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Endgame could be he ends up an arm in the pen. Luke Hochevar comes to mind as a guy who couldn't figure it out as a starter but had 3 very good years once moving to the pen.

As bad as the results have been, Gio has had some flashes of positivity in this start IMO. It's nice to see he's gotten the Tigers to swing through and miss a few bats. Still a massive work in progress though.

Is it me or is anyone having issues getting this to play? Tried playing it on my home commute and it kept restarting on my iPhone. Now my home mac isn't even showing it as an episode ?

Unless they are claiming a recent DFA candidate. MELKY! j/k Luke Jackson could be a possibility, but I think you're right this is more of a freeing up opportunity.

Roach has been really good recently. Gomez is a possibility too. What's the corresponding move though if they do decide to purchase someone?

I think Saunders is more likely to go. Guy is having a pretty terrible year at the plate.

Absolutely. He can go join Courtney Hawkins in Indy ball or beer league softball.

Same here (even though it's a terrible way to judge the rebuild status).

Good to hear. Wonder who ends up on the chopping block.

He's still just 23 and learning how to overcome Major-League-level struggles. He overcame it earlier in the year before the hammy sidelined him. Give him time, we all need to have confidence he'll get back into form. I think a lot of us are placing high expectations for Yoan to emerge as the Sox version of Bryant or Altuve. Not everyone turns into a superstar overnight. At least he has shown flashes of his potential this year between the struggles.

It's a good problem to have. Personally, long term, I think Palka beats out Davidson in terms of future value since he is LH and a little younger. Sucks for Delmonico, because Palka has way more pop. I wonder if he could serve as a 1B/OF/DH type of player.

Note sure if this has been posted, but Covey giving Shields some love: Link

Wouldn't that be something if Giolito suddenly figured it out and the damn answer was Kevan fricken Smith? I know that's not going to happen, but it would be something if it did.

Wow, what a great kid. Hell of an outlook on life considering everything that's happened to him.

Makes sense, but I thought for sure he'd be in the top 10.

Late to the party. Awesome to see the Sox take Madrigal. Pretty shocked how far Singer fell.

I hope that's the case if the Sox get Singer. I don't even want to play the what-if scenario.

Looks like his cousin. Fair to forget about this start.

I don't think he lost his source, he mentioned today on the Red Line Radio podcast that he chooses to not leak certain information his way if he thinks it might break the deal. How much the actually gets told is another story, but I do think his source is still viable.

If there was one on this board, I would think you could narrow it down based on join date, right? I doubt Hahn would have one before he took charge of the GM role.

Yep. See: Colon, Bartolo. Guy hasn't thrown over 90 in almost a decade and is still miraculously carving out decent seasons.

After listening to that podcast and thinking about what was said, I got a gut feeling they aren't going to go Madrigal. I feel like he *seems* to be the logical choice if all the chips fall as expected, but something tells me the Sox are going to go Singer. And I really hope it's not because Jerry/KW gave their 2 cents about needing more pitching due to Giolito and Fulmer struggles. If the draft doesn't go as expected and Mize falls to 2 or 3, I think the Sox take Bohm/Bart over Madrigal.

That to me seems like he's referring to Bohm. They just drafted Burger last year, could go 3B yet again.

Charlotte is showing Smith as being active on the roster with Austin now on the 7-day D.L. which is really weird considering Austin played today day. Must be a mistake, but I wonder is he is available.

I've thought this myself, but he is still only 23 yrs. old. I think that's an important thing to take into consideration and a big reason why we shouldn't write him off. I still feel like there a very deep realm of possibilities for Gio because he is so young. Look at Arrieta for example. He struggled for years in Baltimore, then one day figured it out with the Cubs at 27 (I only use him as an example because he's the most recent case I can recall). I realize their stuff, etc. isn't the same, but the fact he did turn it around is what's important. Gio is not a lost cause right now. He's struggling and looks lost at this given point in time. Can the Sox fix him? Who knows, but at least they have the ability to have patience with him and try to get his development back on track. I do think he needs to be sent down to work on some things because he is not learning anything pitching only 1 inning every other start right now.