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This is just laughable and you continue to say it. If you dont get a guy who is arguably the greatest right handed hitter of all time, it's not worth it. So apparently if you get Pete Alonso (who Vaughn is much better than so far) it would be a bust.

I'm going to bed tonight praying that Rutschman falls to the Sox.

Gios recent success is due in part to his HS coach, not Cooper

Ron's bashing Abreu again. Everyone, time to add him back to your fantasy teams. Hot streak here we come!

Fun game. Jonah Keri is on board too.

gtfo

Maybe McCann should catch Eloy's next start.

Maybe the real draft pick is the group of friends we've made along the way

What is percentage of being able to make a deal with Houston for Yordan Alvarez before tomorrow’s draft? Then we can eliminate Vaughn from the discussion at #3 for good.

This is just as silly as your theory Robert should have been left in A ball for the rest of the year because he had a 23% K rate. Have you learned anything about prospect development since then? I thought it would have been shocking for you that Robert is succeeding at AA and lowered his K rate at the same time? Many prospects around the league have succeeded since Beckham when given an aggressive assignment. What happened to Beckham has absolutely nothing to do with Robert. Aggressive assignments rarely ruin prospects, prospects get exposed because they lack talent and that is something you could spend years in minor and still have the same issue at the highest level.

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I mean, by this philosophy - you should only be concerned with winning if you think you have a shot at the world series. "What's the point of winning the division? We're going to lose right away in the playoffs." Look, I get that this is a rebuild. However, you can't just lose 95 games every season up until your "pre-determined contending" season and be under the impression that "Welp! Suddenly we're going to be great now because it's 2020! Remember how everyone promised we'd be good in 2020? Well, here we are!". It's not just going to happen overnight. You need to see signs of growth from the team. Seeing them find ways to win is a big part of that. The rotation has been quite poor, but Cease is on his way up and Kuechel (or other outside help) is an option. Eloy and the young players should only get better. If I believed this team was as good as it was going to get in 2019. Sure, I would agree that we're going to hit some mega rough patch at some point. However, there's real concrete reasons for cautious/realistic optimism here. Wishing for .500 and some competitive baseball isn't asking for the world. I'm not one of these guys who actually thinks we're going to be in a serious wild card hunt come September. However, to suggest that we should still (one year before we all think we're going to be a serious contender) be disregarding winning/losing entirely is just silly... That mentality has to end at some point.

Abreu's on pace for well over 100 RBI and people are shitting on him. Is that stat advanced enough for you?

The assumption is yes. Jimmy also expressed this sentiment I believe.

Robert single. Now 2-5 on the night, raising his average to .327

Being at the game today, you can feel the belief starting to seep in again. Fans were into it. More Sox gear being worn, specifically gear of current players rather than ones of the past. This is about to get fun. Buckle up

No, it doesnt start with me. We dont need pages of arguments over whose epeen is bigger. The thread is about Cease and its tiring to have to skip over comment after comment of off topic bullshit.

I think I would normally prefer Vaughn. But based of his scouting of Lucas Gioito, take whoever Parkman wants.

@TheTruth05 @Eloy Jiménez cheers guys

A homestand is when they play a few series in their home ballpark. Thus the past week was a Sox homestand

Giolito, McCann, TA, Colome and Bummer. Fantastic.

@ron883

He has been dealt a terrible hand as an announcer. He is one of the best in the league.

Jose Abreu last 30 games. .200/.221/.478 I don't know where the calls for an extension are coming from recently.

Found the account of Juan Minaya's wife

Tim Anderson 2. Cleveland Indians 0.

It's not just him. A lot of these guys are like that. I swear if you were able to take a brain scan of some of these guys at the plate, you would get "crickets". No awareness of count advantage , game situation, what's working/not working for the pitcher, etc. It's " see ball, try to hit ball".

Which would make Lopez and Rodon (when he returns) the best #4 and #5 starters in the AL which means they could win a ton of games.

Eloy is so bad right now, love how our cant miss prospects always struggle horribly how has his hit tool degraded so drastically

Hopefully that body snatcher can do the same for Lopez soon

I am still not conviced that this is the real Lucas Giolito and not a Body Snatcher. 🤔

Drafting Baty would absolutely lead to the most interesting draft as a whole. Imagine the depth you could add to your system with the potential savings on Baty. Baty is ranked around 15th to 17th for most publications. If you napkin math 15th slot compared to the 3rd slot value, you are saving roughly 3.3 million you can play with later. They could do a lot of damage with that money. Insulating a top heavy system would be very nice. Also there is plenty of risk there. Especially with AZ lurking with all those picks in the early going. I think I'm in favor of grabbing Vaughn still, but for sheer entertainment value I'd have fun seeing what they do after Baty.

You made a baseball-focused comment that wasn’t incessantly positive about a team that hasn’t been to the playoffs in a decade. How dare you.

I am a fan of alliteration but there's something a bit off in that title.

I can see the qualms: undersized RH hitter who can only play 1st or DH has its attendant risks as a top 5 pick. Ideally, I'd like to see the Sox draft someone like Bishop, sign him for under slot, and use the savings to get premium prep in rounds 2-5 and/or thereafter. I doubt they'd do that, so Abrams (preferred) or Vaughn would be fine. No Bleday.

So if Vaughn’s FLOOR isn’t a franchise player who had some of the best production at the plate for this team... then pass. But... you also won’t be disappointed with him as the pick. You’re on the fence in delusion land.

Yeah, we get it. You don't want Vaughn.

I guess not. He's like 2nd or 3rd in RBIs. Somewhere the Areau bashing at this time has to rank high in baseball stupidity.

Abreu will be fine

It autocorrected to 'homestead" and I put the "an" back in but not the "space"

I think Konerko is faster than Rondon. I’d be okay if this was his last game in a Sox uni ever

I'm with you on this theory. Sounds like the Sox are trying to get some savings in one way or another to grab some overslot players later. This is the perfect time to leak some interest in other players with your 1st round pick to see if/who will blink.

Watch Plesac throw at his head next time through. Somehow it will be TA's fault because of his skin color and he doesn't play for a beloved franchise.

Time for a username change.

He's no Pete Incaviglia.

This draft is top heavy so not sure why you think that. You want a top 4 pick in this draft. For everyone who loves bishop - its another questionable hit tool power hitter. Love his athleticism but far too risky at 4 imo.

Not Mr.220 in AAA Ian Happ with a 30% k rate. That's my idea.

What’s harder? Hitting in the Bham pitcher’s park against AA pitching or at Charlotte’s hitter’s park with the juice ball against AAA/AAAA pitching, or your boner when Robert is called up?

The more I think about this idea, the more I hate it. In the Wild Card Standings, the SOX are behind Cleveland, Oakland, Boston, Texas, and Tampa Bay. Does anyone really think THIS roster, with THIS pitching staff, and THAT manager can overtake 4 of the aforementioned teams? Does anyone think that THIS team is better than any 4 of those teams? It would be one thing if: The SOX were already IN the Wildcard, and were trying to supplement an already strong roster, and The SOX already added Machado or Harper, and had extra ammo [i.e. Madrigal] to further supplement this team, and Kopech/Rodon were healthy & productive/reliable, thus necessitating ONLY one more SP to make 4 "reliable ones," plus an innings-eater, and There was more MLB-ready depth available in Charlotte, in case of injury/underperformance. But, isn't adding Keuchel, and HOPING he quickly shakes off the cobwebs/becomes a 2nd reliable starter for this club more like the stooopid James Shields trade? On top of it, even if Keuchel comes here, we're still HOPING for 4 of the 5 teams ahead of us to stumble. Oh, and we'd be HOPING that Giolito continues to pitch well, and we'd be HOPING that no more major injuries occur [due to a lack of MLB-ready depth], and we'd be HOPING that Jimenez breaks out, and we'd be HOPING that the AAAA types and McCann continue to overperform, and we'd be HOPING that Renteria's moronic managing doesn't become an impediment to this team. Did I miss any thing? Oh yeah: "Hope is NOT a plan." What's more, I believe the SOX have had the easiest schedule hereto fore, which may explain any over-achievement so far. June's schedule looks like it'll be a killer, with or without Keuchel. Again, if this team were ALREADY IN wildcard position, with a competent manager, and with depth from which to trade, and a more-reliable starting rotation already in place, and MLB-ready depth in Charlotte, I might be on board with such a move. But, since this is the dumbest front office in all of professional sports, I fully expect those imbeciles to overpay for Keuchel, and then he immediately gets hurt.