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Posted on 6/15/21 at 1:54 pm to PP7 for heisman
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someone who plays a different sport to get drafted in the 5th round.
Not sure why this is so hard to grasp. That fact that softball evolved from baseball, there's not a ton of overlap. It's NOT Girl Baseball. It's an entirely different sport.
And that said, like all other sports, if there was Men's Fast Pitch Softball in College, those players would be better than her as well...but at least they'd be coming closer to comparing apples to apples.
And like you said...there are something like 40 rounds in the MLB draft, and this dude wants a MLB team to use a 5th round pick on some chick who's never face a pitcher throwing overhand?
This doesn't even address the completely different weight distribution between a baseball bat and a softball bat where the weight is more centered instead of being out at the tip of the bat.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:00 pm to GeauxTigerTM
I'm sure she could find an independent league team to give her a look if she wanted to, and the writer says she doesn't know if Jocelyn even wants to play baseball or not. There's a team in Sonoma that signed a few women a few years ago and hyped it up but they didn't last.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:01 pm to dru5
writer is a transformer
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:02 pm to dru5
This dude turned chick used to write for Fangraphs and was constantly writing political BS.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:03 pm to stlslick
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:04 pm to Rig
Yep I remember. Wasn’t surprised when I saw who wrote it. Such nonsense
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:11 pm to PP7 for heisman
quote:If you're going to go through with this horrible idea, why would you do it in the 5th round when you can do it in the last round of the draft? Or sign her as an undrafted free agent, or whatever MLB calls it?
So this year, I’m using this platform to issue a challenge to Major League Baseball teams. Every single team could use another bat, especially as offense continues to fall across the league. A fifth round draft pick carries a slot value of between $300,000 and $400,000. Even for the Astros, that’s less than ten percent of your total draft pool; for teams like the Pirates and Tigers, it’s only two percent. You can afford to offer to draft Jocelyn Alo in the fifth round, pay slot value, and see if she’ll sign.
He jus wants this girl to get that money, that's the only reason. So dumb.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:22 pm to dru5
This is like the criticizing the PGA for not offering a tour card to the best disc golfer in the world.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 2:28 pm to BobLeeDagger
mlb will have to fund a wmlb, just like basketball. that could and would be hilarious.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:09 pm to dru5
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yes, women can play professional baseball at the same skill level as men
Tell them don't just talk about it, be about it.
No one likes the person who spends a whole conversation gassing up their non-existent athletic abilities
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:13 pm to GeauxTigerTM
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MLB is not going to draft this chick, obviously
It's sweet when they're this young and innocent.
The signal is that this is about to be the new hotness.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:20 pm to dru5
If they're good enough let them play, but they have to prove that they are good enough and not be some charity case.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:21 pm to dru5
I am fine with this. Cancel professional softball and let women try to play in the MLB. Same goes for the WNBA. Cancel it and let them play in the NBA and NBADL.
Give them what they want. If they claim to be equals, they will make a team and earn those nice minimum salaries in those leagues.
In fact, do this in all sports, period. All women's records at the olympics that do not beat the men's record should be wiped from the record books.
Give them what they want. If they claim to be equals, they will make a team and earn those nice minimum salaries in those leagues.
In fact, do this in all sports, period. All women's records at the olympics that do not beat the men's record should be wiped from the record books.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:34 pm to dru5
Why do y’all bring this garbage here? Seriously. This is some whack job is a trans lawyer something something Twitter Army liberal that has zero clue how MLB works.
This is for clicks. Nothing more, nothing less.
This is for clicks. Nothing more, nothing less.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:36 pm to dru5
Let em try.
I say make all sports mixed gender.
The minute they do that, the minute female athletes no longer play professional sports.
I say make all sports mixed gender.
The minute they do that, the minute female athletes no longer play professional sports.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:40 pm to msutiger
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But Ole girl is the best college hitter with her “absurd” ops of 1.085
This article is one of the absolute dumbest pieces of shite I have ever seen, however, "ole girl's" OPS was not 1.085. You might want to check that slash line again and recalibrate.
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:40 pm to GeauxTigerTM
quote:oh my
her nickname is Princess Knuckle
Posted on 6/15/21 at 3:57 pm to diremustang
Writer’s nickname is “Moose Knuckle”
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