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  1. Here’s the issue for the Sox and AAA for anyone: Charlotte is such a joke that most of the numbers are entirely meaningless. You just do not know what you have. A guy can be getting killed there and still survive mlb (e.g. Davis Martin) but it can play with a guy’s head and discourage him from throwing strikes. For a guy like Thorpe whose Achilles Heel has been the long ball, not sure Charlotte is necessary or the best idea long term. The real stars are in AA anyway. I doubt Junior Caminero, Jackson Chourio, and Jackson Holliday are going to combine for 300 career at bats in AAA. You face a lot of Chuckie Robinson in an absolute band box.
  2. I like it. One of the few guys in this team with any upside. I am rooting for Garrett.
  3. As did the Yankees. Sox are everyone’s sucker at the poker table.
  4. Soooo…. It is one spring training outing. I am on record as not liking the profile because there is no margin for error. I do have Nastrini ahead of Thorpe, and this hopefully explains why. God willing, he goes down to AA and keeps working. Sox really have a magic wand with guys like Eder and Thorpe — everything seems fine until they don the Sox uni.
  5. i truly believe he's your opening day starter. Or at least your first game against a rhp starter
  6. I am very high on Nastrini. The change can really help him, and his best slider is nasty. Boy, do the Dodgers know how to draft and develop players. Remember, he was expendable to them. When he got to the Sox, he pointed out how much easier it was to advance in systems that are not good at development. Hopefully, they learn the lesson and start developing their own Nastrini.
  7. Wild. They probably should have held onto Soroka.
  8. I am fine with any of the Top 6 in this mock. Generally, I'm against taking pitchers this high because "there's no such thing as a pitching prospect" due to injuries and inconsistencies. But, for me, Burns, Smith, and Montgomery are all in the same tier. I just don't want them to cut a deal with Kurtz so they can afford two college arms coming off TJS with their second round picks.
  9. Thanks. Not gonna be Shewmake now. I wonder about Jesse Chavez. I get that he's a "respected veteran" but eventually you get too old or Eddie Collins would the Sox second baseman. He has been lukewarm garbage all spring. Maybe it doesn't matter. In which case, stop touting what a competition the whole thing is.
  10. I do not believe in Spring stats as the be all and end all, but they do have minor predictive value. More importantly, Grifol declared it an open competition. What credibility will he have if he hands a guy the job based on a garbage spring? I fear both Moustakas and Sheets are making this team and Charlotte has both Fletcher and DeLoach in the outfield with Colas at first. Kinda worst case scenario.
  11. The two rookies combine for 8 innings of 1 run ball. Jesse Chavez continues to struggle. I am not sayin spring stats matter, but it will be interesting to see if the “competition” they promised is real.
  12. Cannon gives up the solo shot. Game ends 3-3. Gotta say, though. Cannon sounded good. Threw a lot of strikes. His upside is limited, but I could imagine him as a fill-in at some point this year.
  13. Interesting point in the rebuild: Do they want to see what they have in people like Lee and Leasure and Nastrini or are they going to value veterans exclusively, which seems to be Pedro's jam?
  14. I cannot see or hear the game, but in my mind, Sheets looked really slow there.
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