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And southwest Virginia....the forgotten place in all of the Helene coverage.

Suck it Skol!

I've been working response missions in and around Pulaski County since early October....that post is absolutely correct.

My first thought was Christian Santana....he ended the year on the Development List and maybe there was something with age/identity.

Not directed at you individually, so please don't take this as such.... There is tons of help on the ground in NC....and in VA, and in TN, and in SC, and in GA, and in FL. Any assertion otherwise is complete and total BS. I haven't seen my family in three weeks because I'm on the ground providing support. I know.

Far be it from me to defend the Trump campaign, but this happens in every response event, by every party, and politicians at all variety of levels. Resources are regularly diverted to accommodate VIPs and politicians showing face in the affected area. It's the norm. I think it's stupid, too, but let's not paint this as unique or particularly heinous when it isn't. Save the outrage for other instances.

Players that are gaining notoriety among minor league fans because they are climbing career leader boards with a team (e.g. Workman) are not generally prospects. If they are at one level long enough to pass luminaries like Jamie Johnson, Max St. Pierre, and Deil Scram on career lists, you can save your excitement over a potentially meaningful MLB career.

This.

No, he's not. He has nothing to do with Tork. He's a talented A-ball prospect.

A good high leverage reliever with two years of cheap control after this year. Oh, and that prospect package isn't elite....the Padres' system isn't as deep as a few years ago.

Unless the Tigers think there's a path to teaching Baty to lift the ball more without sacrificing other things, I'd stear clear. There's generally a reason he's been lapped in the Mets organization.

I've watched a lot of Mayer. I think he's exceptionally overrated. He's a solid but not plus defender. He has a decent hit tool. He doesn't drive the baseball with any type authority. If the hit tool falters at all when he gets to the big leagues, he's barely an everyday player. I fail to see a carrying tool anywhere in the profile. I wouldn't push for him as a headliner in a deal.

Annual reminder.....scouting comps are physical comps, not performance comps.

I watched Manning three times in AA in 2019....Crazy reliever risk smacked you in the face every time you saw him.

In addition to the perceived depth of the draft class, MLB clubs are starting to adjust to the impacts of NIL on their draft strategies. In year's past you could keep a guy from campus with a $500k bonus or if you pop a guy early and give him $1M, it was a no brainer he was signing. Now, with the amount some of these high caliber prep players can get in NIL over three years on campus, combined with the length of time it takes them to make real money on an annual basis coming through the MiLB/MLB rabks, the calculus has shifted and those players can no longer be bought out of college for the sums of past. That factors in heavily in terms of who is available later that you may be able to spend bonus savings to sign over slot