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Thread: MINORS FINAL TUESDAY 4/24/18: Whitley serves notice

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    Quote Originally Posted by UNCBlue012 View Post
    Riley is a monster
    He may end up on some top 25 lists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    He may end up on some top 25 lists.
    Please don't kiss-of-death him ...

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    Meanwhile: my boy Neslony just keeps hitting.
    "For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."

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    One interesting thing about Riley that jumps out -- his ground ball percentage is down to 34.7%. We're obviously only 74 PAs into the year, but that's the lowest GB% he's had since moving to full season ball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    He may end up on some top 25 lists.
    like yours?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    like yours?
    Player A 221 AB .326/.374 .896 OPS Age 19
    Player B 245 AB .331/.401 .980 OPS Age 20/21

    Not to get thethe all excited.

    ITS ALL HAPPENING!!!!

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    The Braves are about to be the Warriors of baseball. Book it.

    About to be the GOAT team.

    lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    like yours?
    Please - You and many others have poo pooed on Riley for a long time and at the current time you have egg on your face.

    He can still face plant but you did not think he was good at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Please - You and many others have poo pooed on Riley for a long time and at the current time you have egg on your face.

    He can still face plant but you did not think he was good at all.
    There is a difference between not thinking he is good and believing he is a top 50 prospect. I had him in the 75-125 range of prospects in the offseason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    There is a difference between not thinking he is good and believing he is a top 50 prospect. I had him in the 75-125 range of prospects in the offseason.
    After basically saying he was a non-prospect most of the year last year.

    He is proving that AA is not much of a challenge right now. THe defensive reviews have gotten better each year. His body has changed the last two years.

    This dude is a legit top prospect right now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    After basically saying he was a non-prospect most of the year last year.

    He is proving that AA is not much of a challenge right now. THe defensive reviews have gotten better each year. His body has changed the last two years.

    This dude is a legit top prospect right now.
    Amazing that my opinion on a player changes as they get better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    Amazing that my opinion on a player changes as they get better.
    Amazing that you would trash a 18 year old and try to pigeon hole his career.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Please - You and many others have poo pooed on Riley for a long time and at the current time you have egg on your face.

    He can still face plant but you did not think he was good at all.
    Shrug, do a search for posts where I have said "Riley is a good prospect". Search for the times I've called him a RHed Jake lamb, which is a 2-3 win player.

    You will find several instances of each.

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    While you all argue about Riley, Tyler Neslony is hitting .324 with a .382 OBP and strong k and bb numbers. Mike Soroka is a big fan of his, too.
    "For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."

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    Quote Originally Posted by jpx7 View Post
    While you all argue about Riley, Tyler Neslony is hitting .324 with a .382 OBP and strong k and bb numbers. Mike Soroka is a big fan of his, too.
    Wait he is endorsed by Soroka. Move over. I am on the hype train to Atlanta.
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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Amazing that you would trash a 18 year old and try to pigeon hole his career.
    There is a difference between trashing and arguing against him being the best prospect ever.

    When you hype literally every Braves prospect ever then they will get some of this backlash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by thewupk View Post
    There is a difference between trashing and arguing against him being the best prospect ever.

    When you hype literally every Braves prospect ever then they will get some of this backlash.
    You have to realize that tehteh has literally been wrong about everything for years. The only issue now is that I've been constantly pointing it out, whereas in the past everyone just conveniently forgot.

    Now he is desperate to be right about something. Just wait until Albies posts 6 WAR, or Riley turns into a 4 WAR player, or any of the other Top 5% outcomes he's predicted come true...he is going to piss himself with delight haha.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Enscheff View Post
    whereas in the past everyone just conveniently forgot.
    less so "conveniently forgot," more so just not hyper-worried about it and constantly trying to prove people wrong to make ourselves feel better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    less so "conveniently forgot," more so just not hyper-worried about it and constantly trying to prove people wrong to make ourselves feel better.
    It's just so entertaining. And he never learns! Hilarious haha!

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    i don't think it's that he "never learns." he's an optimistic fan. i don't think he's nearly as worried about being right all the time as you are. which is fine. what's weird, to me, is that it upsets you so much. you get more upset when he's wrong than he does. you get upset when he makes an (admittedly outlandish) prediction.

    the constant need to put people down for going outside your numbers-based predictions is far more worrisome to me than thethe liking riley more than anyone else.

    there's all kinds of intelligence. some people have some in some places, and lack it in others. and i'll leave it at that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Super View Post
    i don't think it's that he "never learns." he's an optimistic fan. i don't think he's nearly as worried about being right all the time as you are. which is fine. what's weird, to me, is that it upsets you so much. you get more upset when he's wrong than he does. you get upset when he makes an (admittedly outlandish) prediction.

    the constant need to put people down for going outside your numbers-based predictions is far more worrisome to me than thethe liking riley more than anyone else.

    there's all kinds of intelligence. some people have some in some places, and lack it in others. and i'll leave it at that.
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