SoxBlanco

If you think Tilson has a chance to be better, why not keep getting him regular at bats in AAA? Neither Tilson or Engel are going to start over Eloy, Leury, or Cordell, so you might as well keep Engel on the team as a better defensive replacement/4th outfielder and let Tilson get his at bats in Charlotte.

Not our Burdi, but yes.

Bumping this thread after another solid relief appearance (2 scoreless, 5 K’s, 0 BB’s). When do you expect he will be stretched out to a starter again? Will it happen in Winston-Salem, or will they promote him to Birmingham first and have him return to starting there?

Another scoreless inning for Hansen with two K’s, and 8 of his 14 pitches were for strikes.

This is a solid post. Well done.

Speaking of Lency Delgado, where is he playing this year? I haven’t heard much talk about him in a while.

With Moncada in the lineup twice, we’d never lose a game.

I've been wondering about this for a couple years now. Thanks for asking. Anybody have the answer?

In a perfect world, do Robert and Madrigal both get called up in mid-April next year?

15-pitch perfect inning with two K’s. 11 of the 15 were strikes.

Another option is to send Basabe to Charlotte when he's healthy. I've touched on this before, but would they consider moving Robert straight to AAA?

Yeah, he's an interesting player. I keep expecting him to fade, and he just keeps producing. I suppose he did fade a little last year after moving up to AA, so we'll see if he can sustain the nice year he is having so far. I think he has an outside shot at becoming a 4th outfielder at the big league level.

Do you think Booker moves up to AAA when Robert gets promoted?

The first name I think of when I hear that description of not playing baseball until later in life is Tim Anderson, and he continues to get better. Which specific White Sox draft picks are you thinking about?

If those guys turn it around, I’m crediting you for your not-so-optimistic outlook. ? They needed a little kick in the ass to get going.

It was ripped down the left field line. I haven't seen a video, though.

Move him up to Charlotte and move Robert to Birmingham. Roll with an outfield of Rutherford, Robert, and Gonzalez, with Adolfo as the DH.

Didn’t Collins begin last year in AA with a historically bad start? Then he turned it around in May. I could be remembering wrong.

Completely forgot about Walker. He’s been great, even if it is at a level too low for where he should be. The AA outfielders have been bad, but it’s a big jump moving to AA and it’s only April 12.

Robert, Collins, Cease, Sosa, Zavala, Lambert, and Flores are all off to a good start. And the most important two (Robert and Cease) have been phenomenal.

Why not just send him straight to AAA in May if he keeps raking like this?

Batting 8 today?

Obviously. When Robert is ready, he will move up, and he will play CF. But we have other OF prospects that could impact the big league club in a couple years. It’s worth discussing what will happen with Gonzalez, Rutherford, Adolfo, and Basabe.

I guess I’ll answer my own question, but perhaps Gonzalez and Rutherford on the corners, with Robert in CF. Booker would be the odd man out, and Adolfo would continue to DH. By the time he could play the field, you would hope things work themselves out. When Basabe comes back, who the hell knows what will happen. Is it unheard of to get promoted from A to AAA? Or would you just send somebody from Birmingham to Charlotte, even if they didn’t quite deserve it, in order to make things work?

What happens with the AA outfield if Robert gets an early promotion?