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About as good as you’re gonna do for a 1B with a 99 wRC+.

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Yeah. I am happy with it. Now he can help the Crew score 12 on the Bucs next time they play. In a game. Not a series.

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Statcast from Low A

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?gamePk=729912

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Now I know who this username corresponds to lol

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:)

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Sharts has to have one of the toughest last names out there. Gives me a bit of a chuckle most every time that I see his name in the box score

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A common name where I live now is Craps. There is a Craps tire store. Drive by a headstone also with it on it. Some people spell it Kraps. But we all know it is pronounced the same way.

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I want the Marauders to do a jersey auction with the players actual names on the back soooooo bad, then for him to change his number to #2 just for that jersey

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Having the name Sharts is rough, having a 7.85 ERA doesn’t help the situation either

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I think theres a joke out there about sharting the bed

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Brings to mind the greatest commercial in commercials history:

https://youtube.com/shorts/RstRpNu0lvE?feature=share

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Damn Kmarts. You just never progressed past 1992. I was associate number 72 throughout high school and some of college.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbDcnUH6rOc

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Not sure how I’ve never seen this but thank you for it 😂

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Would be right there if he blew that save lol

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Also love the under-appreciated good pickoff move, could be important as base stealing is making a comeback

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Ah yes, I was hoping for WTM authorship here! What do we think fellows could be? Seems like theres intrigue to him at least

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Intrigue, mostly, at this point. I’m guessing we’re looking at a couple months in the FCL as he regains his form, which we don’t know a lot about yet anyway. He LOOKS like a pitcher, fwiw.

Interesting contrast with Barco, who seems totally ready to go. Fellows apparently had a rougher road. He missed most of a year and a half before TJ, then a half year longer than Barco afterward. They’re two guys to watch, at least. Fingers crossed as to health.

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At least from what I saw of Barco in college, he should be able to breeze through to Double-A quite easily. Breaking and offspeed stuff consistently fooled even the best college hitters.

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TJ has such an improved success rate these days, but its still wild to me how much of a different path each player can take on recovery

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Some guys don’t make it. Nick Kingham, for instance.

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I had such hope for him... until I didnt lol

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Speaking of having high hope for a player, one I will randomly think about is Gage Hinsz. I thought he was going to make it, but he just couldn’t stay on the field.

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Blake Cederlind was another.

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nice snagglepuss reference

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