Recent content by rawwr

Although Didier Fuentes' first start in AA didn't go particularly well, evidently his stuff prompted Fangraphs to upgrade his fastball rating to 70 and move him into the top 100. Their new writeup makes him sound pretty exciting:

or charles thomas' half season that helped get tim hudson

Or name them the Hammers and make the Hank Aaron-era jerseys the default

snakebit hm

or perhaps they would prefer to play in LA and deferring money lets them maximize what they get while playing for the dodgers

Minter is a free agent

Yeah have people forgotten Grissom already? That was the worst defense I've ever seen from someone an MLB team allowed to play SS. Despite that, the worst you'd hear from prospect writers was usually something like 'unlikely to stick at SS.' Arcia has been the worst qualified hitter in the...

Not saying it's a good strategy, but I think the logic is that it's a risky asset type for everyone so if you think you have an edge developing it teams will always have a need.

Kind of confused about the magnitude of that meltdown It's a pair of day 2 picks in the MLB draft, I have trouble believing Matt or the AI writing prospect copy for mlb.com actually knows anything substantial about either player or the Braves' plan for this draft The Braves have, by and large...

From Fangraphs' top prospects list for the Braves:

Yeah I want to be optimistic, especially with him showing some power recently, but FG has his AAA EV at 85.7 which is... not great

The thing that confuses me about Waldrep's splitter is how bad it's looked. Prior to his MLB debut I feel like it was pretty much a unanimous opinion that his splitter was a legit 80 grade pitch only held back by his lack of command, and given how many people would've seen him pitch at UF and...

i feel like their GMs deserve at least a little blame if you look at their drafting and player development. despite all that mediocrity they've developed almost no one - since 2011 their most successful draftees have been mike clevinger, CJ cron and david fletcher, and their current farm system...

As others have pointed out, Fangraphs has two different FV scales, one for prospects and one for MLB players. The 80 FV/7+ WAR mapping applies to MLB hitters and not prospects. They definitely shouldn't have used 'FV' for both scales, but it's not hard to tell they're different if you compare...

i did, multiple people thanked me for it, and despite breaking it down in the simplest possible terms, you still don't seem to understand. i won't engage with you on it any further.