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Ben Clemens

2:38

I just really like the defense and baserunning. David Fletcher is a nice player

Barrel

2:38

Which Brewers ace do find most pleasing to watch pitch?

Ben Clemens

2:38

Burnes

2:39

Honestly, it's not close for me, though people are free to differ

The cutter/slider combo is sooooo fun to watch

Dalton Wilcox

2:39

Yeah htf did he link successfully?

Ben Clemens

2:40

I have no idea but it looks really nice huh?

I saw it in the chat queue and could hardly believe it

Didace

2:40

The Phillies scored 7 runs in one inning on 3 hits, none of which were hit anywhere near hard. That's got to be some kind of record.

Ben Clemens

2:40

If we had data on tihs it would be fun to check

Sadly, my computer is still recovering from the calculations I was doing on the uniqueness of every start in history, so I won't be the one writing that article

Guest

2:41

Kelenic had about 310 PA at A+/AA/AAA combined. Stupid remarks from the SEA front office made it easy to market him as the next poster child for service time manipulation, and his hot start at AAA made the noise louder- but it was a 6 game sample, after a year where he played no competitive games! Feels like the hype machine may have done him a disservice.

Ben Clemens

2:41

Yeah, I buy this point

2:42

I think it was defensible to leave Kelenic down to start the season if they just wanted him to have more reps

That said, it's also not hard to believe that he's just hte Mariners' best hitter

2:43

So I think it would have come down to a philosophical questoin

Should you always play your best outfielders at the highest spot in your org?

But the Mather thing changed the story

Guest

2:44

Given their minor league success and major league struggles, would you bet on Adell or Kelenic to have a better career at this point?

Ben Clemens

2:44

Kelenic

I just like him more as a prospect

Guest

2:44

Castellanos and Winker should be starting OFers for the NL All-Stars, correct? Also, as a Reds fan watching the team squander two of the best offensive OF seasons in franchise history, I have new sympathy for Angels fans.

Ben Clemens

2:44

Castellanos probably, Winker definitely

2:45

I know Castellanos has more WAR

But I kind of don't care? Winker is just an absolute monster being dragged down by ba defense, and I want my All Stars to mash

That said Castellanos would be third on my ballot at the moment so

Appa Yip Yip

2:46

The Jays front office took a ton of flak for saying Vlad wasn't big league ready, but they were obviously right because he had no idea how to properly take care of his body and diet. The flip side of that is that he never would have learned without failing at the big league level, but ya the hype machine is not how you should evaluate prospects. Also Acuña and Soto ruined it for everyone.

Ben Clemens

2:46

Right, learning to succeed by failing is a really good reason to bring someone up to the majors

2:47

If there was no such thing as service time, if players became free agents at 26 no matter what, I think it's unquestionable that the Jays would have put Vlad in the majors to turbo-charge his learning

And it'd be the right thing to do even if he didn't hit well

Greg

2:47

Is it too early to declare Ke'Bryan Hayes as the greatest of all time?

Ben Clemens

2:47

I mean, you can declare whatever you'd like

Best Pirate since Cutch? That seems like a more reaonable take

Ham

2:48

Re: Babip's question, if I'm not mistaken NL MVP Jesse Winker tagged up from first twice this weekend against STL

Ben Clemens

2:48

I don't believe you

I watched that series and I'm pretty sure he only hits homers

Josh

2:48

How excited are you about Francisco Alvarez? AA doesn't feel out of the question this season

Ben Clemens

2:48

Gonna be honest, I just don't know enough about him

2:49

We had him #1 in the system, so like, I know he's good

I think they should try him out in AA given how he's hitting, but catcher development is in fits and starts, and I really don't konw how he's developing as a receiver, game caller, all that stuff that teams really do insist on

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