SoxBlanco

I was talking about Robert. I edited my post shortly after posting, but you were too quick on the reply!

I figured Robert would be hitting 7th or 8th to start the year, and I’d be fine with that.

312 runs is my guess.

No no no...he’s right. His first partial season had some posters here freaking out. He was coming off the wrist injury and didn’t have much power at all.

If the plan is to keep Madrigal down to start the year, and if Moncada is good for opening day, I’d just let Mendick start at 2B to start the year. Then after a week, you reevaluate. If Mendick is struggling, you bring up Madrigal and nobody can argue about service time manipulation. If Mendick is playing well, then that’s a good problem to have.

If somebody asked me to predict the team’s record with Madrigal starting all 60 games at 2B, I’d go with 32-28. If somebody then asked me to predict their record with García starting the first 6 games at 2B and Madrigal starting the remaining 54, I’d go with 32-28.

Yes, but you can add a guy to 60 man and then trade him, so I don’t think it’s much of a roadblock for trades.

I’ll go with 32-28. How many wins do you guys think it’ll take to snag a wild card spot? Or win the AL Central?

Good news. I trust Not Steve Cishek more than I trust ESPN, at this point.

Jason and Chuck were both confused. They thought it was a BB at first and then said something like, “Oh, actually that must be strike 3” because they saw the players walking off the field. I’m pretty confident that was a BB.

That had to be only 9 in a row then. I was only able to watch the first inning, and he walked Vaughn to end that inning. Grandal just gave the “let’s rotate” signal with his index finger (like an umpire’s home run signal) after the BB.

Did he go 4 or 5 innings?

Yeah, we have to take advantage of the 17 games before those 14.

Love that we end the season against the Cubs. If one or both are in the hunt for the playoffs, those games will be crazy.

Opening against the Twins. Nice! Friday, July 24 at home at 7:10 PM.

Dan wrote that.

Is this an educated guess, or have they talked about this? Will there only be 3 game series?

Just settle on 64 games, for f***s sake.

What did Passan say?

So when does everybody expect things to be finalized? Something has to happen this week, right?

I don’t think he’s talking about getting both. He’s saying if Crochet comes in at slot, then we could have had Abel/Kelley or Howard/Kelley, and he would prefer one of those combos.

Love what we did. Rounds 3-5 were going to be long shots even if we went slot. Grab two high ceiling pitchers and hope for the best. If one hits, it’s a success. If both hit, it’s one of the best drafts you could imagine.

Thanks for your input. So what’s your take on Kelley, specifically? I know you touched on it above, but do you like his chances of staying healthy? Or are the odds too much in favor of high school arms flaming out for you to ever feel good about somebody’s chances?

Here’s an article that discusses some of things you are asking about. The part about Blake Snell touches on your question because he was only throwing 90 when drafted and was allowed to grow into his velocity. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.si.com/.amp/mlb/2018/11/19/mlb-draft-high-school-pitchers-velocity-tommy-john-surgery-problem