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Originally Posted by jd1020
Watch the Mariners swoop in and get Soto with a package starting with Marte and Kirby. They are all of a sudden in a playoff spot and have a no ****s given PoBO. Marte is one of the best prospects in the game and Kirby is going to probably be shut down soon as hes reaching his innings limit so he doesnt really figure to help much in the playoffs.
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Cardinals could/should beat that.
Walker is a better prospect than Marte by a fair amount (still don’t think the lists have given due weight to struggles from him or Luciano this year while slow-playing someone like Ezequiel Tovar - these guys aren’t above biases and echo chambers). Kirby keeps demonstrating that he needs more life on his fastball and for the love of all things holy he has GOT to expand his zone.
Guy has impeccable control and seems to be more concerned with not walking people than he is executing a quality pitch at times. If he’s at 3 balls, he’s going to pipe you one. First pitch is almost certainly a strike so ambush him.
He is in the zone so often that he makes ABs too easy. And he’s a hair older than most realize as well.
I do like him and think he has as high a floor as you’ll see among SPs. But I’m starting to wonder if that fastball, velocity be damned, may limit his ceiling.