OT: Raise the Jolly Roger: Congrats to the Houston Cheaters on their win

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New mock draft projects record number of hitters at the top

It's a big week for college prospects, as most of them are involved in conference tournaments that allow evaluators to do a lot of one-stop shopping. How they perform this week will move the needle for several players, which should make for plenty of upheaval when Jonathan Mayo does our

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Callis once again has us going Lee. Hard to be upset about that as he's pretty clearly the most dynamic offensive collegiate player. Switch hitter who has pop and plus contact form both sides, rarely K's, walks a lot, and has great marks in terms of leadership/work ethic (ala Henry Davis). And will be a SS/3B/2B at the pro level. His numbers are really hard to ignore, and while they're not in a major conference like the SEC/Pac12 it's not quite as shallow as say Chase DeLauter. Plus, Lee dominated the Cape last summer with the wood bats.

Basically I'm on the Lee/Johnson train unless Druw Jones falls to 4. I need to see/hear more about Green's bat to ball skills before I jump him to the top. Just no pitchers that make sense in the top 5, and possibly even top 10.

 

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Going to another Curve game tomorrow. Kyle Nicolas is on the mound and I'm definitely interested to see his raw stuff live.

 

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Going to another Curve game tomorrow. Kyle Nicolas is on the mound and I'm definitely interested to see his raw stuff live.

Solometo starts for Bradenton tonight.

 

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Solometo starts for Bradenton tonight.

I was wondering when we'd see those HS guys start playing. Bradenton needs someone to pop. Been a wasteland there unfortunately.

 

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Solometo starts for Bradenton tonight.

Thanks a bunch. I'm a huge Solo fan, would have likely missed the game if not for you.

 

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P2Daily: Rebuilding and Returning to Reporting - Pirates Prospects

This week we've been covering the High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers on Pirates Prospects. For the second week in a row, we've had enough content to do a second article drop, giving you ten premium articles this week. Granted, our paywall is still on an honor's system. I've been very fortunate that...

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Another error. Cost runs. That's 5 in the last 3 games. 13 on the year. Please explain the metrics that make him a serviceable MLB SS. It's not even June and this guy is on pace to clear 40 errors over the course of a full MLB season.

 

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Reynolds hits a bomb!

 

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JH Bae has been the next most impressive player to me, after Mitchell, as far as Indy goes. Kid has a really, really nice hit tool and he's showing some signs of pop in the upper minors. I called him out on these boards way back when, 3 years ago as a guy to keep an eye on as a future top of the order type catalyst. Still 22 for another couple of months.

 

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Reynolds hits a bomb!

As much as we should expect to get pounded in these matchups with the NL West, we seem to actually play up to the tougher teams. Would be nice to come out of this west coast swing 3-3 vs SD/LA. Reynolds getting going is such a huge development for the lineup overall.

 

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If nothing else, I've loved what I've seen from the Pirates young outfielders this year. Mitchell and Suwinski look like legitimate MLBers. You just need one of those guys to pan out enough to be a regular.

 

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Mitchell looks very comfortable at the plate. Love it.

 

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Great example of location meaning more than speed. Quintana has a low 90s FB, yet it works well because he locates it all over the zone. He understands how to change levels.

 

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Castillo rips it down the line! 3-0 good guys.

 

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It would be swell if the Pirates had some starting pitchers on par with the Castillo, Mitchell and Suwinski group to eat some innings.

They're getting a lot of good batter options from their young guys, it would be great if they could get a Trevor Williams or Jeff Locke to eat some innings as well.

 

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Great awareness and throw.

Quintana is pitching like a 15M per year guy.

 

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Some really great D tonight.

 

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Nice hustle.

 

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Youth movement continues. Marcano legs out dribbler then hard slide forces bobble.

 

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Damn. Would have been a huge out. That's what happens when you don't have a regular at 1B.

 

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f***

 

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Those should be unearned runs due to a should be error by VanMeter.

 

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Yep the VanMeter play was changed to an error, so the runs were unearned for Quintana.