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QUOTE (ChiSox59 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 02:33 PM)
Yep. Curious to see what the Sox do here. Could always just option Willy Garcia. Or Minaya. Or Infante. There are lots of options.

 

Sox are carrying 13 pitchers ever since Saladino went down. Between Infante, Holmberg, and Pelfrey, the Sox have plenty of guys to DFA to make room for this kid.

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QUOTE (shoeless_joe21 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 05:04 PM)
Just the latest step in Hahn's quest to field the most baffling roster in sports. Every lineup card a riddle.

 

Alec/Alan Hansen

Geo/Gio Soto

The groundbreaking All-Garcia outfield

 

This is some Veeck-ian stuff.

Unfortunately, AAA C Gio Soto was released today.

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QUOTE (shoeless_joe21 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 10:04 PM)
Just the latest step in Hahn's quest to field the most baffling roster in sports. Every lineup card a riddle.

 

Alec/Alan Hansen

Geo/Gio Soto

The groundbreaking All-Garcia outfield

 

This is some Veeck-ian stuff.

 

Maybe he will hire flavum and I

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QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 05:08 PM)
Sox are carrying 13 pitchers ever since Saladino went down. Between Infante, Holmberg, and Pelfrey, the Sox have plenty of guys to DFA to make room for this kid.

 

And they are still burning up the pen even with 13 guys.

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I'm actually really intrigued with this guy.

 

Top 100 prospect every year up until last year. Been young for pretty much every stop. Solid contact skills, a touch of power and a ton of athleticism. I don't like the early release but his swing is pretty compact and smooth.

 

His results in the bigs have been super small samples, and he's been hurt by some bad BABIP luck. He actually has a 27% hard contact rate this year and he's increased his FB%, so there's a good chance he's been super unlucky on both the power and average front.

 

He actually reminds me a lot of both Leury and Yolmer. My only question is...why did the Pirates release him?!

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QUOTE (ChiliIrishHammock24 @ Jun 9, 2017 -> 11:32 PM)
Since no one has posted any highlights....here's a few juicy defensive ones...

 

http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/69972428/v123...y=Alen%2BHanson

 

I'm excited, as there is no risk here, and moderate chance he's useful.

 

Rondon just had a similar play...wish they could hit .240, that would be a 2-2.5 war player up the middle.

http://www.milb.com/multimedia/vpp.jsp?con...83&sid=milb

 

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?sid=m...itting/2017/ALL

He's actually put up a 775 milb ops, so there's some decent potential.

 

If only you could morph Leury, Yolmer, Saladino, this kid...Eddie Alvarez and Rodon into one player.

 

We're cornering the market on utility players at least.

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QUOTE (Username @ Jun 10, 2017 -> 01:11 PM)
I'm actually really intrigued with this guy.

 

Top 100 prospect every year up until last year. Been young for pretty much every stop. Solid contact skills, a touch of power and a ton of athleticism. I don't like the early release but his swing is pretty compact and smooth.

 

His results in the bigs have been super small samples, and he's been hurt by some bad BABIP luck. He actually has a 27% hard contact rate this year and he's increased his FB%, so there's a good chance he's been super unlucky on both the power and average front.

 

He actually reminds me a lot of both Leury and Yolmer. My only question is...why did the Pirates release him?!

 

Josh Harrison, Newman, Ngoepe....numbers game.

http://www.pittsburghsports.net/search.php

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1403369...one-knows-about

Another reason is lacks the arm for SS.

But a Top 50-75 milb prospect coming into 2013. We're collecting those guys. Garcia's. Rymer Liriano.

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