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Out today: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/2024-top-100-prospects/. Smith-Shawver at 63, Waldrep at 85. Smith-Shawver was a two-sport star in high school who committed to Texas Tech for football (quarterback) and baseball. He was drafted as a long-term project with a big frame (6-foot-3, 205...

Law had a long write up today about our farm system and didn't say the word "Braves" once. He refuses to write it, and it absolutely cracks me up.

Thank goodness - another streaming service.

Someone already mentioned him, but on a team with a bunch of known commodities, Ynoa makes a lot of sense as the pick.

Pillar signed a minor league deal with the White Sox.

I've been trying to find basically anything on Wilber Cruz, our rumored 2025 top signing. I found this video of him from 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtfiekJ7vs. Keep in mind that he's probably 12-13 years old in this video, so you can't tell anything meaningful at all. But this is...

I had a lot of questions for those 10 seconds where I thought we signed JD Martinez.

Wasn’t his TJ during spring training? I’m guessing Burkholder is out until midseason and Ritchie isn’t back until next year.

Baseball America top 100 is out. Smith-Shawver 42 and Waldrep 49. Owen Murphy and JR Ritchie were the only other Braves prospects to receive any votes from the BA prospect writers.

Baseball Prospects prospect rankings out today behind a paywall so I won't link to it. AJ Smith-Shawver not listed at all, but Hurston Waldrep is 30 and Ignacio Alvarez is 98. Cool to see Alvarez on a list.

Is it Wilmer or Wilber? I can’t find much info or social media profiles on either name anywhere.

https://x.com/joedoylemilb/status/1746632779742212214?s=46&t=t7xpFDjlFYkGV6nUElb0dA

All we know is we are linked to a top 10 prospect next year. But no one knows who because the guy who reported it gave the information on his podcast (I put the link in here earlier) but you have to subscribe for $5/month to get the info. He is really connected on international guys and was the...

I actually just found some video of Gonzalez. Impossible to tell much of anything, but he’s 91-94 mph in it and your beanpole description is spot on. https://youtu.be/3p4BNsJapKY?si=QaWG8QSD4L--XB9z

Pipeline says the Perdomo deal is worth $5 million, so it’s not the whole pool. Still $925k left to spend.

The only BA list I’ve seen has Perdomo #1, but it’s ranked by expected bonus, not talent. I think most or all of the sites have De Vries #1 that I’ve seen.

You’ve got to pay for this guy’s podcast to listen to it, so I don’t have the name or position. But he says we are also in position to sign a top 10 international prospect in the January 2025 signing class as well. Hopefully that’ll leak at some point...

I’m basing it off this tweet from a Pirates writer: https://x.com/jmackeypg/status/1732476745293389898?s=46&t=t7xpFDjlFYkGV6nUElb0dA. I totally forgot about the White Sox PTBNL. It’s hard to remember many trades where AA has received a prospect in return since he got here.

Wasn’t the Pirates PTBNL someone we wanted them to take in the Rule 5 draft and deal to us, but then he didn’t make it to their pick? I thought that converted to cash already.

Deferred money is gone as well.