Update on baseball

Fraley and Smith are the only ones for sure leaving as of now I believe

I imagine Stallings will sign too

Big ones we are still waiting on:
Newman, Poche, Bugg, Reynolds, Freeman

You may be right. But why wasn't he if not. ??

That's crazy. It's amazing what happens in these drafts. How does a guy like Stallings get drafted and not Newman? I know stallings has a fastball but he has had one good outing since the end of his first year.

Does Newman's sub 1 era not mean he has potential ?

Don't get me wrong, Newman was my favorite pitcher this year but he didn't have a sub 1 era. It was around 2.15 I believe

Stallings has a big upside..dude could be really good....hope he returns....

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It all comes down to potential and stallings 95+ mph fastball means he has potential.

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he also has a change up and curve ball. good one's. all he needs is more coaching and more work. he's got a huge upside. it appeared that dunn worked with him a lot after his first year but he just didn't get enough playing time to "iron everything out".

the kid is a thrower and needs to learn how to be a pitcher. the minor leagues will fix that or he's out.

Newman is very good, I still don't understand why he wasn't drafted, but there is no questioning who has the higher potential between the 2.

Pending an update on the Padres signings thus far, Poche is still a huge threat to leave. They're about $1.9MM under slot and they've signed about half of their top 10 round guys. So there is an opportunity to save more that can be spread around the 11-40 guys.