*** VD 13 Commentary Thread ***

[heyelander]

I'm not thrilled with the phillies pick either. Was coming on to say as much hoping you would correct me.

[Ken]

Rick Monday was the first ever first overall pick.

Why do you use so many words?

[Bene Futuis]

Not a big fan of the Phillies or the Dodgers picks today, but I guess we shall see. I don't believe in the power for Stott or Hoese.

Don't know a ton about the guy - picked near where everyone seemed to value him, pretty much one year (outlier?) with big power, tons of patience.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Don't know a ton about the guy - picked near where everyone seemed to value him, pretty much one year (outlier?) with big power, tons of patience.

I don't like him where the industry valued him but I don't hate him. I graded him a 40 hit, 50 power. That should be good enough to make the big leagues, but not really the star you're hoping for out of your first pick.

He kind of dives forward with his upper half early in his stride and then disconnects his hands from his torso rotation, both of which I think are going to hurt his game power against better pitching.

It's possible the Dodgers can fix this. Wallenbrock/Van Soyoc and company know what they're doing.

[heyelander]

the phillies board I read seemed to like the kid the Nats picked better than the phillies pick.

[heyelander]

Yikes. Jean Segura not bothering to run out a pop fly kinda sorta just resulted in what appears to be a serious injury to Andrew McCutchen. Sorry, Heye. What a bummer of a play for Phils fans.

segura fell down on the play... it was an ugly swing. I think he tried to recover and run it out.

Sucks.

[Kevin Seitzer]

Yeah, Rutledge was a solid pick. His junior college coach lives down the street from me.

[Kevin Seitzer]

segura fell down on the play... it was an ugly swing. I think he tried to recover and run it out.

Sucks.

What awful luck. I feel bad for McCutchen.

[Bene Futuis]

segura fell down on the play... it was an ugly swing. I think he tried to recover and run it out.

Sucks.

Eh....might want to watch the replay on that one. Obviously Segura didn't cause Cutch to become injured by he definitely Manny Machado'd his way down to 1st. It does suck. Cutch seems like a really good dude.

[Bene Futuis]

I don't like him where the industry valued him but I don't hate him. I graded him a 40 hit, 50 power. That should be good enough to make the big leagues, but not really the star you're hoping for out of your first pick.

He kind of dives forward with his upper half early in his stride and then disconnects his hands from his torso rotation, both of which I think are going to hurt his game power against better pitching.

It's possible the Dodgers can fix this. Wallenbrock/Van Soyoc and company know what they're doing.

Well, it's discouraging to hear that from you but hopefully LA saw something fixable in there. Regardless, appreciate your insight. It's super cool to converse with someone of your expertise about these kinds of things!

[heyelander]

What awful luck. I feel bad for McCutchen.

“I’m not worried at all,” McCutchen said. “If it was blown out they would have been like, hey, your knee is torn. I didn’t get that information. They’re not certain with whatever they feel because everything feels good, but they’d rather me go in to get the MRI just to see if there’s something more."

Probably means it exploded.

MRI today
#Fingerscrossed #knockonwood #thoughtsandprayers

[Bene Futuis]

Probably means it exploded.

MRI today
#Fingerscrossed #knockonwood #thoughtsandprayers

Well, shitballs...

Bad news for a good dude.

[The Feral Slasher]

Kevin Gausman having a little rough patch. Damn.

[The Feral Slasher]

Hello Darkness my old friend....

[Bene Futuis]

Yeah, how does Josh Naylor look?

Apparently this Seitzer guy knows who to keep an eye on. Naylor looking great after the callup for the Fathers.