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Perez’s offense was a huge surprise. He was a tremendous defensive catcher who was expected to be a Martin Maldonado type (plus-plus D, meh bat).

They moved Myers off of C because his bat was so advanced, they didn’t want to hold him back for the time it would take his defense to catch up.

Coach

09-14-2018 10:53 PM

I recall Perez's defense was MLB ready when he was in the minors, but his bat was meh.

KChiefs1

09-14-2018 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 13731110)

Meanwhile, the group of prospects in Lexington won a Class A ball championship tonight.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After taking the lead in the 9th, <a href="https://twitter.com/LexingtonLegend?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LexingtonLegend</a> win their first South Atlantic League title since 2001! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Royals</a> �� <a href="https://t.co/yBPHSrFixb">https://t.co/yBPHSrFixb</a> <a href="https://t.co/hM4w6EBBmk">pic.twitter.com/hM4w6EBBmk</a></p>— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiLB/status/1040806949514825729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Move them all to the next level together. Build that championship mentality.

Unsmooth-Moment

09-15-2018 06:36 AM

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 13731047)

Mondesi is playing like a star. Just hit another absolute bomb. He has the chance to be a legit 5 tool guy. He's about to post 10 HR/30 SB in half a season.

I came in here just to say the same thing. I haven’t gotten to watch a lot of baseball this year, but box score is starting to look a lot closer to what i wanted to see. Mix in a few more walks and I’d be ecstatic.

I’ve also heard people say O’Hearn isn’t close to his production. What’s a legitimate expectation for him? Low average but above average OPS?

duncan_idaho

09-15-2018 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Unsmooth-Moment (Post 13731266)

It’s hard to peg what O’Hearn will actually be. He was inconsistent as a minor leaguer.

The power looks real - especially with the major league ball. He could be another player like Merrifield, who took a long track to the majors but made one final adjustment and took the next step.

Or he could be a flash in the pan.

Prison Bitch

09-15-2018 09:24 AM

Ok Duncan, trade proposal, rate it:

Mondesi straight up for Nick Senzel

OKchiefs

09-15-2018 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by tk13 (Post 13731110)

It's too bad Matias couldn't finish the year healthy playing a part in this run. As negative as I often am I'm excited for Matias, Pratto, Isbel, Melendez, Lynch, and Kowar. Hopefully Singer also hits the ground running next year.

SAUTO

09-15-2018 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by KChiefs1 (Post 13731179)

Move them all to the next level together. Build that championship mentality.

Isn't that what the last group did?

CaliforniaChief

09-15-2018 10:13 AM

I was all aboard the suck for #1 pick train, but I see the value in positive results at this point. Especially because, from everything I've read, there's no clear generational superstar at the top of the draft.

dlphg9

09-15-2018 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SAUTO (Post 13731349)

Isn't that what the last group did?

Yep it sure is and it turned out pretty well I'd say.

dlphg9

09-15-2018 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief (Post 13731359)

We'd probably get the baseball equivalent of Eric Fischer.

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