MINORS FINALS 4/12/18: New rule can't prevent long extra innings game

Southcack77 said:
This might be heresy, but why not just make extra innings sudden death at some point? Or just have a damn draw?

If the idea is to simply end a pointless game without endangering players what does it matter?
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Let the road team win in extras without the home team even getting a shot? Don't like
 
thewupk said:
I'd wait until the end of the season before I acknowledge you were right about his power. He's off to a great start though.
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I don’t think he’s gonna hit 40 hrs, but the power and ability to barrel baseballs has been undersold to this point imo.
 
Very nice to see Riley getting off to a good start. Having a RHed Jake Lamb at 3B will allow AA to spend more in LF and perhaps add a good BP arm.

Soroka is just being Soroka, the lowest risk 3+ win pitching prospect in the game.
 
DaneHill said:
Really not fair of the Braves to make him go to the plate with a blindfold on.
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I asked Braxton's dad a few years ago in Rome what kind of hitter Braxton wanted to be. He said contact and average....

It's crazy because he's so confused as a hitter that he's lost. Believe it or not he has good power. But he's always in an 0-2 hole before he swings. Nothing has changed his approach. He'll never realize contact or power.
 
Enscheff said:
Very nice to see Riley getting off to a good start. Having a RHed Jake Lamb at 3B will allow AA to spend more in LF and perhaps add a good BP arm.

Soroka is just being Soroka, the lowest risk 3+ win pitching prospect in the game.
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You've been spot on with Soroka. He's better than when I saw him initially and he was good then.
 
Enscheff said:
Very nice to see Riley getting off to a good start. Having a RHed Jake Lamb at 3B will allow AA to spend more in LF and perhaps add a good BP arm.
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I keep having this reoccurring nightmare that we're going to give an aging Kimbrel a lot of money.
 
Deester11 said:
You've been spot on with Soroka. He's better than when I saw him initially and he was good then.
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I may have been low on Soroka. I had him clearly below Wright, and I thought Gohara passed him as well with his strong showing at the MLB level.

Now? I don't know what to think. Now, I may actually rank them Soroka, Gohara, Wright. Hell, Gohara may be 3rd because he may never shake the "out of shape injury prone pitcher" label.

One thing I have been consistent on is my assertion that Soroka is the lowest risk of all the pitching prospects. He is as close to a lock to be an average or better SP as there can be in MiLB, in my opinion. The only question is his ceiling, which appears to continue to rise.
 
Enscheff said:
I may have been low on Soroka. I had him clearly below Wright, and I thought Gohara passed him as well with his strong showing at the MLB level.

Now? I don't know what to think. Now, I may actually rank them Soroka, Gohara, Wright. Hell, Gohara may be 3rd because he may never shake the "out of shape injury prone pitcher" label.

One thing I have been consistent on is my assertion that Soroka is the lowest risk of all the pitching prospects. He is as close to a lock to be an average or better SP as there can be in MiLB, in my opinion. The only question is his ceiling, which appears to continue to rise.
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I honestly think Wright still has the tools to be our best pitcher as far as being able to consistently dominate. To your point, we may have a 1a and 1b situation which is awesome to even think about. Gohara can be as good as he wants to be, but relying on hot-pockets and twizzlers for body shaping isn't helping him.
 
CJ9 said:
I keep having this reoccurring nightmare that we're going to give an aging Kimbrel a lot of money.
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I think AA is too smart for that. If Riley proves to profile as being a 2+ win guy at 3B, Flowers/Grandal is signed for ~$10M AAV and $20M+ is dumped into LF, there will be money to add a BP arm though. In that scenario I expect the Braves to add a guy on a 2-3 year deal.
 
Enscheff said:
I may have been low on Soroka. I had him clearly below Wright, and I thought Gohara passed him as well with his strong showing at the MLB level.

Now? I don't know what to think. Now, I may actually rank them Soroka, Gohara, Wright. Hell, Gohara may be 3rd because he may never shake the "out of shape injury prone pitcher" label.

One thing I have been consistent on is my assertion that Soroka is the lowest risk of all the pitching prospects. He is as close to a lock to be an average or better SP as there can be in MiLB, in my opinion. The only question is his ceiling, which appears to continue to rise.
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He’s a top 20 prospect for me right now and he could move up even more by seasons end at this pace. We really really need him and Wright to pan out.
 
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