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Players in the current Fangraphs top 132 prospects drafted in rounds 2 or 3 at or after pick 60, drafted from 2014-2017: #9 Bo Bichette (drafted 2nd rd, pick 66) #21 Dustin May (drafted 3rd rd, pick 101) #25 Brent Honeywell rd 2, 72 #27 Jesus Luzardo rd 3 94th 35 Sean Murphy rd 3 83rd 37...

Grandal is going to be 31 himself, the aging curve has just as much of a chance of catching up with him too. Going after Grandal this past offseason on a short term deal made a bit of sense, I'm not sure it really does next year unless it's a 1-2 year deal. I don't see how bringing back...

I know it's been mentioned before, but I wonder when Trey Harris gets moved up to A+. The chances of a 23 year old drafted in the 32nd round amounting to anything are slim, but you'd think a guy like that who's hitting .378 with a 1.061 OPS after 120ish ABs at A ball would get moved quickly...

Yeah, that is what has me excited about his numbers this year. It was mainly his high strikeout rate and his tendency to struggle the first time seeing a new level that had people doubting him. If he's somehow changed something so that he can manage a K rate closer to 20% consistently he's a...

Yeah, Gorman is a good comparison. I think Austin Beck and Jo Adell are good comparisons in the 2017 draft as well. If Bishop's hit tool translates well you can wind up with Gorman or Adell, if it doesn't you can wind up with Austin Beck and not much of anything. But that's a risk with any bat...

Bishop and langeliers basically have the same the same hit tool grades for the most part, yes. So basically both have questions from a contact perspective. The difference is Bishop has a huge power tool, which makes him a potential star offensively if his hit tool is real. Langeliers has a...

I was looking at that and was pretty happy about it, then I looked at ours and realized that it was almost as bad.

Players drafted in the top 5 generally have a more solid hit tool base, which is the only reason I excluded them. Even if you include the top 5 picks I'd only be adding three successful catchers during the last 15 years (Mike Zunino who was 3rd in 2012, Matt Weiters who was 5th in 2007, and...

No, it's the fact that he hit freaking .250ish in college as a soph that makes his hit tool extremely questionable. Fangraphs, who you are quoting, has him as the 26th pick in the draft right now. Maybe his hit tool carries or maybe it doesn't, but you don't make top 10 picks on hopes and...

Your thoughts are pretty much correct on this. In the past decade there have been exactly 2 catchers drafted in the first round that have done squat, Mike Zunino (3rd pick in 2012), and Grandal (12th pick in 2010). Drafting a questionable hit tool catcher in the top 10 is a pretty poor choice...

Yeah, that was pretty much the feeling of many of the people who were complaining on the board at the time as well. I was really wanting us to pick Hayes at the Soroka pick at the time too, and felt we could get Soroka at 41 and Riley at 75. Obviously with the way Soroka and Riley have developed...

He's owed almost 16 mil this season and almost 16 mil next season, they would have to eat almost 20 mil to make it worth trading for him, and I can't imagine what kind of prospect cost that would amount to. Just can't see it happening. Signing kimbrel after the draft and making trades for guys...

Melancon hasn't pitched over 40 innings since 2016, and is owed a crap ton of money this year and next. Beyond that he's just been solid rather than his previous excellence the past few years when he is pitching. Our bullpen is garbage, but he's exactly the sort of desperation move we should be...

Really really nice to see ozzie going yard against a rightie, particularly opposite field.

Really zero reason to move him until Pache proves himself. Pache should play half the year or more in AA this season and then end up in AAA. So a typical and natural progression would be to play Pache a month or two in AAA at the beginning of 2020 and then call him up. Given how raw Pache is...

We are talking about pitching prospects here, probably 4 or so of those names are going to get injured or otherwise flame out completely, and Allard has pretty much already shown he is at best a #4/5 type starter at best, so you can pretty much leave him off the list. You have to have good...

There is a reason for that. Dude has played 3 full seasons pretty much and has yet to have over 1 WAR. He sucks defensively and doesn't hit all that well, why would you want to give up anything for him?

So glad we left Sanchez in for another inning.

Pure idiocy not pinch hitting, replacing Fredi during a lost season has bit us in the ass so badly.

I think the one thing that gives Wilson a chance for a bit more upside than that is he literally pretty much didn't have much of anything in the way of a changeup when he was drafted, but he's jumped up to a 55-60 type grade with only 2 years of using it after not even being fringe average when...