LongLiveMaroth

Haven't watched it yet but should be interesting.

Get out of here with your logic and level-headedness.

FCL L 7-2 Montilla 1/4 2RBI K HR Sequera 1/4 Fana 0/4 Jimenez 0/3 Perez 0/3 Wilson 3IP 5H 4ER 4BB 3K

And was named FSL player of the week.

BA's statcast standout Thomas Bruss, RHP, Tigers Bruss made his first appearance in this series about a month ago. Since then, he’s started mixing in more of what looks to be a plus changeup. Baseball Prospectus rates the changeup as -1.5 runs/100 pitches, which means it will prevent 1.5 runs more than the average pitch per 100 pitches, including an incredible 59% expected whiff rate on swings. We’re looking at three distinct pitch shapes, with the changeup getting a lot of swing and miss. The fastball still has great velocity, averaging 96.5 mph, and he’s getting slightly above-average ride on the pitch. It won’t overwhelm batters, but it is very promising. As we wrote last month, it’s the type of pitch that goes from average to plus-plus if he can find two inches of ride (not an easy thing to do). The changeup is currently running a tremendous 37% swinging strike rate (whiffs/pitch) and a 60% whiff rate (whiffs/swing), backing up the StuffPro evaluation. The slider looks like an average or better pitch as well, given the fastball velocity and the true gyro spin. My confidence in Bruss as a potential big league arm is growing. While I’d love to see him promoted soon, that will also mean we lose publicly available Statcast data on him until he gets to Triple-A. With pitchers, the raw ingredients are often more instructive than the raw performance. Bruss has a lot going for him in that respect, given the massive 6-foot-8 frame and the velocity. If he’s still in the FSL in a month, will check back in again. He was a minor league signing earlier this year.

Here is a proposed trade from the Athletic ; I'll be honest I would be pretty disappointed with this return. Parada isn't even ranked on Fangraphs and is 9th on pipeline. The proposed move: Mets trade C Kevin Parada to Detroit Tigers for RHP Jack Flaherty. The Mets could use another proven veteran starter if they want to make the playoffs, and acquiring Flaherty could improve their chances dramatically. Flaherty is having an impressive comeback season as he’s logged a 2.92 ERA over 14 starts with 108 strikeouts and just 13 walks in 83 1/3 innings. Entering Sunday, he was third in the majors in strikeouts per nine innings (11.7) and fourth in walks per nine (1.4). Opposing batters are hitting .234 against his four-seamer, .207 against his slider, .192 against his knuckle curve and .250 against his changeup. The price is going to be steep, but the Mets could part with Parada, a 2022 first-round pick, because he’s blocked behind Francisco Alvarez, who is their long-term catcher. The Tigers desperately need to improve their position player pool with power hitters. Parada, 22, is hitting just .209 but has nine doubles, seven home runs and 29 RBIs this season at Double-A Binghamton. Last year he hit .248 with 14 home runs, 54 RBIs and a .752 OPS across three minor-league levels. Most evaluators see him as a .260-type hitter with 20 home runs when fully developed. Flaherty will be eligible for free agency again this offseason.

Since @1984Echoes already called out the performances from yesterday I'm just going to drop some highlights of the teams.

So Castillo is sitting around 95-97 this year and doesn't turn 20 until the 30th of this month. Another pitcher I would keep an eye on is Marcano he's 20 (21 in July) and pitching on High-A and has really turned it on since the middle of May.

Honestly surprising given Hao-Yu Lee seems like the only above average hitter in the lineup.

I for one am keeping receipts for when Colt has an above-average second half.

He 22 learning a new position in the majors. Maybe we give him a season before we write him off 🙄.

Agree to disagree.

Colt Keith is only 22 as well

Glutton for punishment

Toledo L 8-5 Meadows 0/4 2K Tork 0/4 2K Leonard 0/4 Dingler 1/4 K 2B Bigbie 1/4 K Erie W 9-7 Lee 3/5 2RBI K HR SB Workman 1/3 2BB K 2B 3SB WM L 7-1 Jarvis 1/4 2B Anderson 1/4 Campos 1/4 Gold 1/3 Marcano 6IP 5H 3R 1ER 5K Lakeland W 4-2 McGonigle 1/5 2B Clark 0/5 Gil 1/2 RBI Campbell 0/3 K FCL GM1 W 5-2 Montilla 0/3 BB K Jimenez 2/3 SB Fana 0/3 Santana 1/4 2RBI K Rogers 4.2 2H 2BB 3K FCL GM2 W 5-0 Perez 0/2 2BB Fana 1/4 K Sequera 1/4 Salas 1/2 3RBI BB HR Valentine 1IP H K

Toledo L 8-7 Meadows 1/5 3K Jung 0/4 2K Leonard 3/4 RBI 2B HR Bigbie 2/4 2RBI Hurter 5IP 7H 3BB 4K 5ER Faedo 1IP BB K Erie W 11-2 Lee 3/5 BB 2B SB Cruz 1/5 RBI 2K WM L 9-6 Jarvis 1/5 Anderson 2/5 Campos 0/4 BB Gold 3/5 RBI 2K Lakeland W 10-2 McGonigle 2/6 2RBI K 3B Clark 2/5 RBI BB K Gil 0/4 K Campbell 0/3 BB K

If they are in on Harlan he certainly has some BP power. On the first day of the draft combine he hit the ball the farthest and had some of the highest EV on the day. https://www.mlb.com/news/2024-draft-combine-day-1-standouts?t=mlb-draft-coverage Exit velo: Jared Jones -- 113.4 Chase Harlan (No. 124) -- 112.4 Myles Bailey -- 111.7 PJ Morlando -- 111.7 Jones -- 111.4 Morlando -- 111.1 Harlan -- 111 Bailey -- 110.9 Morlando -- 110.7 Jones -- 110.2 Griffin Burkholder (No. 80) -- 110.2 Morlando -- 110.2 Distance: Harlan -- 453.4 Jones -- 452.3 Jones -- 450.2 Morlando -- 445.2 Morlando -- 444.6 Bailey -- 439.5 Jones -- 437.9 Harlan -- 436.8 Carter Mathison (NR) -- 436.3 Morlando -- 428.6

Toledo L 5-4 Final after 6 innings Meadows 2/3 2RBI 2B Tork 0/3 Jung 1/3 RBI 2B Dingler 0/3 Leonard 2/3 RBI HR Bigbie 1/1 BB 2B Madden 1.2IP 4H 5ER 3BB 3K Erie L 6-1 Lee 1/4 SB Workman 0/3 BB K Hill 2IP 1ER 4K H WM L 4-2 Anderson 2/3 BB Campos 0/4 K Gold 0/3 BB Jobe 2IP 2H BB K 2ER Lakeland L 6-5 in 10 McGonigle 2/5 K Clark 2/4 2B RBI (Since 5/1 .290/.377/.406 with a 12.6 BB% and 17.6 K% wRC+ 129) Gil 1/5 2RBI 2B Campbell 0/5 Castillo 5IP 6H ER 2BB 5K (Don't be surprised to see him start to climb up prospect ranks) FCL L 8-7 Santana 0/2 BB Sequera 2/3 3RBI BB K HR Hernandez 0/3 K Salas 1/4 RBI K Pacheco 1IP H ER

ESPN mock draft for 2 rounds 11. Detroit Tigers Cam Caminiti, LHP, Saguaro (Ariz.) HS Detroit is considering all player demographics here and seems to be primed to jump on any player who slips to this pick as opposed to targeting a certain type. Caminiti (cousin of Ken) should go in the next few picks if he doesn't go here, and I think Griffin would also get a long look if he makes it to this pick. Kurtz, Tibbs and Yesavage also fit depending on where Detroit leans in terms of price and risk profile. It seems prep 3B Chase Harlan would be the choice for the Tigers' next pick if he's still available. 49. Detroit Tigers: Chase Harlan, 3B, Central Bucks East (Penn.) HS 72. Detroit Tigers: Colby Shelton, SS, Florida