JUSTgottaBELIEVE

Yea, it surprised me too. https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2838438-dallas-keuchel-rumors-ex-astros-pitcher-open-to-1-year-18m-contract.amp.html

I hope they don’t. Let him get experience this year and playing alongside the Sox’ other young stars.

I read today that Keuchel is considering accepting a 1 year deal next week (actually less than 1 year since the season is 1/3 over). I’d throw $15M at him and plug him in with Cease for the rest of the season see what happens. The Sox are on pace for 75 wins with one viable starting pitcher. Adding two more and bumping Lopez and Nova down to the 4/5 spots could make things interesting at least.

Yep and pretty much no one predicted the Sox would be better than the Indians this season. Shows how quickly things can change in this league.

There’s a clear path to second place in the division by the end of this week. Indians are fading hard and come to town Thursday...

You typed AAA but meant Chicago right? ?

Colome is a poor man’s Mariano Rivera. And that’s meant to be a compliment. He’s really got that cutter going this year.

Lucas may have just jumped to top 5 in fWAR of ALL MLB pitchers. Fantastic

Let Colome finish this one up for the win and save in the same day.

@Jack Parkman found our ace folks

10K!

Lucas is such a stud. He’s going 7+ in this one at this rate. Terrific bounce back after a rough first inning that would have destroyed him last year.

Sox be out here playing small ball and manufacturing runs son!

Yolmer is a beasttt!!

Wtf. Where’s the sac bunt??

Time for a bunt!

I’m setting a 680 OPS ish as the likely outcome, not the ceiling. Even a marginal improvement there via a slight increase in power, let’s say to 725 OPS, makes him a 3-4 WAR player. Yolmer is a career 657 OPS guy. If Madrigal becomes that then he too is no more than a solid utility player on a good team. We’ll see but I’m confident he hasn’t tapped out his power potential yet. He needs to start taking those Altuve “vitamins” ?

From all reports Madrigal is that good defensively at 2b. 60/50/60 run/arm/field. Not sure if the advanced metrics play this out but his fielding percentage thus far in the minors is pristine and his range factor is also very good. On the bases, he has 20 SB’s in A+ In less than a half season worth of games. Supposed to be a heady player which should reflect well on his fielding and baserunning metrics as well. I see no reason why he can’t perform at a 2018 Kinsler rate in those two areas - defense and baserunning. A 681 OPS on offense isn’t some unreachable number either.

By all accounts, he is elite defensively at 2b. Ian Kinsler posted a 2.3 fWAR last season with a 681 OPS. I’d like to think Madrigal is a better defender and base runner than a 35/36 year old Ian Kinsler.

Mocks had 3 different teams picking in the top 5 overall selecting Madrigal, not just the Sox. That tells me 3 teams rated him very highly and a consensus top 5 pick regardless of how Keith Law rated him.

Google “2018 mlb mock drafts” and take a look. Try to find one that had Kelenic or Gorman ahead of Madrigal. In fact, most mock drafts had the Sox taking Singer with Madrigal either going #3 to the Phillies or #5 to the Reds.

I suppose but still concerning nonetheless.

Then why didn’t any of the final mock drafts place him over Madrigal? Seems there was a consensus Madrigal was the better pick no?

Never considered either of them at #4, who did? I don’t recall seeing a single mock draft that had either of those two ahead of Madrigal in early June finals days leading up to the draft. To me, it was either Madrigal, India, or Singer and I preferred Madrigal.

The other thing that would be concerning about India is his defense. I thought he was supposed to be solid at 3b but his .926 fielding percentage this season is pretty rough.