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Garcia with a sac fly to tie it at 5 for Wilson. Lamada single and there are 2 on 2 outs for Hamdlefry.

T-rats lead 14-1 in the 9th. The 1st 6 players in the lineup with multi-hit games, Dinges and Dickinson with 3 each. Dingers for Dinges, Dickinson (1st), and Ragsdale. Even with no Fischer or Josh A (Payne sat out today as well) this team still has a ton of fire power.

I've tried to pay attention to the CWS a little. UNC has 2 interesting bats in OF Owen Hull (mlb #158) and SS Jake Schaffner (mlb #91). Hull .398/.506/.614 8 HR (85 rbi) 26 2B, 2 3B, 18 sb, 44 bb/40 k Schaffner (from Janesville) .352/.467/.551 6 HR, 19 2B, 7 3B, 26 SB, 44 BB/30 k Both dont have a ton of power upside but do have good size and athleticism. I think either one would be solid picks after the 2nd round (maybe 2nd for Schaffner). Both are a little old so I cant see either rocketing to far up draft boards.

Black, Wilken, Baddoo with jacks, Baddoo's was a granny. Dubaniweicz with another solid start, he is becoming one of the best pitching prospects in the system.

I doubt we would get much more than cash considerations or a like 21 year old in rookie ball. I would prefer to trade Sal and get a decent reliever back.

Tough one today, I dont mind Ashby closing that one. I was looking at splits earlier for Turang, he is only hitting like .170 vs lefties and .300 vs. righties. I dont think I would sit him but maybe he needs to hit like 6/7 against lefties until he turns that around.

If Cooper can hit anywhere near .250 with solid defense, good baserunning, and keep his strikeouts low like in the minors he will be a huge upgrade. He is off to a nice start, hopefully there is some Brice Turang and the power will come through in a couple years.

Jett and Luke Adams seem like Givens to me. Childers and Holub are probably at this point, I would rather have them over like McGee next year. Kuehner, Manfredi, and Wichrowski are maybes depending on how the season goes. I would add Cam Wagoner who has been on off the most impressive relievers of the season but he might need some AAA time. A lot will depend on how many roster spots there are. O'Rae and Wood could also play there way into a roster spots if given some AAA time this year.

Jesus MadeLuis PenaLuis LaraCooper PrattAndrew FischerJosh AdamczewskiJett WilliamsBraylon PayneJeferson QueroBlake BurkeMarco DingesAlexander FriasBishop LetsonTyson HardinLuke AdamsBrady EbelDylan O'RaeEric BitontiDiego FrontadoJayden Dubanewicz It would be nice to see Made hit a few more HR and Pena get some good luck and stay healthy. Pratt is off to a nice start in the bigs and Lara not far behind. Fischer and Josh A. with a well timed AA promotions, it would be nice if they play well to maybe get them some AAA time by the end of the year. Jett has had a nice power upswing with the Pratt promotion. Payne shows the tools to be a top 100 prospect potentially by the end of the year. Quero has been fine but hasn't pushed Sanchez for a big league shot. Burke has been solid but better contact numbers would be nice. Dinges with more health issues does provide more worries. I put Frias at 12 based on the big upside, needs to be in Wilson by next week. Letson has responded well and Hardin is knocking on the door. Adams has come off the DL strong and Ebel has been great after a slow start. O'Rae may not have huge upside but the results are strong, Bitonti has shown consistently small improvement and is often undercooked. Frontada may only have 10ish games in but looks to be the best of a strong DSL group. I struggled with which pitcher at 20 and went for Dub's upside. 21-30 Knoth, DeBerry, Meccage, Dorchies. Thompson, Yoho, Crow, M Rodriguez, Wagoner, Morrison All pitching, we have good upside here but results haven't been consistent. 31-40 Juan Martinez, J Anderson, Encarnacion, Mills, Hughes, Moneys, L Matos, Ragsdale, Cairone Swinging back for the younger bats that either have holes to work out or just need more time to build up some credibility. 41-50 Ortuno, Wood, Fitzpatrick, Leonard, Wilken, Black, Kuehner, Birchard, Boeve, Epipscope Mostly older expeirenced prospects here who I think can be mlb contributors if not with us elsewhere.

We mentioned Reid Detmers, he has been good the last month and has been getting pretty solid national hype. However what about Jose Soriano? He was amazing the 1st 7 or 8 starts and hasn't been great the past month or so. However that might bring his value down, maybe below Detmers. Soriano throws 97 with a great splitter and solid curveball, he walks to many guys but that seems to be where Hook and company exceed. He has 2 years of control, he would cost a pretty solid package like Detmers but could bea sneaky solid add. I would guess either guy would cost less than Skubal and both have multiple years of control.

I kind of think he will end up being a great utility/bench/platoon guy. I do think he might end up being blocked though with us. Turang at 2B (Pena prospect for when gone) Hamilton, Jett, and maybe Joey at utility. Chourio in left, Mitchell/Lara in CF, Lockridge maybe Sal as 4th OF. The nice part is he doesn't need to be rushed right now. His play has been worthy of a AAA promotion soon but with all the big league depth we can let him spend most of the year at AA. Then next year AAA when Mitchell has 1 year left I believe.

Bitonti 4 for 4 with 4 rbis and a nuke. Some huge offensive games today.

Can you send a guy from Rookie ball straight to High A. That's kind of a joke but not really. He needs a promotion like a week ago.

Bucks get Jaylen Brown, Hugo Gonzalez, 2 1sts for Giannis Jaylen Brown to Miami for Ware, Jaquez Herro, 13 and future 1st and pick swap as late as possible. Herro to Detriot for Isiah Stewart, LaVert, 21, and a conditional (lotto protected) future 1st. Turner and Boston 1st (26) to Charlotte for Josh Green, Grant Williams, and 18. Bobby to Lakers for future 1st. Kuzma, Josh Green, #13 to NO for Dejonte Murray and future picks swap (would love to try and turn this to Trey Murphy but dont see it) 10= Burries 18= Steinback 21= Cenac 1st team Rollins, Murray, Jaquez, Stewart, Ware 2nd team Burries, Green, Gonzalez, Cenac, Steinbeck, Williams, Lavert We have a young upside team with some veteran leaders. We pick up 4 future 1sts from Boston, Miami, Detriot, and LA. We also dont have any long term monster contracts.

Burries is my guy at 10, very efficient and good defender. Seemed like a good leader and not a me player when I watched Zona. If we end up with 13 it depends alot on if we trade Turner and/or Bobby. I do like Aday Mara and a Ware big man pairing at least defensively. I dont think if we would have 10 and 13 I would try and trade up I think it would only get us to like 6 and to me this draft is deep so the difference between 6 and 10 (or 13) isn't huge.