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by John Sickels on Nov 9, 2025 1:24 PM EST

I am finally home from a grueling Arizona Fall League trip. Normal blogging will resume tomorrow, and I will have some AFL stuff for you as well as starting up the Top 20s again. The rest of November will be very cool. Thanks for your patience while I was on the road.

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Thanks for the interesting material… I look forward to seeing the Gigantes top 20.

Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?

by shikantaza on Nov 9, 2025 1:33 PM EST reply actions

Me too

Can’t wait to read John’s thoughts on our future, which all of a sudden looks awesome.

Is Belt a B+?

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by The_Beard on Nov 9, 2025 1:42 PM EST up reply actions

belt

Belt will be an A-.

by John Sickels on Nov 9, 2025 4:49 PM EST up reply actions

WOW. This baffles me. Not saying I know a ton about Belt but I don't remember him being held in that high a regard.

by russak on Nov 9, 2025 11:25 PM EST up reply actions

Hitting .352 with 23 dingers in your first proffessinal season will bump you up a bit, I'd wager.

by BaconBits on Nov 10, 2025 12:13 AM EST up reply actions

Agreed

When you combine that with his athleticism and great k/bb ratio it is hard not to put him at least as an A-.

by King Billy Royal on Nov 10, 2025 12:37 AM EST up reply actions

It's not that hard to imagine...

He’s a first baseman. Your bat has to be spectacular to be a star-level first baseman. Belt’s bat will be good, but spectacular? We’ll see if he has the power to be spectacular.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_9zTD9B98&feature;=related
Apparently there's an epilepsy warning on this video. But it's so incredibly cool.

by IHateSouthBend on Nov 10, 2025 10:15 AM EST up reply actions

Yeah, I wouldn't say it's hard not to make him an A-

There are certainly reasons to do so, but we’re still talking about a first baseman that wasn’t considered very special coming into the season. Overhauled swing mechanics and dominant performance have certainly changed the tune on Belt, but an A- is still a bullish grade on some levels.

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by Satchel Price on Nov 10, 2025 10:55 AM EST up reply actions

A low end B+ is the highest I can go on him (and Freeman)

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by jar75 on Nov 10, 2025 11:23 AM EST up reply actions

DOUBLE-NEGATIVE TITLE!!!

Run for your lives!!!!!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_9zTD9B98&feature;=related
Apparently there's an epilepsy warning on this video. But it's so incredibly cool.

by IHateSouthBend on Nov 10, 2025 12:41 PM EST up reply actions

I've never understood why that is a rule in english

Other languages employ double negatives.

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by jar75 on Nov 10, 2025 1:29 PM EST up reply actions

According to Wikipedia*:

" In most logics and some languages, double negatives cancel one another and produce an affirmative sense; in other languages, doubled negatives intensify the negation"

Hasta tu suenos.

by quacker27 on Nov 10, 2025 1:33 PM EST up reply actions