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1B Tanner Thach (UNCW Baseball) is another college bat to keep close tabs on this season. Thach was drafted by the Giants in the 18th round of the 2022 draft but decided to honor his commitment to the Seahawks. Thach made a significant impact in his first year on campus and posted a .290/.356/.544 slash line with 11 2B, 15 HRโ€”a UNCW single-season freshman recordโ€”and 68 RBIs. He outdid himself in 2024 and hit .324/.406/.700 with 11 2B, a UNCW single-season record 27 HR and 75 RBIs in 61 games. Thachโ€™s production didnโ€™t end there, though, as he was named a Cape League all-star, hitting .275/.367/.493 with 6 doubles, 8 HR and 25 RBIs. Thach has a strong, physical build at 6โ€™4โ€ and 220-lbs. He has a crouched stance in the box with an open front side and a medium-high handset. Itโ€™s a bit of a noisy load in which he drops and drifts his hands, but Thach does possess plenty of bat speed. He has a steep, uphill swing path, and itโ€™s a violent operation that is geared towards getting the ball up in the air and doing damage. However, it can get long at times. Thachโ€™s carrying tool is undoubtedly his immense power. He has established a now-lengthy track record of power production with both metal and wood, and he has zero issue tapping into it on a game-to-game basis. Thach has home run power to all fields, though his highest quality of contact comes to the pull side. He gets the ball up in the air on a consistent basis, and when he catches the baseball on the sweet spot, it flies. Thach posted maximum exit velocities during the spring and summer of 113.5 mph and 103.1 mph, respectively. At the start of the summer, he would sometimes unnecessarily sell out to get to his power which caused him to top-spin line drives to the pull side, but as the season progressed he was able to break that habit. Thach has plus in-game power to all fields. The biggest key going forward for Thach is for him to continue to make enough contact to get to his power on a regular basis. His bat-to-ball skills are fringy, though he did post a 90% in-zone contact rate against all fastballs. Like a lot of hitters, the root of Thachโ€™s contact struggles are secondary offerings. Heโ€™ll have difficulty at times picking up spin out of the hand which leads to both miss and chase. Thach will also tend to whiff and chase against heaters that are either elevated or on the outer-half of the plate. However, he does handle velocity well and last season he hit .533/.588/1.033 against all fastballs 92+. While Thach feasts on righthanded pitching, he hit just .246/.321/.551 last season against lefties. Thachโ€™s power is tremendous, but heโ€™ll need to add a coat or two of polish to his hit-ability as he transitions into professional baseball. First base isnโ€™t the flashiest defensive profile, but Thach moves well around the bag and is a strong athlete at the position. Heโ€™s not afraid to range into the four-hole and he is a reassuring anchor on the right side of the infield. Thach has an advanced baseball sense, a trait that shines on a game-to-game basis. While he wonโ€™t pitch professionally, expect Thach to log some innings this spring for UNCW. His fastball tops out in the low 90s and flashes some hop in the top of the zone, but heโ€™ll also mix in a mid-70s curveball and a low-80s changeup. The cherry on top with Thach is his makeup, both on and off the field. Itโ€™s impossible to stick a grade on it because itโ€™s a 90 on the 20-80 scale. Would have him as a 2nd-early 3rd round type this July. (๐ŸŽฅ: UNCW Baseball, Cotuit Kettleers)

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SS Marek Houston (Wake Forest Baseball) is one of the premier college infielders in this year's Draft. After earning the starting SS job as a true Freshman, Houston had a standout summer with the Amsterdam Mohawks in which he hit .429/.557/.548 with 4 XBH and 13 RBIs in 17 games. He proceeded to break out last season to the tune of a .326/.434/.516 slash line with 16 2B, 8 HR, and 39 RBIs. Had an impressive summer that was split between the Cape and Team USA. Did what very few college players do anymore and started on the Cape, went to Team USA, and finished out the summer back on the Cape. Was a CCBL All-Star and hit .306/.465/.329 with more BB (26) than Ks (21). Lean, athletic build at 6'3" and 190-lbs. Pro body. Somewhat wide base in the box with a medium-high handset. Puts the majority of his weight on his back side. Minimal load in which he wraps his bat a bit. Small stride with average bat speed. Will eliminate his stride and widen his base in 2-strike counts. Takes a direct path to contact. Compact, contact-oriented operation. Does a nice job of consistently working inside the baseball. The most appealing part of Houston's offensive profile is how polished his hit tool is. Bat-to-ball skills are comfortably plus and last season he ran an overall IZ contact rate of 92%. Pitch recognition skills and swing decisions are both advanced, and this summer on the Cape he worked a remarkably low overall chase rate of 16% - including just 8% against SL. Will use the entire field. It's a bit of a cliche, but he hits the pitch where it's thrown. Hit tool is without a doubt a 55, but closer to a 60 than it is a 55. Biggest question mark right now is his impact and how much is in there. Flashed some pull side thump during the spring, but it's below-average power with wood. Again though, you're buying the hit tool. Adding impact both this year and beyond is key, though. Houston's calling card is undoubtedly his defense. Pro shortstop through and through. Silky smooth actions, range both up the middle and to his arm side. Comfortable attacking the baseball and throwing on the run/from different arm angles. Soft hands with an above-average arm. Instincts are high level. He does a great job of staying behind the baseball then working THROUGH it on a line. The epitome of "suave!" Top-40 overall type this July. (๐ŸŽฅ: Wake Forest Baseball)

Peter Flaherty III

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If there was one clip I would want every American to listen to today it would be this one. Itโ€™s a 10 minute essential message that is long overdue. This is not catastrophising, itโ€™s a recognition of the societal threat it represents. This not about using ChatGPT to write a report or an email, this is about the intersection between AI and robotics and thatโ€™s the accelerant on the fire that is AI. I have worked with it and I have seen first hand what it can do in terms of accelerating workflow and application development. It is formidable technology and we are way past the point at which the genie can be put back in the bottle. I wrote about it at length last year and in the short intervening period since, it has advanced beyond comprehension. As Bernie points out here, the threat to jobs is existential, but whatโ€™s important to recognise is that is the jobs most at risk are not at the bottom of the economic food chain, they are middle and upper middle class jobs. From accountants to bankers to research scientists to lawyers to programmers, a whole raft of middle and upper management roles are about to quickly become extinct. I believe we face the threat of an economic extinction event. Just as in 1928 when the wealth gap was not dissimilar to what it is today, it took an economic depression and a World War to drive an economic reset that also reset the wealth gap. These are dangerous times and unless we regulate this technology, society itself is facing an extinction event of its own. AI renders human labour acceptable collateral damage in this revolution. Declining population will shift from being a liability to an asset. The oligarchs believe they have insulated themselves against the human catastrophe that will follow. They believe they are on the right side of a winner takes all strategy and they might be right, but I suspect they are more likely wrong, because the fly in the ointment they are ignoring is CHINA. Xi is just sitting back while the West sets itself on fire. They are approaching the AI revolution in a totally different way. They will win because they donโ€™t have to worry about the shareholder class. They donโ€™t plan in 2 year election cycles, they plan in 10 and 25 year cycles. While the US was obsessed with large language models, China has integrated AI into manufacturing automation which is central to their wealth engine. They donโ€™t have to build infrastructure, theyโ€™ve already done it. They donโ€™t need to invest in supply chain infrastructure because the Belt and Road initiative is already in place. They own deep port and road infrastructure across Europe Africa and Latin America and have a distribution pipeline ready to go. They are electrifying their economy to remove reliance on fossil fuel imports. They are adding capacity to their energy grid faster than any nation on earth. In 2025 alone they added 543 GW with solar accounting for almost 50%. They have now surpassed 1,000 GW in solar power and given they manufacture 92% of the worldโ€™s solar modules they have ZERO supply chain issues as they march on to cheap energy when the U.S. is running away from renewable energy. They also added a further 80 GW of wind power. If youโ€™re looking for a broader energy comparison, The capacity added by China since the end of 2021 already exceeds the entire power system of the United States. The critical point here is that the top two global powers are approaching the AI revolution from two opposite angles. The Chinese are seeking to integrate it into society, at the same time the oligarchs are seeking to replace society. This is why China will win and become the number one global economy. The world is at an inflection point and Iโ€™m afraid greed will prove to be the downfall of American imperial ambition. Will the rich survive? Of course they will, they always do. As for everyone else, Iโ€™m afraid youโ€™re on your own unless they are stopped. My advice is to learn Chinese. ๐ŸŽฅ TikTok -

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๐ŸšฉBreaking News : Finance heavy hitter Craig Stobo has been announced by NZ First as a candidate in Botany, the seat currently held by Christopher Luxon. Stobo will be on the list. He brings a serious record in finance, especially superannuation and financial regulation: He built BT Funds Management, led the tax review that produced the PIE regime that KiwiSaver is built on, and later chaired the Financial Markets Authority. He was removed from that role at the FMA after an official review found his public commentary, including on the Treaty Principles, breached the political neutrality expected of an independent regulator. In plainer terms, he was taken out of the FMA for refusing to bow down to Mฤorification Mumbo Jumbo. * He created NZโ€™s municipal bond market. Stobo chaired the LGFA establishment board and has been inaugural chair since 2011. It is now the largest NZ-dollar bond issuer after the Crown, with about $25 billion of AAA bonds and almost every council as a voluntary borrower. That is a rare piece of financial-market plumbing: cheaper long-term money for local infrastructure without a Crown guarantee. Craigs business experience completely pulls down the pants of any MP currently in the house. Track record : He has built a funds business from scratch. He co-launched BT Funds Management NZ in 1992 and ran it as CEO until 2004, taking AUM to about $3 billion making it under his guidance, NZโ€™s largest and most successful Funds management company. He sits right at the intersection of city balance sheets and markets. He was a founding director of the Auckland Future Fund, set up to invest the proceeds of Auckland Councilโ€™s airport share sale (~$1.3 billion) rather than spend the capital. Rather than just sitting on boards Craig has got actual outcomes. He chaired Precinct Properties from incorporation in 2010, changing it from a unit trust to a company, attracting foreign investment that enabled the company to be listed as PCT on the NZX. He chaired Fliway a family owned logistics company, over seeing its scaling through its NZX IPO and later sale to NZ Post for $55 Million. He chaired AIG New Zealand from licensing in 2012 to 2022. Taking over after the global giant was wounded badly during the GFC and building a legitimate local arm that is profitable and still trading. At NZ Windfarms he oversaw the first consented windfarm repower in New Zealand (about 21 months, versus the seven-years plus, common in the sector). Craig holds First-class honours in economics at Otago, Milner Prize at Waitaki Boys, Wharton AMP. Diplomat for both NZ and Australia (seconded to DFAT in Canberra, including Middle East work, involved in Hawkeโ€“Keating deregulation in the 80โ€™s ). Economist at DFC/Zealcorp, then Bankers Trust NZ on the rates desk โ€” heading the same dealing room where a young John Key made his name in FX. Craig Stobo is one of the few New Zealanders with such a highly credible CV who has both written the tax architecture of managed funds, which helped build Kiwi saver and built the vehicle that funds capex for most councils in NZ. Heโ€™s an excellent addition to NZFirst to help us turn this country around. Craig Stobo was also in attendance at the anti mandate protest in Wellington, and was mandated out his job for refusing to take the jab. Listen to the incredible excerpt below where he discuss how the business a political elite have too much power and have hurt people for far too long.

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