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Same and I think he will. It would just be nice to be able to follow WSox Minor League clubs that are somewhat fun to watch. Last year was impossible to watch a whole game let alone a few innings. I spent most of my time watching the San Jose Giants on my MILB account...I'm hoping to watch more WSox MILB this year and I believe Yo can provide that for the first few months.

After I read his review I was surprised they ranked him 2nd, but they seem to really like Colson.

I'd normally agree with this assessment and your pessimism is fair, but Yo hadn't played for two years prior to his minor league debut. He also entered the season with a shoulder injury that limited him to DH duties early in the season. Add that into him having to acclimate himself to another country- he had a lot to deal with. You're right on his big league tools...and I think he's going to show that immediately this spring. If he explodes in AA to start the year I don't think he'll be in the minors very long. I'd actually put Yo as the WSox top prospect as I feel he'll be making his case to be their RF by late May if they don't splash via trade or in FA.

I still think this is setup man money. Besides- Segura's contract still washes Kimbrel's with a prospect from Philly thrown in. I still think Philly is the favorite to get him.

This is a great deal for the WSox. I'm sure they prefer Leury isn't their every day 2B and he's their utility guy as he's been....but I don't mind him being in the mix in case all of the other clearly better options go sour. Welcome back, Leury.

Baez to Tigers per Morosi....good. If we're not going to make any moves let those competing with us make terrible ones.

Agreed. Eflin would be a coup, but it isn't happening.

Crazy.

He just got a 1yr/18mil deal last year. Sorry..I didn't think it was obvious he'd be getting 150mil plus. If that is indeed the case- I hope the WSox didn't spend much time.

Well he should've had a long wait this winter if he expected 200mil.

Or he was just being reasonable like the rest of us thinking 4/85ish was fair and maybe he'd take that deal on a contender...but apparently that wasn't enough.

I can't imagine you wanted him for 7 years, though...

While I love this idea- what would it take to get McNeil in a trade? I can't imagine he'd come cheap.

Koch was on roids; Foulke wasn't

I've been following this thread all off-season. Thanks to everyone for their work here- its much appreciated.

Burger, Lambert, Bush to the Jays for Semien and Romano. Sox should gladly take back all salary. Still enough to add another BP arm.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 29, 2017 -> 05:04 PM) Kelenic been impressing people. He's in the UA game at wrigley in an hour http://www.baseballamerica.com/draft/under...otes/?amphtml=1 Kelenic has to be on the WSox radar. He played for the WSox in the area code games in Long Beach last summer (Sox coaches loved him: www.baseballamerica.com/area-code-baseball/kelenic-making-name-known-2018-class/%3famphtml=1) He won the MVP of the Double Duty Classic at Guaranteed Rate a few weeks ago (the Minoso family presented him with the MVP) His bat speed is the real deal...I'm starting to jump on his way too early bandwagon for our first pick next year.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 4, 2017 -> 09:15 PM) Bump... Can we change the thread title to "...become an ace?"

Thank the gods its back.

QUOTE (oldsox @ Jun 3, 2017 -> 06:59 AM) Why would the Brewers give up Top Rated Brinson for Q? They wouldn't- not just because they love Brinson, but because the Brewers won't be buyers this year...at least not for as anyone as significant as Q. I live in the Milwaukee area and head down to spring training every year to catch the WSox, but see a lot of the Brewers behind the scenes at their practices w/my dad. Don't believe anything you may hear- the Brewers would still sell if they were in 1st at the deadline if they could. The Crew knows they're more than a Q away from actually hanging all year with the Cards & Cubs...not only does their rotation have future problems, but that bullpen has played above their heads at times (much like ours) and the Crew know this. With that being said, just for entertainment purposes...the Crew could totally get a deal done for Q w/o Brinson and probably even w/o Hader (although Hader has been terrible this year...hes still an arm you'd really want). Diaz, Ortiz, Phillips and a lottery ticket for me would work. I understand a lot of people here would want more for Q...but Isan Diaz is really underrated. I believe him to be a better prospect than Brinson is...at least with the stick...guy is a middle infielder and may have a middle o the order bat in the bigs.

Sorry I didn't see a 3/12 game thread from Sunday- I was four rows behind home plate in Glendale for the early game against Texas. Kopech probably throws as hard as I've ever seen for a starter. We asked a few of the scouts behind us with radar guns and they said he touched 100 multiple times. The Rangers just sat fastball every pitch and hit a few...but were blown away a few times. I think Kopech was up in the zone more than he liked. Kopech's off-speed looked better then expected as he threw them for strikes plenty. However, I'm not sure if Texas swung at any other than Middlebrooks going down swinging on a 3-2. I don't know what it is, but Texas just laid off of off-speed vs Kopech. My guess is he's tipping off-speed. When I watched Lopez on Thursday the Brewers knees would buckle every time Lopez threw off-speed.....Rangers didn't buckle at Kopech's off-speed- just laid off. Regardless...with some polish as Coop said... he's going to be a killer. Jacob May had a really good game. Leury Garcia at SS is terrifyingly bad. I love me some Leury but good lord. It felt like the Rangers ran on Kevan Smith every chance they got and were always safe by a mile. Burdi threw...and yes scouts with the radars confirmed he also hit 100 with regularity. Puello took him deep for a three run bomb that felt like it was going to hit the Dodgers building. Rick Hahn and Kenny were both up in the booth...for the entire game.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 11, 2017 -> 01:45 AM) Wow! I'm beyond shocked to read this. I had always pegged him like Frank... willing to sign for hours. Maybe we just caught him on bad days the past few seasons- I have heard good things too. We'll see Sunday...when we're in Camelback to watch Kopech!

QUOTE (hi8is @ Mar 11, 2017 -> 01:09 AM) Good posts here and in the other thread. Thanks for sharing and congrats to your family on the memorable experiences! Thanks! It was pretty great. Brewers are always first rate when we're around- my son said Braun was easily the most social with him. He walked by Frazier in the tunnel and Frazier said hi to him and asked him how he was. He said Frazier talked to a Brewers rep and said that they have been getting their asses worked off this Spring. Frazier & Anderson were very social with fans today. Moncada apologized to fans saying he didn't have time to sign, but was nice. Abreu (just like last spring) was rude and blew everyone off.

My son was a bat boy for the Brewers today. He said everyone in the dugout called Lopez nasty- he blew Braun away on three pitches during Braun's 1st AB I believe. My son said Braun said to him as he was in the hole awaiting his 2nd AB, something along the lines of, "the way he's throwing I'm just going to have to hope he misses off-speed and find a way to get on base." Braun walked after a great AB. Lopez was absolutely dominant today.

FWIW Rick Hahn was a few rows behind me at Sox/Brewers today in Maryvale. I didn't notice he was there until the 5th or so until after Lopez was done (he could have been there way sooner). He sat next to another WSox rep who had a radar gun- they were gunning Jennings and watched him HARD. I didn't see them gun the others. I'm pretty sure Rick ducked out right after Moncada's go ahead rocket double to center in the 9th.