BBQ cookoff at the Grill: KC @ TEX 5/10-12

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Competitive Balance Draft Picks

Round A (after the first round)

1) Orioles pick 33
2) D-backs 34
3) Royals 35
4) Pirates 36
5) Guardians 37
6) Rockies 38
7) Padres 39

Round B (after the second round)

1) Marlins pick 67
2) Twins 68
3) A's 69
4) Rays 70
5) Tigers 71
6) Brewers 72
7) Reds 73
8) Mariners 74

Wonder what it would take to land a pick in a trade?
I know we traded Alex Claudio to the Brewers for a pick(#41) a few years ago.

 

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2022 mock draft: Position players pack Top 10

None of the reasonings make any sense. They list Temarr Johnson as possibly going 2nd, rank him among the top 4 prospects... and then slot him at 7th.

Maybe they’re basing it off pure talent(for player ranking), team needs, teams bonus allotment and teams particular past draft strategy(for when they get picked)

Not sure why Temarr would fall that low
Apparently he has the best hit tool seen in quite some time

 

[True Rangers Fan]

OAK takes 4 of 5 from DET to catch the Rangers in the standings.

Maybe they’re basing it off pure talent, team needs, teams bonus allotment and teams particular past draft strategy?

Would be nice if they mentioned any of that. The way it reads to me, it sounds pretty slapdash and unresearched.

 

[scotsman1948]

Honestly we could be looking at a combination of any of these guys for the most part

C - Heim/Huff/Garver
1B - Lowe/Huff/Crim
2B - Semien
3B - Smith/Jung/Wendzel
SS - Seager
LF - Harris/Duran
CF - Thompson/Tavares/Smith
RF - Garcia
DH - Garver and rotate

I didn't include Foscue bc I have no idea where to slot him other than 2B, he's a bit more positionally inflexible to me than others, but we shall see in the next year, not to mention Carter, Acuna, Acosta, Zavala, or Hauver... and I'm sure I'm forgetting some guys

i get where you're coming from but 3B and OF seems to be a blackhole where we have no talent right now (except maybe Garcia) so clear the deadweight of Kole, Reks, Solak, White and Miller and bring up Thompson, Taveras, Hauver, Harris and Smith. at 3B, Wendzel & Harris and release Culberson. not sure when Jung will be ready so wait until next season.

 

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OAK takes 4 of 5 from DET to catch the Rangers in the standings.



Would be nice if they mentioned any of that. The way it reads to me, it sounds pretty slapdash and unresearched.

That it does, no doubt

 

[True Rangers Fan]

MLB baseball to blame for hitting decline across league - Sports Illustrated

 

[DT LUNA]

i get where you're coming from but 3B and OF seems to be a blackhole where we have no talent right now (except maybe Garcia) so clear the deadweight of Kole, Reks, Solak, White and Miller and bring up Thompson, Taveras, Hauver, Harris and Smith. at 3B, Wendzel & Harris and release Culberson. not sure when Jung will be ready so wait until next season.

Supposedly most of these guys are not ready yet. I think Leody is based on the fact he is hitting now and has been up before so it seems we have something to measure his readyness.

 

[scotsman1948]

Supposedly most of these guys are not ready yet. I think Leody is based on the fact he is hitting now and has been up before so it seems we have something to measure his readyness.

i understand but isn't it time to see if they're ready? or do we wait until next season? or the one after that?

i would also bring Crim up. we've had a taste of their talent why not more?

 

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MLB baseball to blame for hitting decline across league - Sports Illustrated

Nice read. Major gap between BA and expected BA. Looks like the ball was a little juiced in 2018 & 19. Perfect in 2020 & 21 then they went and ruined it over the off-season, adding too much drag to the ball by messing with the stitches

 

[True Rangers Fan]

the Rangers are 5-10 at home, despite several players having better numbers at home.

 

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the Rangers are 5-10 at home, despite several players having better numbers at home.

Probably because they lead the league in errors at home lol

MLB Stats - MLB Team Errors per Game | TeamRankings.com

MLB errors per game, by team.

www.teamrankings.com

No team is above .87 errors per game at home and we’re sitting at 1.13
Top 8 on the road though.

 

[scotsman1948]

if anyone thought we had moved on from 2020 COVID season, the Guardians have lost most of the field staff to COVID protocols

 

[saddles]

Not exactly sure why Allard was here to begin with

Just for yesterday's bullpen game I suppose.

 

[True Rangers Fan]

Probably because they lead the league in errors at home lol

MLB Stats - MLB Team Errors per Game | TeamRankings.com

MLB errors per game, by team.

www.teamrankings.com

that'll do it

 

[True Rangers Fan]

if anyone thought we had moved on from 2020 COVID season, the Guardians have lost most of the field staff to COVID protocols

we moved on, COVID did not

 

[saddles]

the Rangers are 5-10 at home, despite several players having better numbers at home.

I am too lazy to look back at the schedule, but could it be for difficulty of schedule at home?

 

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we moved on, COVID did not

I’m hoping we don’t see another giant spike in late July like we did in 2020 and 2021

 

[saddles]

2022 mock draft: Position players pack Top 10

None of the reasonings make any sense. They list Temarr Johnson as possibly going 2nd, rank him among the top 4 prospects... and then slot him at 7th.

Those guys really like shortstops and then centerfielders. Termarr is not either one of those so MLB will never having him going as high as he most likely will go.

 

[scotsman1948]

the Rangers are 5-10 at home, despite several players having better numbers at home.

didn't we play a lot of games early in the season with the roof open

 

[True Rangers Fan]

I am too lazy to look back at the schedule, but could it be for difficulty of schedule at home?

Astros and Angels account for 2 wins and 6 losses, so yeah that tracks.