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A little surprising that AJSS isn't at least among the honorable mentions considering his meteoric rise and respectable performance in his cup of tea in the majors.
 
A little surprising that AJSS isn't at least among the honorable mentions considering his meteoric rise and respectable performance in his cup of tea in the majors.

Has not done well in Gwinett since being sent back down. Still early for him and he may contribute with the big club before the season is out, but--and I believe Deester11 and I are in the board minority on this--I thought he was rushed. May not be a big deal in the whole scheme of things.
 
You are correct sir. None ranked and none included in the Honorable Mention category. Several 2023 draft picks were listed but Waldrep was not among them.

It’s ok, we’ll just call up a couple unranked kids and they will hit .300 with 30 bombs and sign a 10 year deal in the off-season. Easy enough
 
Surprised Ozzie is in the 30's. I get that he's isn't quite as good overall as many of the guys in front of him, but he's literally the best contract in baseball. A 4-5 WAR 2B that's under team control for another 5 years at an AAV of like 7 million? That's pretty amazing value.
 
Surprised Ozzie is in the 30's. I get that he's isn't quite as good overall as many of the guys in front of him, but he's literally the best contract in baseball. A 4-5 WAR 2B that's under team control for another 5 years at an AAV of like 7 million? That's pretty amazing value.

I mean they listed Elly de la Cruz at 6 which is absurd imo.
 
6 seems way high but I see their thought. If the reds were to trade him right now what would they get. Hard to say with so little track record and such big tools. A lot of risk still too. But he should get a big return.

How about this for the board. Take homer glasses off. Would you trade ozzie straight up for Elly


I wouldn’t. I like ozzie proven record and he won’t get expensive like Elly might in arb years.
 
6 seems way high but I see their thought. If the reds were to trade him right now what would they get. Hard to say with so little track record and such big tools. A lot of risk still too. But he should get a big return.

How about this for the board. Take homer glasses off. Would you trade ozzie straight up for Elly


I wouldn’t. I like ozzie proven record and he won’t get expensive like Elly might in arb years.

It’s not common for guys to become fairly consistent 3.5-4 WAR players, even guys with tools like Elly.
 
6 seems way high but I see their thought. If the reds were to trade him right now what would they get. Hard to say with so little track record and such big tools. A lot of risk still too. But he should get a big return.

How about this for the board. Take homer glasses off. Would you trade ozzie straight up for Elly


I wouldn’t. I like ozzie proven record and he won’t get expensive like Elly might in arb years.

I wouldn’t either. People were having a fit over O’Neil Cruz when he came up to with the Pirates and they are very similar players and the league adjusted to him.
 
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