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Keep Rendon and Trout 1-2 in the lineup 

Tucker has never come close to living up to his first round draft status.  He's best known at this point as Vanessa Hudgens' husband and father of their soon-to-be-born kid.
 

Yeah, they are calling it a hit and 6 days later they will change it to an error. 

@Lou you are truly missed my friend. Happy Birthday! 

Juan Flores gonna make us forget Edgar Quero.
Also have a good feeling about Randy DeJesus and Anthony Scull. 
I haven’t been as engrossed with the farm the last couple of years. It wasn’t that interesting. It was approaching Dipoto-era levels of bad, but this year is already grabbing my attention a lot more.

My personal hot takes by seasons end;
1. Dana will be the number 1 prospect in our system, top 35 Prospect and top 5 RHP in all of MLB. With My comp being a Corbin Burnes for him. 
2. Rada is the number 2 prospect, and he be anywhere from 45 to 60 in the top 100.
3. Kent makes it as the number 3 prospect, and in the 90-100 range for the top 100. I see a bit of Jose Berrios in him. 
4. Cole Fontenelle, climbs in the the top 10 list for me, and i see him similar to how Alberto Callaspo type of player
5. Hurtado, make it the top 15, with an upside of a #3 or #4. 

Watched a bit of Dana's start today;
Fastball was 94 to 96 and he was getting pasted hitters with ease. I'd give it a 60 grade pitch. 
Slider is his second best pitch, and to me it looks like it was flashing plus. Not a sweeper, but a slider with a tight break. Also a 60 grade pitch
Change, saw a quite a few changes today, I would consider it to an average to above-average pitch. Biggest thing I noticed was a lack of command, missed a quite a few up in the zone compared to his other pitches. The few he located really well down the zone looked Above-average to me. 
Curve, saw a few but not to many. Isn't a put out pitch. 
 
The upside is still there for him to be a 2/3 in any rotation. I think he still needs work with refining his stuff and control of his pitches. I would probably prefer that he stays in AA thru out the season with a goal of 80 to 100 innings. Next year start him in AA with a shot at a call-up late in the year. There is no real reason to rush him. Let him develop and understand the game. 

That first inning was a lot of bad luck all around. He got squeezed on a strike 3 that was called ball 4, potential double play grounder hits him for a single, second potential double play grounder he muffs rather than letting his fielders handle it for another single and then the wild pitch scoring 2 guys... Could have easily been a 0 or 1 run inning for him with any luck at all.

If Juan Flores has a good year with the bat he will shoot up prospect rankings
 
 

If Juan Flores has a good year with the bat he will shoot up prospect rankings
 
 

Moniak should not be batting 2nd.

All in all I thought Soriano looked solid for the most part. Stuff looks good and he was getting swing and misses. That 1st inning was just weird.

Tampa in same boat. Soriano goes 6 inn today and halos hit 5 HR.

Great news!! 

If Juan Flores has a good year with the bat he will shoot up prospect rankings
 
 

If Juan Flores has a good year with the bat he will shoot up prospect rankings
 
 

If Juan Flores has a good year with the bat he will shoot up prospect rankings
 
 

If Juan Flores has a good year with the bat he will shoot up prospect rankings
 
 

Hopefully Soriano steps up for his first career start tomorrow 

Hopefully Soriano steps up for his first career start tomorrow 

Hopefully Soriano steps up for his first career start tomorrow 

Rendon is simply Hispanic GA.

hurt.

It has to be said that I always believed he wouldn't hit under .100 all season long