Jac caglianone and Matt Shaw
 

The future of MLB looks bright with these guys. Absolute insane talent. What say you?
Updated: wanted to add Cam Smith too!

Matt Shaws hitting .167 in spring training

am I missing something?

[QUOTE=boxbuster7;19840473]Matt Shaws hitting .167 in spring training

am I missing something?[/QUOTE]

I tried to do some quick cross-referencing on how these 3 players in any way deserve a joint hype post and have absolutely no idea.

easy pass on these dudes

Uh, pump it up...?

Jac hit a 444’ tater…

Buy, buy, buy!

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[QUOTE=LittleJimmies;19840474]I tried to do some quick cross-referencing on how these 3 players in any way deserve a joint hype post and have absolutely no idea.[/QUOTE]

I saw on instagram the past few days posts of these guys from different people/accounts on instagram talking about how great these guys are going to be. So I was just wondering as they seem to be pumping these guys on social media. Just curious what your guys thoughts on these players were. That’s all, nothing more, nothing less. Just a simple question.

Sell Bobby, buy jac?

buy winokur he's cheap....

[QUOTE=hermanotarjeta;19840510]Sell Bobby, buy jac?[/QUOTE]

No Hermano! Bobby will be the face of baseball for the next decade! (At least) Im all in on Bobby! The other three guys I don’t really know much about, just what I’ve seen on social media the past few days (that’s why I asked here).

Sell all your Acunas cheap and buy every prospect that people talk about on social media. Stats don't lie...unlike social media (don't believe everything you read on here either)...do some research on your own.

[QUOTE=backtothe50s;19840518]No Hermano! Bobby will be the face of baseball for the next decade! (At least) Im all in on Bobby! The other three guys I don’t really know much about, just what I’ve seen on social media the past few days (that’s why I asked here).[/QUOTE]

Yeah probably not a wise decision.

By the way, welcome back jac!

[QUOTE=hermanotarjeta;19840599]Yeah probably not a wise decision.

By the way, welcome back jac![/QUOTE]

Agree! Glad to see jac back also. He will put up an all star year this year but I still think that Bobby is the new Mike trout of baseball.

[QUOTE=backtothe50s;19840627]Agree! Glad to see jac back also. He will put up an all star year this year but I still think that Bobby is the new Mike trout of baseball.[/QUOTE]

LOL, that’s hilarious.

[QUOTE=backtothe50s;19840627]Agree! Glad to see jac back also. He will put up an all star year this year but I still think that Bobby is the new Mike trout of baseball.[/QUOTE]

A little bias is fine, hefty exaggeration not so much.

I think I have 1-2 Matt Shaw Pro Debut autos so please continue to pump him up!!

[B]Update[/B]- Matt Shaw is traveling with the team to Japan for their upcoming series, so I guess this is considered his MLB debut.

Great vote of confidence for him.

[QUOTE=LittleJimmies;19840474]I tried to do some quick cross-referencing on how these 3 players in any way deserve a joint hype post and have absolutely no idea.[/QUOTE]

backtothe50s owns cards of all three.

[QUOTE=vwnut13;19842968]backtothe50s owns cards of all three.[/QUOTE]

I have exactly one card of Matt Shaw (a bowman card and im not even sure what year it is) and none of the other two, so you are absolutely wrong funny guy!!!!

23 and 22 years old with no big league at bats so far

Hobby irrelevant

[QUOTE=boxbuster7;19840473]Matt Shaws hitting .167 in spring training

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Dang. I was hoping he might be good. But he's clearly a bust. Cubs better release him and move on asap.

This seems like a shameless hype thread. But I will say that Caglianone is very intriguing. Matt Olsen-level power, and likely a better all-around hitter.

Shaw and Smith will probably be fine players. Maybe even all-stars at some point. But Caglianone has a chance to be a premier slugger in the league.


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[QUOTE=theshowandme;19843012]23 and 22 years old with no big league at bats so far

Hobby irrelevant[/QUOTE]

I always get a chuckle out of this take. A college player drafted in July of the previous year, will essentially always have zero major leauge at bats by spring training, and will typically be 22 by then. This take means no college player can be hobby relevant. Which is insane. 22 or 23 is a perfectly normal age to develop a HOF career and be hobby relevant.

[QUOTE=OhioLawyerF5;19843300]I always get a chuckle out of this take. A college player drafted in July of the previous year, will essentially always have zero major leauge at bats by spring training, and will typically be 22 by then. This take means no college player can be hobby relevant. Which is insane. 22 or 23 is a perfectly normal age to develop a HOF career and be hobby relevant.[/QUOTE]

More often than not, college players end up being serviceable MLB players, but rarely hobby stars. In the past two decades how many former college players were hobby relevant? Judge and Skenes for sure, perhaps Holliday but moreso when he was in the minors - and maybe short blips of relevance for Bryant and Posey? It's not to say there aren't other solid or even great players, but hobby relevance seems to be a different category.

Blowout in 2025 gets worse and worse