JUSTgottaBELIEVE

I’m going to go on record in saying I strongly prefer Vaughn over Abrams. I’ve been penciling Vaughn into the 2021 Sox lineup for months now. He’d look great at the top of the order with Madrigal, Moncada, Robert, and Jimenez.

Like I said over the weekend, let him get his season BA up to around .290 and then promote him to AA next week after the draft.

Except 2005. The Twins employed this strategy last offseason and it seems to be working out. The difference between this Sox team and years past is that they’ve never had a core of young players this talented. Anderson, Moncada, Jimenez, and eventually Robert all have huge potential. On the pitching side, Giolito, Kopech, and Cease have the same. If those guys come anywhere near their potential, the Sox won’t have to add a whole heck of a lot around them to be a contender, especially if guys like Garcia, McCann, and Tilson continue to contribute.

Calling Machado a “top young player” is highly debatable. He won’t even make the all star team this year despite being in his age 26/27 “prime” season.

That strategy resulted in signing a player that is currently carrying a higher fWAR than the $300M man.

I don’t think they will either but I’m saying they should in this case. Very minimal risk with either of those moves.

I’m not advocating for a trade. I’m advocating for a 1 year deal with Keuchel, which he is supposedly interested in, and a multi year deal for Kimbrel. No prospect or draft pick lost in either of those transactions starting next week. Pitching is this team’s greatest need. No better way to address it than signing a mid rotation starter and a hall of fame closer.

I guess we shall see. Hopefully RH goes all in after the Sox sweep the Indians.

Now there’s a stat for you!

Hold on to Colome, sign Kimbrel and you have one of the best 8th/9th inning combos in MLB.

Think the Cubs trust Cishek as their closer for the rest of the season?

Let’s do this. 4 with Cleveland, 4 with Washington, and 3 with KC over the next 11. 7-4 puts them at 33-33.

Mariano Rivera, I mean Alex Colome, is straight nasty. Best Sox closer since Bobby Jenks.

Meanwhile, James MVP McCann has an OPS of .920 and the highest fWAR of any catcher in the AL ?

Was just typing why are they pitching to Anderson after the first pitch then he got the hit

Can’t believe they pitched to him

Remember when the initial reaction from Nationals’ fans following the Eaton trade is that they had no problem trading Giolito but were upset Rizzo traded Lopez? ?

Well, that could have two more if they promote Cease and sign Keuchel next week ?

Yes and once him and Abreu heat up at the same time in the very near future, look out. Can’t wait to see Robert here soon as well.

Almost two months now. Following the series to Tampa that ended on April 10th. June 1st is in 3 days.

After a 3-8 start to the season following series against KC, Cleveland, Seattle, and Tampa, the Sox are about to move to 23-21 over their past 44 games. I’d say they’ve turned a corner... And they’ve done this with essentially 1 good starting pitcher. Imagine if they had 1 or 2 more of those ?

I never did

He was taking a shot at the Sox organization, again. But I also agree that he should be up sooner than late April 2020. Not for the reasons Onedog mentioned but because I think Robert is ready.

By any measure, he’s absolutely been that. He’s pitched like an ace not just for the Sox crappy starting rotation but has pitched like an ace even if he were on a World Series contender.

You said: “However, Robert is a Sox prospect, so he will likely require a 1000 at bats or so in the Show to '"adjust". He probably needs to be up after the All Star break this year if the Sox are hoping to compete in 2020.” I pointed out two relatively recent Sox position player prospects that excelled in their rookie seasons. So why exactly does Robert need to be up after the All Star break this year if the Sox are hoping to compete in 2020?