Pacman Fever (07-08-2017)
"When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
Dwight Gooden is part of the reason Jose Rijo played in the majors at a young age himself. Steinbrenner couldn't stand the Mets had a 19yo phenom who was stealing the sports pages headlines, and had the Yankees bring the 19yo Rijo up whether he was ready or not. Rjio was awful in his debut and got traded (with others) to the A's for Rickey Henderson in the 84-85 offseason.
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)
OGB (07-08-2017)
Although I'd love to have our next Barry Larkin for years to come, I want him as a pitcher and hope he has a successful career. Excited to see what the future holds for this youngster.
Go Redlegs!
I think they should "raise him" as a starting pitcher. If that doesn't work out due to injury or otherwise I'd shift him back to SS. He's only 17. They've got plenty of time to shift him if need be.
Here's a question. If he's a RH Aroldis Chapman reliever, do you leave as a pitcher? I say no. So in summary: SP>SS>RP
Teams can win with a .550 OPS who "makes all the plays" at SS. The comparable pitcher is probably a 5th starter or swingman and teams need better than that to win. Potential Ace pitcher wins this battle IMO.
All my posts are my opinion - just like yours are. If I forget to state it and you're too dense to see the obvious, look here!
REDREAD (07-10-2017)
Last year, 16 of the top 20 leaders in WAR were position players, including the top six.
Now there are two ways of looking at this: 1) the truly dominant pitchers are more scarce making them more valuable or 2) a great position player can add more wins to your overall total.
To some extent, the scarcity factor is already added in to the positional adjustments for WAR, so No. 1 is diminished somewhat. IMHO, if you have a great potential position player along the lines of a Trout, Harper, etc., the probability suggests it's better to go for the position angle. Personally that's why I favor Green as a SS.
That said, with his pitching ability, I would never complain about the pitching preference and I get where people are coming from with wanting to go that route.
If nothing else, I say maximize his talents and make him a pitcher but go all out with his ability to pinch hit, designate hit and maybe even play in the field once in a while. I don't subscribe to the 'we can't get him hurt' idea. He's a guy that could win you a ton of games. Do it.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Stingray (07-09-2017)
Well I for one am curious as to what dance routine Senzel would have performed.
BillDoran (07-09-2017)
Please feel free to continue discussing Hunter Greene and his merits as a #1 pick.
Discussions that comment on his race will not be tolerated.
lollipopcurve (07-09-2017),paintmered (07-09-2017),Vander (07-09-2017),WrongVerb (07-09-2017)
I'm excited to have an uber talent like Hunter! He is the kind of guy that makes the losing more tolerable to get talents like him.
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