The people who wanna move Seth Hernandez, Edward Florentino, or Murf Gray make absolutely 0 sense too me.
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The people who wanna move Seth Hernandez, Edward Florentino, or Murf Gray make absolutely 0 sense too me.

Seth hernandez: A guy who's 20 years old who projects as a future Ace which is the most valuable thing you could possibly have in your farm system. Idc if the Padres offered you Mason Miller straight up, you hang up the phone because Seth Hernandez has wayyyyyyyyyy more value than a Mason Miller.

He's going to pitch wayyy more innings a year than him, pitch at the front of your rotation unlike him, and is under control much longer than him. Seth Hernandez is one of the most valuable prospects in the entire sport. Hell no.

Edward Florentino: People just wanna ship off a 19 year old OF prospect who's on track to hit 30 homeruns if he played an entire season at High A this year. Even though he's going through some bumps and adjustments he's shown a boatload of potential as one of the only teenagers in High A.

This kid is part of the future OF for this organization because Reynolds is going to eventually DH and we'll be moving on from Cruz.

LF: Florentino

CF: Curiel

RF: Valdez

That's an OF you can build around and win with and getting rid of Florentino at this juncture is moronic. Too much upside, too much potential, and he's shown too many good things to wanna move him. Stop it enough.

Murf Gray: We don't have another guy like Murf Gray in the entire farm system aka a 3rd base prospect with massive power and hitting ability. What Murf Gray is doing this season is unprecedented. This man's stats are MLB the show rookie mode type of bonkers and idc if he's a college guy crushing High A because the stats are the damn stats and the stats are ELITE.

You move Murf Gray and you lose your only legitimate 3rd base prospect and you lose a guy who's on track to be a top 100 prospect and one of the best 3rd base prospects in the sport. Hell no on Murf Gray. Fuck no on moving Murf Gray period.​​

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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[Highlight] Alex Rodriguez interviews Justin Verlander and says that Verlander was a late round draft pick and DFA'd twice in his career. Verlander was a 2nd overall pick and never DFA'd.

u/EconomistNorth5137 — 3 months ago
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[Highlight] Paul Skenes is confused as a reporter says "Just got the best interview of all time with Paul Skenes. Future Yankee."

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Tre Phelps seems to be signing with the Pirates. Tre was rated as the number 121 prospect in the draft according to MLB and the Pirates got him at 258.

Thought i'd compare Tre's last season in college to Murf Gray's and they line up pretty freaking well tbh which is a great thing.

Tre Phelps first.

65GP

312 PA

250 AB

87 H

19 HR

59 RBI

24 BB

47 SO

.348 BA

.468 OBP

.628 SLG

1.096 OPS

Murf Gray's final college season.

60 GP

279 PA

241 AB

78 H

18 HR

73 RBI'S

23 BB

30 SO

.324 BA

.398 OBP

.639 SLG

1.037 OPS

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago

'It's Not Gonna Work': James Harrison Says Changing Playing Surface Won't Fix Acrisure Stadium's 'Biggest Issue'.

James Harrison is essentially saying that it won't matter how many times the Steelers replace the surface because they have too many people playing on said surface. They have the Pitt Panthers playing on it, the High School football playoffs playing on it, and then you have us playing on it.

I do think it's time that the Pitt Panthers get a football stadium of there own because the field has been utter garbage for years, and this is the NFL not some backwater football team playing in front of 10 people. An NFL team should have there own stadium period, and we also shouldn't be having High School football playoffs on an NFL field!!!!!

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u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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TJStats grades the 1st round picks from the 2025 class. Seth Hernandez is 1 of only 3 first rounders to get an A+.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Jake Mangum has been absolutely sensational for this team in all facets and over the last 30 games he's stepped up big time.

112 AB's

37 Hits

8 BB

18 SO 'Barely strikes out'

.330 BA 'elite'

.380 OBP 'Phenomenal'

This dude plays like his hair is on fire and is playing like a guy who shouldn't be out of the lineup frankly. He's been handling the leadoff spot at an elite level and getting hits and getting on base at a phenomenal rate which is exactly what you want from the leadoff position while never striking out. Dudes a baller.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Found a guy who does analytics for college players and he did a college savant for Derek Curiel. Elite OF defense according to him and hits the ball very hard but needs to barrel it better.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Here's some interesting stats on Derek Curiel.

Curiel had a max exit velocity of 110.8 mph which ranked in the 86th percentile.

His EV90 of 105.1 mph ranked in the 84th percentile.

He also had a barrel rate of 5.4 percent, which ranked in th 37th percentile, per 6-4-3 Charts.

Another interesting stat about Curiel was that he crushed velocity on pitches 93 mph and above to the tune of a .430 average and a .650 slugging percentage meaning he can hammer higher velocities.

So if he can hit the weight room and fill out his frame more then there's some potential power inside of him. Plus the short porch in PNC Park should be beneficial to his game.

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u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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'Was A Looseness Going Around': Joe Haden Says 'Accountability' Was Problem For Steelers Under Mike Tomlin.

Former Steelers corner Joe Haden is a Tomlin supporter, but there was one big issue that he noticed during his time in Pittsburgh.

“When I got to Pittsburgh, it was years and years into Coach Tomlin being there, and the one thing that I could see where you needed a new voice [was] the accountability,” Haden said Friday on his Deebo and Joe podcast. “Everything needs to be tight. There was a looseness that was going around. That looseness is a reason where errors come in…If star players were doing certain things, you just gotta nip it in the bud.

“Things like meetings, late stuff… When the vet leeway is getting to a point where it turns [into] almost blatant disrespect to where your team is seeing stuff like, ‘We can’t be moving like this as a team, vet aside.’ When you get a new coach in there, he’s not rocking. You set that standard from the T.J. Watts to the Ben Roethlisbergers to anybody on the team where there’s no leeway for nobody.”

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u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Twins just traded for a bullpen arm. Meanwhile Ben Cherington is asleep at the wheel acting like teams don't trade them before the all-star break.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Don Kelly doesn't know how to manage a bullpen. Here's Don Kelly statement on the bullpen usage last night.

Had to split the tweet up into 2 screenshots cause it's so long.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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They can't win with this bullpen and with consistently bad bullpen management by DK. Both Ben Cherington and Don Kelly should both be fired after the season because we need to start fresh.

They got muliple useless arms in the bullpen in santana, mattson, cam sanders, ​and carmen cause they never use him in situations that make any damn sense which means he's useless in the bullpen. Add to this mitch keller who's an abomination and an inconsistent skenes and we got too many holes pitching wise to do anything this year. This is year 7 of ben cherington and it's time for him to be fired and never return cause he's been a complete failure of a GM on the level of dave littlefield. ​

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u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Brandon Lowe, Bryan Reynolds, Esmerlyn Valdez, and Ryan O'hearn all back to back in the lineup is disgusting stuff. These boys can HIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Paul skenes four seamer velocity has went down every single year since his debut. It's been down significantly in 2026.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Tyler callihan deserves a spot on the roster the rest of the season and is a quality utility guy especially offensively.

Even after today's game his OPS+ is around 120 and he has an .831 OPS. He's providing above average offense and can play multiple infield spots as well as OF spots if he's asked too. A utility guy who can actually hit is a luxury to have and it means their isn't really a drop off when he's in the lineup so somebody can rest. I like his game and I think he's a solid player personally.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago

Brandon lowe with his 21st homerun and now has 63 RBI's on the year.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Esmerlyn Valdez savant page shows a guy who's hitting at a sustainable rate. He's hitting the sweet spot of the ball and pounding the ball with absolute authority. Elite stuff.

It's a faded red cause he dosen't have enough AB's to qualify fully, but the data so far is phenomenal. No red flags really besides his whiff rate but who cares if he whiffs when everything else is elite and he's hitting for a ton of power.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago
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Jason Mackey agrees with me and says that Marcell Ozuna is a DFA candidate when Cruz and Horwitz get back cause he doesn't fit the offense aka he's worthless.

u/Seal7465 — 3 months ago