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Any chance this is not Williams coming up?

So which Alabama player are we drafting?

I really want the Patriots to draft JJ McCarthy cuz I bet $20 on them to draft him back in March at +1440 lol.  It is now at +150.  I think they will draft Maye though unfortunately.

I predicted Daniels several weeks ago, and I stick with that. Once we signed Mariota I felt that was pretty indicative of the direction we are going in, considering they have the same skill set.

Vegas favors us selecting Daniels as well, odds have shot up. I am 98% sure we are selecting him.

Now a block by the big man.  Those are the players you need to win championship games, doing all the dirty work.

Embiid miss, game over.

Hartenstein huge rebound there.

That seems to be the main talking point on OH aka sending him down to AAA will do no good because he has already proven he can hit AAA pitchers.  Some also contend that AAA pitching is really weak.  I don't really know what the answer is frankly, because I don't think sending him up against major league pitching only to see him fail is all that beneficial.  At some point you need to instill some confidence.  

15 minutes ago, Hersh said:

 

It would have to be for a pitcher with 4 years of control and why would any team give that up?

 

Having said that, they are going to have some tough decisions to make regarding some of these prospects that are knocking on the door but are blocked. 

If a team wants to trade us any good starting MLB with even two years of control, I'd be fine with that.  Unless there is some hidden trade stipulation in his contract that I am unaware of.  Like for instance if the Diamondbacks wanted to trade us Zac Gallen (they would never do that, just picking a random pitcher) for Holliday straight up, I'd do that.

I agree at some point we need to trade some of these hitting prospects for some pitching, it makes no sense to stockpile all this talent if we can't play them all.  Mayo, Stowers, Norby, and Kjerstad are just rotting away in AAA.  At some point Bradfield is gonna deserve a shot too.  We need pitching, we don't even have that many quality arms in the farm system.  All our top prospects are hitters.

Here is a crazy idea, trade Holliday now for a legit starting MLB pitcher and other assets.  If we want to win this year, we are going to need it.  I don't think Holliday is going to contribute much this year.

I know that is a wacky idea, so I don't really think it will happen.  Watching the kid hit though, I honestly have concerns regarding his long-term prospects.  

Every time I see Holliday at bat he looks awkward. I noticed the mistiming of his stride foot right away, they need to work on that. He is off balance every at bat.

Yeah I mean it could always get worse. It is definitely by far the most tumultuous region of the world.

Eh, I see this turning out very badly. Middle East will become a barren wasteland full of death and misery.

18 minutes ago, Destino said:

Ever seen chair legs fail under the strain of a fat dudes bulk? Same principle. 

I could tell dude was chunky in college. I don't know how all the NBA scouts missed his conditioning issues. I get that everyone marveled at his athleticism, but damn. To be fair he was balling out today.

Why is Zion so fragile?

That's cool.  247 has him listed as the 169th ranked transfer, so not sure how much of a big-time get that is.  I'd like to see if Willard can land Andrej Stojakovic, then I would be impressed.

That's kinda funny.  I like seeing Rubenstein say he is the new guy lol.

He got one! Gunnar ties it up next swing.

Wine for the evening. 

New track from Your Old Droog featuring Method Man & Denzel Curry.  Beat by Madlib.  Meth's flow is timeless, nice track.

The starting pitching is very concerning aside from Burnes and Rodriguez.

New album from Apathy entitled Connecticut Casual 2.  He's a veteran that has been contributing to hip hop for a long time.  Listening right now, some really dope songs.

4 hours ago, ixcuincle said:

They competed hard with Chicago today.

 

Who else would they need to not get annihilated.

They gave up 129 points in a late-season game to a Bulls team starting a bunch of randoms.

As Renegade mentioned, Davis is not a starting caliber player. He is barely an NBA caliber player. Avdija and Kispert are good role players on a quality-level NBA team, but they aren't guys that can start night in and night out and give you consistent production. Vukevic looks like he can score a little bit, but he is unproven. And Sarr is a complete question mark.

You need stars in the NBA to compete. Guys who play hard on both ends of the floor and who can stuff the stat sheet. Guys who can get buckets on a consistent basis and make the players around them better. The Wizards have no one like that.

^ That starting 5 would get annihilated every single night.

I've noticed Holliday's stride foot timing is off. He needs to shorten it, way too high and long.

Cowser is special. Out of all our young hitters, I think he will be the best out of all of them, including Gunnar and Adley.