Levonas. Another one I like, Projectable kid fun fastball shape. If the price of getting Levonas and Meccage was Burke I am absolutely fine with it. And who knows what we might get the next 2 days
From Fangraphs: Beefy first base-only power-hitting prospect with plus all-fields juice. Sandwiched a down sophomore season between stellar freshman and junior campaigns. Led Division-I in doubles and had a 31-game hit streak as a junior. Pretty good plate coverage; tends to hit the ball where it's pitched. Hits some epic golf shot pull-side homers, can also flatten his path and bang stuff on the outer half to the opposite field gap. Plate discipline is an issue. Poor secondary pitch recognition leads to some in-zone whiffs versus hittable pitches. Your profile has to be iron clad to project as an average first baseman, and Burke's chase rates are a body blow to his. His power and barrel feel should still allow him to play a big league role for as long as he can maintain his current level of athleticism, ranking in the 25-40 range when you line up all the first basemen.
Is there anything baseball fans love doing more than overreact? Chill guys there's over 20 selections to go and we are saving money to make a lot of good picks a la Yoho, etc
From Fangraphs: Premier athlete with wide receiver's build at a strapping 6-foot-2. Plus-plus runner, reaches top speed in just a couple of strides. Downward cutting swing looks awkward a lot of the time, makes slash-and-dash contact in games. Has more power potential than that but his top hand needs to be more involved in his swing to get to it. Power/speed developmental prospect whose wheels are a fit in center field.
Saw a tweet the other day that said Ross would be back for the Aug 2-4 series, but that may not be accurate.
Hall was basically ready to return but idk what his timeline is after getting hit by that comebacker
No clue. I think Hall will be back first. If he struggles like he did, he can be optioned when Ross is reinstated. Like wiguy said, you also need a spot for Koenig. Maybe 1 or 2 guys can go on trades? An injury? (real or phantom). One of Peguero/Milner/Payamps/Wilson goes?
There is a real roster-crunch issue coming.
Yes he did! Hopefully he gets it going. I loved him last year but he has seriously struggled this season. I would hate to see him go but its the reality of baseball
No doubt. Hall will be back from the IL first though, I think. Ross is aiming for an Aug 2-ish return. Once Ross is back, I 100% agree on moving Hall to the pen
From the transactions page. No tweet to bid Dallas goodbye.
The guy cost us $1 and kept us in all the games he pitched. Not much else to ask for. Enjoy retirement.
Ross, Hall and Williams will all be back soon so this opens a spot for them.