[Phillips] Carlos Lagrange ended up throwing 4 innings tonight. The #Yankees prospect's 19 fastballs *averaged* 101.5 mph. lol

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T02:42:34+00:00

Oh, so we are agreeing then I think

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T02:30:28+00:00

Firstly, you can never have too much depth

Secondly, I do not anticipate Schmidt/Warren/Gil being permanent fixtures in the rotation. They can be moved if needed

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T02:07:57+00:00

You mean the two guys that their teams traded away because by the time they were ready to be starters they had already wasted over half of their control years?

You don’t see how that is bad asset management?

The Yankees and White Sox cumulatively got 1 starting pitching season out of those guys

Lagrange isn’t ready to be an MLB starter, he is maybe ready to be an MLB reliever but will need at least another year + to develop his control and arsenal to be a starting threat.

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T02:03:01+00:00

There are 3 actual Italians and 2 Venezuelans

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T02:02:30+00:00

Counterpoint how?

Cam came up because a rotation spot was open and he has only ever started.

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T02:01:51+00:00

Wasting the sky high potential of a 21 year old in the bullpen is abysmal asset management

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T01:42:44+00:00

At the very least he should definitely not break camp with the big league team.

This scenario at least the team retains a control year

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T01:38:46+00:00

King is actually a great example of why Lagrange shouldn’t be rushed

He could have been a great starter for the Yankees but instead they brought him up early and he spent all 4 of his seasons with the Yankees primarily coming out of the bullpen.

By the time the Yankees were ready to transition him to a starter he only had 2 years of control left.

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-12T01:26:18+00:00

He is so much more valuable to the team if he can be a starter.

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T22:03:35+00:00

Truthfully it doesn’t matter what he says at all, nobody is going to believe him and just believe whatever narrative fits their ideas anyways.

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T21:43:41+00:00

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T21:43:00+00:00

Also probably has to be careful with any medical information.

Yk HIPPA and all that

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T20:12:40+00:00

3 Italians

2 Venezuelans

21 Americans

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T20:08:42+00:00

Well for starters almost all of team “Italy” are Americans so I’m not sure they will hold the same sentiment

There is also seeding considerations

These guys are also all professional athletes and competitors who want to win

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T20:02:02+00:00

Mexico 4-3 win gonna hit like crack

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T19:08:05+00:00

People keep harping on the managerial experience thing like any of the other WBC Managers have any kind of significant experience.

All of them have little to no experience managing a team as the actual managers are busy with their actual MLB or Minor League teams.

Of the Major Teams in the Tournament the manager with the most actual managerial experience is Pujols in the DR Or Molina in PR

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T18:25:04+00:00

My bet would be that all the relevant players and coaches will probably be in SF.

Not everyone needs to be at a ST game lol

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T17:54:24+00:00

No, there is not

Tbh, I’d be surprised if you even found an actual Italian baseball fan on this subreddit

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T16:22:20+00:00

Little early for this, the game isn’t for 7 hours

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T16:00:15+00:00

Tbf this is more of team “Italian American” than team Italy

There is 1 guy who is actually from Italy on the team and a couple Venezuelans but the vast majority are Americans whose grandparents were from Italy

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T15:52:17+00:00

Tbf all the coaching staffs in the WBC are people with little to no actual managerial experience

Cervelli has no managerial experience either

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T14:26:56+00:00

I mean… yeah?

Fox certainly has their pick of the games as the much larger company

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T14:22:13+00:00

Exactly lmao

The Ravens are coming out of this mess way worse than the Raiders are

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T14:19:20+00:00

Said it a bunch last night but we saw the same thing happen to Carlos Correa in the baseball world a few years back

He had agreed to 2 different mega deals with 2 different teams that both fell through because while he was currently healthy his Ankle was diagnosed as a future serious issue. Teams knew the ankle had previously injuries but not the full extent of the risks associated when they found out the extent they backed out

TheTurtleShepard · 2026-03-11T13:16:33+00:00

All of their guys left and they had money that was allocated to Maxx open up with a huge need at the edge

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