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The Cape Cod league will be over 1/2 the way through this year before the night of 7/14 rolls around. Bimbo has said the CCL played with wood bats is looked at as a precursor to MLB performance.
 
For crying out loud people, it runs deeper than just the numbers.

Keep your eye on Brayden Montgomery because I believe he is firmly in the mix. He might be the best athlete of the 3 and if I'm not mistaken has performed very well in the Cape.

Like Bazzana if you wish. I don't blame you and I have no issues with that, but don't try to prop up your boy by downplaying what kind of talent Condon is. We're getting into the same type of discussion we've had about Rocchio and Arias. I doubt the ball comes off of anyone's bat better than Condon's and there is certainly room for growth.
 
I still remember 7th grade health class.

Teacher puts the Condon over the Bazzana.

"Always remember to wrap up, kids!"

Condon over the Bazzana.

Condon over Bazzana.

It's Condon.
 
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CDAV45 said:
For crying out loud people, it runs deeper than just the numbers.

Keep your eye on Brayden Montgomery because I believe he is firmly in the mix. He might be the best athlete of the 3 and if I'm not mistaken has performed very well in the Cape.

Like Bazzana if you wish. I don't blame you and I have no issues with that, but don't try to prop up your boy by downplaying what kind of talent Condon is. We're getting into the same type of discussion we've had about Rocchio and Arias. I doubt the ball comes off of anyone's bat better than Condon's and there is certainly room for growth.
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For crying out loud people, it doesn't run much deeper than the numbers than you keep telling us so you can force your favorite prospect down our throats.

I don't believe Montgomery is that firmly in the mix and Montgomery played okay, but not great in cape cod. His power was definitely non existent with just 5 XBH and only 1 of those being a home run. Bazzana was league MVP with 6 home runs. Also more than Condon.

Condons average exit velo this year is 95.6 to Bazzanas 95.8.

the numbers literally tell us everything we want to know. Your opinion ddoesn't. Stop trying to tell us that Condon does things better when he doesn't. You don't need to prop him up so much.
 
I think Hagan Smith is also going to be way more in the discussion than we think. Big lefty pitcher averaging 93.8 and hit 98 on his fastball that's bettering some of Paul Skenes numbers
 
KFlash_12 said:
I think Hagan Smith is also going to be way more in the discussion than we think. Big lefty pitcher averaging 93.8 and hit 98 on his fastball that's bettering some of Paul Skenes numbers
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As a 1-1, he'd be able to be discounted more than enough to be that guy who makes a dump truck full of shekels available for the Guardians 1-36 or/and 2-48 picks, respectively.. He's really just a good pitcher, not a great pitcher.. There are a few other pitchers (...Beam, Brecht, Burns, Hartle, Holman, ....., Santucci, Yesavage) that would be considered "better" than Smith.. especially if you exclude high school pitchers as a group for THIS (and only this) draft. HS pitchers have to be incredible to be considered for a 1-1 draft slot..imho.. BTW.. Smith's # 1 issue.. isn't finding home plate.. it's where he wants to find it.. That says polishing should do him well.. but.. it's going to take a while.. maybe forever with his not quite sidewinding delivery..

Thoughts?
 
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Gson said:
As a 1-1, he'd be able to be discounted more than enough to be that guy who makes a dump truck full of shekels available for the Guardians 1-36 or/and 2-48 picks, respectively.. He's really just a good pitcher, not a great pitcher.. There are a few other pitchers (...Beam, Brecht, Burns, Hartle, Holman, ....., Santucci, Yesavage) that would be considered "better" than Smith.. especially if you exclude high school pitchers as a group for THIS (and only this) draft. HS pitchers have to be incredible to be considered for a 1-1 draft slot..imho.. BTW.. Smith's # 1 issue.. isn't finding home plate.. it's where he wants to find it.. That says polishing should do him well.. but.. it's going to take a while.. maybe forever with his not quite sidewinding delivery..

Thoughts?
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I think you're overrating those other pitchers a lot. Or maybe you don't know who Smith is. Smith only has 17 walks in about 50 IP. He also has 89 Ks. Guys like Beam, Hartle, Brecht have way bigger control issues. Smith is also way closer to a 3/4s arm slot than sidewinder.

Saying Brecht would go ahead is the most wild thing I think this thread has lol dudes a 5th rounder that you hope to make into an elite closer at this stage.
 
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Gson said:
As a 1-1, he'd be able to be discounted more than enough to be that guy who makes a dump truck full of shekels available for the Guardians 1-36 or/and 2-48 picks, respectively.. He's really just a good pitcher, not a great pitcher.. There are a few other pitchers (...Beam, Brecht, Burns, Hartle, Holman, ....., Santucci, Yesavage) that would be considered "better" than Smith.. especially if you exclude high school pitchers as a group for THIS (and only this) draft. HS pitchers have to be incredible to be considered for a 1-1 draft slot..imho.. BTW.. Smith's # 1 issue.. isn't finding home plate.. it's where he wants to find it.. That says polishing should do him well.. but.. it's going to take a while.. maybe forever with his not quite sidewinding delivery..

Thoughts?
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With the recent pitcher injury craze, I see zero chance they take a pitcher at the very top. While every player can potentially bust, pitchers can just physically fall apart too easily.
 
Tondo said:
I'd say the Bazzana is more important than the Condon. No Bazzana, no Condon.
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It doesn't fit right. Like putting an XL Condon on a M Bazzana. One wrong move and you have a big Kurtz on your hands.
 
KFlash_12 said:
I think people are overrating Condon a bit. Yeah he hits a lot of HRs, but he's also struggled a lot when he's playing in confrence teams.

Unless I've missed a game, he's 23-66 in SEC play with more strike outs than home runs. .348 and a .388 OBP is a good batting average and decent OBP, but he was batting over .500 in out of confrence play with an over .600 OBP. His cape cod numbers aren't very inspiring either. I don't like the fact when Condon plays familiar opponents his stats drop off so much.

Bazzanas consistency just seems to make him the clear cut best bat in the draft. Especially with his insanely high OBP and walk rate. We are stasticially seeing one of the best seasons ever from a middle infielder at the plate.
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Condon in SEC play

15 games played.

.414 BA, 1.482 OPS, 24-58, 9 HR, 20 RBI, 13 BB, 12 K, .534 OBP.

So yes, he's had a very slight downtick against SEC competition, but not a significant one.

And according to Warren Nolan, the SEC is a significantly tougher baseball conference this year than the Pac-12.
 
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