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  1. MattK
    Without knowing Yankees thoughts, it is still hard to picture them moving a young high prospect for a reliever, no? I mean, Devin Williams likely had more trade value than Megill does (younger and more accomplished), and Durbin plus someone out of their rotation is not near the value of a 23 yr old who has already been in the majors for a while. With a bunch of potential upside left. Jasson has been so hyped since signing, even for the Yankees, that they will need a name to move him for, even if extraneous.
  2. MattK
    Amen on that! Spencer & Joseph ....
  3. MattK
    No doubt! Phenomenal stuff, here ...
  4. MattK
    Sorta funny that I noticed today. Pratt is still age 21. Likely will be starting next season in Nashville due to his D and the system probably wanting Made back at SS in Biloxi. Yet for some reason, probably due to Chourio, Made, and Pena, Pratt seems somehow that he is a disappointment right now. At age 21. With a platinum glove in the minors in his past. Age 21 has him right in line along with Turang as young guys moving through the system at a good pace. And, as ever with these young guys, there are more playing levels they likely will jump yet. I need to stop thinking of him as disappointing. He probably would be the top or second highest prospect in many systems.
  5. MattK
    Love the read, thanks Jim! Rodriguez comes at hitters with a pair of mid-90s fastballs, a slider, and a changeup, and can throw any pitch in any count. Manuel is throwing mid 90s? This is something I've not seen noted anywhere. Would think if he actually is throwing that high, he would be a top 100 prospect, though, so guessing it is wrong.
  6. MattK
    Such an interesting thought experiment, guys, thanks! Completely agree that it is tough to judge what sort of return Freddy would receive, given the 1 year of control remaining. That said, the Mets and Stearns paying X or X+ to get him makes easy sense as they likely could feel pretty confident about extending him. For anyone else, for a single season of control, I struggle with any offers which seem more that what the Crew got for Corbin Burnes; 2 AAA players with some questions. A recent 1st round draft pick as only a part of a deal seems steep to me. As a comparison of equivalence, I would not want to deal Fischer AND DL Hall AND a high level minor leaguer with a solid tool (Brock Wilken??) for a single year of a pitcher such as Carlos Rodon, if Rodon was making $8MM next year. Rodon finished roughly where Freddy did in the Cy last year, and has some rough other comparisons. Would I for a single guaranteed year of a pitcher at the Skubal or Skenes level? Yes, so I guess that is my line of comparison. Maybe I'm too high on Fischer. Just unsure a single season of control is enough to deal someone who has long term upside. Of course you only need to find 1 team willing to make a grandfather offer.
  7. MattK
    Thanks guys, looking forward to it. I have a Bjorn Johnson question. Where do you think he is at, and what can he become? Being picked the round behind Letson, and a lefty, I had pictured them proceeding together, but obviously they are different pitchers on different paths. Thanks!
  8. MattK
    Funny, got to Minnesota, then thought - well these are interesting reviews but the Crew already had such a highly rated system so they must not have made it. Oh, then they were next. :-)
  9. MattK
    Unsure there would be a role for him beyond 4th OF, weak side of a platoon -- only if Perkins is gone. But as a AAA CF, up and down, maybe something. Love the article, Jack! Showed me some stuff I was not aware of, or thinking of.
  10. MattK
    I always thought the long term plan is Chourio in CF, as he is only 21, and is likely to take a step or two yet defensively. This any time he spends out there is growth time for him. This is great unless it could cost them ballgames in the short term in a tight division/pennant race. If Chourio shows longer term that it isn't going to work or if Mitchell plays there short term and shows it is his best position, that is a different story.
  11. MattK
    As a follow-up, I guess that is what I was trying to measure ... a number of these "13th round and on" high schoolers. Especially pitchers. It seems from the stories we hear and such, that sometimes they aren't signable, but then the Crew throws a bunch of $$ at them after a late round selection, and they wind up being signed. How can we in the fan's seats know where their stuff & makeup is at? Could they have been top 4 round guys, but were not determined to be signable - thus were late round gambles? That sorta seems to have been the Crew's style across the past 3 years: find high quality high schoolers who may not sign, and offer a bunch of $$ to sign a few of them. Then they wind up with 4th round talents? Or are they 9th round talents? Is Tobias or Dorchies similar to Bentley? You mentioned Renz, and that is cool. Perhaps this is very difficult to quantify. Or am I way off? And how do we all - as fans - know? Thanks. Maybe this is a podcast question. Or unanswerable.
  12. MattK
    So great that they just have that pitching coaching up and down the system!
  13. MattK
    Thanks guys!
  14. MattK
    Is he around the ballpark of where Meccage was last year, coming in - in terms of his stuff? Probably this is a Spencer question.
  15. MattK
    Also. Unsure Quero is actually MLB ready defensively. Unless OK defense is your perspective. The reports I've seen about this last year are not as encouraging as the 2024 reports would have been, pre-injury.
  16. MattK
    Interesting ... in the tiny aspect that I buy Pena not being included (a "year" behind Made due to position questions and the late season struggles in Wisconsin). Otherwise, great points. Unsure what is right, but really good questions.
  17. MattK
    Love the 10 year deals!!
  18. MattK
    Also really interesting thoughts. Made AND Fischer both essentially jumping over Cooper Pratt, who is likely to start '26 in AAA. He may hit like Ortiz, but his D is also really good.
  19. MattK
    Thinking Burke is holding the spot that 1 of those 3 would fill. Each had different hot stretches in Biloxi this year. Which one steps up in '26?
  20. MattK
    3 times in the first 45+ years as a franchise was a big issue. Phenomenally spoiled we are nowadays. Would you rather be the Cubs with their 2016 WS win ... and then no playoffs again until 2025? 8 years in a row without making the playoffs? I guess personally I feel a 90+ win regular season with a playoff team that loses is significantly less disappointing than a team around .500.
  21. MattK
    Adamczewski planned for Biloxi starting day 1? That would help the OF.
  22. MattK
    I'm not getting that. To my mind, 1 year of control, even for a top 5 pitcher in the league, at a super low salary number, is not worth a young player with a ton of tools who played a solid season in the league at age 22. That seems like something teams would've learned from Jeff Bagwell & John Smoltz that it doesn't make sense.
  23. MattK
    So to get Cam Smith, who is a season older than Chourio - which I think is a good cycle to be on - it would be a year of cheap Freddy, plus ??? Not a top prospect, but maybe one or two of the sub 20 year old pitchers? Or is that not enough?
  24. MattK
    Always unhappy to see this kids, and their potential, move on.
  25. MattK
    Isn't it actually the media and their takes on the off season that the Crew are "supposed to measure up to"? The front office and their systems have earned our trust.
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