Strong takes are my thing. Whether it be needling Baseball Prospectus over their Jorge Alfaro ranking, clashing with consensus over Rhys Hoskins, or why Shohei Ohtani wasn't a bust before he ever threw his first regular season pitch. My opinions are strong, and I'm not one to back down if I truly believe something based on first hand looks and research. I mean, don't even get me started on the "newly-promoted" Tyler O'Neill takes. It's almost as if I'm the head of my very own agency, lobbying for my players value like Scott Boras with a briefcase of binders. Yet another player who's represented by my pretend "on-line defense agency" is Padres rookie phenom Joey Lucchesi. I ranked him 161st in my mid-season 2017 Top 200 prospects, and even predicted a 2018 MLB debut. I'm not alone on this site in my love for Lucchesi, my best friend since forever, Lance, wrote about him
as a deep sleeper in late March. There's also
this tweet I tossed out there in December. Needless to say, without further chest thumping, I'm a fan of Lucchesi. There's been a bit of misinformation out there regarding his repertoire, pedigree, etc. Today I hope to set some of that straight after watching his most recent turn against the San Francisco retirement home.
