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https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-18-prospects-new-york-mets/ Top 18 Mets Prospects -
Signed: July 2nd Period, 2017 from
Dominican Republic
Age 16 Height 6’3 Weight 166 Bat/Throw S/R
The stringy Mauricio was our
third-ranked player in the 2017 July 2 class and the only 45 FV prospect. New
York signed him for a franchise-record $2.1 million. He featured the most
physical projection of his peers, and some scouts think his frame has room to
add about 30 pounds while still retaining the range and flexibility for
shortstop. Mauricio’s endless limbs spear down to corral ground balls, and he
has shocking body control for an athlete of his age and build. He isn’t strong
with the bat just yet, but his swing has some natural loft from both sides of
the plate, and if his body matures in the Goldilocks Zone that allows him to
stay at short and do damage with the stick, he could be a star.
Boy, how the mighty have fallen! When the Mets signed Gonzalez, suggesting they didn’t believe prospect Dominic Smith wasn’t quite ready for the starting first base job, we all laughed. Since 2015, Gonzalez has missed significant time with back issues, and those aren’t the type to suddenly go away. This is especially true for a 35 year old. So after a career worst .275 wOBA over 252 plate appearances last season, we essentially left him for dead.
But he may have been revived! Tiny sample size caveats apply
of course, BUT…
-He’s walking like crazy, posting a mark in the mid-teens,
driven by his lowest Swing% since 2009 and lowest O-Swing% since 2010
-Welcome back power! Check out his fly ball exit velocity
trend:
We can’t be confident Gonzalez makes it through the entire
season healthy, but for the time being, there’s a greater chance that his
offense has returned than we had thought before the season started. That makes
him worth adding in even 15-team mixed leagues.
With his college education, and high marks in marksmanship and character, Jackie seemed a shoe-in for Officers’ Candidate School, but his application, along with those of several other black applicants, was rejected. Jackie turned to his friend, and fellow resident at Fort Riley in Kansas, heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis. Although Louis wasn’t an officer, he wielded some power at Fort Riley, and within a few weeks, Jackie and the other applicants were accepted into the OCS.
On the other hand, there are some lesser-known unwritten
rules of baseball that kind of make sense:
Don’t spit out sunflower seeds on a teammate’s shoe during
the last game of a home stand.
Don’t bring a pet into the batting
cage.
Don’t show up at the visiting team’s hotel the night before a
day game.
Don’t leave the on-deck circle
dirtier than you found it.
Don’t shower next to a pitcher
scheduled to start the following day.
Don’t buy gold chains at Target
Don’t call your manager “Skipper” in
front of a sommelier.
Don’t check your swing if you have
change in your pocket.
Don’t play cards on a train with a fella named Big Daddy
(circa 1918).
Don’t play HQ Trivia while taxiing on a Delta flight (updated
version).
Don’t waste a pitch during a
recession.
Don’t order the “cream” and the “clear” online from an
unprotected site.
Don’t eat baked beans before a
doubleheader.
Don’t charge the mound without a
credit card.
Don’t throw a four-seam fastball to a
five-tool player.
Don’t interrupt a
bullpen-by-committee in session.
Report: New Hampshire Youth Baseball Coaches
Planned To Bean Their League's Lone Girl Player Into Quitting -
In another hideous example of adults and men being absolute
shit, the father of a New Hampshire little league baseball player says two
coaches in his daughter’s league conspired to have her beaned so that she would
quit the league, according to a Foster’s Daily Democrat report:
In an email to [Oyster River Youth Association] board of
directors Chair Ben Genes, Dan Klein, of Madbury, alleges that two coaches said
they would instruct a player to “bean” Klein’s daughter — strike her in the
head with a baseball during practice — in order to intimidate her into leaving
the baseball program. The conversation allegedly took place during a draft
meeting to assign players to team rosters.
1 comment:
Hey Mack. I'm a woman who grew up playing baseball and was the only girl in my little league. I was a Pitcher / Shortstop. We played against other leagues in the area. I was having a good year where I threw a couple of no-hitters. We played six inning games and in one game, I struck out 16 of 18 batters. After that and for the rest of the season, the other little leagues forfeited any game I was scheduled to pitch. They wouldn't face me and the teams stopped showing up to games. I could only pitch within my own league. At least they never tried to cause me harm, but it's a pain if you're a girl trying to play competitively against guys. They don't mind you playing as long as you're not better than them.
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