Tatis looks like he could be a monster, but he has played in a grand total of 114 MLB games. It's still far too early to send him to Cooperstown.

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His own father said we have the better Tatis still in our system. Redemption!

I guess we'll just have to settle for the reigning AL batting champ as our SS.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Hurt again.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Donaldson is the one who doesnt belong.

Comparing Tatis to Willis and Archer is silly.

But Donaldson was a really good player.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

DJ said he had the exact shoulder thing sub-something. Where it pops in and out by itself. He didn't think much of it short-term. But, long-term his shoulder was never the same.

This is why these 10 year contracts are almost always a terrible idea. If he has a chronic shoulder injury the first year in the contract what's he going to look like after a decade of wear and tear? His father peaked at 24 and lost all of his power by his late 20s.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Agree on long term contracts but his father was a much different type of player and body type

And he's good enough to go a little longervthan usual on the contract, imo

Spot on about the contract length. Just so many things that can go wrong no and no way to mitigate the cost.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Keyser was inducting Gordon Beckham into the HOF in less than 10 games.

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I miss Keyser. He was not a fan of Madigral I remember that.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

9 up 9 down, 33 pitches and 4 k's through 3.

Guy needs to go back into the rotation

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Keep it coming!

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I think he was swayed by his hot mom. Mrs. Beckham was fine...

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Here's the problem with Madrigal. He has to hit for an incredibly high average in order to have any offensive value. He has negative power and he isn't going to walk much. I suppose he could bring intangibles to the table, but we haven't seen any evidence of that yet. All he does is run into bad outs and make bonehead plays in the field.

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Communists are just people who are terrible at capitalism.

.329 in his first 43 games

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

If he can sustain that he will be fine.

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Communists are just people who are terrible at capitalism.

But even .329 is overvalued because he's a singles hitter who doesn't draw walks. And who's going to walk a singles hitter? He's fun at the plate, being Nicky Two Strikes and all, but....5 doubles in 600 PAs isn't going to cut it.

You’re nuts . I’ll take a .320 hitter in my lineup anyday

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

.373 OBP

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

It's 3:05 on 6/24 and I'm at work listening to a random A's Rangers game on the radio.

The A's radio guys just spent like 30 seconds yukking it up at the concept of the James Shields for Tatis Jr. trade.

Not trying to pile on, just was completely random. The guys were really cracking themselves up over that deal.

Sorry.

cool story