It's gone downhill since my nephew graduated.Originally Posted by M2
It's gone downhill since my nephew graduated.
M2 (06-10-2016)
Typically there aren't global tainting issues to consider. In this instance it was worth considering.
If we "tainted" card was used on Sharapova, I would agree with you. That's someone with a regulated diet and such. If she tests positive, not much you can argue.
"Cardinals internal notes on Delvin Perez "Already engaged in team conditioning program"
I will not engage in any St Louis PEDbirds innuendo.
I'm sure he is a gritty, lunch pail kid, always ready to play hard and to the edge but within the rules... Pittsburgh Stealer or Pedbird. Phrase applies to either...
BillDoran (06-10-2016),Patrick Bateman (06-10-2016)
I'm very happy with Senzel and Trammell (a distant relative of Alan??? j/k) but not thrilled with Okey. Too many catchers too high in the draft. Have they given up on Tyler Stephenson?
Draft Day 1 Thoughts:
Will Craig picked in round 1. Sweet!! Go Deacs!
To the Pirates? Sonofa...
77 guys drafted yesterday. 7 are from metro ATL high schools.
Cardinals first 3 picks are named Delvin, Dylan and Dakota? I already want to punch each one of them in the nose.
You want depth. If Stephenson doesn't pan out the Reds need another option (other than Chadwick Tromp, whom we all love unconditionally). Okey's more of a grit guy, which can work behind the plate. Nothing wrong with having him and Stephenson, who's probably going to repeat at Dayton next season, working separate rails.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
They're forming in straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds
Chadwick Tromp!
They're piling in the back seat
They're generating steam heat
Pulsating to the back beat
Chadwick Tromp!
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
BillDoran (06-10-2016),Hypnotoad (06-10-2016),M2 (06-10-2016),ThatPitchIsDunn (06-13-2016),WrongVerb (06-10-2016)
But with a high 2nd round pick? After spending a first last year on Stephenson? Also it seemed a reach for me. I didn't see Okey anywhere on the best-available lists (was watching MLBN). I am admittedly gunshy on this catcher-first strategy after seeing the Reds come away with next to nothing after taking Mes and Grandal so high in consecutive years.
Must have been looking at the wrong lists bruh, Okey was considered a possible 1st rounder and he was right around #50 overall on both BA and MLB.com's lists.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Prior to the draft, draftsite.com had the Reds taking Okey at 43. They nailed that one and Senzel. Missed by 2 spots on Wentz.
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
Okey dokey. I can't verify the best-available lists I saw last night. Maybe I missed him. However, no one in this thread said one word about Okey before he got drafted at #43. Sounds like some Monday morning quarterbacking to me.
I'd have selected someone else, but I can't work myself up to throw furniture about the Okey pick. The went hitter, athlete, grit with their first three picks. Bit of a smorgasbord. All three were well-regarded.
I'm not a system player. I am a system.
Right, Okey may not have been the pick most of us would have taken, but he sounds like a sure fire catcher - meaning he'll remain at that position and not be moved off - and he doesn't appear to have been what you'd call a reach by any means. The Reds were linked to a few catchers as I recall. They were obviously looking to draft that position at some point. They got someone who looks solid.
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-Hunter S. Thompson
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