SoxBlanco

Great news. Tyler is one of my favorite prospects. Really rooting for him.

I think he’s talking about running out to backup Eloy on the ball off the wall. Anyway, anybody who plays shortstop needs to think before that play that if they field it in the hole, they are going to third. It should just be instinctive. Very poor play by Tim.

No doubt. If you told me Rutherford would be hitting around .250 in late June, I would much prefer a huge struggle early and a positive adjustment/hot streak rather than a steady .250 all year. Anybody who faces adversity and doesn’t fold is better off in the long run.

Absolutely. And that’s why I’ve never been overly concerned about Gonzalez, Basabe, and Rutherford. Hitting is contagious in both a positive and negative way. Sure, it would have been nice for them to get off to better starts, but that whole lineup was brutal early on. It wasn’t even June yet, and people were giving up on them as prospects.

I’ve seen a lot of people say that based on our history, they don’t expect us to land any big names. If we end up with Ozuna, Wheeler, and Hamels, would you guys be happy with the offseason? Or do we have to land one of the top three guys mentioned above for the offseason to be considered a success?

This question is for anybody, but which guys are considered “top of the market” guys? Are we just talking about Cole, Grandal, and Rendon?

Perhaps they want to keep Dawkins and Walker getting as many CF reps as possible. When Robert moves up, it could create the chain reaction.

This article says he was supposed to start tonight, but he’s not. Was the rotation shuffled a little but due to a rain out or something?

Basabe removed between innings early on. Not sure if it’s injury related.

I actually can’t remember how to spell his name, but I’ve been following this outfielder from AA. It’s like Luey Robertson, or something like that. Seems to have great speed, but also hits for power. Plays center field.

I know this is an old post/thread, but I’ve been thinking about Rendon lately and didn’t want to start a new thread. I know he’s a long shot to sign, but why couldn’t Rendon just play 2B, while keeping Moncada at 3B? I’d hate to move Moncada again, as he seems very comfortable this year. I’ve heard people comment that we are “wasting” Moncada at 3B, because if he put up those same offensive numbers while playing 2B, he’d be much more valuable. So wouldn’t Rendon playing 2B make him even more valuable than he already is? Disclaimer: I admittedly don’t know much about how good Rendon is defensively at 2B compared to 3B.

I heard that, too...about seven posts before yours ?

I’m really torn on signing Grandal. On one hand, it seems like a no brainer to want that bat in the lineup at a position like catcher. But I love McCann behind the plate, and I’m not talking about his offense. He has those intangibles that we haven’t seen in a catcher since AJ. I want him catching our pitchers at least 60% of the time next year, and I want to extend him beyond that.

Any series where Giolito is pitching is about as good of a matchup as you can hope for, considering our other starters. I don’t even care who starts for the other team.

It means that anyone who believes Collins was actually 1-1 on our board is very gullible and therefore probably bad at poker.

Sign two of the following four pitchers: Wood, Bumgarner, Wheeler, Keuchel. The other three starters are Giolito, Kopech, Cease. When Rodon comes back, he either moves to the pen or takes the place of whoever of those five are injured/struggling. Lopez is in the pen.

That was my initial thought.

What a great fucking at bat.

Isn’t this game in Chicago?

raBBit, who do you like on the positional side of things? Would you like a Castellanos signing to play DH/RF?

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This is a good question. If Madrigal got called up today, are the Sox better at 2B?

Madrigal could go 0 for his next 19 and still be batting over .300 in AA. Not too shabby.

As a 16 year old? Seems pretty impressive.

He’s been a little rusty since coming back from the injury. Does he have any hits other than the homer in his first game back? Very good to see the walks, though.