The Athletic had an article where MLB execs predicted the guys most likely to be traded at the deadline. Keller, Bednar and Santana were all near the top. Heaney and Reynolds were on the list, too. One comment was that Bednar and Santana were "as good as gone."
With the team playing better, I'm skeptical Nuttin is bold enough to allow all this.
I think any of us who have heard this BS about the Pirates being unable to spend at an equal pace with Cities who have a smaller Metro Area such as Cincy and Milwaukee realize how cheap and unimaginative this Ownership has become! As such, there is no way to even consider an extension for Oneil Cruz as long as Keller's contract is on the books. Trade that $50+ mil remaining on Keller's contract before the deadline, try to get a highly rated young LH hitting OF Prospect in the process , and use that money to work an extension for Cruz for his ARB years and his first two years of Free Agency. Going in, we have to know the 2 FA years have to be in the 20's.
We have the pitching depth to backfill the Keller slot right now, without counting Johan Oviedo and Jared Jones. Heaney has done well for us and is possibly going to get a big offer - a very reasonably priced LHSP with 17 Starts already in 2025.
I believe Keller is highly likely to be traded. His contract is more than reasonable, but the Pirates are/were expecting ace level production when he signed. Reynolds is going nowhere. Bednar is 50-50. I think Santana is staying unless they are blown away.
3/$54m for 2026-2028 is definitely reasonable for Keller, but I think he'd need to turn this into a statement year to have much "excess value". I have a hard time seeing how clubs would think of him right now as a Fried/Burnes/Snell in the $25m-$30m a year range, so while $18m a year is perfectly reasonable are they really gonna get a club to give up big prospect/young big leaguer value when they could go the free agent route instead?
If we are talking the off-season, I think you are spot on. Days before the deadline, I think it could be different. When teams feel they are one pitcher away from making the play-offs (or going far), I can see teams possibly getting in a bidding war and overpaying. I agree his contract is not a bargain, but one a team could easily move him in the off-season if they wanted because it is not a bad contract either. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic on what the buyers are going to do this year.
Both throws were to the plate. Bonds threw up the 1st base line and Spanky had to go up the line, catch the ball and then come back to the plate and try to beat Sid chugging ng to the plate. Had a flash back about Bream myself and first thing I thought of was why couldn’t have Bonds gotten his throw in a better spot for Spanky to make the play on the tag.
Teams hittings foul balls to get Skenes out early is smart baseball. On the flipside, watching a team hit 24 foul balls is not exciting and neither is a star pitcher only pitching 5 innings.
With the different pitches, different strains depending on the pitch, different velocities pitchers can throw, and different sizes of pitchers,................... there has to be something more scientific or mathematical than pitch count.
I was fascinated by the coverage of the kinds of things science has brought to the development of baseball pitchers like Skenes. You've seen a top pitcher blow his arm out early from such mistakes in the past, right? I think Strassburg did, didn't he?
Anyway, that they are measuring stress on the athlete in such ways as travel time, level and number of stressful innings, even down to it gets really humid in Pittsburgh... I just love this application of science to sport.
Fantastic reading. And it explained why the pitcher was removed after 5 at 88 pitches. Teams can't handle Skenes, so they're gonna try to overtax him. As such, the Pirates are now in a position to notice that and account for it.
I was traveling so may have missed it, but with trade talk heating up I'm sure someone commented that the weekend pummeling of the Mets that included an outstanding start by Keller surely increased the likelihood of a Keller for a Mets' hitting prospect trade.
That said, I voted no on MLBTR's poll of whether the Pirates should trade Keller. Mostly that's because I like Keller as part of the rotation during the Skenes window, but is probably also influenced by how little Cherington got for Musgrove and Taillon.
If they are planning to trade Keller, I hope Cherington is aggressively working on it now. It’s been fun winning some games but the wildcard is a pipe dream due to the poor start and, in theory, he should be able to get a better return the more starts Keller’s new team gets this season if said team is on the fringes of a wildcard spot. Same goes for Heaney.
It's not only teens that he's missed on, though. I'm all for trading Heaney and any reliever, but Keller has too much value for me to trust Cherington getting a fair return.
I think the only way I'd like such a trade is if it's Keller for a position player that has had at least a season of success at the major league level, or a younger version of Keller as we seem to do a good job with pitchers.
I'm hoping for the best too! If guys like Gonzales and Horwitz keep hitting, Davis keeps inspiring hope as a starting catcher, and the prospects frequently mentioned here keep excelling, then Cherington probably will be retained. I'd have no problem with that.
Regardless, as originally stated, I favor keeping Keller primarily based on how I value Keller's role with this team. We can agree to disagree on Cherington's track record on trades and perhaps if the the progress shown under Kelly continues and Cherington returns, we can both be happy.
I think it makes baseball sense to trade Keller. But the Bucs don’t have a competent GM to make trades, so trading him will be another waste. And he is signed and in the fold for very reasonable money for another three years.
As for Bednar, I don’t think they will trade him because they value him highly and control him for another year.
I think Heaney is the only one who gets traded, and maybe IKF, both for minimal returns.
With Keller and separate from my feelings on whether we should expect a fair return, I'd be afraid that we would just create another hole by moving him. While Ashcraft, Burrows, Chandler, and Jones/Falter/Oviedo/Mlodzinski/Harrington (with all these options, I could convince myself that we're fine :)) could fill out a strong rotation behind Skenes in '26, there are still a lot of question marks there. I like Keller as that solid #3 that provides greater reliability than any of the above would and then to improve our hitting in other ways.
But I also appreciate the logic in moving Keller now, especially if we get an MLB-ready bat _and_ Nutting allows the GM to use the savings on Keller to sign a quality FA or go towards an extension of Cruz or Skenes (only hoping to add a year, to keep things somewhat realistic).
For this purpose I am assuming Mitch for Abreu of the Red Sox as an example not saying either team would exactly make that trade.
Is the risk (possible drop-off) of Mitch to your list of pitchers (excluding Bubba) less or greater than the gain of Abreu vs. Pham/Jack/Canario/etc. for 2026. My gut says you make a trade like that. A Skenes - Bubba - Mitch rotation would be sweet but losing Mitch seems much more recoverable than running out a bad corner outfielder again. I am making Bubba different than the rest of the list as quite frankly the Pirates need him to be different. Trades like that also bring $ to be spent somewhere although seeing the list of SS or corner OF that could be available I don't want to assume it will be as easy as just saying use those funds to fill those holes.
Love seeing Bubba and Konnor doing so well, but I am disappointed we only have Barco at the back half of the list to join them. Looking at our record, we should have a few other guys in the mix of the top prospects in the game
In my mind, I just keep Termarr as a 50-100 prospect regardless of what the national sites say. The hype wore off but it seems like he just keeps making steady progress despite being so young for his level, but that progress likely gets overlooked by people who need to cover all prospects because it's not flashy.
Termarr is still out pacing Aiden Miller in most stats. Aiden has a couple more walk and double the steals at almost the exact same age. Termarr has the higher average/on base/ops, homeruns and 17 less strikeouts. Miller is still ranked 22 and has a chance to stick at short but more likely 2nd or 3rd long term.
I still think Termarr is turning a corner, his k rate is still under 20%, walks are at a good level, just needs the extra base hits to show up a little more often. He had another multi hit game last night with a double, also laid down a sacrifice bunt (he has bunted a lot this year). Termarr is do for an extended heater.
You can see Termarr getting there. At first, when he came up, I was like... underwhelmed... but you can see it clicking. He's maybe one of those players who is steady and doesn't get the credit for driving the team. Exists somewhere beneath the wow factor.
But. Gotta tell ya... I was there when he actually struck out but got another pitch and drove it over the right field wall on the next one? BIG MOMENT and you could see the pure adrenaline in his homerun ... I guess you'd call it ... "trot," but it was more like the dance Donkey Kong does when he wins at Mario Cart.
I'd expect this player's second half to be very good.
Being the youngest in your set is generally NOT an advantage. It shows the precociousness of the talent, sure, but I've seen a number of people slowed down by being the youngest, say, in their class.
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I've coached at high school for decades (soccer) and you can see it play out like this. A kid who is able to start school late becomes the oldest kid in his class.
(For example, my son was born in late August, so, was able to start school NEXT year. See?) So he was always the oldest in his class. It had many positive effects, giving him more social acceptance. He was more physically mature than people in his grade. Became first choice at soccer and was selected to more elite teams. For him, it was about being socially comfortable. Many parents are proud of their kids "skipping" grades because of their academics. Wyatt was tabbed as "gifted" in kindergarten, but never skipped a grade because he did not like that pressure and wanted to be socially comfortable. Still wound up valedictorian and getting a full ride on his grades alone.
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I have seen others skip grades and suffer for it. When I get a kid in soccer and see the development of a child who is youngest in his class, he or she tends to be a full year behind the kids in her grade. It's sad because at the high school level, they'll reach their prime AFTER their senior year expires!
So. Back to Termarr. Here is a kid who has never yet been the big dog in his class. I suggest, because MLB doesn't have "graduates" and players aren't really running out of time, that they let Termarr simmer at AA and give him a chance to express himself as a leader on his team. He is making real progress and I can see it when I go to Toon Town. But he does not yet look like Cutch did; a man among boys at the level. Let him grow. If he's gonna be the future at 2nd base, let Nick The Stick enjoy his time in the four hole in Pittsburgh!
Related, there was a study that showed World Cup soccer players tended to be the oldest in their soccer year as they were developing, which makes a lot of sense. I've coached youth recreational soccer (AYSO) for years and it is easier for the older kids to develop confidence in their skills and leadership. That surely gets magnified when they move to club soccer and the coach plays only the best.
I agree that there is no need to rush Termarr, just that despite facing older players (as of the other day, he still hadn't faced a pitcher younger than him since turning pro), he's improving. I'll take your word on how he compares to Cutch, but I also don't have Cutch-level expectations for Termarr. Instead, an average or slightly better everyday 2B, which would justify his draft position and a ranking in the back half of a top 100.
Have coached thousands of kids of all ages since the late 1970s. Nice to have another soccer coach on the board.
But yes, your post supports the Gladwell idea. I've seen it personally in the athletics of my own kid and many of his co-horts.
I really think parents should stop pushing their kids ahead like that too early. I knew someone once who wound up a Freshman at Johns Hopkins at the age of 16. Guess who didn't get invited to parties? Guess who was learning to drive in the city?
Around here, though, we get more of the opposite where kids are held back a year so that they have a better chance at a college athletics scholarship. I've thought it's ironic then when supposedly models that major league teams use for drafting HS players are favorable to younger players (Cole Tucker just came to mind). I think this is true in other sports too. But of course we're just talking about the truly elite athletes.
Holding kids back can work, if athletics is the priority or even when it's just being more socially confident. We knew one girl who repeated a grade despite doing fine academically. The parents said it was due to maturity but everyone suspected it had more to do with playing sports. In any case, she was a soccer star in college and is now playing professionally in the USL.
Love books about stuff like that. Gladwell's a good'n. Also love books like "Salt - A World History" by Mark Kurlansky and "Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond.
Agree with this as well. I'm sure these guys know baseball but after the top 10 or so I think it's just what they read on sites like BOD. Are there any sites like this? Plus they have to cater to big market$. If take Sir Stout over any other 50-100 prospects. He will come good and be low fiving King Konnor at PNC in no time. Ya heard?
Agree. Obviously hope Konnor keeps it up. He came out like guns blazing. I was talking to him once over a fresca and he told me he wasn't going to let the Pirates mess up his approach like they do everyone else. So he was just going to go "all hosslike right off the rip".
The Athletic had an article where MLB execs predicted the guys most likely to be traded at the deadline. Keller, Bednar and Santana were all near the top. Heaney and Reynolds were on the list, too. One comment was that Bednar and Santana were "as good as gone."
With the team playing better, I'm skeptical Nuttin is bold enough to allow all this.
I think any of us who have heard this BS about the Pirates being unable to spend at an equal pace with Cities who have a smaller Metro Area such as Cincy and Milwaukee realize how cheap and unimaginative this Ownership has become! As such, there is no way to even consider an extension for Oneil Cruz as long as Keller's contract is on the books. Trade that $50+ mil remaining on Keller's contract before the deadline, try to get a highly rated young LH hitting OF Prospect in the process , and use that money to work an extension for Cruz for his ARB years and his first two years of Free Agency. Going in, we have to know the 2 FA years have to be in the 20's.
We have the pitching depth to backfill the Keller slot right now, without counting Johan Oviedo and Jared Jones. Heaney has done well for us and is possibly going to get a big offer - a very reasonably priced LHSP with 17 Starts already in 2025.
I believe Keller is highly likely to be traded. His contract is more than reasonable, but the Pirates are/were expecting ace level production when he signed. Reynolds is going nowhere. Bednar is 50-50. I think Santana is staying unless they are blown away.
IKF and Heaney are obviously getting traded.
3/$54m for 2026-2028 is definitely reasonable for Keller, but I think he'd need to turn this into a statement year to have much "excess value". I have a hard time seeing how clubs would think of him right now as a Fried/Burnes/Snell in the $25m-$30m a year range, so while $18m a year is perfectly reasonable are they really gonna get a club to give up big prospect/young big leaguer value when they could go the free agent route instead?
If we are talking the off-season, I think you are spot on. Days before the deadline, I think it could be different. When teams feel they are one pitcher away from making the play-offs (or going far), I can see teams possibly getting in a bidding war and overpaying. I agree his contract is not a bargain, but one a team could easily move him in the off-season if they wanted because it is not a bad contract either. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic on what the buyers are going to do this year.
Completely agree with that. Deadline would likely get best return.
Agree. I don't think they trade Keller unless they are wowed by an offer.
Pirates don't win that game without defense. Here's confirmation they're one of the better defensive teams in baseball.
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-best-team-defenses-of-2025-so-far/
That's about where I had them. And they're doing this with a bottom-fifth SS.
Imagine where they'd be with someone like Masyn Winn.
I could watch that kid play defense all day.
They might even get a big upgrade just by putting Triolo there. He'd probably be about average.
Imagine if Triolo could hit just a little bit better.
Probably what happens in about a month
I'd have Nick at short a lot. Just as a short term measure to get some bats like Yorke and maybe that Simon fella in the lineup, see what's there.
I just met a former Buccos mom at the library I work at in rural SC. Quick stop on team like most. Former Dback. Any guesses?
Womack?
More recent. First name is the same as that Chapman fella that posts in here. My boy just shortened it. Hell of a guess though.
Dude played the same positions as Tony Wo but I think went OF to Bee Gee it (Staying Alive)
Man, you got me stumped
Chris Owings
ah, that guy!
https://x.com/The_Marauders/status/1940198765677486524
A repost of Florentino 1st full season homerun.
that tag last night was great
where was henry when bream was chugging along?
Both throws were to the plate. Bonds threw up the 1st base line and Spanky had to go up the line, catch the ball and then come back to the plate and try to beat Sid chugging ng to the plate. Had a flash back about Bream myself and first thing I thought of was why couldn’t have Bonds gotten his throw in a better spot for Spanky to make the play on the tag.
...too soon, bro...
Titus’s hitting is going to be Biblical. Like…Old Testament. Book it.
Good story on Skenes' development plan over on mlb.
https://www.mlb.com/news/pirates-win-pitching-duel-extend-winning-streak-to-five?game_pk=777288
Teams hittings foul balls to get Skenes out early is smart baseball. On the flipside, watching a team hit 24 foul balls is not exciting and neither is a star pitcher only pitching 5 innings.
With the different pitches, different strains depending on the pitch, different velocities pitchers can throw, and different sizes of pitchers,................... there has to be something more scientific or mathematical than pitch count.
She blinded me… with science!!
Thanks Thomas.
I was fascinated by the coverage of the kinds of things science has brought to the development of baseball pitchers like Skenes. You've seen a top pitcher blow his arm out early from such mistakes in the past, right? I think Strassburg did, didn't he?
Anyway, that they are measuring stress on the athlete in such ways as travel time, level and number of stressful innings, even down to it gets really humid in Pittsburgh... I just love this application of science to sport.
Fantastic reading. And it explained why the pitcher was removed after 5 at 88 pitches. Teams can't handle Skenes, so they're gonna try to overtax him. As such, the Pirates are now in a position to notice that and account for it.
Fantastic, the sport of baseball!
I was traveling so may have missed it, but with trade talk heating up I'm sure someone commented that the weekend pummeling of the Mets that included an outstanding start by Keller surely increased the likelihood of a Keller for a Mets' hitting prospect trade.
That said, I voted no on MLBTR's poll of whether the Pirates should trade Keller. Mostly that's because I like Keller as part of the rotation during the Skenes window, but is probably also influenced by how little Cherington got for Musgrove and Taillon.
If they are planning to trade Keller, I hope Cherington is aggressively working on it now. It’s been fun winning some games but the wildcard is a pipe dream due to the poor start and, in theory, he should be able to get a better return the more starts Keller’s new team gets this season if said team is on the fringes of a wildcard spot. Same goes for Heaney.
If I had to guess, he wouldn't target teenagers in a deal for Mitch.
It's not only teens that he's missed on, though. I'm all for trading Heaney and any reliever, but Keller has too much value for me to trust Cherington getting a fair return.
I think the only way I'd like such a trade is if it's Keller for a position player that has had at least a season of success at the major league level, or a younger version of Keller as we seem to do a good job with pitchers.
Maybe it's just me, but this meme is getting old.
I think if Keller is traded, BC returns as GM. We just need to accept that and hope for the best.
I'm hoping for the best too! If guys like Gonzales and Horwitz keep hitting, Davis keeps inspiring hope as a starting catcher, and the prospects frequently mentioned here keep excelling, then Cherington probably will be retained. I'd have no problem with that.
Regardless, as originally stated, I favor keeping Keller primarily based on how I value Keller's role with this team. We can agree to disagree on Cherington's track record on trades and perhaps if the the progress shown under Kelly continues and Cherington returns, we can both be happy.
I think it makes baseball sense to trade Keller. But the Bucs don’t have a competent GM to make trades, so trading him will be another waste. And he is signed and in the fold for very reasonable money for another three years.
As for Bednar, I don’t think they will trade him because they value him highly and control him for another year.
I think Heaney is the only one who gets traded, and maybe IKF, both for minimal returns.
With Keller and separate from my feelings on whether we should expect a fair return, I'd be afraid that we would just create another hole by moving him. While Ashcraft, Burrows, Chandler, and Jones/Falter/Oviedo/Mlodzinski/Harrington (with all these options, I could convince myself that we're fine :)) could fill out a strong rotation behind Skenes in '26, there are still a lot of question marks there. I like Keller as that solid #3 that provides greater reliability than any of the above would and then to improve our hitting in other ways.
But I also appreciate the logic in moving Keller now, especially if we get an MLB-ready bat _and_ Nutting allows the GM to use the savings on Keller to sign a quality FA or go towards an extension of Cruz or Skenes (only hoping to add a year, to keep things somewhat realistic).
For this purpose I am assuming Mitch for Abreu of the Red Sox as an example not saying either team would exactly make that trade.
Is the risk (possible drop-off) of Mitch to your list of pitchers (excluding Bubba) less or greater than the gain of Abreu vs. Pham/Jack/Canario/etc. for 2026. My gut says you make a trade like that. A Skenes - Bubba - Mitch rotation would be sweet but losing Mitch seems much more recoverable than running out a bad corner outfielder again. I am making Bubba different than the rest of the list as quite frankly the Pirates need him to be different. Trades like that also bring $ to be spent somewhere although seeing the list of SS or corner OF that could be available I don't want to assume it will be as easy as just saying use those funds to fill those holes.
https://www.mlb.com/news/updated-top-100-prospects-list-for-july-2025
Love seeing Bubba and Konnor doing so well, but I am disappointed we only have Barco at the back half of the list to join them. Looking at our record, we should have a few other guys in the mix of the top prospects in the game
In my mind, I just keep Termarr as a 50-100 prospect regardless of what the national sites say. The hype wore off but it seems like he just keeps making steady progress despite being so young for his level, but that progress likely gets overlooked by people who need to cover all prospects because it's not flashy.
well said.
Termarr is still out pacing Aiden Miller in most stats. Aiden has a couple more walk and double the steals at almost the exact same age. Termarr has the higher average/on base/ops, homeruns and 17 less strikeouts. Miller is still ranked 22 and has a chance to stick at short but more likely 2nd or 3rd long term.
I still think Termarr is turning a corner, his k rate is still under 20%, walks are at a good level, just needs the extra base hits to show up a little more often. He had another multi hit game last night with a double, also laid down a sacrifice bunt (he has bunted a lot this year). Termarr is do for an extended heater.
Miller plays his home games at Reading, which I believe is a hitters paradise.
It is
You nailed it, Melkel.
You can see Termarr getting there. At first, when he came up, I was like... underwhelmed... but you can see it clicking. He's maybe one of those players who is steady and doesn't get the credit for driving the team. Exists somewhere beneath the wow factor.
But. Gotta tell ya... I was there when he actually struck out but got another pitch and drove it over the right field wall on the next one? BIG MOMENT and you could see the pure adrenaline in his homerun ... I guess you'd call it ... "trot," but it was more like the dance Donkey Kong does when he wins at Mario Cart.
I'd expect this player's second half to be very good.
On Termarr:
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Being the youngest in your set is generally NOT an advantage. It shows the precociousness of the talent, sure, but I've seen a number of people slowed down by being the youngest, say, in their class.
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I've coached at high school for decades (soccer) and you can see it play out like this. A kid who is able to start school late becomes the oldest kid in his class.
(For example, my son was born in late August, so, was able to start school NEXT year. See?) So he was always the oldest in his class. It had many positive effects, giving him more social acceptance. He was more physically mature than people in his grade. Became first choice at soccer and was selected to more elite teams. For him, it was about being socially comfortable. Many parents are proud of their kids "skipping" grades because of their academics. Wyatt was tabbed as "gifted" in kindergarten, but never skipped a grade because he did not like that pressure and wanted to be socially comfortable. Still wound up valedictorian and getting a full ride on his grades alone.
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I have seen others skip grades and suffer for it. When I get a kid in soccer and see the development of a child who is youngest in his class, he or she tends to be a full year behind the kids in her grade. It's sad because at the high school level, they'll reach their prime AFTER their senior year expires!
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(digression: There is a book by Malcolm Gladwell called "Outliers: The Story of Success." In its very first chapter, Gladwell examines the phenomenon in Canadian junior hockey—especially players in the Québec Major Junior Hockey League and other top teams—and shows that disproportionately many NHL players are born in January, February, or March. This pattern stems from the cutoff date of January 1: kids born earlier in the year are slightly older and often more physically mature at early selection ages. They’re placed into elite youth programs, get more ice time and coaching, and thus become far more likely to make it to top leagues later on.)
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So. Back to Termarr. Here is a kid who has never yet been the big dog in his class. I suggest, because MLB doesn't have "graduates" and players aren't really running out of time, that they let Termarr simmer at AA and give him a chance to express himself as a leader on his team. He is making real progress and I can see it when I go to Toon Town. But he does not yet look like Cutch did; a man among boys at the level. Let him grow. If he's gonna be the future at 2nd base, let Nick The Stick enjoy his time in the four hole in Pittsburgh!
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"Kiss me, my fool!"
-Wabbit
Related, there was a study that showed World Cup soccer players tended to be the oldest in their soccer year as they were developing, which makes a lot of sense. I've coached youth recreational soccer (AYSO) for years and it is easier for the older kids to develop confidence in their skills and leadership. That surely gets magnified when they move to club soccer and the coach plays only the best.
I agree that there is no need to rush Termarr, just that despite facing older players (as of the other day, he still hadn't faced a pitcher younger than him since turning pro), he's improving. I'll take your word on how he compares to Cutch, but I also don't have Cutch-level expectations for Termarr. Instead, an average or slightly better everyday 2B, which would justify his draft position and a ranking in the back half of a top 100.
Have coached thousands of kids of all ages since the late 1970s. Nice to have another soccer coach on the board.
But yes, your post supports the Gladwell idea. I've seen it personally in the athletics of my own kid and many of his co-horts.
I really think parents should stop pushing their kids ahead like that too early. I knew someone once who wound up a Freshman at Johns Hopkins at the age of 16. Guess who didn't get invited to parties? Guess who was learning to drive in the city?
A brilliant mind, stunted by social circumstance.
Around here, though, we get more of the opposite where kids are held back a year so that they have a better chance at a college athletics scholarship. I've thought it's ironic then when supposedly models that major league teams use for drafting HS players are favorable to younger players (Cole Tucker just came to mind). I think this is true in other sports too. But of course we're just talking about the truly elite athletes.
Holding kids back can work, if athletics is the priority or even when it's just being more socially confident. We knew one girl who repeated a grade despite doing fine academically. The parents said it was due to maturity but everyone suspected it had more to do with playing sports. In any case, she was a soccer star in college and is now playing professionally in the USL.
Great stuff here and love the reference to Outliers! Good content
Aw, Admin, yer makin' me blush.
Love books about stuff like that. Gladwell's a good'n. Also love books like "Salt - A World History" by Mark Kurlansky and "Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed" by Jared Diamond.
Reading, it turns out, Is Fundamental!
Agree with this as well. I'm sure these guys know baseball but after the top 10 or so I think it's just what they read on sites like BOD. Are there any sites like this? Plus they have to cater to big market$. If take Sir Stout over any other 50-100 prospects. He will come good and be low fiving King Konnor at PNC in no time. Ya heard?
Agree. Obviously hope Konnor keeps it up. He came out like guns blazing. I was talking to him once over a fresca and he told me he wasn't going to let the Pirates mess up his approach like they do everyone else. So he was just going to go "all hosslike right off the rip".
I swear. It's the truth.