Voluntary Workouts

The Dude · 04-17-2021, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by ChrisXVI

Last years rookies like Ruiz, Baun and Trautman will lose even more development. I was hoping for a full offseason of development for them but it’s apparently not going to happen. It’s imperative that we draft plug and play starters this year.

There should be a good bit of high ceiling talent coming available relatively cheap once these rookie contracts start expiring. I expect last years (and maybe next years) draft class to have a lot of late bloomers because of the shortened offseason.
This cannot be good for body conditioning either. You can’t simulate hits in walkthroughs and virtual work outs, they need to get back to hitting.

04-17-2021, 07:15 PM	#9
The Dude 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,060	Re: Voluntary Workouts Originally Posted by ChrisXVI Last years rookies like Ruiz, Baun and Trautman will lose even more development. I was hoping for a full offseason of development for them but it’s apparently not going to happen. It’s imperative that we draft plug and play starters this year. There should be a good bit of high ceiling talent coming available relatively cheap once these rookie contracts start expiring. I expect last years (and maybe next years) draft class to have a lot of late bloomers because of the shortened offseason. This cannot be good for body conditioning either. You can’t simulate hits in walkthroughs and virtual work outs, they need to get back to hitting.
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