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11 hours ago, Blarg said:

The Angels are not trading Detmers.  

Yep, we'll hold on to that forlorn hope of keeping him long-term, right up to the moment in December 2027 when he signs a 9-figure deal with the Dodgers.

3 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

That Aussie kid is lighting it up despite pitching in the Pac 12 where offenses have been down.  Not sure what his upside is tools wise, but he seems to have a very "pro" approach at the plate.  Plus anyone that was playing against grown men at 15 is if nothing else somewhat tested.

I've seen a lot of Bazzana out here, but only Wetherholt a bit on TV.  There are a lot of similarities.

I think Wetherholt might be a bit better pure hitter.  Bazzana's swing is a bit long and has a shoulder tilt that makes him naturally uppercut.  But he covers the plate well and hits to all fields well.  Bazzana is showing surprising power this year, but I think in the pro game he's more like a 10-15 HR kind of guy.

One separator might be Bazzana's compete level.  He's intense.  He's like Lenny Dykstra minus the tobacco and the off-field nonsense.

16 minutes ago, nothing, Nothing said:

you can add Wetherholt and Caglianone to that list as well. 

Yep, that's a reasonable opinion.  Chase Burns could be another, especially given the weakness at the top of the HS crop.

But I'm splitting hairs here with a distinction between "no chance" and "very small chance".  I think there's at least a small chance one of Wetherholt or Caglianone gets to us at 8 overall.

Condon, Bazzana, and Smith I think there's essentially zero chance, absent a medical issue.  They're all having monster seasons and are erasing the specific concerns teams might have had about them previously (Condon's contact, Bazzana's power, and Smith's command).

We're picking 8th.

We're not getting Charlie Condon, Hagen Smith, or Travis Bazzana.

Topps photographer in 1968: "Randy we'd like to get you standing up on your baseball card this year."

Randy Hundley: "Sorry, I can't stand up."

3 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

O'Hoppe has said he wants to play as much as possible (I think I remember seeing something where he said he wanted to play 140+ games?). Of course, you don't always have to do what a player says--but I guess for now, they're just letting him go while he's hot.

C'mon Wash, let's get O'Hoppe to beat Randy Hundley's record....

It's time to start thinking about tanking for the first overall pick in the 2042.

1 hour ago, samwum said:

• Lost Ohtani

I have obtained the actual surveillance video of the moment Perry lost Ohtani.  Here it is.

Arte does keep an homage to Ben Franklin at home, but it's not the kind you mentioned.

5 hours ago, Chuck said:

Maybe this relaxes Schanuel at the plate a bit more so he can focus on game at hand and not pressured by an on-base streak.

Agree.  I've been thinking the last several games that I wouldn't mind if the streak ended.  For a rookie, it would become a distraction at some point.

For those of you wondering what Wayne's $200 shirt looked like without the tie and coat....

Zuniga with the Goose Gossage save!

If you hadn't seen the game and I showed you these two "highlights", would you have thought we won?

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

Either way, how could he have played with Vladdy and Erstad?

There's enough room in this baby for both Vladdy and Ersty.

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

Trout was 15 years old at that time.

This has me wondering if a 15 year old Trout might be a better leadoff hitter than a 34 year old Anthony Rendon.

Plus, you could pay the 15 year old Trout with a handful of bubble gum and a box of baseball cards every week.  Rendon we have to pay $740,000 or so every week.

6 hours ago, T.G. said:

Players looking at note cards is funny to me.

Indeed.  This one is Drury checking his health insurance card to see if he's covered for scorching ground balls that almost take his head off.

Just now, Chuck said:

Ooooo I love this. Going to use this on X. Nicely done, @Lazorko Saves

Not mine, it's from the broadcast last night.

Hmm, Ump Scorecard really missing a lot of missed calls here.  This doesn't have that curveball above the zone that Taylor Ward ducked away from and was called a strike.  It doesn't have all those pitches Sandoval got squeezed on at the bottom of the zone.

It's not even April yet, and I've just seen the best thing I'm going to see all season!

29 minutes ago, budice0 said:

Rendon: *clocks in for work*

16 hours ago, The Ghost of Bob Starr said:

I’m here for the negativity. 

Yep.  Let's head over to the "Tired of the positivity" thread!

I don't know why, but I'm kind of unhappy that this has been solved now.

It's a bit like going to Roger Patterson's estate sale and finding a big Sasquatch suit in a nondescript cardboard box.