Timmy U

Well, yeah. It’s just a game. People enjoy talking about bizarre strategy choices in a game. It’s a weird choice, kinda fascinating. If everything else was clicking on all cylinders, people would still find it fascinating. Given the spectacle de merde that this season has been, people have understandably added some emotion to their fascination.

Right. Vaughn came directly from A ball. Bring up Wes Kath!

Anderson Comas pitched in relief. Is that a position player pitching or has he converted? I remember early on he had buzz comparable to Mieses.

He really reminds me of Haseley during his draft year at UVa. Former two-way guy who finds power in his draft year. But the Sox have to fill the hole left by Steele Walker somehow.

He's like 0-25 and his OPS is still .950. Gotta be tough being an Angels fan. They're huge baseball fans down in O.C., very knowledgeable. They have at least 2 of the best players in the game and... I mean, they're never catching Houston now.

At least they got something for Walker. Gonzalez was a headscratcher at the time.

Burke 5IP 2H 0R 2bb 4K so far. No Sosa or Cespedes today Kelley 4IP 3H 0R 0bb 2K pulled after only 49 pitches Kath 1-2 2bb

I am going to Kanny to catch the game on the 26th. I hope to either him or Mena as the rest of their pitching is somewhat suspect. Add in Montgomery, Kath, and Veras, and there are definitely guys worth seeing down there.

Semien is one of my favorite Sox prospects of all time. I can see the similarity. Both play 3 positions. Both have good bat to ball skills. Semien was Southern League MVP and Sosa is trending that way. One difference, and this surprises me, Sosa is walking more.

To be fair, I believe Morel was repeating AA.

Sosa 2-3 with a HR. Colas 1-4 with a triple.

Kath ended up 2-3 with 2bb and 1k. Montgomery was 3-5. Otherwise, not much. Kanny loses 7-6.

In Sox last 2 wins, their opponents are 2-18 w/RISP and 18 left. So, they have to start scoring more runs, because no one has that strand rate.

Kath hits another HR. He may be figuring it out.

i appreciate the optimism, but this team hasn't shown any signs of life after the first week of the season. Their run differential indicates that they're probably worse than their record. I get it, Moncada won't stay this bad, Abreu's starting to hit etc. But I have a hard time believing the light's suddenly gonna turn on and they start playing .600 ball. I think they're sellers at the deadline, and by July 4th, they need to start thinking about reshaping for 2023.

Good for Gorman. Cards have a bright future.

No Prielipp in their mock? I expect him to rise once he throws for teams, but maybe the injury was more serious than I thought. Not interested in Beck’s R/R swing and miss, power over hit profile. Sox already have a lot of that. But I think BA was being lazy. At that part of their mock they were just dumping all the college outfielders in a pile. I doubt the Sox are in on Beck, but who knows?

McGiire as DH has to be a new low for TLR. It’s so bad that it overshadows hitting Leury at lead off while Vaughn hits 7th. I mean, ultimately they have so many problems that batting order doesn’t matter all that much, but he would for sure do better pulling names out of a hat. Also, Sheets has to go down. He’s not right offensively and TLR just can’t quit him.

Yolbert is really more of a 2b. And he’s 25; so the future is now. He’s also been slumping lately. If you DFA Harrison, bring up Yolbert. Replacing TA? There’s really no one. I mean, Sosa? Romy? Neither of them are gonna save 2022. You’d be getting them ABs for development, I guess.

Abreu had to swing to keep it from hitting him. This team is godawful. Makes me long for the days of Ryan Cordell.

Priorities to trade for me would be: Pollock if he has even 1 good month, Kelly, Graveman, and I'd consider Hendricks and Bummer. Doubt you could get anything for Grandal, but I'd try it. I'd consider Giolito and for sure Lynn if he comes back looking good. I'd avoid talking about Cease, Kopech, Vaughn, Anderson and Robert. Unlikely you'd get fair value for Moncada or Eloy, so your best bet is to hope for a rebound from those two. In return, I'm looking to get more athletic, more left-handed, and pitching, pitching, pitching, and more pitching. Sox farm has almost no pitching depth at any level. You've got a handful of promising guys like Vera, Mena, and Burke, but everyone else is kind of a suspect at this point. Ideally, I'd like to get the catcher of the future as right now that's who? Carlos Perez? Adam Hackenberg? With Keuchel, Abreu, and hopefully Pollock off the books for '23, they could afford to get a marquee free agent to build around and have a little more depth both for trades and to rebuild from within.

I've got Kopech > Cease, but I see your point. Sox have tried tying up 0 of their young front of the rotation types, so chances are they lose all 3 of them.

Thanks for the updates. Colson sounds dangerous. Sosa struggling with sliders places him squarely in the mix of every righthand hitter the Sox have.

Sox minor league infield depth is mostly at 2b. Yolbert is pretty much exclusively a 2b (where he is ++ as a defender). I think his arm is short for the position. Lenyn Sosa pretty much always played ss when he was paired with Sanchez, but now he's rotating between 3 infield positions and may end up at 3b. Can handle short, though. Jose Rodriguez (who is hitting again) can also play all 3 infield positions, but it appears his best position is 2b. Obviously, Colson Montgomery is nowhere near the majors. The jury is out on him as a ss. Romy Gonzalez can play the position, but he has been nailed to the bench in Charlotte. If TA has to miss major time, my money is on plenty of Leury/Mendick/Harrison. Bleah.

Well, that sucks. Without TA, this is a 90 loss team.