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    Quote Originally Posted by IslandBrave View Post
    Yep. You're looking a lineup like
    C - Morales / Murphy (repeat?)
    1B - Yepez (18)
    2B - Dykstra
    SS - A. Salazar
    3B - Riley (18)
    OF - Ellison
    OF - Acuna (18)
    OF - Baez

    Pitching - Allard (18), Soroka (18)

    Just unreal talent on that team next year.
    I assume Sobotka will repeat Rome as well, along with Ricardo Sanchez and possibly Touki to start the year depending on what his injury status is. The Rome Braves might be more fun to follow than the Atlanta version next year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    Don't forget Herbert behind the plate if he's healthy. Don't know what to do with Tanner Murphy. Kind of a step backwards for him this season.
    There were a lot of people high on Tanner just as much for his defense. I've watched that Rome team all year and he's just been....MEH. Not unlike any other catcher with potential but far from a sure thing. That being said, he needs to repeat Rome.

    Additionally, got to see Sims against Biloxi. He's really not that different with regards to stuff, but one difference i've noted was that he didn't seem like he knew the inning was getting away from him. He didn't let any walks bother him and stayed even keel. Truly different. He still needs to develop that bulldog, but I see signs of it.
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    Also excited about Riley... I just want to be cautiously optimistic since its still only Rookie ball... still, he's at an advanced age for Danville and after his tough start to the season, he's just absolutely been on fire... currently working on a .347 average with a 1.026 OPS at Danville.... .427 BABIP but when you're hitting .347 you'd expect a high number.


    Oh... and a nice little .248 ISO

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    And to think... we haven't even seen Pache or Cruz yet... I think those guys are going to be really fun to watch. And then if we get the Maitan kid plus a few other big ticket international signings next year... geez. Soroka, Allard, and Sims are starting to look like legit TOR prospects if they can stay healthy and keep progressing (and no... I'm not saying they will all be TOR starters... I'm saying they all have potential). And that's not even including the raw talent guys like Touki and Sanchez. Gant is starting to look like a real find and could make the Mets trade brilliant. And then you add prospects like Riley, Acuna, Yepez (who I am REALLY excited about), Wilson, Morales, etc... to the equation and we have some major potential. Its been a tough year and it may even be a tough one or two more years, but man this system is looking huge right now.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zbhargrove View Post
    And to think... we haven't even seen Pache or Cruz yet... I think those guys are going to be really fun to watch. And then if we get the Maitan kid plus a few other big ticket international signings next year... geez. Soroka, Allard, and Sims are starting to look like legit TOR prospects if they can stay healthy and keep progressing (and no... I'm not saying they will all be TOR starters... I'm saying they all have potential). And that's not even including the raw talent guys like Touki and Sanchez. Gant is starting to look like a real find and could make the Mets trade brilliant. And then you add prospects like Riley, Acuna, Yepez (who I am REALLY excited about), Wilson, Morales, etc... to the equation and we have some major potential. Its been a tough year and it may even be a tough one or two more years, but man this system is looking huge right now.
    I was thinking about this last night. In addition to what has been added this year, we are looking at adding Kevin Maitan along with 3-4 other top international prospects along with what will be a top 5 pick and a competitive balance round pick that we received from Florida. So, we are looking at what will be three picks in the top 45 picks again.

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    Gant providing more reasons to believe he could be a major league pitcher. We've picked up a lot of second tier prospects over the past year. By their nature most will not pan out. But it would be nice if one or two do.

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    Acuna a single short of a cycle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Gant providing more reasons to believe he could be a major league pitcher. We've picked up a lot of second tier prospects over the past year. By their nature most will not pan out. But it would be nice if one or two do.
    Everyone told me he sucks, and the trade was horrible?

    Maybe it was a good deal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    Everyone told me he sucks, and the trade was horrible?

    Maybe it was a good deal.
    fortunately it sounds like you were smart enough not to believe the prognosticators

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    Everyone told me he sucks, and the trade was horrible?

    Maybe it was a good deal.
    I hope it was.

    Cautiously optimistic... Cody Martin has a career milb era of 3.24 and has struck out 535 in 521.2 ip, but he's garbage at the mlb level. I'm not saying that Whalen and gant are Martin, but they were lower ranked for some reason I would think. Hopefully we just straight up robbed the mets

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    Quote Originally Posted by KB21 View Post
    I was thinking about this last night. In addition to what has been added this year, we are looking at adding Kevin Maitan along with 3-4 other top international prospects along with what will be a top 5 pick and a competitive balance round pick that we received from Florida. So, we are looking at what will be three picks in the top 45 picks again.
    Yep we got a hand shake deal with Abraham Guiterrez catcher from what I heard and he's rated #2 behind Maitan and they're comparing him to Mike Piazza. We are going to be LOADED,

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    Quote Originally Posted by ball4life32 View Post
    Yep we got a hand shake deal with Abraham Guiterrez catcher from what I heard and he's rated #2 behind Maitan and they're comparing him to Mike Piazza. We are going to be LOADED,
    Where did you read that?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Acuna a single short of a cycle.
    Not many people are talking about him but this kid has been impressive this season and he's only 17 y.o. This kids has 5 tool potential!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heyward View Post
    Everyone told me he sucks, and the trade was horrible?

    Maybe it was a good deal.
    Everyone told you that, huh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Everyone told you that, huh?
    Actually... yes, that was the overwhelming sentiment from the board.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mqt View Post
    Where did you read that?
    Can't remember where I heard it first but Bill confirmed it FWIW.

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