Off days…

6 of 9 picks were pitchers. Thinking more strategically, I wonder if Dana knows his best trade assets on the farm are young pitcher (Blubagh, Bloss, Arrighetti) and is preparing now to lose some of those guys by backfilling.

I also find it interesting we don't get many lefties. I'm assuming we have just determined the value isn't there when compared to what teams are paying for that lefty premium.

Pretty telling of what they think of their pitching depth. https://t.co/tRwYcRppLk

— Michael Connor (@ConnorMichael) July 15, 2024

Another way to look at it

Great!

No. Wait.

When did we change our team colors to orange and black?

So that national anthem was… uhh… something.

That was Roseann Barr like. Horrible.

I could have been drunk. And that still would have sounded bad.

That National Anthem was something. I actually felt bad for her. Arlington needs to get its S together.

Ravech remains a crime against baseball as always.

Rooting for a Gunnar vs Witt showdown.

Alec Bohm out-homering Megamind is hilarious.

That's a shame...

mwm said:

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That was Roseann Barr like. Horrible.

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Roseann's was a little better.

All I do is Nguyen said:

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Was that national anthem worse than fergies??

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If you or a loved one listened to the National Anthem during the 2024 Home Run Derby, you may be entitled to financial compensation. #HomeRunDerby

— Scott Berlin (@Scott_Berlin) July 16, 2024

Here are some interesting names for day 3 of the draft. I won't even look at high school players because who knows who is willing to sign or not.

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news/PBR/2024-mlb-draft--under-the-radar-college-hitters

I'd also add the guys below.

Jared Jones - LSU 1B - Kind of shocked he's still available. Yes the swing and miss is real but he's massing, hit tons of jacks (28 this year), and walked a crap ton. He was also a leader in EV and HR distance in the MLB combine (unsurprisingly). Richie Sexson kind of player. I can only guess being a draft eligible sophomore he's told teams don't even bother after the first 3 rounds because he's come back.

Jeremiah Jenkins - Maine 1B - Another big body power bat (6-4, 240). Hit 22 jacks for Maine this year in only 225 PA's with a roughly 1:1 BB:K ratio for a .341/.451/.762 line. He's been a similar pace in the summer league this year. Despite the size, most think he's a pretty solid defender at first. A more realistic sign than Jones (plus he's lefty).

Riley Huge - Winthrop LHP - Can't find much on his stuff but he's a big lefty (6-3, 240) who K'ed 111 batters in 66.2 innings. We need a lefty and he's a senior so should be an easy sign.

Micah Ashman - Utah LHP - Another big lefty (6-7) that was the PAC 12 closer of the year with 26 K's in 26 innings with only 3 walks. He faired even better in the Cape with 13 K's to 2 BB's in 9.1 innings. His fastball sits around 94, so he's not the power pitcher you would associate with this size but even 94 from a lefty at that size is hard to find. He has relied primarily on that fastball so if scouts think they can get some secondary pitches out of him he could be a relatively low mileage arm (88 career innings in college and summer league for his career).

Wonder how the Astros would've played this. Neck soreness? Neck tightness?

That was fast pic.twitter.com/oSg4si5izf

— FAX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFAX) July 16, 2024

"Discomfort".