Wed. 9/14: Shook and Castaneda get Game 2 Starting Nods

[UpandIn]

1 hour ago, wiguy94 said:

That is a funny way of spelling Chourio will eventually be the starting CF! 

That kid is incredible. I just saw they upgraded his speed to a 70!

At least I think that's an upgrade. I thought he was 60 hit, 60 power, and his speed was 55 or 60. I don't recall it being 70. 

Now, hopefully those pitchers will be hot on this groups heels!

[wiguy94]

2 hours ago, UpandIn said:

Yeah, the bunting would have been more advantageous prior to the rule change. Forced teams to play them straight up.

That said, if they still pull their GBs, teams will still shift on him as much as they can. I don't know if Stearns logic or the organizations in general was just simply...we can't rely on the HR ball as much, we need to put the ball in play and have some guys who can steal bags. 

Just a WAAY too early look at what 2024 could look like(at some point)

1-Frelick(CF/LF)
2-Adames(SS)
3-Yelich(DH)
4-Wiemer(RF)
5-Rowdy(1B)
6-Chourio/Mitchell/Ruiz(CF/LF)
7-Turang-(2B/3B)
8-Quero-(C)
9-Black-(2B/3B)

First thought is...my GOD is it going to be tough to get a ball to drop in that OF. Particularly on days when you throw Frelick/Mitchell and Ruiz, Wiemer, Chourio in the OF. 
Also, Black may be a defensive question, but that could be a very good defensive IF. I've also caught myself picturing Devanny in there at 3B due to Zarr's effusive praise of his defense.

And the most obvious...this is like one of those Baseball reference lineup's where they get like 3 right. BUT, this would be ideal. 6 guys in their pre-arby years(MAYBE allowing some expenditures for certain pitches with 98MPH cutters). 

But there is speed up and down that lineup. Even for a catcher, Quero has solid speed...at least not Molina-esque speed(also, expecting him to be an MLB starter at C in 2024 is very optimistic, but it's my list.I'm also ready to offer about 6 of these guys 6 year contract extensions with 3 team options RIGHT NOW).

A lot of guys who make contact, get on base and you've still got all types of power. IF Wiemer hits, if Chourio carries on, Adames at least has power, if he gets back to last years version, he'll be a 200M type FA(luckily we've got another plus defensive SS ready to step in) and Rowdy.

And, in theory, you could also have Devanney, Urias, Feliciano, and Hiura on the bench to balance out a HEAVY LHed lineup. Predicting what in the hell Hiura's going to be doing and what role he'll have moving forward is the definition of a fools errantd though!

 

Still, very bright and exciting offensive future!

I've been picturing Black as a longterm 1B especially if the shift ban is a permanent change in the MLB. I'm just not sure if he has the chops to stick in the middle of the infield at the MLB level. 

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[Robocaller]

13 hours ago, wiguy94 said:

That is a funny way of spelling Chourio will eventually be the starting CF! 

God, I hope not. That would mean that Mitchell, Ruiz, and Frelick all bombed.

 

[wiguy94]

18 minutes ago, Robocaller said:

God, I hope not. That would mean that Mitchell, Ruiz, and Frelick all bombed.

 

That's not at all what it means. Chourio is the best of the bunch, a potential superstar. Him being our starting CF in the future would likely happen no matter what Frelick, Mitchell and Ruiz do. 

[Robocaller]

1 hour ago, wiguy94 said:

That's not at all what it means. Chourio is the best of the bunch, a potential superstar. Him being our starting CF in the future would likely happen no matter what Frelick, Mitchell and Ruiz do. 

All three of them grade out (or project to grade out) better than Chourio at CF, so if Chourio is in CF, the others are on the bench or another team..  Of course Chourio  is young and may improve, but there are limits how much his arm can improve.

Plus, Chourio's bat projects to be elite as a LF. The others not so much.

[wiguy94]

35 minutes ago, Robocaller said:

All three of them grade out (or project to grade out) better than Chourio at CF, so if Chourio is in CF, the others are on the bench or another team..  Of course Chourio  is young and may improve, but there are limits how much his arm can improve.

Plus, Chourio's bat projects to be elite as a LF. The others not so much.

I don't know where you are getting this information from, but Mitchell is the only one who profiles better than Chourio defensively but Mitchell has major question mark with his hit tool. Chourio has only been playing in the OF for two years now and is rapidly improving out there.