SoxBlanco

Didn’t Collins begin last year in AA with a historically bad start? Then he turned it around in May. I could be remembering wrong.

Completely forgot about Walker. He’s been great, even if it is at a level too low for where he should be. The AA outfielders have been bad, but it’s a big jump moving to AA and it’s only April 12.

Robert, Collins, Cease, Sosa, Zavala, Lambert, and Flores are all off to a good start. And the most important two (Robert and Cease) have been phenomenal.

Why not just send him straight to AAA in May if he keeps raking like this?

Batting 8 today?

Obviously. When Robert is ready, he will move up, and he will play CF. But we have other OF prospects that could impact the big league club in a couple years. It’s worth discussing what will happen with Gonzalez, Rutherford, Adolfo, and Basabe.

I guess I’ll answer my own question, but perhaps Gonzalez and Rutherford on the corners, with Robert in CF. Booker would be the odd man out, and Adolfo would continue to DH. By the time he could play the field, you would hope things work themselves out. When Basabe comes back, who the hell knows what will happen. Is it unheard of to get promoted from A to AAA? Or would you just send somebody from Birmingham to Charlotte, even if they didn’t quite deserve it, in order to make things work?

What happens with the AA outfield if Robert gets an early promotion?

Pardon my ignorance, but does this mean that they can stay in the minors for all of this year and all of next year, but then they have to play the 2021 season with the big league club? And they can't be sent down at all in 2021 without risk of another team claiming them?

Take out the four pitch walk to start the game, and he actually looks pretty solid.

Never got around to posting my prediction. I’ll go with 16-14.

Dumb ass.

Start time changed from 4:00 to TBA, according to Garfien.

But if it rains, he will be fine, right? Because then he never really got hit by the pitch.

Seems plausible.

First pitch expected at 4:00.

After looking at the radar, this game is literally at the perfect time. There is a 3 or 4 hour window starting around 3:15. This game will be played.

Madrigal gets moved to 3B, which pushes Yoan to LF, which then pushes Eloy to 1B. But then Collins gets moved to 1B, which pushed Eloy to DH. However, Burger was the plan at DH because we have Madrigal at 3B, so once Eloy gets moved to DH, Burger is traded for Tatis, who will be struggling in SD. Tatis comes over and pushes Anderson to CF. Robert is then expendable, so we trade Robert for Machado because SD is entering a rebuild. But then Machado becomes the third baseman, and Madrigal doesn't have a position. I think we should just avoid drafting Abrams.

I haven't really followed Forbes much since we acquired him. Does he have a chance to turn into something?

I’ll tell you how I can’t ignore him...you quoting him! ?

Thanks. I've been looking forward to following him this year.

I missed this one. What's the injury?

I'm still not sure if it was three pitches or if they just replayed the first pitch two more times.

I was thinking the same thing.

Madrigal with a double down the left field line.