First with the draft being next Thursday let's link to the latest Mock http://www.fueledbysports.com/2016-mlb-mock-draft
Lot's of chatter late says we are going with Puk. Not sure how I feel about that. My concerns are all with his command and his lack of secondary pitches. Yea the FB is live but that doesn't matter in the big leagues if that's all you got.
As far as the big club is concerned we just got swept by the Nats and now sit a game below .500 and 4th in the division. Tommy Joseph was called up 5/13 and since then has appeared in 14 games. Hitting just .244 with a .250 OBP the frustration again has been inconsistent playing time but just yesterday news broke that Howard is definitely going to be on the bench to clear his head for the next 4-5 games. In my opinion it should be more than that.
Our great starting pitching to start the season has cooled off a little bit and advanced scouting gets out and more video is recorded Vincent is starting to hit that wall that all young pitchers run into. This game is not that easy and to be great you have to re-invent yourself constantly pitch to pitch AB to AB.
Odubel has been the lone shining star of consistency his BA still sits around .300 and his OBP is soaring high at .427.
On the Pharm Crawford was promoted a week or so ago to LHV and Alfaro is maintaining his hot start. Jake Thompson is really struggling with AAA hitters while Eflin has made great strides. Appel is on the DL as is Randolph. Nick Williams has been really steady in AAA as there is a lot to be said for a 22 year old position player holding his own in that league.
Kingery is coming on and Cozens is having a decent season at AA. So much baseball still left to play we'll see where we are come June 30. The draft will be complete and some of the underperforming veterans will be released or traded and quite possibly some of the rookies may be seeing their numbers called up to Philly.
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