Juan Soto, Padre

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Juan’s House is for sale

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4793-Williamsburg-Blvd_Arlington_VA_22207_M54298-46725

If this thing doesn't move over the next couple of weeks, I'd imagine he might offer to rent it to Gore or Cavalli or one of the current Nats.  For a player without kids at this point, it is probably nice space. 

[HalfSmokes]

If this thing doesn't move over the next couple of weeks, I'd imagine he might offer to rent it to Gore or Cavalli or one of the current Nats.  For a player without kids at this point, it is probably nice space. 

It’s a pretty random location relative to Nats park

[JCA-CrystalCity]

It’s a pretty random location relative to Nats park

quiet.  easy enough commute.  also probably up to an MLB player's standards.  May prefer that to a penthouse in Clarendon.  Also not immediately impacted by Amazon. 

[Senatorswin]

If I was a player on the Nats I'd rent one of those apartments beyond the outfield.

[blue911]

quiet.  easy enough commute.  also probably up to an MLB player's standards.  May prefer that to a penthouse in Clarendon.  Also not immediately impacted by Amazon.

It’s 10 minutes from the Heidelberg Bakery.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

It’s 10 minutes from the Heidelberg Bakery.

this is key.  We once had a donut competition in our office comparing various products.  Of course, I had to represent Dunkin Donuts even though I think their donuts are trash, but the Heidelberg's were some of the best offerings.  I think this may have been before Astro.  The best were an outfit from Maryland, Fractured Prune.  I forgot the name until I just googled it.  I remembered it sound like Dear Prudence. It was unfair to compare the DD stuff to those outfits because FP made them to order while DD now bakes them centrally in some location and ships them to their stores. DD held its own against Krispy Kreme, IIRC.

By the way, I always told folks you don't go to Dunkins for the donuts, you go for the coffee.  They realized this and dropped the second D.  I would have gone to "Dunkins" rather than "Dunkin" because that's what they are called (or Dunks).

[imref]

5-6, 3 doubles, HR, to start the spring. He's in regular season form.

[Elvir Ovcina]

quiet.  easy enough commute.  also probably up to an MLB player's standards.  May prefer that to a penthouse in Clarendon.  Also not immediately impacted by Amazon.

At $1 million for a quarter-acre lot on Williamsburg it's a borderline teardown, no matter how nice it is inside.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

At $1 million for a quarter-acre lot on Williamsburg it's a borderline teardown, no matter how nice it is inside.

it's the low end in the neighborhood. Some folks target that.  It's possible the kid doesn't know real estate value and was taken, but I don't suspect he lacked advice. Yes, it probably could be torn down and built out to the max of the zoning code.  It probably was very comfortable and fit a priority for family visits. 

[blue911]

At $1 million for a quarter-acre lot on Williamsburg it's a borderline teardown, no matter how nice it is inside.

I had a lot of equal size on Capitol Hill, that now has 5 houses on it. So yeah, it could be worth substantially more. As JCA points out, zoning may be an issue.

[Five Banners]

I had a lot of equal size on Capitol Hill, that now has 5 houses on it. So yeah, it could be worth substantially more. As JCA points out, zoning may be an issue.

Never fear, bureaucrats and developers seem to be planning to make it not an issue in Arlington:

https://patch.com/virginia/arlington-va/arlingtons-missing-middle-plan-moves-forward-after-county-board-vote

[Senatorswin]

I had a lot of equal size on Capitol Hill, that now has 5 houses on it. So yeah, it could be worth substantially more. As JCA points out, zoning may be an issue.

5 houses on a .23 acre lot. Sounds like a crowded situation.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

5 houses on a .23 acre lot. Sounds like a crowded situation.

blue911 is a slumlord.  jk

[imref]

after today's 2-3 performance:    .727 average / .750 OBP /    1.273 slugging / 2.023 OPS

[Elvir Ovcina]

it's the low end in the neighborhood. Some folks target that.  It's possible the kid doesn't know real estate value and was taken, but I don't suspect he lacked advice. Yes, it probably could be torn down and built out to the max of the zoning code.  It probably was very comfortable and fit a priority for family visits.

The value of anything in that area under $1.25 or so is basically land.  Not that I own such a house or anything.

[blue911]

blue911 is a slumlord.  jk

 

[blue911]

5 houses on a .23 acre lot. Sounds like a crowded situation.

Actually it was .21, so yeah. I sold it to a developer, it’s there baby.

[imref]

day-to-day with an oblique strain

[nfotiu]

1 for 14 to start this year.   He has been pretty mediocore for the Padres so far.   If he has a bad year this year, it will start to look like a downward trend.

Padres don't seem to believe he's playing like someone seeking 500 million.   https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/news/padres-insider-doesnt-believe-friars-view-juan-soto-as-part-of-their-future-ns2002

[imref]

1 for 14 to start this year.   He has been pretty mediocore for the Padres so far.   If he has a bad year this year, it will start to look like a downward trend.

Padres don't seem to believe he's playing like someone seeking 500 million.   https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/news/padres-insider-doesnt-believe-friars-view-juan-soto-as-part-of-their-future-ns2002

He was awful over the first three months of last year. Maybe he's just a slow starter now?

[Senatorswin]

1 for 14 to start this year.   He has been pretty mediocore for the Padres so far.   If he has a bad year this year, it will start to look like a downward trend.

Padres don't seem to believe he's playing like someone seeking 500 million.   https://www.si.com/mlb/padres/news/padres-insider-doesnt-believe-friars-view-juan-soto-as-part-of-their-future-ns2002

I watched the game he got his one hit. It was second and third and two out. The pitcher had two strikes on him and threw a hanging breaking ball down the middle. He grounded it to the right of second base and it just found a hole. In the past that's a pitch he would normally crush.

[Senatorswin]

He was awful over the first three months of last year. Maybe he's just a slow starter now?

He really hasn't been good since he left the Nats. Some say the home run derby throws players off but he would of recovered from that by now obviously.

[nfotiu]

I'd still bet on him to turn it around and have a Soto like season.  But he's at least creating some doubt of whether he is really a perennial mvp candidate and a mediocore season this year could cost him a few hundred million.

[imref]

He really hasn't been good since he left the Nats. Some say the home run derby throws players off but he would of recovered from that by now obviously.

i looked it up: .236 /.388 / .390, 6 HRs in 52 games with the Padres in the regular season and .239   / .314 /.413 with 2 HRs in 12 post season games.

I still think he'll turn things around, but man if Soto is a bust from here on out, then this was the mother of all trade steals.

[Mattionals]

i looked it up: .236 /.388 / .390, 6 HRs in 52 games with the Padres in the regular season and .239   / .314 /.413 with 2 HRs in 12 post season games.

I still think he'll turn things around, but man if Soto is a bust from here on out, then this was the mother of all trade steals.

Those numbers don't look like bust numbers. 52 games of low average, low power, but high OBP still makes a pretty useful player. Granted he isn't a great base runner, so being a high OBP guy with low power means you better put a good bat behind him to drive him in.