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Just now, Beau Vine said:

I pity anyone who becomes a DBack fan because of this, because I've been there, and it sucked.

But now how good does it feel to be a fan of the franchise that does it the right way?

8 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So Arizona’s AA team is in Amarillo 

 

he'll play in el paso vs AAA padres team

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

But now how good does it feel to be a fan of the franchise that does it the right way?

They do it right a lot better than AZ.  Shit, not even the Cardinals would hire LaRussa to run their front office and let him hire Dave Stewart to be GM.

Just once I want to hear an analyst say  “you know what this player is probably overrated and I think he sucks”.

Look at the Crime Dog!!!  Shit, Rollie Fingers and Eric Davis looked pretty good.

do you think rollie fingers gets tired of that mustache but he has to keep it ?

Try not to strikeout on your way off the stage Brendan Ryan. Goddamnit I forgot he existed until right now.

3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

do you think rollie fingers gets tired of that mustache but he has to keep it ?

If he shaved it, Charlie O. Finley would rise from the grave and demand that the $400 he paid him for the mustache be returned.  Not worth risking that.

Love me some swisher. If Drew Thorpe has no relation to Jim Thorpe he needs to lie and say he does. I would absolutely do that with that last name.

Love me some swisher. If Drew Thorpe has no relation to Jim Thorpe he needs to lie and say he does. I would absolutely do that with that last name.
Yeah but you are also an idiot

Brewers rep just announced that this pick was for the 2002 draft

9 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

43  games for Denard with Tampa, interesting choice. 

He's employed by Tampa

24 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Love me some swisher. If Drew Thorpe has no relation to Jim Thorpe he needs to lie and say he does. I would absolutely do that with that last name.

Especially if he was drafted by Atlanta

Edited by TonyTexas

22 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

Brewers rep just announced that this pick was for the 2002 draft

And now they said "with the seventy two pick". Interesting choice for a rep.

10 minutes ago, rvm96 said:

And now they said "with the seventy two pick". Interesting choice for a rep.

Rickie Weeks didn't go to Southern U. to play school.

 

6 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Eric Davis, one of the all-time 'what if' guys. 

He was Billy Hamilton with 40 HR power.

5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

LSU has already had 2 players drafted and 5 recruits. 

 

lot of SEC hs commits drafted tonight 

7 hours ago, Helobious said:

Love me some swisher. If Drew Thorpe has no relation to Jim Thorpe he needs to lie and say he does. I would absolutely do that with that last name.

I'd rather be related to Otis Thorpe

So it looks like Texas is the team to be concerned with about being able to go way over slot for kids that have a decent college commitment.

10 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Eric Davis, one of the all-time 'what if' guys. 

Davis, Strawberry and Bo. Straw should have hit 600 HR but couldn’t keep his shit together. Bo’s career(s) would have been fascinating to watch on many levels, as he was still developing as a baseball player. Those guys playing (full, healthy seasons) in the 90s offense era would have been great. 

1 hour ago, Post Oak said:

Brock Porter come on down

Was not expectign a beat write to flat out state it as so... Damn

13 minutes ago, Laxtonto said:

Was not expectign a beat write to flat out state it as so... Damn

He’s the only HS guy remaining that is ranked high enough to be able to wallet whip but I’m not sure the Rangers have enough. Everything I’ve read says he was going to Clemson unless he was drafted in the top 15. Which means he wants $4M+. The Rangers have $4.4 left in their pool. They can spend up to 20% more ($1.8M) with penalties which include taxes and/ or loss of international draft picks. 

6 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

He’s the only HS guy remaining that is ranked high enough to be able to wallet whip but I’m not sure the Rangers have enough. Everything I’ve read says he was going to Clemson unless he was drafted in the top 15. Which means he wants $4M+. The Rangers have $4.4 left in their pool. They can spend up to 20% more ($1.8M) with penalties which include taxes and/ or loss of international draft picks. 

If they draft him with the 4th rounder and punt the 5th rounder they can get to 3.3 or so pretty easily. If they punt another later pick they will be around 3.5/3.6 which is what I expect him to sign for. I doubt he is going to get 4.

But getting him at 3.5 would be a major win and if Rocker is indeed healthy that is a slam dunk draft from a top-end talent perspective. With how deep the Rangers minors is with good but not great guys ceiling-wise, this is probably a solid strategy.

I am glad that Melendez got drafted by Arizona since it is so close to El Paso and if he can make AA he can play in Amarillo. That's cool. Hope he gets a chance in the Majors at some point.

Good luck Coffey and Bolte. We barely knew ye.

Edited by Valmy77

18 hours ago, DougO said:

Rocker could start next week. 

For Texas maybe.  But not a real MLB team.

58 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

I am glad that Melendez got drafted by Arizona since it is so close to El Paso and if he can make AA he can play in Amarillo. That's cool. Hope he gets a chance in the Majors at some point.

Good luck Coffey and Bolte. We barely knew ye.


diamondbacks AAA plays against El Paso 

4 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

For Texas maybe.  But not a real MLB team.

No shit. He’s thrown 20 innings  in the last year for some independent team in NY. 

I didn't have Pete 2nd off the board. 

3 hours ago, Laxtonto said:

Was not expectign a beat write to flat out state it as so... Damn

Well well well.  What an interesting draft.

Melendez, Ardoin, and Hansen have been drafted off the current squad. Good luck in the minor leagues gentlemen.

Coffey and Bolte are probably gone from the signing class.

Anybody else we should be worried about?

5 minutes ago, Rickylovesweed said:

Oklahoma State is losing some pitching. 

They've had 3 or 4 pitchers drafted already. 

The Major Leagues saw that amazing bullpen and knew they had to have all of them.

1 minute ago, VirginiaLonghorn said:

Hodo to O’s

Unlike Ardoin, he might have a shot.

Hodo, Silas, Pete, and Melendez all gone. Just Faltine left out of the guys likely to be drafted.

Cox, Bolte, and Coffey gone from the signing class. Anybody else we should be worried about?

2 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Unlike Ardoin, he might have a shot.

Hodo, Silas, Pete, and Melendez all gone. Just Faltine left out of the guys likely to be drafted.

Cox, Bolte, and Coffey gone from the signing class. Anybody else we should be worried about?

Southard is also a risk. 

1 hour ago, Sbbruin said:

For Texas maybe.  But not a real MLB team.

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