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  1. User Name
    Altuve is 5'6 with the body composition of a 13-year old, and he's a top-10 player in the league. That's not it. The real problem is that Benintendi simply has not played enough professional baseball to even be considered in the conversation for the main roster. Ditto for Moncada. Pump the brakes people.
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    Pick and trade , keep Miley is what I said, but that would have turned out wrong too.
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    Came here to post this.
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    Re: question Answer what? It's just arguing for the sake of arguing.
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    This discussion has really run its course. Teams pay millions of dollars to people so they can handle the adjustment and development of their young players. Simply put: You don't know better. Things are done the way they are done because it's the most logical, efficient way.
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    That's the hilarity of it. He's accusing others of engaging in strawmen while propping up a bunch of them himself.
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    That's assuming they can line him up to start that game in the middle of a wild card battle.
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    Again, do you actually know what a straw man is? Please define it for me.
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    You're greatly underestimating how much impact the mental aspect of the game and the efficiency of a development program have on a young player. They are carefully devised and applied in a way that respects this delicate balance. There's a reason why teams do things the way they do. You're saying "Oh, it's not radical, oh, it won't take time away from other things"....then why haven't they done it? It's clear they will move him off the position. But this is a kid who came over from Cuba and is adjusting to life in the US and life as a professional baseball player. They will try to put the least amount of stuff on his plate possible. Also, do you have any idea how much work goes into positioning/footwork on defense to prepare for the MLB level? Again, there's a reason why they handle development they way they handle it, and no amount of made-up scenarios is going to validate any sort of contention otherwise.
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    It's a KBR (Kimmi-Bellhorn Reference) stat.
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    Teheran has terrible mechanics, and stuff quality varies (sometimes greatly, as it happened last year). His peripherals do not line up with his current performance. The Braves are going to sucker-punch someone by selling them Shelby Miller (similar profile, even worse mechanics) all over again.
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    Mookie's hilarious and he's great at bowling. Papi's always been my guy, but he's retiring, and I've made peace with that fact.
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    Re: Koji The fact that his stuff is diminished is undeniable. But he has adjusted before, and Farrell himself commented on some adjustments to add downward action to his fastball, and better late dive to his split. I believe Koji will be his usual self (as in, career norms, not 2013 insanity) the rest of the year.
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    In b4 TBSB annoying comment.
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    http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/525x330/alt/453214.jpg Knucklin' Steven Wright 8-4, 2.01 ERA Vs http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/525x330/456167.jpg AJ "Injured since 2013" Griffin 3-0, 2.94 ERA Let's continue the offensive explosion. Score runs and win *******s!
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    I wouldn't overpay for Teheran.
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    My favorite player.
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    ^This.
  19. User Name
    I actually agree. He wasn't finishing his follow-through. It happens. Not that worried about it considering his prior run of successful starts.
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    Do you know what a strawman actually is? And that's weak. You don't have guys take reps at other positions just for the sake of it. The way development works is that you have a guy master his offensive approach and then his natural position because you need to keep kids focused, and you need org developmental plans to be effective, efficient and streamlined. This isn't a reinvention of the wheel by the Red Sox org. Every MLB organization follows the same tried-and-true development concept, and they use it for a reason. The less pressure on a kid's plate, the more likely he is to succeed in the first place. They're not robots.
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    Price has always been terrible @ Arlington. I even mentioned it in the thread title. 5.15 ERA vs Texas, 6.54 ERA @ Rangers before last night's game.
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    Better than 0%, like Manny et al.
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    ....or win the WS.
  24. User Name
    Moon, you're just flat out wrong on this. You don't jerk players around and take chances with their development based on unlikely "what-if" scenarios. That's just not how prospect development works.
  25. User Name
    How is this argument still going on?
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