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I was struck by this too, but it makes some sense. Only someone whose public morality track record was unassailable could weather the criticism, and a born-again Christian may look at second chances differently. Personally, I don't want the Sox to sign him and the whole thing makes me queasy, but you can see where Moore might be exactly the guy to take this kind of risk.

Poor Dunning. He was having such a great year. On the bright side an elbow is better than a shoulder. Strange, we considered Dunning with the Burdi pick, now they both hurt their elbows

Double for Luis Mieses, homer for Lenny Delgado, AZL Sox up 3 nothing

I believe he also missed the Sally All Star Game.

Rutherford with a BOMB!

I noticed that too. I assume it's cuz they clinched last night.

Make sense. We couldn’t sign high end players, and the promising outfielders from last year’s team are all stateside.

Palka will probably take Nicky Delmonico's playing time. Plenty of at bat's for Leury in center for now.

Ha ha. Bunting ahead of the guy hitting .124

I’m not convinced that Cease’s command is really an issue. He’s actually quite consistent out of the wind up. Usually, his trouble is one inning and has to do with adjusting to pitching out of the stretch. Plus, some of his walk total comes from minor league umps having trouble staying with that breaking ball, which is a monster. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out at higher levels. I am confident because of how athletic he is. He’s like a shortstop on the mound.

I think the goal is to keep Philadelphia from knowing how much you want Madrigal. If they are split between Madrigal and Bohm, which it seems they were, then you don’t want your strong interest to tip the scales. Also, you have to negotiate with Madrigal before you pick him. It’s helpful if his adviser doesn’t know he’s number 2 on your board.

Ha ha. Right. I agree.

You’d think. Or at least sent down, but Ithink Ricky prefers him to Smith.

Outside on Gameday. Would have bet the over if I knew they were gonna call that.

Under.

Maybe we should let Madrigal play at least one game before we start moving our infielders around.

Kinda wanted Blaine Knight, but he's tooled up and I tend to trust Hostetler on hitters.

Tank is really on. I get not bringing up Kopech, but Rodon? Don’t tell Jose but now they’re not even trying to disguise that they’re not trying. First pick, here we come!

Even if he comes back healthy, I’m not sure Burdi is better than Hamilton (11th round) or Tyler Johnson (5th round), not to mention Ruiz, who they got for nothing. Bullpen way easier to find than starters.

It's the way they do it in hockey. I get where it feels unfair to teams that develop late bloomers, but look at it from the players' perspective: The $10 million you "save" from playing games with service time comes from the player's pocket and goes into the owner's pocket. I just think the top 750 players in the world should be in the majors. The current system discourages that. And it's underhanded. It encourages lying and cheating deserving players.

I don't disagree on strategy, but I really hate how the current rules encourage this strategy. We won't see Vlad Jr. in the majors this year either, for the same reason. I'd like to see them get this fixed in the next CBA, possibly by tying FA to the year you signed, not the year you were called up.

Collins clears bases with a two out, two strike double.

Yeah, he raves about He Who Cannot be Named.

Barons twitter has Collins double on video. Rope off base of left field wall

Another hit for Collins.