Jack Parkman

Nah, not really. Lopez has games where he misses bats, but he doesn't really miss them as much as a pitcher with his stuff should. Last start I heard that Dunning was averaging 91 on twitter from BA/BP/FG guys, so that is where I got that from. Lopez walks a ton of batters too. He also has a below average spin rate on his FB. A pitcher with his stuff shouldn't throw 6.2 innings and strike out nobody. That tells me something is up. Eno Sarris in his chat on the Atlhetic on Friday said that best case scenario with Lopez is that he's a back end starter or middle reliever. I tend to think he could be a 3, but I'm not that far apart in opinion from him.

No, my theory is they have a lot of boom/bust guys and you expect more of those types to bust rather than hit.

I should have put that when I said "most likely to be X" I meant that as the player's floor in my opinion. I'm really super high on Hansen, probably more than most. The issue is they have a TON of Boom/Bust guys. Fangraphs player projection system is actually super black and white on Kopech. They think he'll be either Syndergaard or a complete bust, with almost zero in between.

You're right, but I'm not opposed to him spending the entire season in AAA and even starting next year there to see if it can be developed. The issue with Kopech is that his fastball/slider combo is good enough to get AAA hitters out as a starter by themselves, which is why he's in a weird spot. He's got to develop a third pitch and I really don't know how they're going to do it. I think Kopech is bored in AAA but he's going to get lit up like a Christmas tree if he comes to the majors right now. I also think Dunning could be a reliever because he was at UF and had much better stuff out of the pen than he's showing as a starter. He's going to have to have pinpoint command at the MLB level to be successful throwing 90-92. He was mid-90s out of the bullpen at UF. Giolito has much better secondary stuff by all accounts, and he can't get anyone out unless he's painting corners and as Hawk used to say "throwing through a teacup"

He can spot his fastball better when he throws 96-98, which is plenty good enough but he tries to hit triple digits way too much. If he wants to throw 100+ all of the time he's going to be a closer, if they can get him to stick in the range stated the sky is the limit. I'm not sure his change is a MLB pitch either.

I think most of the Sox best prospects are 2-3 seasons away from the majors. Then you add in 2-3 seasons for MLB development and you're in 2022 already.

Not really, He overthrows, has command issues and has two ++ pitches. That screams closer to me.

I have always thought that Kopech was a future closer since they traded for him. I've been higher on Hansen than most and lower on Kopech. I also think Lopez could be a #3 guy, but his floor is back end rotation. This is all assuming average to above health though.

I'm not expecting anything until 2022 or 2023 at this point. I'm starting to resign myself to the fact that most of the core of the next Sox contending team is in AA, A, or not drafted yet. It is sad because Moncada is a stud and he's probably gone by the time they're contending again.

Going into the season, we all thought the Sox were loaded with pitching. Just short of 2 months into the season, it seems they may have problems filling out the rotation from within the organization. I put the guys we have in the following tiers if they stay healthy: Most likely to be TOR starter:(#1-2) Hansen Most likely to be back end starter(#4-5) Lopez Most likely to be high leverage reliever, but could be a TOR starter if everything goes right Kopech Cease Could be anything, from not a major leaguer to mid rotation starter Giolito Clarkin Dunning Now this is only one man's opinion, but I think the Sox have a lot of work to do with their pitching staff. I am shocked they are doing better with position players rather than pitchers so far this season. By my count, if healthy they only have two guys they can pencil in to the future rotation, and that isn't good enough. I wonder how they're going to build up their pitching staff going forward.

Just watched video of MLB debut for Giolito and it seems he had a completely different arm action then. I wish I could throw those gifs side by side I don't know how to do that.

My problem with Giolito is his short leg kick with nobody on base. It is like he's not using his huge frame at all to generate power in his stuff. I need to go watch video of Giolito from the 2015 futures game and see what his motion looked like compared to now.

Facing a pitcher has a lot to do with that. Let's see if he gets through Bryant, Rizzo and Contreras ok.

Idk, maybe they can sign some guys off the street like Kazmir to placehold?

They don't have anyone. Let him work it out up here. It's not like it matters anyway. Same with Fulmer. Just have the rotation consist of Giolito, Fulmer, Rodon, Lopez and Shields. DFA MiGo. No need to waste service time for Kopech/Jimenez until September. Giolito is so frustrating because his breaking stuff is so damn good but he has no idea where his fastball is going.

That 93 mph fastball he threw for strike 1 to Bryant had a lot of movement and spin. My fucking god he has no idea where anything is going right now.

Here we go again.............;

We have to hope 2020- 2021 gets played. There will be a war starting around midseason 2020 prior to the expiration of the current CBA. would not surprise me if the players went on strike midseason 2020 again, cutting into the 2021 season.

I still can't believe that LeBron is so good at basketball that he can win conferences just by being on the court. That team is garbage outside of him. If the Cavs didn't have LeBron, they probably are the worst team in the NBA. He is the definition of a 1 man show. We need to give him more credit as basketball fans for his greatness because despite not winning championships, doing what he has done with his supporting cast, or lack thereof, is super impressive.

Yeah, this is where I wish MLB allowed draft pick trading. If they could get a guy to sign for 1-1.5 million underslot I wouldn't complain. Since you can't trade the draft pick, I wouldn't be opposed to taking someone mocked in the 7-15 range that the Sox really like rather than a top guy who's going to take up all of their slot dollars.

On an unrelated note, TPC is now unwatchable because Webb Simpson is smoking the field.

A. Bummer. Q. What do Sox fans say when a reliever enters the game?

Seems like a crappy year to have a top 5 pick. Sounds like it is really Mize and a bunch of meh. Still like McClanahan because of the upside, but actually I can't really complain about much. I hope Hahn/Hostetler stay far away from Singer. Wouldn't surprise me to see him slip to the back of the 1st. 91 MPH won't cut it from a RHP in today's MLB.

Lester has nothing left. It wouldn't surprise me in the least to see him get pulverized by the National League at some point this season. He's not far away from being Shields. In fact he's Padres Shields now.

It would be horrible to have assembled a team worse that a 1960s expansion team.