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Are you sure? "I want to feel Sam Fuld's hard bod against mine. #HatsOffCHC" definitely seems like something you would say.

Can you guarantee that?

I like how he responds to anyone pointing out that free agents don't always pan out either by saying you simply must sign good ones, "not bad ones...

I can't say that I'd ever seen xBABIP and LWPwr referred to as "fundamental stats" before.

The slugging isn't quite there yet, but he still does the things I like to see a young player do to the degree that he's more interesting than other...

I think Candelario has enough going for him to move him out of the "mess of payers who aren't that good" category and take a top-ten spot for...

I don't think you read that right.

Eh, doing it in the PCL is inherently less impressive, anyway.

Favorite of the crop of pitchers or favorite favorite? I'd have a hard time seeing anyone like him more than Almora at this point.

Jason Parks thinks we'll have four top-20 prospects in baseball on the midseason lists? I'll take it.

How did I just now notice that we drafted a guy named Poncedeleon?

I don't see how someone could mess up their paperwork three straight times with millions of dollars on the line.

You still have to save slot money to sign him, so if he doesn't sign and you already racked up the underslot picks in rounds 1-10 to save for him,...

I'm pretty pleased about the Phillies drafting Cord Sandberg. History repeating.

So much for saving for a 3rd round overslot.

I land on the same side of that debate and I'm glad they got the best player they could with the top pick, but the way you said it made it seem like...

I'm not sure I follow your logic. Any of it.

He's the "safest" in the sense that his talent is the nearest thing to a lock to translate to the MLB level.

Appel's bonus demands made it virtually impossible for any team past the 2nd or 3rd pick to sign him without punting the rest of the draft. We would...

I don't like that line of thinking. Our FO has a great track record of scouting forthe draft. I want the Astros to budget shop so we're certain to...

Rizzo is only home grown in a loose sense. I could see a lineup similar to that with C and LF filled in with free agents and Baez traded with...

Why bring him in at all? Villanueva was a starting pitcher like a week ago. He's not capable of getting more than one out?

Johnson was, what, a mid-late 1st round talent who dropped to the supplemental. Manaea was a "watch him for potential #1 overall" talent. If you...

Isn't his problem mainly with his hip, and the shoulder just got sore from poor mechanics while babying the hip?

As vocal as you've often been about the near-worthlessness of any draft pick past the first half of the first round, I'd think you would prefer a...

If Gregg remains as effective as he's been in the closer role, I have to wonder what a desperate Detroit might give up for him. Is there any team...

The botched Dempster/Delgado trade from last year is a good example of the type of trade I'd want to see them target in that "hovering around .500"...

So which is it? Do we acknowledge the level he's playing or not? Or do we just acknowledge the level of the batters he's facing while ignoring the...

Well you would also naturally expect the worst hitters to have the worst walk rates in general, so that doesn't mean much.

I mean, I suppose it is "wasting" some marginal amount of value by not maximizing the use of that one tool, but it's nowhere near the value added by...