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Originally Posted by KCUnited (Post 12297727)

I got a 50 point bulge just reading this.

ROFL

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Originally Posted by fahrenheit (Post 12297738)

I'm not sure he's ever going to be quite as good as Lindor, at least from his track record. In 5 years of MiLB ball Lindor produced at +.100 OPS rate and Mondesi strikes out twice as much with half the walk rate. I get the fascination with his tools but at some point he has to start producing. At this point he's more Alcides Escobar than Francisco Lindor.

Oh, I'm not sure of that, either. But he has the tools to be a .300 hitter with 20-25 HR power. And defensively he's right there with him (maybe a little more arm). The power has started to translate, finally, over the past few seasons. The hit tool usually comes last, but there's reason for optimism there, too.

Lindor also was a year older at each stop of the minors. This season is the first time we can compare their performance at the same level at the same age.

Lindor was .278/.352/.389 at AA Akron at age 20. Mondesi compares fairly closely with that right now (much more SLG, less OBP).

Escobar never had the type of pop Mondesi has started to translate to games in the past few years.

Ian Desmond with good defense is probably a better "good case" comparison for Mondesi (the version that was a .270ish hitter with 20/20 production for the Nats). But his ceiling is absolutely as high as current Lindor.

Guys like Mondesi are hard to frame just based on stats, considering how aggressively they've advanced him. He's been facing guys five-six years older than him his entire career. That can be brutal, especially at the A ball level.

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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch (Post 12297747)

Hasn't Mondesi always had power? At any rate hopefully he can get to AAA by the end of the year and give it a go in Omaha all season in 2017. That way we can finally cycle out Alshittys for the 2018 season.

In other news Bonifacio is showing major power.

That's the plan for him. I think next year is Escobar's last, and wouldn't be surprised to see Mondesi worked in over the second half if he stays healthy and progresses at a solid clip.

I'm hopeful Mondesi can mimic some of the strides bonifacio has made. Finally living up to tools, hitting for average and power, etc.

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Originally Posted by alnorth (Post 12297697)

Wow. The Boston Red Sox have been banned from signing international players for one year, and MLB has voided the contracts for 5 of their international prospects, declaring them to be free agents.

Apparently they were cheating, and circumventing international signing bonus rules somehow.

edit: MLB also said that for any team who signs any of those 5 players, the first $300,000 paid to that player in signing bonuses will not count against that team's signing bonus pool.

Glad to see something done, unlike the NFL that plays favorites and doles out subjective treatment. That's what you get when you put a marketing bitch in charge.

I kinda like the new commish. He's a 1000x better than Roger. Though, I think the NBA's new commissioner is going to prove to be outstanding in due time.

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Originally Posted by duncan_idaho (Post 12297702)

Raul Mondesi's suspension is over. He hit a HR last night. Currently has a .250/.300/.465 line at AA.

That power is becoming real,
I think. You watch his swing and it's so explosive/so much bat speed. I get why they think he can hit 3rd in the majors.

The 50 point bulge between AVG and OBp is also encouraging. If he can just maintain an average walk rate, he's going to be a productive major league hitter.

If he can do that and the hit tool progresses (he has the raw skills, just needs the experience to catch up with them), what the Indians are getting from Francisco Lindor could one day be generated by Mondesi.

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Still bar none best Royals info poster around CP. Thanks for the info!

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Originally Posted by Why Not? (Post 12297673)

I seriously wouldn't be shocked if Kendrys keeps hitting like this for the next few days. He was a key piece of a WS champ team and if he can get to .275ish with 12 hr and 45 ribbies, Ned could easily justify the reward.

Edit: actually, the rest of the league can get ****ed. Ned doesn't have to justify shit. I hope he puts CY on the All Star team just to say "**** you, rest of the AL. You don't like it? Beat us"

Sounds like something you probably whined about when the Yanks and Red Sux did that.

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Originally Posted by Pasta Giant Meatball (Post 12297822)

Sounds like something you probably whined about when the Yanks and Red Sux did that.

Link?

Happy Bobby Bonilla payday, everyone! Another July 1st, another $1.2MM check from the Mets

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Originally Posted by Bob Dole (Post 12297744)

Gee? When was the last time any of the Royals pitching did not give up a home run?

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Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 12292640)

I was curious and took a look at the box scores of all of our games in June and came up with these numbers.

For the month of June, we have played 24 games (including tonight) and have given up at least 1 home run in 21 of them.

0 HR: 3 games
1 HR: 9 games
2+ HR: 12 games

I posted this in the game thread Monday. We have played 3 more games since.

28th - 1 HR
29th - 1 HR
30th - 2 HR

So for the month...

27 games played

0 HR: 3 games
1 HR: 11 games
2+ HR: 13 games

So, for the month of June, we have given up at least 1 home run in 24 of 27 games. Out-****ing-standing!

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Originally Posted by Dartgod (Post 12297912)

-19 run differential, 13-14 record in June. After this Phillies series, we'll be at the halfway point of the season.

Lazarito is closed to signing with Oakland for $3M allegedly.

:dammitdayton:

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Originally Posted by Discuss Thrower (Post 12298179)

Lazarito is closed to signing with Oakland for $3M allegedly.

:dammitdayton:

Royals are limited in this pool because of spending last year. Can't go above 300k unless it's for one of the Red Sox guys.

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Jays and Tribe are in the 15th inning. 1-1 score, with both teams failing to capitalize on pretty good scoring chances within the last couple innings.

Runner on 2nd no outs. Bunt squeeze and let's go home.