?
I hear its 36% chance to the Braves, 24% chance to the Rangers and 50% chance to a mystery team.
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"I am your retribution."
Pache is a great prospect because he's an elite defender with 70 grade speed. If he were merely a good defender with above average speed, no one would know his name.
In other words, he ain't Betts. If he became Billy Hamilton, we should consider ourselves lucky. Best case scenario for Pache is Lorenzo Cain, but even that is in the 1 percent range at this point.
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I'd personally rather trade Riley than Anderson or Pache. I have somewhat of a bias towards plus defenders, so that influences my view of Pache > Riley. The Anderson spin rate concerns are a legit worry, but he is still a really nice prospect even with that priced in.
The Braves have big time organizational depth concerns at the mid to low levels of the minors. As a result, I think they should be very reluctant to trade the top guys at the A / AA level that still have multiple years before they need to be protected on the 40-man: Anderson, Waters, Contreras. They are much better positioned to trade pitching from the MLB / AAA level. Newcomb, Fried, Wilson, and Allard wold be the arms I'd be most willing to move.
By the time Acuna was Pache’s age, everyone knew who he was.
However, yes, it’s logical to be hesitant to trade 6 years of Pache for 2 years of JTR. That’s why it’s likely fair value.
I never pretend to be some couch warrior amateur scout, so I have no opinion on Pache other than what I’ve read, but his value matches up pretty well as the centerpiece for JTR.
Last edited by Enscheff; 02-03-2019 at 11:48 AM.
JohnAdcox (02-03-2019)
Anyone else a little thrown off my Mishs’ comments. He has talked Riley and Anderson all winter to the point where it sounded like at least Riley had been offered... now he is saying neither has been offered or the deal would have been done by now...?
Get off my lawn!
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