Other Sports: Philadelphia Phillies: The Road To .500 Continues Into Red October (2024 Edition)
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FLYguy3911
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Sources: MLB finds teen prospect falsified age
A teenage prospect in the Dominican Republic who verbally agreed to sign with the Padres was found to have falsified paperwork and is five years younger than previously believed.
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Is it older or younger?Sources: MLB finds teen prospect falsified age
A teenage prospect in the Dominican Republic who verbally agreed to sign with the Padres was found to have falsified paperwork and is five years younger than previously believed.www.espn.com
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Wasn’t there some little league world series player who caused a sensation like 25 years ago and it turned out he was like 15 or 16 dominating 11 and 12 year olds? Lol
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He was 14 playing against 12 year olds. This kid was 17 playing against 12 year olds a couple years ago. I was a senior in high school when I was 17 and now this has got me thinking what kind of damage I could have done against little leaguers.
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I wonder if this 17 year old was physically not very developed? I remember the Phillies had a pitching prospect who was like 140 pounds or something in low-A.He was 14 playing against 12 year olds. This kid was 17 playing against 12 year olds a couple years ago. I was a senior in high school when I was 17 and now this has got me thinking what kind of damage I could have done against little leaguers.
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Harper is a below average RF and is becoming an above average fielding 1B.
And he's likely to stay healthier at 1B.
But let's screw it up to do what?
Turner is more complicated, he hasn't lost much speed, but he's average at best at SS and will start to lose range in a year or two.
Stott is a golden glove caliber 2B but average at SS.
Sosa isn't the answer, and at 29 I'd use him as trade bait this winter.
The guys to watch are Miller, who is still at SS (eventually will have to move to 3B) and maybe a year away and Caba, who is an elite fielding SS but 2-3 years away. The wildcard is Rincon, who is also a top fielder, and has a chance to be a hitter but is also years away.
One of these situations where you don't try to fix it, just let your prospects marinate and make a move when they show they're ready. But it's not a big enough problem right now that it should be something you want to mess with.
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Damn. That's really going out on a limb by Bowden. Naming basically the 4 biggest payrolls and saying Soto will be on one of them lol.
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I mean you could have said that about the dodgers too. You just have to position yourself with the best chance you can reasonably have
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if they miss out on Soto that is fine as long as they have a backup option and not just run it back again
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Yea. I mean autism was something that was hidden. Maybe the person was talked about as being a little 'slow' or something... If someone was extreme on the spectrum they were locked away in a room or sent to an institution.
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